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i cant understand polands logic in playing 1 striker up front, against ecuador (no disrespect) and first game of the world cup, youve got to stamp your mark and the few times poland did get up the other end they did look promising,i think the coach got it completely wrong, but ecudors first goal was a world class header, 1st day, 2 games, and already 3 goals worthy of a top 10 goals of the tournament and 2 worthy of the best goal, hopefully the rest of the world cup pans the same way!
just watched the germany game that i taped , good shit, some nice goals..defences werent great though.
Germany were just praticising their long range shooting in the costa rica match, my jaw literally dropped when i saw frings goal...
Ecuador's defence were impressive, they've got the best defence in group A so far, they can get through the group if they keep that up
i expect a England win today but i expect also that Paraguay will surprise, Argentina and Ivory Coast will be a great game to watch
shit england already winning, damn.
england looked ok for parts of the first half. much like shit in the second. they need a holding midfielder in there. sucks that lamps or gerrard might have to be sacraficed, they both play the same roll, but neither can really play it without somebody to watch there back. personally id sit becks but i doubt that would ever happen. crouch had a couple nice peices of skill but nothing fantastic overall, owen didnt really impress.
Question for Euro soccer fans: How good is Adu?
He could play in second division in one of the major european league. He's been way overrated by nike. I guess they bet he would promote soccer in the US if he succeeded well.
pretty good from what ive read.
Another Question: Best American player is?
mcbride
Don't gotta be European to answer that one. Hes ok, good foot skills, poor game recognition. Doesn't utilize space well or make good runs. Still a bit too small too (not that small palyers can't play, there are plenty good ones alla Zola or SWP, but it looks to disadvantage him more than others).Quote:
Originally Posted by iniquity
After good play in the first half, then some crap tactical play from Sven and a biased ref in the 2nd....England still takes 3 points, it was a good thing Rio and Terry were playing well, Sven still hasn't learnt from the last world cup. The poor play would of shown the other teams that England are a less of a threat.
glad T&T drew, they did well for their strandards
Engalnd's match made me fall asleep for real.
england didnt play well today, they lucky that paraguay were so shit it was unbelievable. sweden played well and couldnt score against trinidad.
just watched argentina and ivory coast. real good match, argentina's passing was incredible, they got real good players infront of goal as well. but near the end of the game it felt like argentina couldnt be bothered anymore, reason for the pressure which ivory coast put on them. but argentina look good, i think we will see them perform against serbia, and when messi is fully fit. so far they look the best team in tournament.
about freedy adu, he is overrated, from what iv seen his not as good as the other young stars in football. doesnt come close to messi or sergio aguera. he has potential, but no way will he be a pele. i dont think him playing in the american league is gonna benefit or improve his game, its best for him to move to europe. although he wont make the tops teams or play in the first leagues. it will be best for him to be in one of the second division teams. this will give him experience of the european game and allow him to mature as a player.
Yeah man, Adu is just a marketing tool. If he were as good as he is rated, Ajax or some other european side with a world famous youth academy woulda picked him up a long time ago. One thing I don't get though, he rarely starts a game and is the highest paid player in MLS, fucked up eh?
Back to the World Cup though. England got 3 points, Paraguay didn't do enough for a point despite England failing to take the second half by the scruff of the neck. Game of the day was Argentina - Ivory Coast, what a fucking match!
Oh yeah, Carrick to Man Utd, good stuff
Holland is front, I hope they'll rip Serbia & Montenegro to pieces in the second half.
Inter and Chelsea did try and buy Adu a couple years ago a lot cheaper. I don't think his mother wanted him to go though.
Dutch looked good today. Robben plays with such pace its great. Hopefully the kid C.Ronaldo destroys today in his game.
Robben played amazing today. The World Cup is looking good so far, no crappy games.
^ I heard on the American broadcasts that there was actually grumbeling in the Dutch lockeroom by some players. The broadcasters said the players thought robben was trying to showboat and was dribbling too much.
If thats true I dont know what the fuck they are talking about. Few players in the world posses the ability to dribble at that pace with such control. He knows what hes doing, he sees open space behind a defender he tries to beat him, especially in the offensive third. I see nothing wrong with that. Its the way the game should be played.
