Flip Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Sime Vrsaljko was actually very good. FM legend comes good for once? He was horrible man. Oscar dominated that flank and without some help he should've been off before the half was over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Sime Vrsaljko was actually very good. FM legend comes good for once? He was horrible man. Oscar dominated that flank and without some help he should've been off before the half was over. Considering he was often on his own back there he was solid. Olic hardly helped out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The three peace doves they released before the game: 1 was found in the press box in the end of th evening and the other two flew into the stadium walls and died. Told my dad about it and he told me that in Seoul in the olympics the peace doves flew into the fire Why do they do this to the poor birds? There's no peace one earth, give up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The three peace doves they released before the game: 1 was found in the press box in the end of th evening and the other two flew into the stadium walls and died. Told my dad about it and he told me that in Seoul in the olympics the peace doves flew into the fire Why do they do this to the poor birds? There's no peace one earth, give up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Sime Vrsaljko was actually very good. FM legend comes good for once? He was horrible man. Oscar dominated that flank and without some help he should've been off before the half was over. Considering he was often on his own back there he was solid. Olic hardly helped out! We watched completely different games, IMO Olic was excellent all game. He kept covering for Vrsaljko and without his cover I think we would've won this game easily. You have to remember that Olic can't defend both Oscar and Dani by himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The three peace doves they released before the game: 1 was found in the press box in the end of th evening and the other two flew into the stadium walls and died. Told my dad about it and he told me that in Seoul in the olympics the peace doves flew into the fire Why do they do this to the poor birds? There's no peace one earth, give up. Fucking hell! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Sime Vrsaljko was actually very good. FM legend comes good for once? He was horrible man. Oscar dominated that flank and without some help he should've been off before the half was over. Considering he was often on his own back there he was solid. Olic hardly helped out! We watched completely different games, IMO Olic was excellent all game. He kept covering for Vrsaljko and without his cover I think we would've won this game easily. You have to remember that Olic can't defend both Oscar and Dani by himself. Guess so. Thought he did well considering he was out of position. He certainly kept Bulk quiet when he went out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Sime Vrsaljko was actually very good. FM legend comes good for once? He was horrible man. Oscar dominated that flank and without some help he should've been off before the half was over. Considering he was often on his own back there he was solid. Olic hardly helped out! We watched completely different games, IMO Olic was excellent all game. He kept covering for Vrsaljko and without his cover I think we would've won this game easily. You have to remember that Olic can't defend both Oscar and Dani by himself. Guess so. Thought he did well considering he was out of position. He certainly kept Bulk quiet when he went out there. It's all subjective anyways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Olic to me had the effect of a Mars Bar on Croatia, basically he gave an initial energy boost but wore out pretty quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Olic to me had the effect of a Mars Bar on Croatia, basically he gave an initial energy boost but wore out pretty quickly. I think his sprint to the refs in the 2nd half suggested else by the way. 3-4 times he took a 30-40 yard run to go complain to the ref. Was really impressed by his stamina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 He's a machine. Just was hindered by a completely useless Jelevic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Scolari is 100% convinced it was a penalty "We also think it was a penalty. I have seen it 10 times and I think it is a penalty." What an odious cunt. Tell it like it is man. Seriously the OTT theatrics by Brazil will inevitably saturate this edition of the world cup, and I hope they get either a footballing lesson off someone, or a couple of shit/dodgy decisions go against them to bring them back down to earth. And then I will wait for Scolari's reaction. Amazing country, amazing players, amazing people, the worst footballing twat mentality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Felt his energy wained as the game went on myself, Alves was noticeably more comfortable in the 2nd half compared to the first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Intersting for stats from the game. