Spain and one of England or Uruguay will be officially eliminated after their 1st 2 group games. Crazy.
Spain and one of England or Uruguay will be officially eliminated after their 1st 2 group games. Crazy.
What are our options w Altidore out?
I'd like to see j green in the line up. Maybe play a 4-5-1? Who's your choice for striker? I'd almost be tempted to play Dempsey there.
artilector, keep an eye for Chile. No one is talking about them because they are not a traditional power, but they looked utterly dominant against a scrappy Australian team. Their offence is phenomenal. I see Chile taking a lot of teams by surprise and moving deep into the tournament.
Nice call on Chile. They played great against Spain.
Speaking of Spain, I think their coach did a terrible job, the worst of any major team in my memory. At heart, Spain was Barca, and he littered the roster with players who were not suited/familiar with that style, while Xavi/Villa/Pedro/Fabregas mostly sat on the bench. Absurd.
Columbia (along with Mexico) are notorious World Cup underachievers. I have faith they will choke somewhere down the line.
I think you could easily argue that Barca is not the same team it was even last year since they didn't win a single thing this season.
If you look at the team that started against the Dutch in the final in 2010 and the team that started against the Dutch in the first game this year there really isn't a whole lot of difference IMO.
Ramos for Puyol, who retired, in the center of defense
Azpilicueta for Ramos at right back
Alba, a Barca player, for Capdevila at left back
Silva for Pedro
Costa for Villa, two Atleti players now.
I think the loss of Puyol for both Barca and Spain isn't being given enough emphasis. His leadership was sorely missed by both teams.
Klinsmann is not a loser. Period.
He is not a winner of WC either (with USA team).
I've got an impression he's actually a good motivator.
Anyway you need to beat Portugal and you're OK. I guess it's doable.
i think u can compare him to bruce boudreau, great motivator, very little inside knowledge
...very little inside knowledge