Deuce Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Really looking forward to Brazil-Mexico. The latter should've had 3 against Cameroon if not for some dodgy officiating. Both teams play pretty football, hopefully Mexico doesn't get overrun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 They were rank rotten but had to happen eventually. Worried Russia - S.Korea might stink the place out too. Think it might be a good game. Korea always do quite well (relatively) in the WC tournament. Plus they are my 4th seed. Germany, Holland & Spain have all won so far, want a clean sweep first round. We're pretty shit this year. Well, shit is a bit unfair but it is a transitional year. We have a very young team (basically just the 2012 London Bronze Medal team with a few more youngster stapled on) and a new coach. These aren't bad players but most are completely inexperienced at this level and it will take time for them to get used to the quality and shake off the jitters. There's a very prevalent tendency to make stupid mistakes and I think we'll see at least once defensive shocker between the three games. The fullbacks are the critical weakness. The "Korean style" requires very good overlapping fullbacks to function and all of our fullbacks this year are coming off injury or in terrible form. They have very poor positional sense in general and either leave the wingers isolated up front or fail to track back and leave massive gaping holes in the defense. The performance against Ghana a week ago wasn't pretty at all and I don't think things could have improved all that much in such a short time. By all accounts Russia and Algeria are pretty shit as well but our biggest enemy is ourselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Will Kim Shin-Wook play? I want to enjoy how tall he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Reckon we saw two of the worst individual performances yesterday from two right backs Ambrose and Opare Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Opare was offensively bad. At least Ambrose has the excuse of not being a right back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Will Kim Shin-Wook play? I want to enjoy how tall he is. Probably not, he's not favored by the coach and only shows up for 5~10 minute spells at the end of games. It's a shame because he'd be a very useful option by now if he was given more international experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 he looks like a big, massive, long idiot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Looking forward to see if Belgium can live up to the hype Tbf beating Algeria will hardly tell us much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 he looks like a big, massive, long idiot. He's actually quite good and has been ripping the Korean league to shreds for 2~3 years now. It's unfortunate that the FA/coach seem to basically ignore domestic-league performances for selection purposes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 he looks like a big, massive, long idiot. He's actually quite good and has been ripping the Korean league to shreds for 2~3 years now. It's unfortunate that the FA/coach seem to basically ignore domestic-league performances for selection purposes. I'm currently living with a Korean guy in Singapore oldtype, we are waking up at 6am to watch the game. Hes very pessimistic after the Ghana friendly last week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Andros Townsend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 he looks like a big, massive, long idiot. He's actually quite good and has been ripping the Korean league to shreds for 2~3 years now. It's unfortunate that the FA/coach seem to basically ignore domestic-league performances for selection purposes. I'm currently living with a Korean guy in Singapore oldtype, we are waking up at 6am to watch the game. Hes very pessimistic after the Ghana friendly last week. As he rightfully should be. I don't think we're a worse team than Russia but they are clearly better prepared. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Looking forward to see if Belgium can live up to the hype Tbf beating Algeria will hardly tell us much. True. They have been handed such an easy group man. Will face number 2 of the Germany/Portugal/USA/Ghana group. That will be their first big test. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 he looks like a big, massive, long idiot. He's actually quite good and has been ripping the Korean league to shreds for 2~3 years now. It's unfortunate that the FA/coach seem to basically ignore domestic-league performances for selection purposes. I'm currently living with a Korean guy in Singapore oldtype, we are waking up at 6am to watch the game. Hes very pessimistic after the Ghana friendly last week. As he rightfully should be. I don't think we're a worse team than Russia but they are clearly better prepared. I agree. Its a really talented squad, with most of your team playing at some big clubs. I'll be cheering you on, us Asian Confeds have to stick together (except Japan ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 he looks like a big, massive, long idiot. He's actually quite good and has been ripping the Korean league to shreds for 2~3 years now. It's unfortunate that the FA/coach seem to basically ignore domestic-league performances for selection purposes. I'm currently living with a Korean guy in Singapore oldtype, we are waking up at 6am to watch the game. Hes very pessimistic after the Ghana friendly last week. As he rightfully should be. I don't think we're a worse team than Russia but they are clearly better prepared. I read somewhere Russia lost four of their best players to injury in the last few weeks. Not sure how that counts as good preparation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I hope you all lose miserably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/YGdHSKs.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Van Buyten gonna do massive stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Really interested to see how Belgium do, they have potential but will they be able to perform! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 he looks like a big, massive, long idiot. He's actually quite good and has been ripping the Korean league to shreds for 2~3 years now. It's unfortunate that the FA/coach seem to basically ignore domestic-league performances for selection purposes. I'm currently living with a Korean guy in Singapore oldtype, we are waking up at 6am to watch the game. Hes very pessimistic after the Ghana friendly last week. As he rightfully should be. I don't think we're a worse team than Russia but they are clearly better prepared. I read somewhere Russia lost four of their best players to injury in the last few weeks. Not sure how that counts as good preparation. Four wins in their last five friendlies isn't bad. Shirokov (who's a massive loss) is their only real injury. I'm pretty sure the rest is just smoke and mirrors from Capello. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 That volleyball game would have been class to watch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Really interested to see how Belgium do, they have potential but will they be able to perform! Thanks nees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I kind of irrationally hate Eden Hazard (might be jealousy) so I'm indifferent. I love Lukaku cos he's big. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 The greatest result for all concerned is a 0-0 draw here, with Bentaleb and De Bruyne getting mad ball recoveries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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