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186456/statistics.html Olic ran the most. More than 11km. Impressive. Only Luiz Gustavo reached above 11km as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Luiz Gustavo was looking for bushes to perv out of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Scolari is 100% convinced it was a penalty "We also think it was a penalty. I have seen it 10 times and I think it is a penalty." What an odious c***. Tell it like it is man. Seriously the OTT theatrics by Brazil will inevitably saturate this edition of the world cup, and I hope they get either a footballing lesson off someone, or a couple of s***/dodgy decisions go against them to bring them back down to earth. And then I will wait for Scolari's reaction. Amazing country, amazing players, amazing people, the worst footballing t*** mentality. What do you expect him to say? Roberto Martinez is spanish and did the same re the Haidara tackle. It's all mind games ffs, he knows deep inside it's not a penalty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 IMO Oscar, Luiz and Gustavo were Brazil's best players overall. The rest were average at best. Alves, Cesar, Fred and Hulk are a waste of space and not up to Brazil's usually high standards. Would like to see more of Ramires. I reckon he would have had a better effect against Croatia than Paulinho did last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Felt his energy wained as the game went on myself, Alves was noticeably more comfortable in the 2nd half compared to the first. Him, Hulk, Fred and Paulinho were horrible. Dani was pretty bad and Thiago had to cover for two all night long. The defenders on that flank had bad games in my opinion Vrsaljko & Dani. Luiz Gustavo was looking for bushes to perv out of. Luiz Gustavo is the man, such a class defensive midfielder. No wonder Wolfsburg fans love him despite being sent off 3 times this season. He is just everywhere, and is so calm on the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 For me Hulk would be much more of a threat cutting in from the right but then that would push Oscar out of a position he played so well in last night. Personally I'd go Neymar on the left, Hulk on the right with Oscar as more of a free role, Fred just looked lost last night and maybe the lack of a real goalscoring forward will be the issue for Brazil as we go on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Scolari is 100% convinced it was a penalty "We also think it was a penalty. I have seen it 10 times and I think it is a penalty." What an odious c***. Tell it like it is man. Seriously the OTT theatrics by Brazil will inevitably saturate this edition of the world cup, and I hope they get either a footballing lesson off someone, or a couple of s***/dodgy decisions go against them to bring them back down to earth. And then I will wait for Scolari's reaction. Amazing country, amazing players, amazing people, the worst footballing t*** mentality. What do you expect him to say? Roberto Martinez is spanish and did the same re the Haidara tackle. It's all mind games ffs, he knows deep inside it's not a penalty. I expect him not to make a complete fool out of himself, and not delude himself, his team or his fans in thinking the win was 100% deserved/a present from the heavens for good behavior/par for the course/etc... Brazil could have easily been embarrassed last night by a determined Croatian team, and it should have served as a reminder that neither Scolari nor his team can be complacent if they are serious about winning the tournament - and they can win it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 IMO Oscar, Luiz and Gustavo were Brazil's best players overall. The rest were average at best. Alves, Cesar, Fred and Hulk are a waste of space and not up to Brazil's usually high standards. Would like to see more of Ramires. I reckon he would have had a better effect against Croatia than Paulinho did last night. Huh? He saved two excellent shots and couldn't do anything in the goal. He did everything that was asked for him? Or are you one of those putting the ''Olic clatters over him'', on him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Thought Gustavo was mint too btw, doesn't stop him looking like a perv Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 IMO Oscar, Luiz and Gustavo were Brazil's best players overall. The rest were average at best. Alves, Cesar, Fred and Hulk are a waste of space and not up to Brazil's usually high standards. Would like to see more of Ramires. I reckon he would have had a better effect against Croatia than Paulinho did last night. Huh? He saved two excellent shots and couldn't do anything in the goal. He did everything that was asked for him? Or are you one of those putting the ''Olic clatters over him'', on him? The saves that Cesar made were ones that you would expect him to make I wouldn't say they were excellent at all, if the Modric shot or the one he made an unconventional save to had have gone in questions would have been asked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Cameroon-Mexico will be the most entertaining game today by a distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Flip would you change the starting 11 around at all? In your ideal world? I don't think I asked you - but why isn't Coutinho on the squad? Could Hulk not play central and have Neymar and Willian on the flanks? Oscar back to his #10 and someone like Ramires or Fernandinho over Paulinho? Or do you rate Paulinho more? In my head Coutinho and Lucas Moura should be in the squads but I'll defer to you... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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