Nick Against the World (64 Viewers)

Slagathor

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Jul 25, 2001
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Andy said:
What the...that is one hell of an unbalanced side, my man. Argentina will draw Ooijer and Davids out to the wing and strike right through the center of the midfield and defense with the diamond at the back. I like the front three, especially including Landzaat, however van Persie playing left midfield? Van Bommel holding centrally? What about Maduro?

I can see Davids playing a left-back role, however you could also use him in the midfield. Van Bronckhorst is not as sound defensively as Davids, so I see your point in that respect. That's an intriguing XI, to say the least.
An anti-balance is what we do best :undecide:

Anyway, Ooijer is a good right back (or has been a number of times for PSV) and Nigel de Jong has frequently done a good defensive job for Ajax on the right side; their combination should be enough to cover the right flank (I hope).

Van Persie is second choice to Van der Vaart, but he's currently injured and so is Maduro, hence my choices. I put Van Bommel there because he has Philip Cocu in his back and is well experienced on the central midfield.

Back on the subject of the US; I've heard Beasley mention in an interview the US are solid in defence, and could well adopt PSV's style of play in that respect. Which is why I assumed that would be a good tactic against the Czechs (I'm afraid I'm not familiar with too many players on your squad but I will be by the time the WC finishes).

I hope you beat the Czechs and advance together with Italy. I don't like them Prague peasants much :D
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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Erik said:
An anti-balance is what we do best :undecide:

Anyway, Ooijer is a good right back (or has been a number of times for PSV) and Nigel de Jong has frequently done a good defensive job for Ajax on the right side; their combination should be enough to cover the right flank (I hope).

Van Persie is second choice to Van der Vaart, but he's currently injured and so is Maduro, hence my choices. I put Van Bommel there because he has Philip Cocu in his back and is well experienced on the central midfield.
Ahh okay I see. Van Bommel backed up by Cocu looks fairly strong, but I just have to question the 1-3-3-3 because teams can become rather stretched and holes develop at the back. However, going forward you lot will be fine if van der Vaart can recover in time.

Back on the subject of the US; I've heard Beasley mention in an interview the US are solid in defence, and could well adopt PSV's style of play in that respect. Which is why I assumed that would be a good tactic against the Czechs (I'm afraid I'm not familiar with too many players on your squad but I will be by the time the WC finishes).
We are solid in defense when it comes to playing sides such as Costa Rica, however the Czechs and Italy will be another story, obviously. Onyewu, however, is a pillar of strength back there for us and not too many players can beat him in the air. We will face more problems with through balls and quick touches around the area...something the Czechs certainly excel at.

I hope you beat the Czechs and advance together with Italy. I don't like them Prague peasants much :D
I hope we do as well, but I would not mind seeing us go through at the expense of the Italians either. ;)
 

Dragon

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Apr 24, 2003
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swag said:
Congrats, Andy. In my own college experience, I was pleasantly surprised in the many tests where myself and others were convinced that we all got less than half the answers, and yet we ended up with legitimate grades.

WTF is right. :pint:
That still has to happen to me in my college experience
 
Sep 28, 2002
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yeah, me too. i mean i got better grades than i expected several times, but that was because of the easy i got, not because i knew the subject very well. but usually its not "WTF" as swag put it, just "F" :D
 

The Pado

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Jul 12, 2002
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The Pado wanted me to post this:

Dear Seven, since you are going to be using my "The Pado" account on juventuz forum, would you please post a few pics of my rectum wrecking unit? That would be funny and people would just assume that somebody hacked my account. Also, make sure you tell Greg how we really feel about UFO get togethers in Shitsville, USA.
 

swag

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Sep 23, 2003
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Osama bin Laden wanted me to post this:

Dear Juventuz members. Please cease and desist use of Seven's username in association with these outrageous and unholy contexts. I've found Seven to be a fine, upstanding young man ... for a Belgian. Even if he's a bit of a flaky infidel in the eyes of Mohammed. But we've had some very enlightened discussions around the cave fire -- and I've particularly agreed with some of his views on modern architecture. He's a good boy. So please, cut him some slack for once.

Otherwise, I'm gonna send over some of my homies to pop a 767 in yo' ass.
 
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IncuboRossonero

IncuboRossonero

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Nov 16, 2003
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    Dearest THE PADO,

    After all your sweet nicknames for yours truly including but not limited to conspiracy theorist, whiner, sore loser and Kasmir and claiming allegations always come out during scudetto time I would like to point your attention to stories being reported all over the World...as usual I am always two steps ahead of the game...



    ITALY's Serie A champion Juventus could face sanctions for sporting fraud.

    The Italian Football Federation announced overnight the opening of an inquiry into allegations that Juve's general director, Luciano Moggi, chose referees for the team's matches.

    Accusations levelled against Moggi in two newspapers overnight, but originally aired in 2004, concern the Juve chief requesting specific referees for matches with Messina and AC Milan.

    The Gazzetta dello Sport and the Corriere della Sera published accounts of telephone conversations between Moggi and Pierluigi Pairetto, a former member of the federation's refereeing commission, in which Moggi asks for officials of his choice to be assigned to the matches in question.

    Moggi is also accused of having asked Pairetto to select a specific referee for a 2004 Champions League game with Djurgardens of Sweden – at the time, Pairetto was also vice-president of the UEFA refereeing commission.



    A statement for the Italian federation said it received transcripts of the conversations from the Turin public prosecutor's office in March and added: "This new and complex documentation makes all other enquiries and analyses irrelevant."

    The inquiry was actually opened in March but only announced overnight.

    According to Italian press reports, the transcripts were not sufficient to suggest corruption or match-fixing, but do open Juventus to the possibility of league-imposed sanctions.

    The federation also recently opened an inquiry into alleged irregularities by the GEA, the association of players's agents, whose president is Moggi's son, Alessandro.
     

    swag

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    IncuboRossonero said:
    Dearest THE PADO,

    After all your sweet nicknames for yours truly including but not limited to conspiracy theorist, whiner, sore loser and Kasmir and claiming allegations always come out during scudetto time I would like to point your attention to stories being reported all over the World...as usual I am always two steps ahead of the game...
    ...and several behind, of all people, Abu "please discuss" Gadanzieri. :disagree:

    http://www.juventuz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16104

    FWIW, sounds like the usual bitch-and-moaning vendettas that tend to come out late in a Juve scudetto run around the time of a press silence. When the Cannavaro IV video doesn't work, what do you have left?

    As someone else mentioned, Raffaele Guarinello put Moggi and Giraudo cell phones under surveillance because they were under investigation for sport fraud (a criminal felony) in the famous case where Juve was acquitted. Since poor Guarinello didn't have anything to prosecute, he had to show his existence worthy of something. So, for no obvious reason :rolleyes2, conversations from 2004 suddenly make the news and Guarinello decides to pass these materials to Lega Calcio because they MAY contain information about inappropriate -- not criminal, otherwise Guarinello would have acted himself -- behaviors.

    There's so much smoke coming out of Guarinello's ass with this, I mistook him for Lippi chomping on his stogie.
     

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