World Cup
Jun 28th 2010, 7:53 am
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Re: World Cup
But the point is he's quite obviously not at his best, nor devastating in any way. Should we just wait for him to be ready and able?
Jun 28th 2010, 8:19 am
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Re: World Cup
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Alan2005 4
GreenVale 3
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Greenhill 9
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Jun 28th 2010, 8:21 am
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Re: World Cup
29 Jun...predictions before 11:00am AST please
* Paraguay 0 Japan 0
* Spain 0 Portugal 0
* Paraguay 0 Japan 0
* Spain 0 Portugal 0
Jun 28th 2010, 8:25 am
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Re: World Cup
JamesM Paraguay 1 Japan 2
JamesM Spain 3 Portugal 1
JamesM Spain 3 Portugal 1
Jun 28th 2010, 8:27 am
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Jun 28th 2010, 8:27 am
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Oink Paraguay 2 Japan 1
Oink Spain 1 Portugal 1
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It's too late to text her so I'll post her predictions later.
Oink Spain 1 Portugal 1
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It's too late to text her so I'll post her predictions later.
Jun 28th 2010, 8:31 am
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Re: World Cup
PartiallyDischarged Paraguay 2 Japan 1
PartiallyDischarged Spain 2 Portugal 0
PartiallyDischarged Spain 2 Portugal 0
Jun 28th 2010, 8:39 am
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Re: World Cup
Look up Kevin Keegan and Steve Mclaren.
The former was supposedly a great "man motivator" but probably the most tactically naive manager we've ever had- the performance's under Keegan are my bench mark of poor England displays and surpass anything seen at this World Cup.
Hoddle and Venables were both better but not in the job long due to non-footballing reasons.
The former was supposedly a great "man motivator" but probably the most tactically naive manager we've ever had- the performance's under Keegan are my bench mark of poor England displays and surpass anything seen at this World Cup.
Hoddle and Venables were both better but not in the job long due to non-footballing reasons.
Jun 28th 2010, 8:41 am
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Alan2005 Paraguay 2 Japan 0
Alan2005 Spain 2 Portugal 1
Alan2005 Spain 2 Portugal 1
Jun 28th 2010, 8:42 am
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LordVader Paraguay 2 Japan 0
LordVader Spain 3 Portugal 2
VadersGoldfish Paraguay 4 Japan 3 PENS
VadersGoldfish Spain 4 Portugal 3 PENS
LordVader Spain 3 Portugal 2
VadersGoldfish Paraguay 4 Japan 3 PENS
VadersGoldfish Spain 4 Portugal 3 PENS
Jun 28th 2010, 9:07 am
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Re: World Cup
Really? And hasn't he played enough football this year to be on form?
He had an injury late on in the season which disrupted this
But the point is he's quite obviously not at his best, nor devastating in any way. Should we just wait for him to be ready and able?
Yes- unfortunately he is the one player with a guaranteed name on the team sheet as he is the only World Class player in my opinion
He had an injury late on in the season which disrupted this
But the point is he's quite obviously not at his best, nor devastating in any way. Should we just wait for him to be ready and able?
Yes- unfortunately he is the one player with a guaranteed name on the team sheet as he is the only World Class player in my opinion
No player should ever be guaranteed a place, that's just a cop-out and doesn't incentivize a work ethic to get into the team on merit and form. Over paid prima-donnas need a wake up call sometimes.
Jun 28th 2010, 10:21 am
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I've had a quick play around with stats regarding previous world cup penalty shoot-out wins (I think someone posted earlier in the thread about this?)
Excel tells me, on average:-
Excel tells me, on average:-
Spoiler:
Jun 28th 2010, 10:23 am
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Greenhill Paraguay 1 Japan 1
Greenhill Spain 1 Portugal 1
GreenVale Paraguay 1 Japan 0
GreenVale Spain 2 Portugal 3
Greenhill Spain 1 Portugal 1
GreenVale Paraguay 1 Japan 0
GreenVale Spain 2 Portugal 3
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Jun 28th 2010, 11:06 am
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Re: World Cup
So was there was a degree of risk taking him due to lack of match fitness? And yet he was still persisted with after 3 poor games.
No player should ever be guaranteed a place, that's just a cop-out and doesn't incentivize a work ethic to get into the team on merit and form. Over paid prima-donnas need a wake up call sometimes.
No player should ever be guaranteed a place, that's just a cop-out and doesn't incentivize a work ethic to get into the team on merit and form. Over paid prima-donnas need a wake up call sometimes.
The public backlash of Capello not picking him for any game would have been massive.
