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Football Thread 2017/18 |OT2| Fractured but Ox
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Oveja Negra
Member
Damn, I'm nervous as fuck.
Vamos Chileeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vamos Chileeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
McMoneyman
Member
GG guys. Good luck in the playoffs. I believe in you Swedes
See you in Russia bois! French team was uninspired and we'll have to do much much better if we want to have a chance next year. We have so much talent and yet we're so far away from our true potential. Save us Mbappé!
Thanks! Good luck to you in Russia, maybe we'll bump into each other again...
RocknRola
Member
They suck. Mostly just that.
McMoneyman
Member
First they kept a shitty coach(Danny Blind) in the job for too long. Also a lot of the players they could rely on before they aren't as good anymore + the newer generation is pretty crap.
That's my take.
Nah. Blind was insecure and rotated too many players to hide his incompetence. You need a team you can build on, like Sweden and Iceland did. That's how you get solid performances. That Babel only now entered the picture just because he scored a bunch of goals in the Turkish league speaks volumes.
Okay, maybe Strootman sucks.
In the previous years we relied on players from the golden generation, like Sneijder, Robben and V.D. Vaart. Robben was pretty much the only one that held out this long and the current generation just lacks talent and commitment. The current generation is more occupied with shit off the pitch, than on the pitch. Also they just suck, we have players in our first 11 lineup that arent even starters at their own club. Also shitty choices in terms of the coach selection, they put Danny Blind in charge of the national team. The guy never performed anything noteworthy as a coach after he retired back in the day, but our entiry Football federation is (was) run by people from outside football, atleast that seems to be changing now.
ShinRPGamer
Member
Back to back tourneys without the Netherlands. At least they tried?
Now to worry about potentially facing either Croatia, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden or Greece in November.
Now to worry about potentially facing either Croatia, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden or Greece in November.
r/soccerstreams
Oveja Negra
Member
If Argentina ends being out of the WC, I hope Messi doesn't quit. I think he still has like 3 or 4 more years playing at a great level.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
tough for switzerland to have to qualify after only losing one game, and it was the last one after nine straight wins.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra. It was a competition with Portugal and they scored less goals, totally fair.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
yeah, the group was a joke, but hungary did make it as far as switzerland did in the last euros. and they were the only team to score more than 1 goal against portugal in that tournament.
I mixed up the starting hour, but I'm still awake.
Kind of want Chile and Colombia to qualify. Although I'm torn between Peru and Colombia. Peru did well in this campaign.
SkylineRKR
Member
Well, no Argentina means that both the runner up and third place aren't present. Crazy.
We're bad. But if you look at the roster and today's game still easily 2nd best team in this group. Not getting in a second place is shameful.
This qualification started sour, with a coach the players and public didn't even want. After all we failed to qualify for Euro 2016 even. A guy that has no authority, and a bad rep as a coach. Danny Blind is shit, and he was shoehorned in by buddies. No one liked him.
Then you have the first game against Sweden, bad as expected, but ultimately we score the winner and the ref says no. That shouldn't be a problem, because you get Belarus, Luxembourg and Bulgaria next. But Blind kept rotating, hiding behind excuses, leading into the worst and clueless game ever played (Bulgaria away game). Dick Advocaat takes over, wins his first games, then expectedly loses in France but with perhaps too many goals difference. Wins the rest. Sweden somehow beats Lux with 8-0, a team that held France at 0-0 in Paris. We're done and we know it.
The problem is, we don't have a generation of players that can lock the opponent down on their own half like we used to. Not anymore. We're too arrogant in thinking we should stick to our philosophy of the game, despite what admirers like Guardiola say. The time that we didn't even call up Bundesliga and Premier league top scorers because of no room for them are over. Most of our players are at second rate teams today. We essentially swapped with Belgium.
As LvG showed in Brazil, you need to play to the strengths of your squad. That is, accent on defense and luring for counter attacks. If we go forward, todays physically strong midfielders murder us. Ofcourse another generation will rise, one that might be able to dominate games, still not winning silverware but everyone happy. We're a small nation with a small pool.
We're bad. But if you look at the roster and today's game still easily 2nd best team in this group. Not getting in a second place is shameful.
This qualification started sour, with a coach the players and public didn't even want. After all we failed to qualify for Euro 2016 even. A guy that has no authority, and a bad rep as a coach. Danny Blind is shit, and he was shoehorned in by buddies. No one liked him.
Then you have the first game against Sweden, bad as expected, but ultimately we score the winner and the ref says no. That shouldn't be a problem, because you get Belarus, Luxembourg and Bulgaria next. But Blind kept rotating, hiding behind excuses, leading into the worst and clueless game ever played (Bulgaria away game). Dick Advocaat takes over, wins his first games, then expectedly loses in France but with perhaps too many goals difference. Wins the rest. Sweden somehow beats Lux with 8-0, a team that held France at 0-0 in Paris. We're done and we know it.
The problem is, we don't have a generation of players that can lock the opponent down on their own half like we used to. Not anymore. We're too arrogant in thinking we should stick to our philosophy of the game, despite what admirers like Guardiola say. The time that we didn't even call up Bundesliga and Premier league top scorers because of no room for them are over. Most of our players are at second rate teams today. We essentially swapped with Belgium.
As LvG showed in Brazil, you need to play to the strengths of your squad. That is, accent on defense and luring for counter attacks. If we go forward, todays physically strong midfielders murder us. Ofcourse another generation will rise, one that might be able to dominate games, still not winning silverware but everyone happy. We're a small nation with a small pool.
I don't blame you tbh, Peru will be a great underdog team to root for in the WC. Think they'll be pretty popular in general.
CMojicaAce
Member
Here we go! Hoping for goals scored by everyone for maximum drama 
Edit: LOL
Edit: LOL
McMoneyman
Member
Good luck to all the fans biting their nails right now.
True Savior
Member
Pay your taxes messi
ColossalLazy
Member
That was fast.
Frustrated_me
Member
LOL
manfestival
Member
I am in Peru right now surrounded by Peruvians and a part of me wants to cheer for Colombia just because but I know this is a bad idea. I almost know nothing about Football but this almost almost seems like a bad idea
CMojicaAce
Member
Messi!
CMojicaAce
Member
Messi again!
ColossalLazy
Member
Messi going SSJ right now
CMojicaAce
Member
Final CONCACAF matches starting now.
ambar_hitman
Member
Lmao.
Messi turning it on. I hope they qualify. I can't imagine next WC without Messi.
ambar_hitman
Member
Why isn't Higuain playing?
AcademicSaucer
Member
He is in Italy
ambar_hitman
Member
Why though? Why wasn't he selected? With Aguero injured he should have been a good option for striker.