[WC] World Cup 2010 - General Talk Thread (28 Viewers)

[Ahmed]

fuck Spain, but this is funny:

 

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[Ahmed]

:dazed:

 

[JCK]

 

[bianconero]

Very good.

Let's hope the beard continues his good work.

 

[blondu]

cool avatar oggy

 

[BillyG]

i been thinking about this since the england game...

U think Germany would have been as good if Ballack were playing? I mean in the sense that his presence may have hindered some of the younger players from expressing themselves more as they may have felt constrained by his presence and wanting to dictate the game for them (ala Henry in his last 2 seasons at arsenal when the younger players felt compelled to give him the ball instead of playing their game)

 

[Ahmed]

that's a good question, was thinking the same thing...and I don't have the answer yet.

 

[BillyG]

yeah, I think K.P. Boateng did more for Germany than he ever could have if he had played for them.

 

[king Ale]

Khedira is having a good World Cup but I still think that Ballack absence is a huge loss for the Germans.

 

[SABSAB]

i been thinking about this since the england game...

U think Germany would have been as good if Ballack were playing? I mean in the sense that his presence may have hindered some of the younger players from expressing themselves more as they may have felt constrained by his presence and wanting to dictate the game for them (ala Henry in his last 2 seasons at arsenal when the younger players felt compelled to give him the ball instead of playing their game)

We'd be nowhere that good if Ballack would've been playing. I'm thankful that KP Boateng took him out. Never liked him and never rated him high. The only thing he did was walking next to the game and kick somones bones when he gets frustrated. This way we are more mobile, flexible and creative.

 

[Ahmed]

lol, that is incredibly harsh, Sabs.

 

[SABSAB]

But it's the truth. This is the change we needed. Schweinsteiger already took the role of the leader.

 

[Dostoevsky]

We'd be nowhere that good if Ballack would've been playing.

I think you're 100% right about that.

 

[Red]

I think it may be that on a good day, Germany are better without Ballack.

However, time will tell if they can grind out a result in a tight game when they aren't playing brilliantly as well as they could with him in the team.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Sab, is right. This would be a different Germany with Ballack.

His slow play holds them back.

 

[icemaη]

Not to mention that they'd end up runner's up instead of winning it

 

[SABSAB]

I think it may be that on a good day, Germany are better without Ballack.

However, time will tell if they can grind out a result in a tight game when they aren't playing brilliantly as well as they could with him in the team.

What did Ballack do for this team? What do we need him for?

 

[Dostoevsky]

He's one of the most overrated players on this forum.

 

[JCK]

I like Ballack a lot but I agree with Sab on this one, he would have disturbed the harmony in this Germany team.

 

[Dostoevsky]

And any other team, as he adds nothing.