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MapleLeafSirup
Profile Joined July 2009
Germany950 Posts
July 20 2014 16:00 GMT
#581
The possibility of James Rodriguez being totally overrated is very high.
Losing Di Maria would weigh much bigger than getting Rodriguez and Falcao.

Best team ever @ Mensol? Come on. I don't see that at all.
Kleinmuuhg
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Vanuatu4091 Posts
July 20 2014 16:38 GMT
#582
On July 21 2014 00:30 Dingodile wrote:
I am happy that Kroos is not anymore at Bayern, he was the biggest gap. Every time Kroos isnt playing, bayern plays so much better offensively. Sure his defensively pass and flanks are excellent but he plays pretty slow (la liga is slower than bundesliga, but this doesnt mean la liga is inferior to BL), la liga is better for his playstyle.

Bayern should look/buy a 2nd Schweinsteiger, his offensiv and defensiv abilities are so solid/powerful and plays the perfect speed to bayern's playstyle.

i agree except for the fact that real is playing high speed counter football so im not sure a slow kroos fits that too well
This is our town, scrub
Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 17:40:02
July 20 2014 17:39 GMT
#583
On July 21 2014 01:00 MapleLeafSirup wrote:
The possibility of James Rodriguez being totally overrated is very high.
Losing Di Maria would weigh much bigger than getting Rodriguez and Falcao.

Best team ever @ Mensol? Come on. I don't see that at all.

Oh you come on, James Rodriguez is younger and showed better performance than Di Maria at WC, He is going to be even better under Zidane. Falcao is one of the best finisher out there, one can say that his finishing skills are as good as Suarez.

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James Rodriguez's shirts are already on sale in Spanish capital.
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 19:37:29
July 20 2014 17:42 GMT
#584
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Micro_Jackson
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany2002 Posts
July 20 2014 17:44 GMT
#585
Typical english person, calls it Fantasy Leagues and its only PL
city42
Profile Joined October 2007
1656 Posts
July 20 2014 18:00 GMT
#586
On July 21 2014 02:39 Mensol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 01:00 MapleLeafSirup wrote:
The possibility of James Rodriguez being totally overrated is very high.
Losing Di Maria would weigh much bigger than getting Rodriguez and Falcao.

Best team ever @ Mensol? Come on. I don't see that at all.

Oh you come on, James Rodriguez is younger and showed better performance than Di Maria at WC, He is going to be even better under Zidane. Falcao is one of the best finisher out there, one can say that his finishing skills are as good as Suarez.

[image loading]

James Rodriguez's shirts are already on sale in Spanish capital.

The problem is that they will have to abandon the 4-3-3 without Di Maria, and Ronaldo and Bale didn't play well together in a 4-2-3-1 setup last season.
MapleLeafSirup
Profile Joined July 2009
Germany950 Posts
July 20 2014 18:27 GMT
#587
You talk as if James was already such an accomplished world class player. What did he do before WC? Scored 9 goals in Ligue 1? Good to know.
I don't doubt that he has a lot of potential but he has to prove first. Especially in a team where he is just on amongst many.
Sure, Falcao is also very good but a whole bunch of great players do not automatically build a great team, we should all have learned this by now.

Don't understand me wrong, they might very well become even better than last year because they have a great coach. But best team EVER? You know there were teams who won the CL thrice in a row?
haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2722 Posts
July 20 2014 18:27 GMT
#588
On July 21 2014 02:39 Mensol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 01:00 MapleLeafSirup wrote:
The possibility of James Rodriguez being totally overrated is very high.
Losing Di Maria would weigh much bigger than getting Rodriguez and Falcao.

Best team ever @ Mensol? Come on. I don't see that at all.

Oh you come on, James Rodriguez is younger and showed better performance than Di Maria at WC, He is going to be even better under Zidane. Falcao is one of the best finisher out there, one can say that his finishing skills are as good as Suarez.

[image loading]

James Rodriguez's shirts are already on sale in Spanish capital.


Zidane is now in Real Madrid B, not with Ancelotti xDD
Craze
Profile Joined July 2010
United States561 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 18:49:12
July 20 2014 18:38 GMT
#589
On July 21 2014 00:30 Dingodile wrote:
I am happy that Kroos is not anymore at Bayern, he was the biggest gap. Every time Kroos isnt playing, bayern plays so much better offensively. Sure his defensively pass and flanks are excellent but he plays pretty slow (la liga is slower than bundesliga, but this doesnt mean la liga is inferior to BL), la liga is better for his playstyle.

Bayern should look/buy a 2nd Schweinsteiger, his offensiv and defensiv abilities are so solid/powerful and plays the perfect speed to bayern's playstyle.


Buy a second shweinstegger? Does such a phenom exist?

Yaya Toure?

edit:


Great friendly, pretty entertaining. Love that the third Sounders goal was 3 young homegrown players from our Academy. Yedlin was brilliant in the game too, burned his mark so many times down the right side and put in great crosses. The penalty was the only mistake he had, showed some inexperience putting that arm up.
Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 18:46:14
July 20 2014 18:44 GMT
#590
Why did you take this serious MapleLeafSirup? Even if they arent going to be best team ever, they'll be close to it, at least on the paper.

