World Cup 2010 - Bastards Speak Up 2.0!!!
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No room for Villa? Would stick with tradition and go four four two and drop Alonso for him.
Would also pick Carlos Salcido over Cole on form and impact at this WC. Not convinced by Casillas at this WC either really but all the other keepers who had decent games also made pretty big errors.
Would also pick Carlos Salcido over Cole on form and impact at this WC. Not convinced by Casillas at this WC either really but all the other keepers who had decent games also made pretty big errors.
pcmr said
uderonomy said:So... with the final in sight, I don't think it's premature to pick a WC 11.
Casillas
Maicon---Puyol---Mensah---Ashley Cole
Kevin Prince Boateng---Schweinsteiger
Robben---Alonso---Ozil
Forlan
i agree with everything exept i switch alonso (missed penalties and shots) for sneijder
THIS. You will sing his praises if he comes to Salford.
uderonomy said:So... with the final in sight, I don't think it's premature to pick a WC 11.Casillas
Maicon---Puyol---Mensah---Ashley Cole
Kevin Prince Boateng---Schweinsteiger
Robben---Alonso---Ozil
Forlan
i agree with everything exept i switch alonso (missed penalties and shots) for sneijder
THIS. You will sing his praises if he comes to Salford.
J i m s t e r said
cmr saiduderonomy said:So... with the final in sight, I don't think it's premature to pick a WC 11.
Casillas
Maicon---Puyol---Mensah---Ashley Cole
Kevin Prince Boateng---Schweinsteiger
Robben---Alonso---Ozil
Forlan
i agree with everything exept i switch alonso (missed penalties and shots) for sneijder
THIS. You will sing his praises if he comes to Salford.
Fair play, forgot about how good Sneijder has been. For all of Villa's goals, he plays on a team that usually has about 70% of the possession. He gets lots of chances to score. Forlan has been deadly with much less service. You just knew he was going to score that free kick against Ghana. You just knew that if anybody was going to open the scoring against Holland, it would be Forlan.
As far as Alonso, I was toying around with Xavi, but his passing has been less progressive. Good retention and all, but nothing, YET, to really justify WC XI status for me. Salcido should perhaps get the nod over Ashley Cole too, but as Doc McCoy said, he's the best LB in the world!!! ;-P
cmr saiduderonomy said:So... with the final in sight, I don't think it's premature to pick a WC 11.Casillas
Maicon---Puyol---Mensah---Ashley Cole
Kevin Prince Boateng---Schweinsteiger
Robben---Alonso---Ozil
Forlan
i agree with everything exept i switch alonso (missed penalties and shots) for sneijder
THIS. You will sing his praises if he comes to Salford.
Fair play, forgot about how good Sneijder has been. For all of Villa's goals, he plays on a team that usually has about 70% of the possession. He gets lots of chances to score. Forlan has been deadly with much less service. You just knew he was going to score that free kick against Ghana. You just knew that if anybody was going to open the scoring against Holland, it would be Forlan.
As far as Alonso, I was toying around with Xavi, but his passing has been less progressive. Good retention and all, but nothing, YET, to really justify WC XI status for me. Salcido should perhaps get the nod over Ashley Cole too, but as Doc McCoy said, he's the best LB in the world!!! ;-P
Okem saidaul said:World Cup Fail XI
Green
Otamendi -Terry - Cannavaro - Evra
Ribery - Barry - Kaka - Ronaldo
Messi - Rooney
much better.
Lampard for Barry.
aul said:World Cup Fail XIGreen
Otamendi -Terry - Cannavaro - Evra
Ribery - Barry - Kaka - Ronaldo
Messi - Rooney
much better.
Lampard for Barry.
For the sake of realism I thought I'd opt for a 'holding' midfielder (not that Barry actually does that).
Lampard at least showed some spirit to bring England back to 2-2.
The only thing Barry did in that Germany game was let Ozil shit all over him.
Saying that I could have quite easily picked Felipe Melo.
Lampard at least showed some spirit to bring England back to 2-2.
The only thing Barry did in that Germany game was let Ozil shit all over him.
Saying that I could have quite easily picked Felipe Melo.
Paul said:For the sake of realism I thought I'd opt for a 'holding' midfielder (not that Barry actually does that).
Lampard at least showed some spirit to bring England back to 2-2.
This is why Lampard is Captain of the WC Fail XI. Even when he finally manages to do something right like score a goal, it doesn't count! The essence of fail.
Lampard at least showed some spirit to bring England back to 2-2.
This is why Lampard is Captain of the WC Fail XI. Even when he finally manages to do something right like score a goal, it doesn't count! The essence of fail.
The best left back in the tournament, by a long way, was Coentrao of Portugal, with Salcido following up. Coentrao totally smothered everyone and was super aggressive forward with lots of nice crossing. This all the more amazing since that's not really his natural spot.
Taking Boateng over Sneidjer or Xavi/Inesta is a little silly.
A this point I think Forlan has been the MVP of the cup.
Taking Boateng over Sneidjer or Xavi/Inesta is a little silly.
A this point I think Forlan has been the MVP of the cup.
