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Official FootballSoccerFútbol Thread 2009/2010
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Back to eating those Tacos Mexico. 
England seemed too hyper in the first half, better when they took a big gulp of breath and chilled the fuck out.
As Inter showed in the Champs league - it's not the possession that counts, but the goals scored. Look at Brazil 1982 - best team ever to play a game of football, but lost to a load of shitbags.
And Glenn Johnson = the new Pele! :lol
England seemed too hyper in the first half, better when they took a big gulp of breath and chilled the fuck out.
As Inter showed in the Champs league - it's not the possession that counts, but the goals scored. Look at Brazil 1982 - best team ever to play a game of football, but lost to a load of shitbags.
And Glenn Johnson = the new Pele! :lol
Washed_Out
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:lol I swear Argentina is only playing against Canada for shits and giggles. Why are they playing a team that didn't even qualify?
I always thought teams did this because they were afraid other teams in the tournament "could" go in hard on their best players, removing a potential favorites chances of getting out of the group.-htownplaya- said:
Id be interested to hear why? Im not trying to come across as a dick here but ive been hearing alot of this "USA is going to roll the group" stuff lately and im wondering where the hell it comes from. The USA could beat England, the Ivory coast could beat Brazil and every world cup throws up shocking results, but that does not change the fact that it would be a big upset, and would be a poor bet to make. The USA team is lacking in any real star talent, its best players play in mid to low tier premiership teams and, though are respected in their individual clubs, are hardly admired in England to any degree. The USA as i have stated have poor tournament form, i.e they dont do well and experience plays a big part in navigating a group and the group itself is no roll over, the USA are not odds on to take second, its pretty much evens at the moment.MPW said:
This isnt to put England on some pedestal, because England are very hit and miss and again likely we will have a poorish tournament past the group stages, but no sensible commentator would take the USA over England at this point, or any since football began.
MPW said:
What makes you think this?
What has shown you in the last 2 years that the USA have a team capable of competing, let alone winning, the World Cup.
You sight beating Spain.
Congrats.
You beat a team, in a friendly competition, that no one has ever given a shit about in the history of the world.
Huevos de Oro
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Good game. Great playing by England on the second half. Possession means nothing if you can't reflect that on the scoreboard. As usual, we played around with the ball as much as the rival allowed us to do so, generated a number of scoring chances, ran a lot, but failure in the definition zone (and lack of attention in the defense) means doom against a world-class team.
This only reflects, pretty accurately, the distance between the two national representatives, and will hopefully be a good dose of realism over here where a huge marketing campaign around the national team has a lot of people actually thinking we have any chances of becoming a major player in the WC. This won't happen unless a lot of things change with the way fútbol is handled over here.
This only reflects, pretty accurately, the distance between the two national representatives, and will hopefully be a good dose of realism over here where a huge marketing campaign around the national team has a lot of people actually thinking we have any chances of becoming a major player in the WC. This won't happen unless a lot of things change with the way fútbol is handled over here.
SteelAttack said:
The biggest issue you had was a lack of any sort of a final/killer ball.
You can play it well enough, but whenever you had a decent opportunity, or got close to a scoring chance, you failed to put it away.
Forcing crosses across the box, against mature defenders will very rarely work.
I believe against a similar flair team, you'll do very well, as you have the individual skill.
But against a tough, defensive team, you'll struggle.
Huevos de Oro
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Definitely agreed. Lack of definition has been an issue, not only recently but historically. I just can't believe the guys were so hellbent in sending crosses when air game isn't one of their strenghts, and never has been.Google said:
Regarding the bolded, holy crap Italy is coming. :lol I just hope our forwards don't get crushed against their granitic defense.
Dr Zhivago
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Decent win for England, not sure where all the negativity is coming from.
Not negativity per se, as a fan im guilty of not seeing England play for a while, seeing the quality of the individual England players in the league and thinking "how could this not be epic" and then getting brought down to earth when we actually play. I dont mean that to sound derogatory, at least not as much as it comes across but thats basically it.Dr Zhivago said:
:lol awww half the fun is over inflating our chancesGoogle said:
As a football fan i get so much more out of the WC than Englands rollercoaster, and for that im grateful, if anything im rather glad that we go out early so i can sit back and just what some epic matchups, hell, the last Euros was a brilliant watch because i didnt have to worry about England at all.
Mr Cola said::lol awww half the fun is over inflating our chances
As a football fan i get so much more out of the WC than Englands rollercoaster, and for that im grateful, if anything im rather glad that we go out early so i can sit back and just what some epic matchups, hell, the last Euros was a brilliant watch because i didnt have to worry about England at all.
I enjoy having a team to follow, and be passionate about, while enjoying watching the Asian and African teams whip our closest rivals.
Seriously, I love the World Cup, and I love being an England fan.
I'm proud of the team, but my love for the competition goes further than my own team.
Huevos de Oro
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This is what will actually happen, and I will despair. ;(Google said:
I believe the match against Netherlands will be more entertaining if only because it's bound to be more open, with more freedom for the attacking players than against Italy. Italy's defense will take no shit and they're ruthless.GaussTek said:
Unless our forwards understand that they need to play short, fast, and close to the ground, their (Italy's) CBs are going to have a field day slaughtering forwards.
However, I'm mighty concerned about Netherland's speed, especially because our defenders aren't exactly impalas. Osorio especially showed some poor form during today's match. A lot slower than I remember.
Huevos de Oro
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:lol Fast, explosive players like Lennon are poison for our defenders. I shudder when I think of the things that someone like Robben could do if they're not on their toes at all times.Google said:
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