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Holland 3-0 Italy (pg. 2)
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| Ian |
this should be a great tournament cos neither the italians or the french should do well. Italy are over the hill & have no fresh blood, france are only just bringing it in, but need rid of makelele, abidal etc before they'll get anything good from it.
This year I fancy Spain, Portugal, Croatia & Holland as the top 4 teams, with the germans just behind, but with Lehmann in goals, there'll be a up or three. |
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| Acton |
| Italy and France lost me £1,000 yesterday :whip: :whip: |
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| trewqy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Acton
Italy and France lost me £1,000 yesterday :whip: :whip: |
lol.. you should be betting on greece..BACK IN 2004! |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
but with Lehmann in goals, there'll be a up or three. |
So ing true! I don't get why Löw puts that idiot in. Even Arsenal has sorted him out, and it's not like we don't have any better men. |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
So ing true! I don't get why Löw puts that idiot in. Even Arsenal has sorted him out, and it's not like we don't have any better men. |
any reason Timo Hildebrand didn't get selected? He looked good for Valencia in a struggling side last season |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
any reason Timo Hildebrand didn't get selected? |
Incompetence. ;)
Adler and Enke are also pretty reliable keepers. Just about everyone except Lehmann is! :mad:
While watching the game I kept suggesting that they give Schweinsteiger some gloves and substitute him for Lehmann! :toothless
On topic:
Oranje ftw!
I'll so be rooting for them when Germany isn't playing. |
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| noikeee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
this should be a great tournament cos neither the italians or the french should do well. Italy are over the hill & have no fresh blood, france are only just bringing it in, but need rid of makelele, abidal etc before they'll get anything good from it.
This year I fancy Spain, Portugal, Croatia & Holland as the top 4 teams, with the germans just behind, but with Lehmann in goals, there'll be a up or three. |
After Croatia's terrible game against Austria, I think you can take them off the list. Unless they suddenly improve a lot.
And Germany seemed as good as Portugal and Holland, IMO. Maybe a little shaky in defence but excellent upfront. |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by noikeee
After Croatia's terrible game against Austria, I think you can take them off the list. Unless they suddenly improve a lot.
And Germany seemed as good as Portugal and Holland, IMO. Maybe a little shaky in defence but excellent upfront. |
I just don't think they're quite so good on paper at the back, esp as I said with Jens. I'm unsure of other keepers, I Know timo is pretty good (and not totally incompetent) and i've heard of some guy called Neuer? I dunno if he's any good, just someone mentioned him to me once, think he's with Schalke or something.
I think croatia will be fine, having said that, add in Eduardo's finishing to Krancjar, Modric & company and you'd have one hell of a team. Also playing the hosts isn't always easy, and the croats gave us more trouble in the 2 games than france did recently. |
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| Az |
| quote: | Originally posted by Acton
Italy and France lost me £1,000 yesterday :whip: :whip: |
how come?!?!
betting on italy or france for the first game of a tournament is suicide, both notoriously bad starters.
Great game, but I can't see Holland keeping it up for the whole tournament
Croatia to win it |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
I Know timo is pretty good (and not totally incompetent) |
I was talking about the coach, who didn't nominate him. :) |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
I was talking about the coach, who didn't nominate him. :) |
ahh :p lol well at least you have more than one good goalkeeper :p |
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