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    Spurs 2014-15: Have You Found Our Lost Argentine?

    I'm a Schalke fan and I'm nearly insulted by the 17m offer. ;)   Arsenal offered far more and got rejected. The time to exercise the release clause (45m €) is over for this year, so you don't have that as an upper limit of the possible transfer fee and there is no way Schalke let's him go for...
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    Landon the Donovan

    Isn't this whole critic of Klinsmann overblown? When I read "failed" or "key mistakes" I wonder what expectations someone had for the team. Reaching at least the quarters? Semis?     As far as I can see Klinsmann got pretty good results with a rather mediocre side. Small changes at the margins...
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    Concussions and Soccer

    Isn't there already headgear available? FIFA could make the use of them mandatory, like they did with shin guards.
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    Landon the Donovan

    He is right in that the US played too defensively against Germany and Belgium. There is nothing wrong with sitting deep but you have to present more of a threat on counterattacks which are a specialty of Donovan.    Playing Donovan alongside Dempsey up front might have been a good idea, if the...
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    Landon the Donovan

    Donovan was never world class. He had the potential to become a world class player but he didn't realize it.
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    USMNT: To Rüssia With Love

    I don't think you can compare keepers to normal field players. In a way they are more like athletes in a single player sport like tennis or golf which could be one reason why the US is able to produce good goalkeepers. You don't depend on your teammates or good soccer specific coaches but are...