Mole_Toonfan Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Qualifiers are pretty meaningless tbh, their partnership for Atleti speaks for itself. How are they meaningless? That's the team they're playing with at the World Cup, which was what I was arguing? I'm in no way saying they're not a very good pairing, I'm just arguing against that they're easily the best pairing in the WC. I mean in the grand scheme of things relating to the WC, there's loads of examples of teams not giving a shit in qualifying and then looking like hot shit in the tournament. I personally don't pay attention to it anymore tbh, honestly i'd understand your argument if they were a random pairing but they play together at club level too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Qualifiers are pretty meaningless tbh, their partnership for Atleti speaks for itself. How are they meaningless? That's the team they're playing with at the World Cup, which was what I was arguing? I'm in no way saying they're not a very good pairing, I'm just arguing against that they're easily the best pairing in the WC. I mean in the grand scheme of things relating to the WC, there's loads of examples of teams not giving a shit in qualifying and then looking like hot shit in the tournament. I personally don't pay attention to it anymore tbh, honestly i'd understand your argument if they were a random pairing but they play together at club level too. That first sentence is a load of shit tbh Which teams in the CONMEBOL doesn't give a shit in the qualifiers? I don't really rate Gimenez that highly, I've watched more of Uruguay than Atletico Madrid however in the past year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 To say he’s nowhere near Godin’s level is fine, but as a partnership they’re as solid as it gets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Uruguay's midfield is actually far stronger and more gifted on the ball than in previous years, but they don't seem to be able to get out from their traditional way of playing. Having to play a 4-4-2 and needing to fit in both Suarez and Cavani doesn't help that area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Argentina when Maradona was there qualified on the final day and got to the Quarter Finals and probably would have gone further if they didn't face Germany in quarters. Argentina this year barely qualified and i'll bet they get to the Quarter finals at the very least, it definitely does happen. It's not CONMEBOL and not the same argument but Spain were awesome in qualifying for decades and when the WC came before 2010 they did nothing of note. Not telling you what to do But personally i don't take much stock on what happens during qualifiers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 To say he’s nowhere near Godin’s level is fine, but as a partnership they’re as solid as it gets. Again, I'm just saying based on their national team performance because that's the set-up they're playing at. They really haven't been great for Uruguay together. I though even today Gimenez had trouble in the air against their striker in the first half and the one that substituted him which was much smaller. They won between them about 4-5 headers which those strikers shouldn't do against Gimenez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Argentina when Maradona was there qualified on the final day and got to the Quarter Finals and probably would have gone further if they didn't face Germany in quarters. Argentina this year barely qualified and i'll bet they get to the Quarter finals at the very least, it definitely does happen. It's not CONMEBOL and not the same argument but Spain were awesome in qualifying for decades and when the WC came before 2010 they did nothing of note. Not telling you what to do But personally i don't take much stock on what happens during qualifiers. That's different though. They obviously gave a shit. I just think Gimenez is more exposed in this Uruguay team than what you see for Atletico Madrid. Uruguay's midfield is actually far stronger and more gifted on the ball than in previous years, but they don't seem to be able to get out from their traditional way of playing. Having to play a 4-4-2 and needing to fit in both Suarez and Cavani doesn't help that area. The midfield they had the last 2 World Cups was shameful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 If they are stronger and more gifted they didn't show it IMO, they were really sloppy most of the game and didn't look like they know how to unlock a well organized defence. Were much better in the last 30 minutes but i suspect subs and Egypt tiring were bigger factors there. Going forward i would look to try and get Cavani in the box more often as he's playing with a lot more confidence than Suarez is atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flip Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Cause touts bought them all and couldn't get rid of them due to FAN ID issue as well as sponsors not giving back their tickets since they were free anyways. Simple really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Egypt defended pretty well, bit harsh they lost like that. Wasn't that impressed with Uruguay, but they got the vital goal when they needed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Hope Robbie Earle is involved again. The dorty bassa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Mental not putting Salah on towards the end when it was still 0-0, he must be more badly crocked than they've let on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I fucking love football, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Memories of 2002 and my school doing the same. Pretty sure we even went in early some days to watch the start of games cause they were on early Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I fucking love football, man. Love that, and everyone legging it back to watch the final few minutes haha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Salah starts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Salah starts Looking forward to him doing fuck all after all this hype Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Love the Russki anthem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Russia playing well for a team who are 70 in the suddenly important rankings and whose best player plays for CSKA who are much worse than Liverpool. I just don’t know what’s going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Salah is playing, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Not a lot of chances but quite enjoying this. Surprised at how decent to watch Russia are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Salah is playing, right? Not sure what your point is. He's playing in a far inferior team than Liverpool, with different styles. Plus he's just come back from injury and we know that he's clearly been worth the 'hype', given what he did last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Not a lot of chances but quite enjoying this. Surprised at how decent to watch Russia are Been a good 0-0 so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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