Dan Thomas

We had a killer amongst us.

Murder at the U. Listen now.

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of ESPN FC.

I'm Dan Thomas, Ali Moreno alongside me.

We'll kick things off with the US taking on Portugal on Tuesday night.

And it's back-to-back defeats from Richie Pochettino's side as they would lose by two goals to nil.

Let's hear from the manager.

Well, for more on this, let's welcome in, shall we?

Go, go, USA.

Ian Darke is with us, and we also welcome Jermaine Jones, of course, one of the best goals that the US has ever seen at the World Cup.

Jermaine, stick with me on this, but I could ask you what we'd learn or which players stood out or who shouldn't go to the World Cup, all that stuff.

But let's just focus on the facts, if I may.

If Arsenal beat Burnley 2-0, our lead is obviously Arsenal continuing.

No one is talking about Burnley and not turning up and formations and players they should have used and tactics.

Portugal have got better players than the US.

Arsenal have better players than Burnley.

Belgium have better players than the US.

Why is there so much excitement and hype

around what Pochettino should be doing when in reality none of these US players get into the Portuguese squad.

That's just where it is and that's fine, that's fine to accept, yet there seems to be so much talk around everything else, so much noise, which just seems to exceed all expectations.