Yeah I know. Just trying to shoehorn him and Iniesta into the same team. It's like Gerrard and Lampard all over again! ;)
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
iniesta am, ozil rw, ronaldo lw
iniesta is just awesome, player of the tournament contender playing in maybe his third best position
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
i think ozil has looked alright playing wide / inside right for madrid a few times
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:27 (eleven years ago) link
Yes that's betterxp
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
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boateng corluka papadopoulos alba
tymoschuk
zyryanov modric
srna konoplyanka
gomez
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
bit indie
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
that's not supposed to be the best players, there's no ron vlaar for a start, but they are at least good players & with an emphasis on eastern europeans players who performed well in flawed sides or without much experience or out of normal position / playing style
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
you wouldn't change them for any of the England team
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
Is that you 'Arry?
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
Btw Ismael, did your dad enjoy the QF?
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
redknapp has just sold corluka to lokomotiv for £5.5m ftr
just didnt fancy im
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
ha no it only went through yesterday so that would have been levy i guess
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
Corluka didn't perform that well except in the Spain game which was perfectly suited to him (ie it was about having exceptional positional sense and not having to worry too much about being skinned for pace).
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
Would love to retain Corluka but guess he wants to leave by now?
xps I only spoke to him briefly from some airport or other, but he said it was definitely the best game he saw (he was also at Poland-Russia and Portugal-Czech Rep). He did say he had a cracking view of the penalties, from a point opposite the dugouts and towards the end where they were taken. Hopefully there'll be a photo or two of england agony that I can post for general amusement.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
thought provoking idea -- all managers are fired/suspended in may, chief exec buys/sells whoever he likes, (re)appoints manager in july
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, he was at Greece-Russia; it was *in* Poland.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
it's plausible that arry's still going around wheelin and/or dealin, raking in money selling spurs players.
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
Corluka didn't perform that well except in the Spain game = yeah playing out of position alongside a bundesliga II player and conceding 1 dodgy goal vs spain is pretty damn good, also conceded only 1 vs italy
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
raking you say xpost
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
corluka didn't even perform well against ireland
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― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
playing vs ireland = weighted about 1/20th of playing vs spain or italy
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
Coentrao has been excellent. Where does he play?
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
Real Madrid as Marcelo's back-up.
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
A 30m backup
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
he's a better defender than marcelo and that's being reflected in their playing time
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
they are both shit vs barcelona though
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
what is ronaldo wearing here exactly?
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/88cs7Tt2eYQl4s7aC3A4IA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTUwMg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptussowexperts/x610-7.jpeg
― mizzell, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
I''m sad that Tomas Mueller hasn't made more of an impression this time; he was my favoruite player at the WC2010, reminded me of Rudd Gullit with all his running and passing, passing and running, and goalscoring. I preferred him to Ozil back then but he's been a bit of a bit-player.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
Cronny seems to have tucked the legs of his shorts up under the gusset. He's a classy lad.
yeah makes sense, playing badly against the worst team in the tournament, giving them a repeated platform to score their only goal of the tournament the only way they were ever likely to, and then failing to stop your man (noted physical presence and goal threat sean st ledger) from outmuscling you, that all doesn't matter.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
There will be a England player in the "team of the tournament", there nearly always is, no matter what
― Too Busy Thinking About Mr. Abie (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
EBJT
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
stevie g still joint leader with 3 assists
― mizzell, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, June 28, 2012 3:06 PM (2 minutes ago)
yeah i sympathize with all that, but he was also in uncanny goalscoring form at the world cup
he has been alright though, and will be interesting to see how he does vs chiellini who is supposed to be playing leftback tonight
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
just goes to show how good mcgeady really is
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
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van persie rooney
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
almeida >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> twp
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
ach ken my fuckin eyes
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
a bit harsh for cron to be in that team tbh but then, MESSI :*
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Is Reus not favored to keep his place after excellent game v Greece?
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Milner didn't play in the middle either so that seems a tad unfair
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
Be close but Loew trusts Mueller more I think, especially defensively. LB for Italy got a lot of joy vs England.xp
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
Thought G Johnson had a decent tourney (although I would stan for him I guess)
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
left a permanent gap for italy to attack iirc
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
but then that could have been the whole defence tbf
i haven't seen any rumours about the team selection vs italy
i'd probably favour muller for his track record and combination play, reus on this form has higher upside but not the same solidity if things get difficult and he is denied space
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
nah Johnson was one of the better Englishes imo
― ENPBGIW (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
Seemed like he was out of position a lot. Played Sweden onside for their first goal
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link