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On March 02 2012 01:49 Rebs wrote:
I dont see anything glaringly wrong with the team Pearce picked tbh. I sincerely doubt the JT's and Ferdinands would have spelled a better performance. The lineup is alot more promising than it has been in years and infact the lack of stars is probably the best thing that couldve happened. And yeah Sturridge should be starting. Walcott shouldnt be allowed on the pitch till he developes a first touch. Frankly Ive never seen him be a factor until your team is alread ahead. There may ofcourse be exceptions but that is the general trend. All in all I saw alot of positives and frankly Scholes should be in that squad at the very least. Parker has been shafted far to long, if you have a good working organized midfield hes the equivalent of practically putting a wall infront of your defense.
Honeslty all teams wont play as pragmatically as the dutch have been (even during the world cup tbh) so I dont mind playing at a high tempo against most teams. The current England lineup feels more suited to that. England never have nor do they appear in the near future to produce the kind of play that will pick up apart defenses based on technical ability. High pace would certainly suit them and I dont think there is any reason for that to not work. Working class defense or otherwise.
I don't disagree with that.
Ferdinand might have added a bit more inspiration when passing out of defence but apart from that.
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On March 01 2012 21:29 Twisted wrote:
I don't think you should argue England's current form based on the fact that they did ok against Holland last night. Holland is faaar below the level they were on at the world cup imo. I have strong doubts that they'll do anything significant at the Eurocup. They need to do a lot of improving if they want to get far. And we need van der Wiel back. Bouhlarouz sucks. As for left back, we don't have anything better than Pieters, it's embarrassing.
Sneijder is constantly telling the media that he's fit and in shape, but I really can't see it. He was in my opinion together with Xavi/Iniesta the best midfielder in the world in 2010 (and maybe should've won the Ballon d'Or that year based on the treble with Inter Milan and the World Cup final) and he's nowhere NEAR that level.
I think NL will do just fine this euro. 2nd half they pushed the first minutes and completely wiped the floor with England. After that they chilled and gave 2 goals away way to easily but after that they started pushing again and were playing better than England with robben making a fantastic goal.
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On March 02 2012 01:57 RvB wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2012 21:29 Twisted wrote:
I don't think you should argue England's current form based on the fact that they did ok against Holland last night. Holland is faaar below the level they were on at the world cup imo. I have strong doubts that they'll do anything significant at the Eurocup. They need to do a lot of improving if they want to get far. And we need van der Wiel back. Bouhlarouz sucks. As for left back, we don't have anything better than Pieters, it's embarrassing.
Sneijder is constantly telling the media that he's fit and in shape, but I really can't see it. He was in my opinion together with Xavi/Iniesta the best midfielder in the world in 2010 (and maybe should've won the Ballon d'Or that year based on the treble with Inter Milan and the World Cup final) and he's nowhere NEAR that level. I think NL will do just fine this euro. 2nd half they pushed the first minutes and completely wiped the floor with England. After that they chilled and gave 2 goals away way to easily but after that they started pushing again and were playing better than England with robben making a fantastic goal.
I wish you could transfer some of the optimism towards me, because having Pieters against C. Ronaldo or Nani is making me really worried.
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On March 02 2012 01:55 ranshaked wrote:
I know absolutely nothing about soccer, but with the mens USA team beating Italy does this mean that the USA is "good"? Basically, when the world cup comes around, do they have a chance?
DEmpshy strike was good, but Italy had the US on the ropes the whole time. The italians just had bad finishing. The US has a good young team so they'll be better when the cup comes around in 2014.
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On March 02 2012 02:10 Ysellian wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2012 01:57 RvB wrote:On March 01 2012 21:29 Twisted wrote:
I don't think you should argue England's current form based on the fact that they did ok against Holland last night. Holland is faaar below the level they were on at the world cup imo. I have strong doubts that they'll do anything significant at the Eurocup. They need to do a lot of improving if they want to get far. And we need van der Wiel back. Bouhlarouz sucks. As for left back, we don't have anything better than Pieters, it's embarrassing.
