South Africa 2010 Fifa World Cup

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Your Favorite?

Spain
17
37%
Brasil
1
2%
England
4
9%
England
4
9%
Italia
0
No votes
Argentina
2
4%
Netherlands
3
7%
Germany
3
7%
Portugal
2
4%
France
2
4%
Other
8
17%
 
Total votes : 46

Postby Amazing Matheja » Wed, 12 May 2010 14:40

SlicerITST wrote:...
Ryan Babel (Liverpool, Eng)
...
The players i made italic will probably not be in the final squad.


So you think Babel will not be in it?Wow!Why?
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Postby TomBs » Wed, 12 May 2010 14:52

He's just not good enough, he doesn't add anything to the squad. He's far worse than Robben, Van der Vaart, Van Persie, and also Elia is better. He hasn't proven anything yet.
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Postby SlicerITST » Wed, 12 May 2010 14:59

The Dutch team plays a 4-2-3-1 tactic. The main striker will be van Persie with behind him Robben (left), Sneijder(middle) and Kuyt(right). Elia and Babel are both gunning for the position as second left attacking midfielder(if Robben doesnt play there). If Elia is injury free he will be chosen above Babel. Our coach van Marwijk has always made this choice so i dont see why he wouldnt do this now.

And even if Elia isnt fit it still remains to be seen if Babel is selected. Van der Vaart can also fill the position if Robben cant play. Or van Persie (and Huntelaar as the striker), or Affelay (talent at PSV who is normally a 10 but has played all his caps at the left attacking midfielder position).

A team im going to watch is Uruguay. I think they will do great with players like Forlan, Luis Suarez and Cavani up front, Caceres (talent), Lugano (quality center back), Fernandez (top midfielder) and Lodeiro (big talent at the 10 position) are key players on the rest of the field. They wont win it of course but will be a fun team to watch for sure.
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Postby petrelli83 » Wed, 12 May 2010 15:16

Amazing Matheja wrote:@ Petrelli
Cyssokho is behind Evra,Abidal and even Reveillere can play Left...He will have to wait! :)
About Frey : He played a match (versus Scotland if i'm right) and did bad,blaming...the spotlights!That didn't help him,and since Domenech hardly think and very hardly change his opinion...Frey is out! But i agree with you Petrelli that Frey is one of the best!I like him a lot too!
There are some names i don't know in the Squadra! :shock: Candreva,Cossu,Boccheti,Bonucci...And may i remind you that Pepe is Portuguese,not Italian! :P
Cannavaro?HAHA! :twisted:


Pepe is italian..he is from rome and play in Udinese :shock: u mistake him with someone else :wink:

Candreava is a 23year old midfielder who plays in juventus...he played very few & bad matches(i think & hope he will be cut off)
Cossu is a 30year old midfielder who plays in cagliari...he is a good player,talented but if a player plays his first good season when he is 30year old,i don't think he is si good :? he played the majority of his career in Serie B.
Bocchetti and Bonucci are 24 & 23 years old defenders who play in genoa and bari.they r good players with few experience.

Cannavaro is ridicoulus...after World Cup he is over...but he is Lippi's "son" :?

imo will be cut off:
Sirigu
Cassani
Candreva
Montolivo
Cossu
Borriello
Quagliarella
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Postby Moralspain » Wed, 12 May 2010 15:18

SPAIN, well we play the best football,no doubt about it, i think everyone agrees, but that some times is not enough against teams like Germany or Italy, we'll see what happens, one thing is sure we´ll have fun guys.
I think Germany can do a good tournament as well.

Our 30 players

Goalkeepers

Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), David De Gea (Atletico de Madrid), Diego Lopez (Villareal), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Victor Valdes (Barcelona)



Defenders

Raul Albiol (Real Madrid), Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Cesar Azpilicueta (Osasuna), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)



Midfielders

Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal, England), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Javier Martinez (Athletic Bilbao), Marcos Senna (Villarreal), David Silva (Valencia), Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona)



Forwards

Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), Jesus Navas (Sevilla), Juan Manuel Mata (Valencia), Pedro Rodriguez (Barcelona), Daniel Guiza (Fenerbache, Turkey), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), David Villa (Valencia)
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Postby GOA MASTER MDMA » Wed, 12 May 2010 16:28

THE GERMAN TEAM

GOALKEEPER

JÖRG BUTT ( BAYERN MÜNCHEN -
MANUEL NEUER (SCHALKE 04 - soon BAYERN MÜNCHEN )
TIM WIESE (WERDER BREMEN )
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DEFENDERS

