Altidore to Villareal

Uh, that was a rhetorical question.
On Rossi, concensus is not whether he would impress; but if he would ever be capped for Italy.

 

And I apologize for leaving it here so long just to impress you guys that this ISNT the Offal. Pay attention where you're posting so that we look intelligent compared to the idiots, on there.
Sorry, I mean EVEN MORE intelligent!
- pf

 

RE: Re: Altidore to Villareal

(to the tune of Noel)

Jooooozyyyyy, Jooooozyyy
Jooooozyyyyy, Jooooozyyy
Boooorn is the king of New York and Jersey!

 

6 goals in 17 appearances for their U21 team. I wouldn't be surprised to see him on their Olympic team this summer.

 

It's official.

"Arriving Spanish Primera Division, also with Villarreal, is a dream coming true"

So what do you all think? Was Jozy interviewed in Spanish and just poorly translated into English, or was he interviewed in English and then translated into Spanish and back to English? (I'm assuming this isn't a direct quote of something Jozy said in English.)

 

Guiseppe Rossi (sp?) is on the same team, did he play?

 

No he did not, I didn't see him on the bench list either, but don't quote me on that.

 

Per Soccernet, Rossi was not in the squad today.

 

Now there's some good news!

 

Great news Don, thanks for locating/posting

Go Jozy!

 

Great news. Thanks for posting. Did Rossi play in that game also?

 

In a friendly against a team in the fifth-tier Spanish league, except really they're further down because there are four leagues of twenty teams in the third tier, including the reserve teams of Villarreal and many other La Liga sides (which play in the same league pyramid in Spain and can be promoted and relegated like everyone else), and eighteen (!) leagues of twenty teams in the fourth tier. By their standing in the league pyramid, the team Jozy played against is no better than the 421st best team in Spain. Sure, they had eleven guys on the field including a 'keeper who was allowed to use his hands, but come on, "Altidore hits hat trick in Villarreal debut" is a bit misleading.

 

Here is something about Jozy and Rossi that you might find good for a laugh.

http://fortune-future.com/index.php/art ... /3085.html

 

Sure, but if Runstrom scored a hat trick in a friendly against an Isthmian League team, which is more like what we're dealing with?

As I said, there were still eleven players on the other team who were trying to keep them from scoring goals, but this was a team that would've been outclassed by Ebbsfleet United or the Rochester Rhinos or a good college team.

 

Never-the-less they put Jozy out on the pitch to score and he scored so good for Jozy!

 

Another Villarreal striker injured
http://www.villarrealcf.es/principal.ph ... submenu=39

That leaves them with two fit to play this weekend, including Altidore. They have the option of playing a 4-5-1 or using one of their more attack minded midfielders as a withdrawn forward, but either way, it looks VERY LIKELY that Altidore will see some playing time.