Best Players
Rooney has been absolutely marvellous and has probably taken the world by storm with his fearless displays and goals
Zidane when it comes down to it, he will always show he is the best player on the planet, he is probably the only player who is more substance than hype
Apart from those 2 , noone has really stood out for me, there have been good performances but noone else really outstanding
Best game
Czech rep Vs Holland
Davids was just absolutely fantastic with his passing looking surprisingly very creative and good, even his shots were on target, Baros was just probably the best player on show as he never stopped working and running at the defence
Off cos our Nedved stole the show , I mean that literally as he would do littlle for 80mins then burst into life with incredible shots from everywhere and he would be made man of the match but he did play extremely well except for his diving and staying on the floor for the Dutch player to get sent off, thats so unprofessional
Worst game
Switzerland vs Croatia
Enuff said
Other observations
France have been less than impressive thus far and I am not surprised "King Henry" has struggled as there are no gaping spaces like they are to in premiership where he can exploit so its not surprising that he has only scored against a poor Swiss team
Portugal are very fortunate to be in the quarters as they are not that good and need to go up 3 gears if they want to win it, pity Pauletta is having a poor time of it while Deco and Costa havee benn equally bad, the reall buzz is Ronaldo
Bulgaria might have the worst record in the tournament but personally I don't think they are the worst as they do play some delightful stuff, its just their finishing which is horrible and their organisation is laughable
Best team has probably been the Czechs as they have shown the way to play is to attack as many times as you can
Managers
They have been the reason why the fancies teams have not really progressed and why the quarters would not have the fireworks thruot that it promised at the beginning
Trapatoni , what an idiot for almost all his errors, he does not seem to have a single idea that is all his, he borrowed left back from Lippi, system from Real madrid and the Pirlo situation from Ancellotti and he still finds the time to muck it all up
Saez , well its all your fault that Spain are out, what were you thinking, Raul is clearly off form so why always play him, Valeron is too good to be on the bench and which part of your brain told you that Raul Bravo is a footballer let alone defender? Real Madrid have one of the worst defence in world football but you still saw it fit to have 3 of their players in your defence
Then against Portugal, you decide in your infinite wisdom to play 2 midfielders who hardly go forward in Albeida and Alonso in place of Baraja(whom I don't like) and not play Xavi at all and what was Luque doing there
Advocaat why they appointed you in the first place is a puzzle, you who allowed Celtic with a far inferior squad to dominate you at Rangers, then when I heard you called up Bosvelt, I immedialtely told my friend Holland would not win it just for that episode alone, bosvelt?
Then you allow Germany outplay you, have decided not to play Kluivert at all, go 2-0 up against the Czechs and then 2-1 , then you bring on Bosvelt not for Van Der Meyde who was having a stinker but for Robben who was having a blinder, then your third substituion you bring on the vastly over rated Van Der Vaart instead of a defender or a defensive midfielder and then take off Seedorf who was having a very decent game
Why do you keep playing Cocu and Van Bronchurst?
Kudos to the Czezh manager for his guts and go for it attitude
Boo to Santini for still thinking Desailly is worth it as his howler against Croatia showed
From a selfish point of view from Juve's perspective, I would like to see us go for the German full back, Lam and whatshisname on the right, Miguel , Andrade and Cavalho of Portugal
From a creative stand point, I have observed anyone good enuff so its better to go to South America for that
Strikers , Ibrahimovich looks very good but I do think he likes this type of setting the bright lites and all that and would not be useful in a course of the season where you ahve to go to theless attractive places looking for goals
Ps: Would Italy stop playing in white shirts, they never seem to beat anyone with it and their most embarassing and disappointing displays and results tend to come when they put on the white shirts
Rooney has been absolutely marvellous and has probably taken the world by storm with his fearless displays and goals
Zidane when it comes down to it, he will always show he is the best player on the planet, he is probably the only player who is more substance than hype
Apart from those 2 , noone has really stood out for me, there have been good performances but noone else really outstanding
Best game
Czech rep Vs Holland
Davids was just absolutely fantastic with his passing looking surprisingly very creative and good, even his shots were on target, Baros was just probably the best player on show as he never stopped working and running at the defence
Off cos our Nedved stole the show , I mean that literally as he would do littlle for 80mins then burst into life with incredible shots from everywhere and he would be made man of the match but he did play extremely well except for his diving and staying on the floor for the Dutch player to get sent off, thats so unprofessional
Worst game
Switzerland vs Croatia
Enuff said
Other observations
France have been less than impressive thus far and I am not surprised "King Henry" has struggled as there are no gaping spaces like they are to in premiership where he can exploit so its not surprising that he has only scored against a poor Swiss team
Portugal are very fortunate to be in the quarters as they are not that good and need to go up 3 gears if they want to win it, pity Pauletta is having a poor time of it while Deco and Costa havee benn equally bad, the reall buzz is Ronaldo
Bulgaria might have the worst record in the tournament but personally I don't think they are the worst as they do play some delightful stuff, its just their finishing which is horrible and their organisation is laughable
Best team has probably been the Czechs as they have shown the way to play is to attack as many times as you can
Managers
They have been the reason why the fancies teams have not really progressed and why the quarters would not have the fireworks thruot that it promised at the beginning
Trapatoni , what an idiot for almost all his errors, he does not seem to have a single idea that is all his, he borrowed left back from Lippi, system from Real madrid and the Pirlo situation from Ancellotti and he still finds the time to muck it all up
Saez , well its all your fault that Spain are out, what were you thinking, Raul is clearly off form so why always play him, Valeron is too good to be on the bench and which part of your brain told you that Raul Bravo is a footballer let alone defender? Real Madrid have one of the worst defence in world football but you still saw it fit to have 3 of their players in your defence
Then against Portugal, you decide in your infinite wisdom to play 2 midfielders who hardly go forward in Albeida and Alonso in place of Baraja(whom I don't like) and not play Xavi at all and what was Luque doing there
Advocaat why they appointed you in the first place is a puzzle, you who allowed Celtic with a far inferior squad to dominate you at Rangers, then when I heard you called up Bosvelt, I immedialtely told my friend Holland would not win it just for that episode alone, bosvelt?
Then you allow Germany outplay you, have decided not to play Kluivert at all, go 2-0 up against the Czechs and then 2-1 , then you bring on Bosvelt not for Van Der Meyde who was having a stinker but for Robben who was having a blinder, then your third substituion you bring on the vastly over rated Van Der Vaart instead of a defender or a defensive midfielder and then take off Seedorf who was having a very decent game
Why do you keep playing Cocu and Van Bronchurst?
Kudos to the Czezh manager for his guts and go for it attitude
Boo to Santini for still thinking Desailly is worth it as his howler against Croatia showed
From a selfish point of view from Juve's perspective, I would like to see us go for the German full back, Lam and whatshisname on the right, Miguel , Andrade and Cavalho of Portugal
From a creative stand point, I have observed anyone good enuff so its better to go to South America for that
Strikers , Ibrahimovich looks very good but I do think he likes this type of setting the bright lites and all that and would not be useful in a course of the season where you ahve to go to theless attractive places looking for goals
Ps: Would Italy stop playing in white shirts, they never seem to beat anyone with it and their most embarassing and disappointing displays and results tend to come when they put on the white shirts
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