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sharkie
Austria18749 Posts
guess because they are more accustomed to the climate? On July 01 2013 22:50 Vault Boy wrote: Argentina 5/1 HAHAHAHA :D What idiot did that? Only contenders for World Cup are Germany and Spain. /END And Brazil because its their home turf | ||
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Vault Boy
Germany131 Posts
What idiot did that? Only contenders for World Cup are Germany and Spain. /END | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Don't forget if your in certain areas of Brazil you can be playing in like 90% humidity and 28degrees at 7pm in the evening, and im guessing there will be games on earlier, so you could be playing 90% humidity and 30+degrees. Completely different to anything Europeans have to deal with? Then in the southern side you can be playing in -1 at night. Be completely crazy climate changes to mess up the systems. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
I'm surprised belgium is ranked so high, above the netherlands; I knew they have a very good qualifying campaign. But I haven't paid too much attention to them, do they really have a quality team all of a sudden? (they haven't qualified for a big tournament since when? 2002?) Can anyone explain? Also same for Colombia. France will be unpredictable as always, but they might not even qualify. As of now my dark horse picks are Japan (despite the Confed Cup performance) and the USA (I still believe Klinsmann might not be the best club team coach, but I think he's ideal to coach a national team at a big tournament). Not in the sense that I think they will the tournament, but they are underrated quite a lot and have shown quite some potential recently. Would not surprise me to see them eliminate a big name and show up in the quarterfinals. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Courtois - 21, awesome goalkeeper, probably top 10 keeper in the world already AND IS 21 Kompany - 27, beast of a CB, arguably top 5 CB in the premiership Vertonghen - 26, can play LB or CB, has pace and height good quality defender Witsel - 24 bags of pace, great player improving all the time at Zenit Kevin De Bruyne - 22, Chelsea winger, can cross right foot and left foot, shown bags of potential this season at Chelsea will be his turning point to see if he can cut it at the top Fellaini - 25, BEAST of a CM on his day can boss any midfield Hazard - 22, could quite easily be as good as Neymar and co if he continues his improvement, will be one to watch Dembélé - 25, there playmaker, and eye for a pass and does it all so casually, makes the game look easy Benteke - 22, raw poor pace and a finish to match. Also good in the air, a great all round striker Mirallas - 25, speedy winger with an eye for goal, can be a match winner, but not all the time Dries Mertens - 26Another great pacey forward, scores goals for fun and has been getting better and better in Eredivisie, will see how he does with Napoli in the champions league this season too. Lukaku - 20, Drogba...plain and simple, could be even better than Drogba too, 15 goals in his debut season in the Prem. BEAST AWESOME SQUAD is why  | ||
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
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don_kyuhote
3007 Posts
On July 01 2013 23:38 Mafe wrote: As of now my dark horse picks are Japan (despite the Confed Cup performance) and the USA (I still believe Klinsmann might not be the best club team coach, but I think he's ideal to coach a national team at a big tournament). Not in the sense that I think they will the tournament, but they are underrated quite a lot and have shown quite some potential recently. Would not surprise me to see them eliminate a big name and show up in the quarterfinals. hehe USA has a pattern of having a pretty good WC, then pretty bad one, then pretty good one, then bad one. Since 2010 was a "pretty good one" despite being in the lead for total of 1 minute the entire tournament, I expect them to fall at the group stage.  But it all depends on their group I guess. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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RvB
Netherlands6322 Posts
On July 01 2013 23:52 Pandemona wrote: Belgium, just look at there squad brah. All under 23 and world class already (or soon to be) Courtois - 21, awesome goalkeeper, probably top 10 keeper in the world already AND IS 21 Kompany - 27, beast of a CB, arguably top 5 CB in the premiership Vertonghen - 26, can play LB or CB, has pace and height good quality defender Witsel - 24 bags of pace, great player improving all the time at Zenit Kevin De Bruyne - 22, Chelsea winger, can cross right foot and left foot, shown bags of potential this season at Chelsea will be his turning point to see if he can cut it at the top Fellaini - 25, BEAST of a CM on his day can boss any midfield Hazard - 22, could quite easily be as good as Neymar and co if he continues his improvement, will be one to watch Dembélé - 25, there playmaker, and eye for a pass and does it all so casually, makes the game look easy Benteke - 22, raw poor pace and a finish to match. Also good in the air, a great all round striker Mirallas - 25, speedy winger with an eye for goal, can be a match winner, but not all the time Dries Mertens - 26Another great pacey forward, scores goals for fun and has been getting better and better in Eredivisie, will see how he does with Napoli in the champions league this season too. Lukaku - 20, Drogba...plain and simple, could be even better than Drogba too, 15 goals in his debut season in the Prem. BEAST AWESOME SQUAD is why You're overrating Hazard, he's not on the level of Neymar imo and Mertens has a name for scoring against small clubs and not against the big ones. But yeah Belgium has a real good team.. | ||
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Maenander
Germany4927 Posts
Argentina has more to offer than "just" a magnificent offense! With a manager who knows what he is doing the team is certainly a contender for the title. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On July 02 2013 00:24 RvB wrote: You're overrating Hazard, he's not on the level of Neymar imo and Mertens has a name for scoring against small clubs and not against the big ones. But yeah Belgium has a real good team.. Ya but i did say COULD He is not there yet i agree, but has shown some nice glimpses of being able to take on more than just one or two defenders and supplying a cross. He takes on 3-4 and finishes. Take Man Utd cup game away from home, takes on 2 players and bends the ball in top corner xD | ||
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sharkeyanti
United States1273 Posts
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haitike
Spain2744 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Plus he is closest to Jordi Alba on the left..quick pacey, has a good cross. Not as good at finishing or anything but still his age makes him >>>>>> Arbeloa | ||
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mavignon
France369 Posts
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mavignon
France369 Posts
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
Long live Arbeloa as a Madrid player. | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On July 02 2013 02:05 Pandemona wrote: Bahaha, Spain found their escape goat? You didn't just say this, lmao. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
Comes with a new chant: To the tune of "Wake Me Up Before You Gogo" by Wham: "Wake me up, Yaya Sanogo, let's hope he's better than that cunt from Togo" http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/serie-milan-agree-terms-honda-075310885.html Milan have agreed to terms with CSKA Moscow to sign Keisuke Honda, but they need to sell Robinho first to make room for Honda. They are confident they can sell Robinho to Santos. http://news.arseblog.com/2013/07/report-leverkusen-rebuff-arsenals-e23m-bender-bid/ I used to like Leverkusen. But then they did business with Chelsea, and rejected Arsenal. Not cool guys  Still, I am loving this ambition shown by the club.And apparently Monaco are going to make a €30m bid for Zlatan Imbrahimovic... | ||
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