On July 21 2014 03:38 Craze wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 00:30 Dingodile wrote:
I am happy that Kroos is not anymore at Bayern, he was the biggest gap. Every time Kroos isnt playing, bayern plays so much better offensively. Sure his defensively pass and flanks are excellent but he plays pretty slow (la liga is slower than bundesliga, but this doesnt mean la liga is inferior to BL), la liga is better for his playstyle.

Bayern should look/buy a 2nd Schweinsteiger, his offensiv and defensiv abilities are so solid/powerful and plays the perfect speed to bayern's playstyle.


Buy a second shweinstegger? Does such a phenom exist?

Yaya Toure?

edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DikzxPODNs

Great friendly, pretty entertaining.

William Carvalho.
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
GizmoPT
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal3040 Posts
July 20 2014 19:20 GMT
#591
On July 21 2014 02:42 Pandemona wrote:
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GizmoPT
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal3040 Posts
July 20 2014 19:20 GMT
#592
On July 21 2014 03:44 Mensol wrote:
Why did you take this serious MapleLeafSirup? Even if they arent going to be best team ever, they'll be close to it, at least on the paper.

Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 03:38 Craze wrote:
On July 21 2014 00:30 Dingodile wrote:
I am happy that Kroos is not anymore at Bayern, he was the biggest gap. Every time Kroos isnt playing, bayern plays so much better offensively. Sure his defensively pass and flanks are excellent but he plays pretty slow (la liga is slower than bundesliga, but this doesnt mean la liga is inferior to BL), la liga is better for his playstyle.

Bayern should look/buy a 2nd Schweinsteiger, his offensiv and defensiv abilities are so solid/powerful and plays the perfect speed to bayern's playstyle.


Buy a second shweinstegger? Does such a phenom exist?

Yaya Toure?

edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DikzxPODNs

Great friendly, pretty entertaining.

William Carvalho.


shhhhh don't tell them about him :'(
Snipers Promod & Micro Arena Creator in SC2 Arcade - Portuguese Community Admin for SC2, HotS and Overwatch - Ex-Portugal SC2 Team Manager, Ex- Copenhagen Wolves and Grow uP Gaming Manager in SC2. Just Playing games now!
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
July 20 2014 19:36 GMT
#593
Yeah my team isn't done but just getting sign up and involved with it now.
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GizmoPT
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal3040 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 23:09:49
July 20 2014 20:30 GMT
#594
Sporting - Benfica pre-season derby going on right now :p fun fun (1-0 first half André Martins)

edit: we won 1-0 was a good game for a pre-season one

edit: the goal
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Snipers Promod & Micro Arena Creator in SC2 Arcade - Portuguese Community Admin for SC2, HotS and Overwatch - Ex-Portugal SC2 Team Manager, Ex- Copenhagen Wolves and Grow uP Gaming Manager in SC2. Just Playing games now!
3point14
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany890 Posts
July 20 2014 20:58 GMT
#595
On July 21 2014 00:30 Dingodile wrote:
I am happy that Kroos is not anymore at Bayern, he was the biggest gap. Every time Kroos isnt playing, bayern plays so much better offensively. Sure his defensively pass and flanks are excellent but he plays pretty slow (la liga is slower than bundesliga, but this doesnt mean la liga is inferior to BL), la liga is better for his playstyle.

Bayern should look/buy a 2nd Schweinsteiger, his offensiv and defensiv abilities are so solid/powerful and plays the perfect speed to bayern's playstyle.

im happy too. never understood why he is praised so much. maybe once I understand football better, I will like him too, but I dont think I will.
Twisted
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands13554 Posts
July 20 2014 22:38 GMT
#596
Kroos is decent but he's scored some great goals with shots from distance which he's really good at. That's why people probably rate him a bit too high.
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Micro_Jackson
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany2002 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 23:03:12
July 20 2014 23:01 GMT
#597
The thing with Kroos is that he is super hard to judge. He doesnt fill the stats sheed nor has a massive amount of ball contacts like a Lahm or Thiago, his strenght is more giving balance, having great positional play and his side to side passes.

He played a lot of games recently but you could argue he benefited from injuries. 2012/13 he wasnt there in the end against Barca and Dortmund (Robben was out of the starting eleven, who knows whhat would have happend).
13/14 he played a massive amount of games but in a Bayern team that was enormosly plaged with injuries. In the current roster if anybody is healthy he would battle with Thiago, and Schweinsteiger for 2 and depending on the system with Martinez, Alaba, Götze, Müller for 3 spots in the lineup. Would he play this much i dont know.
Same with the National team is there a starting 11 spot for him with a healthy Khedira, Schweinsteiger and Reus as well as Özil and Götze beeing in shape?

He is great but he is at his best if the system works for him and in a team with Bale and Ronaldo this will not happen. If he would have joined ManUnited and Van Gaal builds a system around him he would be the best player in PL without doubt but i am a bit afraid that he will be there for league games and overall depth and not play in the big games.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
July 21 2014 00:16 GMT
#598
I can never understand directors like Woodward who go on TV talking about how rich Man Utd is and how there's no set budget because of how much bank we have. Arsenal did it last season and every team tried to rip them off.
Steveling
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Greece10806 Posts
July 21 2014 00:28 GMT
#599
Where is this falcao talk coming from?
RM just made a new contract with benzema until 2019.
My dick has shrunk to the point where it looks like I have 3 balls.
malcram
Profile Joined November 2010
2752 Posts
July 21 2014 07:20 GMT
#600
dafuq? rumour has it that drogba is returning to chelsea... lol
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