World Cup 2018 LIVE thread (27 Viewers)
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I think you are right my memory is vague. Wasnt Iniesta at least a Euro + CL winner and Messi took it?
That world cup year, Sneijder won the CL and was WC finalists and it went to Messi. Cant remember the Euro year.
I wouldnt be surprised if Ronaldo wins it is all I am saying and actually I prefer he wins it for our sake.
That world cup year, Sneijder won the CL and was WC finalists and it went to Messi. Cant remember the Euro year.
I wouldnt be surprised if Ronaldo wins it is all I am saying and actually I prefer he wins it for our sake.
pathetic
2008, Xavi was their best player, but ManU (CR) won the CL
2010, Iniesta was their best player, but inter (Sneijder i guess) won the CL
2012, Iniesta was again their dominant man, but Chelsea won the CL
but FIFA balon dor is flawed anyway, captains and coaches of NTs voting is BS due to bias towards certain players
2010, Iniesta was their best player, but inter (Sneijder i guess) won the CL
2012, Iniesta was again their dominant man, but Chelsea won the CL
but FIFA balon dor is flawed anyway, captains and coaches of NTs voting is BS due to bias towards certain players
unpopular opinion, 2010 should have went to Robben. he carried Bayern to almost a treble by himself, they were pretty mediocre before that. and he had a good WC, before that miss vs Casillas in the final. inter without Sneijder were he much better team than Bayern without Robben, so that one game (which Milito shined in), shouldnt have been the decider, if it came down to one between the 2. but Messi was just the worst choice, crap world cup and shut down vs inter in the CL. atleast his Barcelona teammates won the WC
It's just in our heads. If Brasil faced Argentina and Italy faced Germany in the semis, we'd automatically found those game more interesting, no matter the football on display. Croatia and Belgium right now are (much) better than Italy and Argentina. Yet people would much rather have the latter.
Why? Because this is the first semifinal ever without any of BRA, GER, ITA and ARG. There was always at least one, and most of the times there were 2 or 3 of these teams in the semis of the previous 20 World Cups. We are used to their rivalries and we see order when we see these teams in a WC semifinal. Now we see chaos and we don't like chaos.
Order will be restored soon. These countries are too big in population and football wise not to be back.
Why? Because this is the first semifinal ever without any of BRA, GER, ITA and ARG. There was always at least one, and most of the times there were 2 or 3 of these teams in the semis of the previous 20 World Cups. We are used to their rivalries and we see order when we see these teams in a WC semifinal. Now we see chaos and we don't like chaos.
Order will be restored soon. These countries are too big in population and football wise not to be back.
Oh I agree, definitely 
. But that's part of the attraction too.
Belgium will be here to stay for another 3-4 years imo. We have talented younger back ups for most positions. The only real problem I see for us in the near future is Hazard's age. He'll be 31 at the next World Cup and he does rely on speed, so I don't know how well he'll hold up. There's no young player who is close to as good as he is.
For Croatia I think this was most likely their final chance of WC success. Modric will be 33 soon (though you really wouldn't say so at all imo) and Mandzukic is 32. Rakitic is 30 and Perisic is 29 (ffs Croatians really age well), so even they probably won't make the next World Cup.
. But that's part of the attraction too.Belgium will be here to stay for another 3-4 years imo. We have talented younger back ups for most positions. The only real problem I see for us in the near future is Hazard's age. He'll be 31 at the next World Cup and he does rely on speed, so I don't know how well he'll hold up. There's no young player who is close to as good as he is.
For Croatia I think this was most likely their final chance of WC success. Modric will be 33 soon (though you really wouldn't say so at all imo) and Mandzukic is 32. Rakitic is 30 and Perisic is 29 (ffs Croatians really age well), so even they probably won't make the next World Cup.
Oh I agree, definitely . But that's part of the attraction too.
Belgium will be here to stay for another 3-4 years imo. We have talented younger back ups for most positions. The only real problem I see for us in the near future is Hazard's age. He'll be 31 at the next World Cup and he does rely on speed, so I don't know how well he'll hold up. There's no young player who is close to as good as he is.
For Croatia I think this was most likely their final chance of WC success. Modric will be 33 soon (though you really wouldn't say so at all imo) and Mandzukic is 32. Rakitic is 30 and Perisic is 29 (ffs Croatians really age well), so even they probably won't make the next World Cup.
. But that's part of the attraction too.Belgium will be here to stay for another 3-4 years imo. We have talented younger back ups for most positions. The only real problem I see for us in the near future is Hazard's age. He'll be 31 at the next World Cup and he does rely on speed, so I don't know how well he'll hold up. There's no young player who is close to as good as he is.
For Croatia I think this was most likely their final chance of WC success. Modric will be 33 soon (though you really wouldn't say so at all imo) and Mandzukic is 32. Rakitic is 30 and Perisic is 29 (ffs Croatians really age well), so even they probably won't make the next World Cup.
Croatia will be super lucky if in 20 years some new quality generation pops up. But in the near future we won't be anywhere around top 10. Croatia is too small to stay at the top on regular or semi-regular basis.
It's gonna be about the biggest teams again in the future. This WC was an anomaly.
Oh I agree, definitely . But that's part of the attraction too.
Belgium will be here to stay for another 3-4 years imo. We have talented younger back ups for most positions. The only real problem I see for us in the near future is Hazard's age. He'll be 31 at the next World Cup and he does rely on speed, so I don't know how well he'll hold up. There's no young player who is close to as good as he is.
For Croatia I think this was most likely their final chance of WC success. Modric will be 33 soon (though you really wouldn't say so at all imo) and Mandzukic is 32. Rakitic is 30 and Perisic is 29 (ffs Croatians really age well), so even they probably won't make the next World Cup.
. But that's part of the attraction too.Belgium will be here to stay for another 3-4 years imo. We have talented younger back ups for most positions. The only real problem I see for us in the near future is Hazard's age. He'll be 31 at the next World Cup and he does rely on speed, so I don't know how well he'll hold up. There's no young player who is close to as good as he is.
For Croatia I think this was most likely their final chance of WC success. Modric will be 33 soon (though you really wouldn't say so at all imo) and Mandzukic is 32. Rakitic is 30 and Perisic is 29 (ffs Croatians really age well), so even they probably won't make the next World Cup.
Carrasco is 24. He'll be there and he'll be better. Lukaku is 25, same goes for him. Mertens, Witsel, Fellaini, Kompany and Dembele will be out. Tielemans (21) and Praet (24) will be major players in four years time. Praet has improved a lot by playing in the Serie A and Tielemans is too talented not to be the next big thing. With those two we are going to have a killer and much more dynamic midfield. We have several young and talented defenders, but the jury is still out on them.
Our biggest benefit is that these days players seem to preserve athletic ability for a bit longer than they used to (e.g. Modric). It would mean De Bruyne and Hazard (both 31 at the next World Cup) will still be playing at the highest level and we definitely don't have replacements for those two.
Our biggest benefit is that these days players seem to preserve athletic ability for a bit longer than they used to (e.g. Modric). It would mean De Bruyne and Hazard (both 31 at the next World Cup) will still be playing at the highest level and we definitely don't have replacements for those two.
joking of course. 
