Search results

Sure, if that's what ye were actually talking about, but it's not.

To be fair, he almost never played at the same time as Rui Costa, so it's less a case that he's got less space, than he's just unfamiliar with the system of play. If that truely is the case, is it fair to say that Scholari failed big-time as the coach in that he didn't fix the flaw in Deco's...

Yes, but I'm trying hard to think of reasons not to close the thread for its sheer irrelevance.

Does anyone else think Deco may have played poorly for Portugal because he was at the front of an attacking midfield rather than a defensive one, as he is at Porto? I've seen that kind of thing make a difference before. Expecially in the final, he looked uncomfortable on the ball, unsure...

:wallbang: Andries, you might be having fun, but this has gone miles off topic, and is deteriorating into either an arguement or a lovefest, depending on how serious you two are.

I thought Deco and Pauleta shouldn't have started, and they spent most of the match proving me right. It's a pretty serious mistake to field an attack made up entirely of wingers and deadwood, wouldn't you think? That said, Greece do deserve a lot more credit than they're getting. One has to...

Ladies, enough is enough - put the claws and spittle away. If you want to continue this, do it via pm. If you persist here, I'll put a padlock on it.

It's a little more confused, because here the verb (invited) acts on Anopko, Smertin etc, where as in the previous example there was no such confusion. However, "declined" makes it clear that "they" refers to the invited, rather than the inviter. :) Clear as mud. Suffice it to say, Martin finds...

Yeah, I liked that - he did what the entire Portugese squad was failing to do - he hit the back of the Greek net! :)

That sentance is structured correctly. "Football players" is the subject of the first sentance, and the pronoun means that the second sentance inherits the subject of the first.

If you've ever seen a great Brazil team in full flight, you should already know the answer to that.