World Cup 2010 Thread (Politics free version)

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Couldnt find an appropriate existing thread, plenty for squad discussions etc, daily countdowns, but nothing for the actual tournament, so here we go.


Rio Ferdinand and Drogba both ruled injured..
 
So Carra or King to partner Terry?
 
Alan said:
So Carra or King to partner Terry?
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Mmmm... Upson is also available, maybe he will save King for the bigger matches

I think he made a mistake not taking Campbell
 
agreed, cambell played well for the gunners in the few he did play. Dawson is on his way which i dont think is a bad choice either.
 
Barry also ruled out of the WC, England are falling apart, Capello is an idiot for taking so many 50/50 players
 
Dawson to star alongside Terry once King trips on a blade of grass and breaks both legs, a hip and his collar bone.
 
smokey said:
Dawson to star alongside Terry once King trips on a blade of grass and breaks both legs, a hip and his collar bone.
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lol :(
atleast Sp*rs will have a bunch of tired players by the time the EPL starts again, thats if England gets more than 3 games

Pretty gutted Robben looks unlikely
 
nivek said:
lol :(
atleast Sp*rs will have a bunch of tired players by the time the EPL starts again, thats if England gets more than 3 games

Pretty gutted Robben looks unlikely
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Arjen Robben is practically a synonym for "recovery date: n/a (ever)"
 
The great man speaks.

Johan Cruyff: Winning The World Cup Will Be 'Impossible' For England Under Fabio Capello​

Holland legend Johan Cruyff believes that England cannot win the World Cup under Fabio Capello, citing that the way the Three Lions play is too similar to Italy as they are 'only interested in the result'.

The former Barcelona star believes that the influx of Italian managers like Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and Capello has affected football in England.

With Capello on the bench, all the world knows how England will play. It's a curious situation in England,” Cruyff told The Mirror.

"The Italian coaches are influencing the philosophy. There are the examples of Ancelotti, Mancini and Capello.

"England now have many similarities to Italy. The mentality has changed and now they are only interested in the result.

"After the failure in Germany is 2006, now England needs a great spectacle but that is impossible with Capello as coach."

This is not the first time that the Dutchman has criticised Capello and his attack on the Three Lions boss is one of the few that he has faced since becoming England manager.

Cruyff believes that Spain, Argentina and Brazil are the three teams that will be the favourites to win in South Africa, but he is not as optimistic about Holland’s chances.

"If Spain can show their quality on the pitch then they can aspire to great success. But they must improve with each game without suffering from growing pressure.

"They must show the same pride and quality that they did at Euro 2008 to win the World Cup.

"It would be unfair for Argentina just to rely on Lionel Messi. Their system and team must be strong and they must make changes when necessary to make sure his work is not lost.

"Brazil have incredible talent and they are different now. Now they have a big keeper, a good defence and a more European style. They can be more negative. For me now, Spain is the Brazil in this World Cup.

"Holland has some good players but the stars don't play in Holland. Without playing in Holland, it's impossible for the team to improve long term."
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http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/wo...-winning-the-world-cup-will-be-impossible-for
 
Well, he's talking through his ass. Mancini has been at City for less than 6 months and Carlo for a year (give or take) - hardly the time needed to "change the mentality of the English game". Carlo is definitely not known for his embrace of Catenaccio and even says his inspiration wrt to footy management is the "non catenaccio" beautiful style of Milan in the late 80's and early nineties. The English have never really been a flash team and it's good that someone got them thinking about the result instead of trying to play a style of footy that they are not suited for. If he keeps this up, he'll be about as credible as Pele in no time.
 
Considering how accurate his predictions during the inter-barca cl semi final was I wouldn't read into much that gruyff has to say. Also he is probably still bitter that capello's milan absolutely destroyed his barca team in the 1994 cl final, milan won 4-0 on that night.
 
stefan9 said:
Considering how accurate his predictions during the inter-barca cl semi final was I wouldn't read into much that gruyff has to say. Also he is probably still bitter that capello's milan absolutely destroyed his barca team in the 1994 cl final, milan won 4-0 on that night.
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/sigh

What an epic match (watched it post-mortem at my mates house in 96)... aaaaah... those were the true Milan days...

/sigh
 
Stickfigure said:
They can't win because they play too much like Italy? Italy are the reigning champs :/
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Italy have played the same football forever dude, now you get someone trying to bring italy type play into the English squad. Cannot end well. I wish these defensive italian managers would stay in bloody italy.
 
killadoob said:
Italy have played the same football forever dude, now you get someone trying to bring italy type play into the English squad. Cannot end well. I wish these defensive italian managers would stay in bloody italy.
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Right so england should go back to nice english managers and not even qualify like mcclaren and euro 2008. Italian managers have proven themselves over and over again. You can dislike the style but they are succesfull.
 
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