No player is bigger than the team. Even Perreira (Brazil) has gone as far to say that he is a little worried of his attacking quartet getting too big for their boots, and I'd agree wit him.
As for Robben, there's no doubt that he's going to become a world class performer, but he's in danger of turning into a bigheaded shit like Johan Cruyff, and look at how that turned out for the Dutch - Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
Still, I'd have liked to have seen him in a Man Utd shirt haha
man this is fuckin bullshit how the fuck did this cunt ref call that a goal, these japs are diving like olympic springboarders, the ref cant control this game,craig moore clearly gets the ball and the cunt rolls around like a pig in shit,gets the free kick and then the jap cunt takes out schwarzer and thats not a foul???? the biggest load of crap of all time,i hope we lose this game now,i hope we lose the next 2 and never qualify for another world cup coz we dont need to be associated with bullshit hairy fairy tinkerbells like japan and italy and all the other first class cheats, we ALWAYS get fuckd up from shit cock referees, going back to iran in 97 up until now, just as bad decision as sol campbells no goal @ euro 2004
you got your win stop your cryin
How do you want to win if you don't score ? yes the goal shouldn't have been given but there have been much worse match stolen in football history .
fuck off whitey, wu man its the world cup high standards of referee gotta be done, im not sayin it was the worst of all time, but shit as blatant as that is fucking frustrating to watch, the free kick was a dive to start with
edit: they won so what the fuck ?
edit: check the timing of my post, way before we won, wotever its over disregard my shit, we'll still get smashd by brazil n croatia n anyone thinkin otherwise sucks
Czech by far look like the best team in the tourney so far. Absolute dominating performance. Some excellant soccer being played. Nedved was the general in there, fucking killing kids. And i think Arsenal will be very pleased with their new signing.
czech's dominated the usa, played very well. shame about jan koller though. the italians played well, so did ghana but they lacked the quality infront of goal. the italians got a good set of strikers. they will go far if totti performs though.
waiting for the brazilians to open their campaign, i dont think they will play theie best for the group stages but they got enough quality to go through. i think we will see the real brazil by the quarter finals.
i wouldnt blame them, although robben was the best player for the dutch you felt like he done some pointless moves. and it is the dutch team they always fight, everyone thought van basten sorted the problems out by leaving davids, kluivert, makaay, seedorf and a couple others out of the squad would stop the arguements between the players. i think the main grumbling if there was any would be from van nistelrooy, he cryed out a lot at ronaldo being a flash cunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by whitey
van nistro can suck a dickup till he hickups. c.ron and robben got the skills to pay the bills. i hate when dumbasses dribble who dont know what the fuck they are doing and waste balls. but those two guys are a cut above the rest with the handle and they do good things. nistro cant do shit but score inside the 18 he needs to take some notes from the youngins.
Damn there are always troubles in the Dutch squad ...
I've really been impressed by the level of Ghana, Essien doesn't carry the whole team alone. That was really a good match vs Italia.
Im glad we finally start today, what a fuckin wait !
Allez La France!
I can't believe how boring 1st half of France - Switzerland was..
2nd half is proving to be similar...
France was the most disappointing major team ... that boring game recalls me 2002...
typical game of the French team. good defense, excellent Makelele, weak wingers and total misundertanding forward... = boring game.
How did Zizou perform? I only saw the 1st half and he looked good.
FYI...........David Beckam is hot!!!!!!!!!!!
zidane for me was frances best player, he kept on pushing the french players forward. had an arguement with gallas and the other defenders for not pushing forward. but france were really poor, a very boring game.
brazil game was also boring, they will get better though, but ronaldo and adriano were shit. ronaldo didnt do shit. the coach needs to push ronaldo, and tell him he wont play if he keeps on walking around. croatia played really well and were unlucky to lose, they will comfortable go through this group if they play like this. dado prso was man of the match.
henry is just another forward in international play.
and starting wiltord over trezisgay? hes not my favorite player but id pick the later over the first.