[Soccer] Euro 2012
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I just think it's funny that everybody and their granddaughter agrees the Belgian team is bollocks (we aren't even in Euro 2012), but voted best player in the Dutch, English and Italian competitions were all Belgians. You'd think we'd be able to at least do *something* with all that talent, but nooooo.
Go Sweden! I'm sure they'll get rocked... but I'll be cheering for them anyway.
Uhhhhhh Kompany and Hazard are VERY good.It's not like they're actually that good. I still don't understand how they actually got voted up there - I think they were all, like Van Rompuy in politics, choices of least resistance. Nobdoy minded them because, well, they're Belgian
Admittedly, but the best players in their respective leagues? I mean, those ARE amongst the top-5 or top-10 most important leagues in the world. I'm not saying they aren't great players and, well, perhaps I stated it too boldly - fine by me that they get the title of "best player"....But would you REALLY say they're the very best? If you had to pickthe World Wide Dream Team, would you have 4 Belgians in there?
For some reason I dont have high hopes for the german team. I'm thinking Spain will win this.
Fair enough, but I still hold that Kompany is one of the best CB's in the world right now. Dude is a massive force. Hazard is more of "one for the future."
Odd, I thought that was restricted to Beach Volley
Kompany IS great though, sure enough. I had a couple of classes with him years ago, officially, though I've never seen him in a classroom (that I remember. He wasn't as famous a few years back).
Also, Poland-Greece? Yawn. Wake me when it's Dutchies vs Jerries
Ronaldo is being a whiney drama queen.As usual.
http://sports.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201206/88083.php
http://sports.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201206/88083.php
He's just saying it was "unfair" because he believed they played well, which made the loss hard to take. Ronaldo's matured a lot since he moved to Madrid.
Because they think the England squad should be filled with TALENT! Every single player should be able to command ONE BILLION POUNDS on the transfer market, be able to win each game SINGLE HANDEDLY while BLINDFOLDED and SIMULTANEOUSLY PERFORMING OPEN HEART SURGERY.
Not realizing that, yes, in fact, Henderson, Downing, Kelly and Carroll are the best England have to offer.
Not realizing that, yes, in fact, Henderson, Downing, Kelly and Carroll are the best England have to offer.
I mean, yes England fans usually have WAY too high of expectations, I think now that the "Golden Generation" (Gerrard, Lampard, Terry, Ferdinand, etc) are getting older, and after seeing how poorly they have performed, the expectations for this tournament have dropped.
And they aren't the best England has to offer.
Downing is the only person of them you would consider a starter for England. Even then, you could argue that Adam Johnson could play his left wing role, or Ashley Young if you took him out of that central role and brought someone else up. And after a string of good performances from The Ox, I wouldn't be surprised if he lost his spot to him.
All the others were brought into the squad to be subs or after injuries.
Carroll was picked for backup while Rooney was suspended.
Henderson was picked after Lampard got injured. Barry or Wilshere would have been picked over him if they weren't injured. Carrick too, if he didn't "retire" when he found out he wasn't in Hodgson's first squad. He'll just be used to back up Gerrard and Parker, as he should be.
Kelly was picked after Cahill got injured, and is the only one of the four I don't entirely agree with the choice to select. I think Micah Richards should have been in the first team in the first place, or even Walker. I like Kelly, I think he's a great young talent with a lot of potential, but Richards should have got the call.
And they aren't the best England has to offer.
Downing is the only person of them you would consider a starter for England. Even then, you could argue that Adam Johnson could play his left wing role, or Ashley Young if you took him out of that central role and brought someone else up. And after a string of good performances from The Ox, I wouldn't be surprised if he lost his spot to him.
All the others were brought into the squad to be subs or after injuries.
Carroll was picked for backup while Rooney was suspended.
Henderson was picked after Lampard got injured. Barry or Wilshere would have been picked over him if they weren't injured. Carrick too, if he didn't "retire" when he found out he wasn't in Hodgson's first squad. He'll just be used to back up Gerrard and Parker, as he should be.
Kelly was picked after Cahill got injured, and is the only one of the four I don't entirely agree with the choice to select. I think Micah Richards should have been in the first team in the first place, or even Walker. I like Kelly, I think he's a great young talent with a lot of potential, but Richards should have got the call.
When I say they're the best England have to offer, I don't mean they're automatic starters for the national team, but rather that's the standard of player England supporters can expect for their national team. England don't have a Messi or a Ronaldo or an Ozil or a Fabregas or a Ribery or a Van Persie.
And yes, I agree, Micah Richards should've been picked ahead of Kelly.
And yes, I agree, Micah Richards should've been picked ahead of Kelly.
In other words, there's now a national crisis as people can't figure out soon enough what to do with all the Euro2012 related crap that has been purchased in the inevitable hype that always leads up to any championship. Every time I think they learn, but then last time they made it to the semi's and everyone was all hyped up again.
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