Your biggest disappointment of this WC? (1 Viewer)

swag

swag

L'autista
Administrator
#42
Sep 23, 2003
83,436
#42
How can you be disappointed by the Ivory Coast after so many African Cup of Nations failures... then add Sven?
 
OP
Azzurri7

Azzurri7

Pinturicchio
Moderator
Thread Starter #43
Dec 16, 2003
72,692
  • Thread Starter
    • Thread Starter #43
    swag said:
    How can you be disappointed by the Ivory Coast after so many African Cup of Nations failures... then add Sven?
    Click to expand...
    They impressed me a lot in 2006 and It's probably because I hoped they would upset the Brazilians.
     
    Gian

    Gian

    COME HOME MOGGI
    #48
    Apr 12, 2009
    17,476
    #48
    The whole damn thing is a huge disappointment. It can only be saved if Argentina win this WC with 3-0 to Brazil while Lucio, Maicon, Burdisso and J. César get injured in that game for the entire 2010/2011 season.
     
    king Ale

    king Ale

    Senior Member
    #52
    Oct 28, 2004
    21,689
    #52
    A few refereeing mistakes is normal but when such mistakes happen in almost every game (many of which are capable of changing the game) you can't overlook them saying that this is normal. You are supposed to watch the year's most important games being officiated by 30 of the best referees in the world so you expect them to do a decent job or at least to not make such blatant mistakes.
     
    Ventus

    Ventus

    U.S.J.
    #53
    Mar 10, 2009
    8,119
    #53
    DVS_CA said:
    IF it wasn't for Maradona the whole tournament would be disappointing
    Click to expand...
    true that

    heres my list:

    1. Eurpean Teams turning garbage: Italy, France, England, Portugal
    2. Brazil turning from the flair and total play, to effectiveness (fair enough , but I miss the rivaldo's, and ronaldinhos, who tired to take on the defence)
    3. Too many parking the bus
    4. refs awful
    5. lack of quality, apart from Spain, do you honestly think any of these teams on paper compare to the ones in 2006?
     
    .zero

    .zero

    ★ ★ ★
    #54
    Aug 8, 2006
    80,353
    #54
    king Ale said:
    A few refereeing mistakes is normal but when such mistakes happen in almost every game (many of which are capable of changing the game) you can't overlook them saying that this is normal. You are supposed to watch the year's most important games being officiated by 30 of the best referees in the world so you expect them to do a decent job or at least to not make such blatant mistakes.
    Click to expand...
    Its human error and its not preventable with the way FIFA runs things

    Plus its not like the refs are doing on purpose. They're just calling it how they see it
     
    Enron

    Enron

    Tickle Me
    Moderator
    #55
    Oct 11, 2005
    75,251
    #55
    dru said:
    Referees don't play the game

    leave your complaints at the door
    Click to expand...
    The refereeing's been shit. This is the greatest footie tournament in the world not some kick-around bullshit in the field behind Pablo's Taco Shack.

    Suck my balls.
     
    Enron

    Enron

    Tickle Me
    Moderator
    #56
    Oct 11, 2005
    75,251
    #56
    dru said:
    Its human error and its not preventable with the way FIFA runs things

    Plus its not like the refs are doing on purpose. They're just calling it how they see it
    Click to expand...
    Many of them were crap before they came here. The dude from Mali is notorious for making bad calls. Some of the other refs had similar reputations.
     
    OP
    Azzurri7

    Azzurri7

    Pinturicchio
    Moderator
    Thread Starter #58
    Dec 16, 2003
    72,692
  • Thread Starter
    • Thread Starter #58
    On a serious note, my real disappointment is that I didn't have the chance to watch Zlatan in this WC. He would have so impressed me.
     
    .zero

    .zero

    ★ ★ ★
    #59
    Aug 8, 2006
    80,353
    #59
    Aaron said:
    The refereeing's been shit. This is the greatest footie tournament in the world not some kick-around bullshit in the field behind Pablo's Taco Shack.

    Suck my balls.
    Click to expand...
    The officiating may be questionable but its the teams duty to overcome. You can't control injuries and officiating. Everything else is in the players/coaches hands
     
    Fred

    Fred

    Senior Member
    #60
    Oct 2, 2003
    41,113
    #60
    Alen said:
    Teams who disappointed my expectations: Italy, South Africa and France, especially Italy, for not being able to qualify from the group.
    England, didn't really disappoint my expectations in regards to what they achieved. Even before the WC if someone told me that they were gonna be eliminated in the 1st knock-out round, I wasn't gonna be surprised at all. They disappointed me with how they played.

    Teams who disappointed my hopes: Serbia. I expected them to beat Germany, fuck up against Australia and to make a couple of brainfarts. They did all that. But I hoped they will somehow qualify for the knock-outs and do good from there on.

    Players who disappointed my expectations: Chiellini, Rooney, Messi, Marchisio, Terry and Ribery.
    Click to expand...
    :wth:

    I can understand being disappointed by Messi because he isn't the same clinical Messi we see in Barcelona, but to put him with those players is stretching it a bit, don't you think? The players you mentioned were atrocious in this WC, Messi isn't at his best, but he is still better than most players in this WC. I'd actually say he has been Argentina's most impressive attacking player and has been behind most of Argentina's goals.

    He doesn't influence games as much as he does at club level, and he's missed a lot of chances and hasn't been his usual clinical self, in that sense i do agree he's been a disappointment.
     
    You must log in or register to reply here.

    Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)