pragidealist.bsky.social @pragidealist.bsky.social · 15/06/2026So I just spoiled the WC. I asked claude - assume every team win according to their fifa rankings except the US. US wins all their games. What is their path to the WC? So now I've spoiled it for everyone. ;-D 010
pragidealist.bsky.social @pragidealist.bsky.social · 20/03/2025That allows Pulisic to break off of Sargent on counters and for him to be the 10 with possession (where I think they will be most of the game) 210
pragidealist.bsky.social @pragidealist.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I honestly want to rewatch bc their shape was so interesting. What I think they did was this with a rotating and fluid box midfield. 100
pragidealist.bsky.social @pragidealist.bsky.social · 19/11/2024This was what they looked like in possession in the final third. Even when Tillman came in.. Tilman stayed in that lower midfield duo. So far Poch has played with the box midfield every game. IF he does so again- who is deep this time? 110
pragidealist.bsky.social @pragidealist.bsky.social · 19/11/2024He's not really playing as a RW. He's playing as a midfielder who goes wide. Don't trust the graphics. They are guessing. My guess is its something more like this. Its that box mid he's going for. 130
pragidealist.bsky.social @pragidealist.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The base/nonnegotiable structure for Poch (I think) is the box midfield. Wes and Pulisic in the 10 spots- that's great. Tillman as a deep distributing 6 (or Busio or Morris) works. Musah was a midfielder going wide. Even when he brought in Tilman- he moved Tilman deep with Musah and Wes still high 100
pragidealist.bsky.social @pragidealist.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Apparently not. Musah hasn't been playing as a rw. He's been playing as an 8/midfielder who moves into the wide right zone. I don't trust this graphic either. This means Musah or wes will have to play deeper and I don't think that's where either is best 110
