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Football Thread |OT21| Robben learns to score in finals three years late
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The_Hitcher89
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Would like the United States or any Asian team to do well. Hope the Germans win though.
That would be mighty impressive given the fact that there is no World Cup that year.
Belgium to win the 2020 World Cup. Heard it here first
That would be mighty impressive given the fact that there is no World Cup that year.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Everyone but ze Germans
Milchmonster
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Well, different point of views.
Why did he get two Rolex in Qatar anyway? Dat Fifa World Cup 2022 lol
The_Hitcher89
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lol no.
Team full of pre-2013 Robbens
How have the De Jong twins done in the last year btw? Both of them have fallen off the radar it seems
Fucking Hodgson. Him and Pearce need to do one.Hodsgon would be knighted before the medals had even been handed out
I want Japan to win the WC if England don't.
De Jong twins? lol
The_Hitcher89
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I can't really see anyone beating Spain in 2014 though.
Good shout
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Oh god I just remembered how awful the 2010 WC final was. The dutch basically played anti-football. Hope they never get anywhere near a major final anytime soon.
Good shout
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Oh god I just remembered how awful the 2010 WC final was. The dutch basically played anti-football. Hope they never get anywhere near a major final anytime soon.
The_Hitcher89
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Switzerland
Spain is far from invincible. You wouldn't even say this if Robben didn't choke.
The_Hitcher89
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Those that burn brightest etc
Bit weird to come in, hit the top 3 of the Most Posts board every time, and disappear without a trace. Hope he's okay, anyone got him on facebook or twitter?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22831838
Does this sort of thing piss anyone else off as much as it does to me? It makes zero sense. If the young English players were good enough then they would be getting playing time at PL clubs, but since they're not good enough, they're not. The problem is therefore with the coaching and the youth development. It's not even a chicken vs egg thing, because it's so blindingly obvious. PL clubs will play the best players they can, and if English players are not good enough, then it's not the Premier League's fault. If Spain can be World/Euro Champions with one of the best leagues in the world and Germany can consistently place place themselves as one of the best footballing nations in the world, while the Bundesliga is growing and challenging the PL and La Liga, that also proves that the issue with the national team is not the Premier League.
Once again:
Number of coaches that hold Uefa A, B and Pro badges:
Germany: 35,000
Italy: 30,000
Spain: 24,000
England: 2,800
And yet idiots like Graham Taylor this would rather nonsensically blame Premier League Clubs rather than his cronies at the FA.
The Premier League being the most international and globally appealing league in the world will naturally mean that young English Players are "less important" than their counterparts in Spain and Germany, but theoretically it also gives them an advantage of playing with the best talent in the world. The premium price of English players may also hamper their development, but I don't think these factors are anywhere near as significant as the lack of planning, organisation and investment from the FA.
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Hmm was wondering where he went, but didn't realize it had been so long and he stopped posting so suddenly.
Even ze Italians? This forum would melt again.
Would love Italy to win.
The_Hitcher89
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arkon said:
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More than a month a go already.
I doubt they'll play with 2 holding midfielders. Xavi / Carzola will probably play over Martinez.
Looks like Sergi Canos is a done deal, we're also taking Valencia's top academy prospect off their hands and supposedly Luis Alberto should be on his way to Liverpool here sooner rather than later.
Luis Alberto is extremely exciting. 6m for a player that good is a fucking steal. We're taking in loads of Spanish players this Summer, with Aspas as good as done.
Luis Alberto is extremely exciting. 6m for a player that good is a fucking steal. We're taking in loads of Spanish players this Summer, with Aspas as good as done.
How so, my pii kao to govori brother?
yeah probably. or martinez instead of busquets.
anyway don't think xavi will have a prominent role in 2014
The_Hitcher89
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Is today our last day until E3 is over, since OT will probably be locked?
KidA Seven
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He looks great on YouTube, but 6m for a Barca B player (I know he's on loan from Sevilla) isn't cheap. Originally thought it was going to be a third of that price.
The Premier League harms lots of things. But in this specific and often re-occuring argument, I agree with you in that simply blaming the existence of the Premier League really misses the point.
England still has enourmous issues with coaching and development at grass roots level and beyond. Having Stuart Pearce as manager of the Under-21's is completley representative of how backwards and ill thought out our attitude to youth development is. Like many aspects of English football, it's an old-boys Golfing holiday of names and faces that fit, rather than their suitability for the job they're given. There are similar examples when you look at lists of names who are reportedly responsible for the St. George's complex or whatever they've called it.
In the short term, more clubs should embrace the loan system. The lower league structure in England is the secret jewel of English football, and in my opinion is a huge and vastly underrated driver of what has made the Premier League so successful. No other country in the world has leagues outside their top division as strong as England does. I don't think its any coincidence that a large number of England's recent success stories in terms of young players have either graduated from lower league clubs or spent time on loan at Championship or even lower half Premier League sides.
Footballers need game time. There are more outlets to achieve that in England than anywhere else in the world, even if it's not necessarily in the first team of their parent club.
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Even ze Italians? This forum would melt again.
Italy winning 2006 was delicious. The salt worldwide was a good seasoning of every meal for 2 years.
The wounds are still open and they claim "they won using wrong football" and then I show them this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSnQbmbQ3iM
No way martinez unseats sergio. Del bosque loves him
"If I was a footballer, I would like to be like Busquets". Spain coach, Vicente del Bosque.
The_Hitcher89
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Fuck. If he's good we'll have to put up with them cunting it up for 3 years in a row like Arsenal did
KidA Seven
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Manchester United Legends team would win every time, but Giggs hasn't retired, and Beckham doesn't play.
The_Hitcher89
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Shove that up your arse, FF
Wait, what's he done to be worth £6m if he's been loaned out from a team in La Liga to a team in whatever the fuck Spain call their second division?
Sleeplessnights
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Pele good, Maradona better, KidA Seven worst.
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Zorc on de Bruyne:
"We'll have another talk with Chelsea. But we must honor contracts."
Doesn't sound all that good but we'll see, will be the first official talk with Mourinho I guess.
"We'll have another talk with Chelsea. But we must honor contracts."
Doesn't sound all that good but we'll see, will be the first official talk with Mourinho I guess.
The_Hitcher89
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Simultaneously the best Manc, and the fifth-worst Manc
Scored more and completely outplayed everyone.
That's right, OUTPLAYED.
Everyone wanted France to win it but they forget how they reached the final in the first place.
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Shove that up your arse, FF
Wait, what's he done to be worth £6m if he's been loaned out from a team in La Liga to a team in whatever the fuck Spain call their second division?
He's just very good. Barca didn't buy him because they're stacked in that position.
Is this guy in the Japan squad for the Confed cup?
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