Originally posted by: Mnementh
Originally posted by: spherrod
Originally posted by: Mnementh
Oh things could not be any sweeter
Well except for Latvia scoring 3 in the last 10 minutes
Mnementh
I'm going to have to open another beer to toast this result
I'm just on my 4th bottle now
Mnementh
Bastard....
Oh, to be in Ireland again...
The Czechs are playing so well and the Netherlands are great! Robben is so good. Baros, Robben, Nistelrooy....
It's going to be interesting in the English Premier League next season. New managers, new players actually top new players in the clubs. Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd and Arsenal. Oh, don't forget Everton. Maybe Rooney can make an impact. Moyes is a young manager as well.
:thumbsup::beer:
It's going to be interesting in the English Premier League next season. New managers, new players actually top new players in the clubs. Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd and Arsenal. Oh, don't forget Everton. Maybe Rooney can make an impact. Moyes is a young manager as well.
:thumbsup::beer:
Yes, finally, Holland advanced But I'm pretty sure the Czech will win the championship, best team so far. The biggest problem with Holland is that when they start to play defense, they gonna lose games.
But I'm pretty sure the Czech will win the championship, best team so far. The biggest problem with Holland is that when they start to play defense, they gonna lose games.Originally posted by: ndee
Yes, finally, Holland advanced
That's 100% correct. Also Ruud will definately need some help up front. Did you see Roy today? I can't believe this team is scoring so much goals with just one striker.Well not a typical striker of course! :beer:
As for the Czechs they are playing fantastic football. I mean they were playing with 9 SUBSTITUTIONS!!!
Can you grasp that? And they still won the match!!
The English league will be awesome next season for sure.
Chelsea got the best coach in the world. Now they signed Robben and Ferreira and got rid of some players like Veron, and will likely get rid of more players and buy some very good ones over this summer.
Manchester United signed some useless players last summer and made such ineffective use of them (i.e. Djemba-Djemba and Kleberson). Out of all their signings, the 18-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo was the most effective player. I believe that they signed Jaap Stam to solve their defense problem (Rio will be out for the first couple of months, I think) and Alan Smith to add to their list of strikers, although I am not sure how well he'll do at United.
Liverpool, at fourth place, was 30 points behind Arsenal and 15 points behind third-placed United. They got an excellent coach and hopefully will regroup for a nice four-way title challenge next season. However, I think it will most likely be them fighting for fourth place against other good sides like Newcastle, Charlton, Aston Villa, Birmingham and others. I expect Bolton and Portsmouth to play very very well as well.
As for Arsenal, they will be champions once again! MUAHAHAHA!!!!
P.S. By the way, it is rumoured that Rooney will most likely leave Everton. Guess where he is headed to and guess who is prepared to shell out 50M euros to sign him?
Before the tournament started, I barely got to watch the countries play in their qualifiers and friendlies (except for occasional highlights) so I could only play guesses based on club performances of the well-known players.
But now that the group stage is finished, I say that the Czech Republic is the strongest side. Denmark has been the most entertaining. Portugal finally realized that they need to start Ronaldo. England also started to play well but need to watch out for defending against set-piece play. France has been very disappointing and I blame a lot of defensive errors to Mikael Silvestre - he made some very very choppy and dangerous plays. To my surprise, Barthez played well without significant errors so far.
It'll be lovely quarterfinals.
But now that the group stage is finished, I say that the Czech Republic is the strongest side. Denmark has been the most entertaining.
Portugal finally realized that they need to start Ronaldo. England also started to play well but need to watch out for defending against set-piece play. France has been very disappointing and I blame a lot of defensive errors to Mikael Silvestre - he made some very very choppy and dangerous plays. To my surprise, Barthez played well without significant errors so far.It'll be lovely quarterfinals.
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Originally posted by: joohang
Before the tournament started, I barely got to watch the countries play in their qualifiers and friendlies (except for occasional highlights) so I could only play guesses based on club performances of the well-known players.
But now that the group stage is finished, I say that the Czech Republic is the strongest side. Denmark has been the most entertaining.
It'll be lovely quarterfinals.
The Czech have been playing very well indeed, but they've been playing against an impotent Germany, hit and miss Dutch side, and a country with its first entry in the Euro Championship.
The Danes have had a good run thus far, but there's is a side that could easily be overcome against an underdog.
England have picked up the confidence they need and should win the Portugal game, provided, as you say, they defend better on the set plays and don't make silly errors. I'd like to see Lampard and Scholes put a few more away, and we need to see more from Owen and Beckham. Rooney is capable of creating his own goals, he shouldn't have to rely on Owen et al. to create the play.
France haven't been playing at their best and I would be very suprised, and disappointed, to see them advance further.
Since Germany is out I really do not care who will win the tournament as long as it is not England or the Netherlands.
Talking about the Barclaycard Premiership (trying to use official language here), check out what treat we have on the opening day of the league:
http://www.4thegame.com/club.d/cfc/news/156953/?cC=1
http://www.4thegame.com/club.d/cfc/news/156953/?cC=1
Mourinho's assessment on Portugal vs. England:
On the bolded remark: See, brigden? I am not the only one who predicts one winner and one score.
On the bolded remark: See, brigden? I am not the only one who predicts one winner and one score.
spherrod
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spherrod
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