DrWu said:
Taking Boateng over Sneidjer or Xavi/Inesta is a little silly.
I think in the games that Boateng played in the middle for Ghana, he was Schweinsteiger-esque. For all the possession Xavi has had, he's done very little of note with the ball other than retention; Boateng, in a weaker team, did more to break up attacks, win the ball in the air, and start counter attacks than Xavi or Iniesta... he seemed to make a more discernable difference to the game. Alonso's passing has been much more effective than Xavi's imo, more often finding forwards in space. Iniesta looks like he just returned to full fitness in the last game against Germany. On form Iniesta would be a first pick for me.
I forgot about Sneijder though. He's lived up to his hype so far.
Taking Boateng over Sneidjer or Xavi/Inesta is a little silly.
I think in the games that Boateng played in the middle for Ghana, he was Schweinsteiger-esque. For all the possession Xavi has had, he's done very little of note with the ball other than retention; Boateng, in a weaker team, did more to break up attacks, win the ball in the air, and start counter attacks than Xavi or Iniesta... he seemed to make a more discernable difference to the game. Alonso's passing has been much more effective than Xavi's imo, more often finding forwards in space. Iniesta looks like he just returned to full fitness in the last game against Germany. On form Iniesta would be a first pick for me.
I forgot about Sneijder though. He's lived up to his hype so far.
Any predictions for the final? Apart from what that octopus claims.
I'm hoping for a Holland win, but fearing the worst.
I'm hoping for a Holland win, but fearing the worst.
1000fm said:Any predictions for the final? Apart from what that octopus claims.
I'm hoping for a Holland win, but fearing the worst.
I think that Holland can pull a victory out of the Final tomorrow. I think that it'll be as closely contested as the Deutschland/Spain semifinal. 2-1 victory.
I'm hoping for a Holland win, but fearing the worst.
I think that Holland can pull a victory out of the Final tomorrow. I think that it'll be as closely contested as the Deutschland/Spain semifinal. 2-1 victory.
This match is turning out a lot more entertaining than I had anticipated!
b/w
I can't believe this is the same Forlan:
b/w
I can't believe this is the same Forlan:
Definitely a great game all-around. Kroos and Kiessling are a few names to watch out for in the future. For playing on one good leg, Forlan was excellent, and that last free kick almost went in had it not been for the crossbar. Now on to anticipating a Holland victory.
Duderonomy said: Salcido should perhaps get the nod over Ashley Cole too, but as Doc McCoy said, he's the best LB in the world!!! ;-P
DocMcCoy said: Cole...probably the best left back in Europe, if not the world...
I stand by this. Salcido arguably had the better tournament, but anyone using "a good World Cup" as the measure of a player's quality would do well to heed two words: Phil Babb.
Speaking of which, the following players, all of whom have been said to have had "a good World Cup", are supposedly on LFC's watchlist. Expect to see some or all of them stinking out the joint at a Premiership ground near you from late August;
Maynor Figueroa
Yasuhito Endo
Gervinho
Reto Ziegler
We might also be in for Royston Drenthe and David Trezeguet, so it looks as if Woy will be resuming the latter-day Liverpool tradition of providing a home for underachieving misfits and slightly past-it strikers.
DocMcCoy said: Cole...probably the best left back in Europe, if not the world...
I stand by this. Salcido arguably had the better tournament, but anyone using "a good World Cup" as the measure of a player's quality would do well to heed two words: Phil Babb.
Speaking of which, the following players, all of whom have been said to have had "a good World Cup", are supposedly on LFC's watchlist. Expect to see some or all of them stinking out the joint at a Premiership ground near you from late August;
Maynor Figueroa
Yasuhito Endo
Gervinho
Reto Ziegler
We might also be in for Royston Drenthe and David Trezeguet, so it looks as if Woy will be resuming the latter-day Liverpool tradition of providing a home for underachieving misfits and slightly past-it strikers.
DocMcCoy saiduderonomy said: Salcido should perhaps get the nod over Ashley Cole too, but as Doc McCoy said, he's the best LB in the world!!! ;-P
DocMcCoy said: Cole...probably the best left back in Europe, if not the world...
I stand by this. Salcido arguably had the better tournament, but anyone using "a good World Cup" as the measure of a player's quality would do well to heed two words: Phil Babb.
Very true, Salcido has been playing truly horrible matches on a weekly bases for a couple of years now at PSV who'll jump at any chance of letting him go for a couple million this summer. It was shocking to see him perform the way he did this tournament.
uderonomy said: Salcido should perhaps get the nod over Ashley Cole too, but as Doc McCoy said, he's the best LB in the world!!! ;-PDocMcCoy said: Cole...probably the best left back in Europe, if not the world...
I stand by this. Salcido arguably had the better tournament, but anyone using "a good World Cup" as the measure of a player's quality would do well to heed two words: Phil Babb.
Very true, Salcido has been playing truly horrible matches on a weekly bases for a couple of years now at PSV who'll jump at any chance of letting him go for a couple million this summer. It was shocking to see him perform the way he did this tournament.