World Cup 2014

[Forum]

Xabi Alonso will be a manager as soon as he retires, he has the look about him

[DiegoSapiens]

he was soooooooo shit yesterday. the only decent was iniesta

[hubb]

Xabi is a tnuc.


I feel Del Bosques picks where off in both games tbh not that it excuses it but a midfield with Busquets, Xabi and Xavi is going to be slow against any team.
Couple that with a big target man like Costa and it makes escapingly small sence, not least in the context of tikitaka or whatever you want to call possession football.
Not clever at all, slightly cunning maybe but that ought to be below a worldcup champion tbh. Same with Brazil and their playing style.

[ehbes]

They need to start emulating Freedom Dream Team's style imo

[Forum]

Get outplayed and sneak a late winner from a corner?

[ehbes]

And how are Roy's tactics doing?

[Forum]

We're well aware of the limitations of our team

[ehbes]

even tho on paper you should get through your group

[Muncey]

even tho on paper you should get through your group

On paper 2-1 Italy is probably a realistic result, whats your point?

[wub]

even tho on paper you should get through your group

On paper 2-1 Italy is probably a realistic result, whats your point?

Whereas the USA have a similar scoreline win over the great footballing nation of Ghana (with a total population slightly less than that of Texas)

[magma]

even tho on paper you should get through your group

FIFA Rankings:

7. Uruguay
9. Italy
10. England
28. Costa Rica

Yeah, not really "on paper", ehbs. If England get through this group it'll be a pretty good achievement... three sides are VERY competitive on paper with England arguably the outsider.

[mIrReN]

oh god no Netherlands in the final pls, I work with Dutchies
pls no

also population doesn't matter much just look at us !

[DiegoSapiens]

even tho on paper you should get through your group

FIFA Rankings:

7. Uruguay
9. Italy
10. England
28. Costa Rica

Yeah, not really "on paper", ehbs. If England get through this group it'll be a pretty good achievement... three sides are VERY competitive on paper with England arguably the outsider.

come on magz the uefa ranking is not serious. on paper is the thing that bet houses say

[ehbes]

Yeah and according to those same FIFA rankings US is 13th but we know that's bullshit

[hubb]

even tho on paper you should get through your group

No, not at all. And it's not a question of fifas rating either.

[ehbes]

They should beat both Uruguay and Costa Rica

[magma]

even tho on paper you should get through your group

FIFA Rankings:

7. Uruguay
9. Italy
10. England
28. Costa Rica

Yeah, not really "on paper", ehbs. If England get through this group it'll be a pretty good achievement... three sides are VERY competitive on paper with England arguably the outsider.

come on magz the uefa ranking is not serious. on paper is the thing that bet houses say

It's as good a metric as anything else; of course nothing like that really matters on the day... anyway, whatever way you look at it, Uruguay, England and Italy will have ALL planned to get out of this group at the start of the tournament. The two that do will have done well and the one that doesn't will be torn to shreds by their fans.

All three teams "on paper" "should" make it to the knockout stages, but all three can't. "Should" doesn't count for very much when you're into knockout football.

[hubb]

Costarica was above mexico in the qualification (which is one of the best measures tbh)

[hubb]

They should beat both Uruguay and Costa Rica

No and even rarely through history

[magma]

They should beat both Uruguay

Why should they!?

They've got a good chance, but Uruguay and England are pretty well matched tbh. Costa Rica, yeah, absolutely... a loss there would be embarrassing, but if Chile can beat England at home, Uruguay can certainly give us a run for our money.

People always assume England are up there with Germany and France. We NEVER are.