crackerjack
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The only thing preventing me saying with absolute certainty that Spain will win is Robben. No amount of team play can be completely guaranteed to nullify such random brilliance.
oh and the germans were also undone by frierich having a total nightmare
It's impossible to judge the France of 2000 properly cos of the circumstances of the final. Brighton could've beaten Brazil that day. What we do know is that they struggled against Paraguay (more so than Spain), almost lost to Croatia and were short of goals for much of the tournament. The 2002 team were better.
ah - the WC was 1998, meant the Euros team of 2000. Indeed, the 98 team was not that great. france in 2002 were dire by anyone's standards!
I thought he (and the rest of the German team) did quite well overall, it's just that the Spanish were even better.
I've also decided that in a perverse sort of way I actually enjoy Lawrenson's daft remarks, he's like a real life Alan Partridge
Arseholes. I just lost a lot of respect for them.
That's from 2008, not last night, if that makes any difference...
Are there any pensioner football bloggers out there who can compare 2010's best to everything post-WWII?
Anyone quizzed their grandparents on this topic?
can't fuck with the octopus. dont' really want Spain to win, as their style of football has stopped exciting me (it's the lack of edge alluded to upthread, in comparison with Barca), but the Netherlands really wouldn't be worthy world champions, I don't think, much as I like their individual players.
I don't know, there seems to be some kind of lack of linkage between midfield and attack. The midfield is obviously awesome at keeping the ball and moving it around and they've got fantastic strikers but somehow they've completely failed to turn those disparate parts into bags of goals or even chances."I don't think they have a lack of edge really. It's more that Torres has just been totally shit all tournament. If he had been fit / at the top of his game, they surely would've been more of an attacking threat.... no?"