Sneijder is constantly telling the media that he's fit and in shape, but I really can't see it. He was in my opinion together with Xavi/Iniesta the best midfielder in the world in 2010 (and maybe should've won the Ballon d'Or that year based on the treble with Inter Milan and the World Cup final) and he's nowhere NEAR that level. I think NL will do just fine this euro. 2nd half they pushed the first minutes and completely wiped the floor with England. After that they chilled and gave 2 goals away way to easily but after that they started pushing again and were playing better than England with robben making a fantastic goal. I wish you could transfer some of the optimism towards me, because having Pieters against C. Ronaldo or Nani is making me really worried.
The same nani that had 1 chance against Ajax in the EL. Besides that NL has had a bad defense world cup too, van bronckhorst was way over the top. We have de Jong and van bommel on the mid to take care of our mediocre last line
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On March 02 2012 01:55 ranshaked wrote:
I know absolutely nothing about soccer, but with the mens USA team beating Italy does this mean that the USA is "good"? Basically, when the world cup comes around, do they have a chance?
according to the fifa world ranking USA is currently 31st, but with the victory over Italy they will jump a bit higher.
Considering that the MLS is as good as the German 3rd Division, their national team is really not bad, they still have 2 years to prepare and qualify for the world cup.
The USA have a lot of young players who can develop greatly over the next 2 years.
I personally think that USA might reach the Quarterfinal at the World Cup 2014. (Of course it depends on the Draw and what opponent they play in the Round of 16.)
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So MLS has announced in Orlando that 66,000 seats will be open in CenturyLink field for the Cascadia rivalry!
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On March 02 2012 01:55 ranshaked wrote:
I know absolutely nothing about soccer, but with the mens USA team beating Italy does this mean that the USA is "good"? Basically, when the world cup comes around, do they have a chance?
Honnestly, beating Italy is a good result and shows that in football everything can happen. Also i think your team improved in the last years and now is a "respectable" nation but i can tell you that you will NEVER win a world cup :D
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On March 02 2012 01:55 ranshaked wrote:
I know absolutely nothing about soccer, but with the mens USA team beating Italy does this mean that the USA is "good"? Basically, when the world cup comes around, do they have a chance?
Dude, your team (USA) has always been a well drilled side, tough to beat is the number 1 attribute i would asociate with team USA football team. Beating Italy is yes a very big scalp considering Italy have been hyped back up recently and some people saying there looking good (critis/pundits). I am not quite sure of what team Italy did put out, but i know they dropped Ballotelli for the game for some reason i can't remember but im sure it was a decent team and beating them is very good result.
Chances in 2014 world cup? Way to long away im affraid to put any light on that subject yet, but you always are a tough team to beat so you will have a good chance of getting out of a group into the knock out rounds when you might suprise your way into the last 8.
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On March 02 2012 12:50 meatbox wrote:Internazionale having big problems
hear you bro, im crying myself to sleep everyday...
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On March 02 2012 17:54 Pandemona wrote:
but i know they dropped Ballotelli for the game for some reason i can't remember
Italy coach said he doesn't need a player who can't control his emotions or something like that )
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Arsenal - Liverpool very exciting. Sczcesny stops the penalty and the followup.
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In RVP I trust.
Thanks for bringing Arsenal back into things after the horrid own goal. ( and I guess thanks are needed for Sagna too)
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My first half impressions:
Sczcesny's save was great, but I get the impression that Arsenal's defense is so bad, every counter-attack/fast break from the opponent would seem like a PK. He has definitely leveled up through the end of last year/this year, I still shiver at the thought of Almunia in goal.
How can you not close down RVP? He's a clinical finisher and that Sagna had days to get that cross in properly. Walcott is closed down and when he's not allowed that space, he's basically invisible on the field, very disappointing. Liverpool has had the whole game going their way, Kelly filling in well for Johnson (the poor man's Maicon as I call him) and Kuyt was just unlucky at the end. Suarez is still a bitch.
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rofl Van Persie does it again. Bad luck Liverpool, the much better side and lose it in the end.
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van Persie is just incredible haha
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I just watched te Liverpool vs Arsenal game too see how PL looks like: this is UGLY !!! My god, tacticaly and technicaly both team were super bad...
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