PHILIPP LAHM -----------------( BAYERN MÜNCHEN )
HOLGER BADSTUBER ---------(BAYERN MÜNCHEN)
DENNIS AOGO ----------------(HSV)
JEROME BOATENG ------------( HSV )
MARCELL JANSEN -------------( HSV )
ARNE FRIEDRICH -------------(HERTHA BSC)
PER MERTESACKER ------------(WERDER BREMEN )
ANDREAS BECK -----------------(TSG HOFFENHEIM )
SERDAI TASCI ------------------(VFB STUTTGART )
HEIKO WESTERMANN -----------(SCHALKE 04)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MIDFIELD

TONI KROOS -------------------------(BAYERN MÜNCHEN)
BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER -------(BAYERN MÜNCHEN )
MICHAEL BALLACK------------------ ( FC CHELSEA )
MARCUS MARIN----------------------- (SV WERDER BREMEN)
MEZUT ÖZIL-------------------------- ( WERDER BREMEN)
PIOTR TROCHOWSKI---------------- ( HSV)
SAMMY KHEDIRA---------------------- ( VFB STUTTGART
CHRISTIAN TRÄSCH ------------------(VFB STUTTGART)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORWARDS:

THOMAS MÜLLER -------------------------( FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN )
MIROSLAV KLOSE------------------------ (FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN )
MARIO GOMEZ---------------------------- (FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN )
LUCAS PODOLSKI ----------------------- (1FC KÖLN)
STEFAN KIESSLING---------------------- (WERDER BREMEN)
CACAO----------------------------------- ( VFB STUTTGART
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

at all players from
8 bayern münchen
5 werder bremen
4 hamburger sv
4vfb stuttgart
2 schalke 04
1 hoffenheim
1 hertha bsc
1 köln
1 fc chelsea

BTW: it was much work to write this :wink:
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Postby Mike Rotchtickles » Wed, 12 May 2010 16:34

hey!!
where's South Africa in the poll?
we are the host nation and deserve some respect :twisted: :P
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Postby GOA MASTER MDMA » Wed, 12 May 2010 16:38

I didn´t start the poll - so i´m fine out from this disrespectfull behavior !! loool

bloufo how you think about the chances from south africa in this WC?
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Postby mcfed » Wed, 12 May 2010 16:39

bloufo wrote:hey!!
where's South Africa in the poll?
we are the host nation and deserve some respect :twisted: :P

You get the respect by not getting a bagle :P
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Postby Roman21 » Wed, 12 May 2010 16:47

My "favorite" is England because of the strong midfielders... I like also Argentina but with Maradona i just want them to fail (sorry but i just hate him) Also dunga :shock: wth with not wanting Ronaldinho.. his been playing really good in Milan (forza milan! :wink: )

As for Spain i agree with all.. they are really good but im going to the odds.. the country that goes as favorite never wins.. And South-Africa has a strong group (France-Uruguay-Mexico) but remember.. the host of every WC never losses in the groups.. (just saying :roll: )

And finally Germany.. they always go till Qfinal.. Sfinal.. who knows :D
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Postby Mike Rotchtickles » Wed, 12 May 2010 16:50

GOA MASTER MDMA wrote:bloufo how you think about the chances from south africa in this WC?


Apologies in advance if this is in poor taste, but the quality of our squad and our chance of progress in the WC, can be summed up by like this:


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Postby GOA MASTER MDMA » Wed, 12 May 2010 16:54

lol
your team is not that bad
i seriously agree with roman 21 .
the host from worldcup have allways good chances to go deep into the tournement.

at least south africa have this nerving instrument to irritate the player (forget name ) :D
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Postby Roman21 » Wed, 12 May 2010 16:58

yeah! remember that even USA passed the group... and back in 1994 they didn't had the players they got thesedays.. now they are more competitive..
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Postby Amazing Matheja » Wed, 12 May 2010 16:59

bloufo wrote:hey!!
where's South Africa in the poll?
we are the host nation and deserve some respect :twisted: :P

Lol
Sorry...I should have put them in the poll...You're right...
But i honestly fear that you'll be the 1st world cup host not to qualify for next round...Unless you score against 1 team and draw against others!And this is really possible! Victory VS Mexico,Draw VS Uruguay,and draw VS France...Possible my friend!veeery possible! ;)

@Goa : you're talking about those strange trumpets?...Zuzuvela or something like that
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Postby GOA MASTER MDMA » Wed, 12 May 2010 17:02

yeah exactly ,i googled it at moment
it called vuvzela .

that we will hear over 90 minutes in every match by worldcup :shock:
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