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| Setzel |
Posted on 08-09-2007 22:07
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| MarcoPRT |
Posted on 08-09-2007 22:59
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issoisso wrote:
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I really don't know how can a goalkeeper like this be the first choice to any national squad...
it's actually a bit common that this happens:
a certain goalkeeper has an enormous reputation and rarely makes mistakes. so people start hating him because he's "too good". if you do everything right and win all the time, people will hate you.
that certain goalkeeper was replaced by Ricardo. and people felt the need to justify that fact with Ricardo being good. which he isn't, but the alternative would be admiting that the previous guy was in fact extremely good, which is something a lot of people would never admit.
there's a reason the previous guy is so highly regarded internationally. he really was that good.
but Ricardo had the dumb luck to be his replacement...and that is the only reason.
I don't think I put my point across clearly enough, and I apologise for that, but I can't really think of a better way of describing it right now.
Well, if youu were talking about Baia, i don't think he was so good keeper, but he was better than this crap...
2 goals because of it...with a superb defense but a crap keeper...
I don't think he is the better portuguese keeper for now, I just think that Scolari is making with Quim what he have done with Baia...
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-09-2007 23:26
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MarcoPRT wrote:
Well, if youu were talking about Baia, i don't think he was so good keeper, but he was better than this crap...
he's considered one of the best goalkeepers of all time throughout the world for a reason. he really is that good.
he was starting for the national team at age 18. he is the man with the most trophies in the history of professional football and the only player to have ever won every competition he took part in at least once.
but it's normal that you'll think that. ask a Milan fan and they'll say Buffon is crap.
MarcoPRT wrote:
I don't think he is the better portuguese keeper for now, I just think that Scolari is making with Quim what he have done with Baia...
he's persisting with Ricardo because after all he's done he feels that he'll look bad if he turns back on his own decision. his ego is preventing him from making decent decisions......yet again.
BaÃa's case was different. back at the World Cup 2002, the FPF's vice-president pushed Oliveira down the stairs, then told the press "Oliveira fell when coming out of the shower. that's how he broke his leg."
Most players shut up about it because they were afraid of what might happen to them.
the only ones who dared to tell the truth were João Pinto, Jorge Costa, VÃtor BaÃa, Sérgio Conceição and Pedro Barbosa (I have a feeling I'm forgetting someone)
none of them were ever called up again.
Edited by issoisso on 08-09-2007 23:27
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| MarcoPRT |
Posted on 08-09-2007 23:31
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Well, from that 5 players, only two I would choose to call again, Baia and Joao Pinto...and Sergio Conceição too...are you missing Paulo Sousa btw?
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-09-2007 23:33
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nope, Sousa retired after that world cup. same as Costa, who in the following two years proceeded to play brilliantly.
Edited by issoisso on 08-09-2007 23:34
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| MarcoPRT |
Posted on 08-09-2007 23:36
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And now it's a good coach...Paulo Sousa too...
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-09-2007 23:38
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yes, he seems smart, and tactically he makes a lot of sense. what remains to be seens is if he can motivate players. if he's able to, he might be a great manager.
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| MarcoPRT |
Posted on 08-09-2007 23:43
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Agreed...
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| issoisso |
Posted on 12-09-2007 21:05
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Euro 2008 qualifying.
a few decisive games being played right about now...
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| issoisso |
Posted on 12-09-2007 21:15
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Portugal 1-0 Serbia.
no matter how crap Simão has been playing, you simply cannot give him a freekick in that position. no matter how good your goalkeeper is (and Stojkovic is top class), it's suicide.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-09-2007 21:16
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England-Russia 2-0 ... |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 12-09-2007 22:55
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Portugal 1-1 Serbia, final score. both teams were the usual crap they've been for the last few years.
the game ended with some shameful scenes...
[Sarcasm]
Serbian athletes involved in provoking and assaulting others? surely not!!! 
[/Sarcasm]
Edited by issoisso on 12-09-2007 22:59
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 12-09-2007 23:02
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I never check this topic, but for once I did today, and it seems like it has turned into some kind of general football topic  Why don't you guys start new topics? After all, we do have a seperate forum for football. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 12-09-2007 23:07
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you wouldn't understand. it's a cultural thing B)
we are the football tribe. we value our private space.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 13-09-2007 06:26
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well Holland really got lucky against Albania, again proves that Marco Van Basten isnt such a special coach...
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 13-09-2007 07:44
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Denmark finally won in the EQ. We need to win the rest of the games to qualify, and yesterday the first step was taken with a 4-0 win over Lichtenstein (spelling ..). Doesn't matter much, though -- we will lose to Spain and Northern Ireland anyway. |
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| Balaverde |
Posted on 13-09-2007 09:06
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Well, Northern Ireland lost away at Iceland and Spain should be a fifty-fifty encounter as we somehow always play our best matches when we face the top sides. And the Spanish really have to play their chances and can't live with a draw. On paper, I actually see the match in Belfast as a more difficult task than the one in Aarhus (vs. Spain).
The two last matches should be strolls as the Liechtenstein win. It seems very optimistic to hope for EQ, but I still believe there's a chance! |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-09-2007 09:17
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we need to beat Azerbeijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia and draw with Finland.
not difficult on paper, but nothing is below a team coached by Scolari.
France on the other hand, don't look like qualifying...which is funny.
Edited by issoisso on 13-09-2007 09:17
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| Balaverde |
Posted on 13-09-2007 09:19
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Is the Finland match home or away?
I had really seen them beat Poland home, but... money lost!
Scotland is really the evil spirits of the French players and fans...
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-09-2007 09:25
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Balaverde wrote:
Is the Finland match home or away?
Armenia and Finland at Home.
Azerbaijan and whoever else, away
Balaverde wrote:
I had really seen them beat Poland home, but... money lost!
the fact that anyone will actually qualify from this group proves that the qualifying format simply does not work
Balaverde wrote:
You don't have much faith in Scolari, do you
motivationally he's a genious. tactically I've never seen anyone be as bad. it's absolutely unbelievable.
Most options by pretty much everyone are debatable. not these. these are just plain idiotic.
not to mention a manager that plays favorites with players and clubs is never going to be liked by me...
Edited by issoisso on 13-09-2007 09:26
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