[WC] World Cup 2010 - General Talk Thread (43 Viewers)

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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Veron is a fantastic passer but he's getting too old for this level of play.

Argentina will be fun to watch but I can't see them winning the World Cup, unless Messi is out of this world.
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
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and it's largely to benefit Messi imo and also alleviate pressure on an otherwise weak defense, going more for tempo than ball winning pressure
In theory that sounds good, but in reality, it has done nothing of the sort. Messi is still forced to come deep to get the ball, the midfield has just not been functioning at all.

They miss Riquelme a lot. Damn, i would have loved to see him in the World Cup.
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
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Apr 14, 2005
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Veron is a fantastic passer but he's getting too old for this level of play.

Argentina will be fun to watch but I can't see them winning the World Cup, unless Messi is out of this world.
In theory that sounds good, but in reality, it has done nothing of the sort. Messi is still forced to come deep to get the ball, the midfield has just not been functioning at all.

They miss Riquelme a lot. Damn, i would have loved to see him in the World Cup.
agreed on all counts but the low expectation along with the let's prove em wrong mentality i just what this team needs
 

Alen

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Apr 2, 2007
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I hope that finally a smaller team will make the final and surprise everyone.
These so called smaller teams were close to the final on the last 4-5 occasions. Bulgaria and Sweden in 1994, Croatia in 1998, Turkey and Korea in 2002 and even Portugal in 2006.

But I can see only Spain as a newcomer in the final and it won't even be a surprise at all.
 

Hist

Founder of Hism
Jan 18, 2009
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Spain's squad is by far superior to every other squad with the exception of England. Great Keepers, good defense, best ever midfield, and 2 world class strikers.

Brazil's squad is terrible in midfield and strikers.. for the first time though they have an exceptional defense with Lucio, Juan, maicon and silva being in good form. The rest of the squad had a disastrous season. Dunga apparently goes more with the team play rather than individual skills.

France is a joke that is not even worth mentioning. Not to mention their terrible coach.

Argentina has fantastic strikers, an average midfield and lame defense.. but they have the worst coach in the competition hence they dont have a chance.

Italy is a joke squad but lippi is a magician so who knows.

Netherlands has a terrible defense but they play beautiful football. Fun to watch but cant make it to the end.

Never write off the Germans because they always deliver even though their squad mostly sucks.

England is the second most perfect squad assuming everyone is fit. Their chelsea players are in high spirit, their striker are in crazy form.. only gerrard is sleeping. They also have the best coach in the competition.


I'd say England and Spain are favorites but we all know thats not how the world cup works. unless they run into each other in a lesser stage they should be in the top 4 with one of them making it to the final.
 

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