Ray Parlour wrote:All this criticism for Brazil? People say all they have are set pieces and the counter attack which is utter tripe. They still have as good as individual talent as anyone. Robinho and Kaka could win games single-handedly.
I'm sure Dunga understands this. They have more than enough creativity to unlock teams who park the bus.
People don't half talk a lot of shit.
Ray Parlour wrote:It is too early to judge, I agree with Prof.
With regards to Robinho I think he has a better chance to make his mark in a big game since he won't be the only key player in his team that needs to be watched.
Ray Parlour wrote:It is too early to judge, I agree with Prof.
With regards to Robinho I think he has a better chance to make his mark in a big game since he won't be the only key player in his team that needs to be watched.
Jaime wrote:Ray Parlour wrote:It is too early to judge, I agree with Prof.
With regards to Robinho I think he has a better chance to make his mark in a big game since he won't be the only key player in his team that needs to be watched.
Wrong. He will run and hide like the little bitch that he is and leave all the hard work for Kaka.
Ray Parlour wrote:Jaime wrote:Ray Parlour wrote:It is too early to judge, I agree with Prof.
With regards to Robinho I think he has a better chance to make his mark in a big game since he won't be the only key player in his team that needs to be watched.
Wrong. He will run and hide like the little bitch that he is and leave all the hard work for Kaka.
He's improved a lot at City
The Professor wrote:Ray Parlour wrote:It is too early to judge, I agree with Prof.
With regards to Robinho I think he has a better chance to make his mark in a big game since he won't be the only key player in his team that needs to be watched.
Robinho performed well in the big games in the last Copa which Brazil won. People are too quick to label top players as big game chokers these days.
The Professor wrote:Btw most of you are reading too much into the form of teams during qualification, that's the wrong time to judge teams. Wait till the knock out rounds of the WC before making some teams favourites.
Pierre Littbarski wrote:I can see only Brazil and Spain who are clearly better than us but they are just that and you tend not to get upsets at World Cups (in terms of who wins it).
Glen Johnson, Heskey and, to a lesser extent, Green are red herrings - Barry and Lampard are going to be what stops us winning the WC and that shouldn't be too much of a suprise as its the most important area of the pitch.
I've never been sure what Barry does exactly other than smash in 25 penalties a season for Villa.
He doesn't have the passing range to be an Alonso or Pirlo, he isn't defensively sound enough to be a MAkelele and he isn't energetic enough to be a Masch/Gattuso.
If Lampard played AM he would be OK but I saw something that worried me last night and it happened against Holland too:
Lampard passes right or left to a player directly level with him and, no sooner has he played the pass than he "sprints"forward so he is way beyond the ball.
If the player he passed to has his pass cut out the opposition will be countering with only Barry between them and our CB's - Imagine that v Spain or Brazil !
Barry has some qualities but is dreadful at one on one challenges when someone with a half-decent amount of pace and skill is running at him - he always steps to the side of them and trips them before holding his hands up.
Lampard cannot play CM as if he is playing ofr Chelsea and has at least 2 deeper midfielders to cover his runs forward.
You either play Lampard as an AM or play a CM instead - this will never work against top class opposition.
Ranieri, Mourinho, Hiddink, Ancelotti - none would play him as part of a 2 man CM but Capello is OK with it.
The Professor wrote:Btw most of you are reading too much into the form of teams during qualification, that's the wrong time to judge teams. Wait till the knock out rounds of the WC before making some teams favourites.
Spain barely made it to the last Euros but ended up wining it, France looked unbeatable leading up to Euro 2004 but were a joke in the tournament intself, the reverse was true for them for the 2006 WC. Brazil barely made it to Korea and Japan, but we all know how they performed in the tournament itself. I could go on and on....
As I said wait till the knock out rounds. Injuries, form of (key) players, luck of the draw, teams being overrated or underrated etc all do play a BIg part in who ends up the eventual winner.
I can see any of the big teams including the ones that are struggling now( Argentina, France, Portugal etc) go on and win it. It's too early people.
Khadrim wrote:So he isn't as good as a world class specialist at their chosen skill. How about turning it around. He can pass better than Masch/Makalele and he can defend better than Pirlo/Alonso.
He is a more complete player than any of them and is the best genuine CM England have.
Not that I think Lampard is the answer but unless Hargreaves recovers or my personal pick Cattermole is given a chance who would you play instead.
borocooper wrote:Cattermole is going to win you all over eventually.
The Professor wrote:Btw most of you are reading too much into the form of teams during qualification, that's the wrong time to judge teams. Wait till the knock out rounds of the WC before making some teams favourites.
Spain barely made it to the last Euros but ended up wining it, France looked unbeatable leading up to Euro 2004 but were a joke in the tournament intself, the reverse was true for them for the 2006 WC. Brazil barely made it to Korea and Japan, but we all know how they performed in the tournament itself. I could go on and on....
As I said wait till the knock out rounds. Injuries, form of (key) players, luck of the draw, teams being overrated or underrated etc all do play a BIg part in who ends up the eventual winner.
I can see any of the big teams including the ones that are struggling now( Argentina, France, Portugal etc) go on and win it. It's too early people.
borocooper wrote:Cattermole is going to win you all over eventually.
debaser wrote:borocooper wrote:Cattermole is going to win you all over eventually.
He's the new Scott Parker. Decent enough but nowt special.
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