Re: World Cup 14 Squads Discussion

by Onyx Tue May 13, 2014 8:39 pm

No van Rhijn for Netherlands?

by Gil Tue May 13, 2014 8:41 pm

I agree with her. Never Forget

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/may/05/laurent-blanc-race-row-french

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue May 13, 2014 8:43 pm

Gil wrote:Belgium are clearly stronger than France lol. Not sure how this is a debate.

Your the only one who makes it a debate, everyone else knows France are better.

Belgium's best player is Hazard and he'd be on the bench for France lol, the rest of their team is decent to average.

by elitedam Tue May 13, 2014 8:43 pm

sportsczy wrote:
BusterLfc wrote:Nasri to play for Algeria?
He can't. Once you play for a NT in an official game, you can never play for another NT. Wish he could tbh. He's never playing for France NT again.

That's not entirely true. You just have to donate enough to Blatter's paypal account. Ask Thiago Motta.

by sportsczy Tue May 13, 2014 8:45 pm

lol Gil. You don't even know the true story there so you can't understand what happened. French federation was going to cut youth budgets because of the financial crisis. The biggest black hole in terms of cost is developing kids with dual nationality and then watching them choose another NT despite being formed completely in France... it had NOTHING to do about race in terms of being a racist discussion. It had everything to do about figuring out how to spend the money on players that are most likely to pay off for the NT that is spending the money.

Zidane came out and defended Blanc publicly on this when he talked to Blanc personally on the details of what had happened. So did many others once they got the details.

But hey... keep trolling.

by farfan Tue May 13, 2014 8:47 pm

Gil wrote:
Mr Nick09 wrote:Deschamps doesnt have time to deal with undisciplined brats like nasri.

Very good decision in my opinion

Good. You won't be lasting long in this tournament anyway.

longer than england, that's for sure.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue May 13, 2014 8:59 pm

Ganso wrote:Chile to finish on top of their group,calling it here

I think they will qualify at least, as long as the finishing isn't too horrendous anyway lol.

by sportsczy Tue May 13, 2014 9:01 pm

Depends on whether Vidal can play up to par. I don't know how you recover from knee surgery in 6 weeks lol.

by Gil Tue May 13, 2014 9:04 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
Your the only one who makes it a debate, everyone else knows France are better.

Belgium's best player is Hazard and he'd be on the bench for France lol, the rest of their team is decent to average.

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Yeah De Bruyne, Lukaku, Witsel, Courtois, Kompany, Eden & Vertonghen are all decent to average players. Laughing

by RealGunner Tue May 13, 2014 9:04 pm

why is everyone stealing my gifs

by Ganso Tue May 13, 2014 9:06 pm

Chile don't have just Vidal.Vargas,Sanchez,Aranguiz and Valdivia are all great players.These guys create chance after chance, their finishing is awful though

by RealGunner Tue May 13, 2014 9:08 pm

Tevez: "I won't be with my national team at the World Cup, I've bought tickets to go with my wife and my three children to Disney World.

by sportsczy Tue May 13, 2014 9:10 pm

Gil wrote:
Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
Your the only one who makes it a debate, everyone else knows France are better.

Belgium's best player is Hazard and he'd be on the bench for France lol, the rest of their team is decent to average.

Yeah De Bruyne, Lukaku, Witsel, Courtois, Kompany, Eden & Vertonghen are all decent to average players.

The only players on Belgium that would start for France are... well nobody lol.

by Tomwin Lannister Tue May 13, 2014 9:10 pm

Even Isla is good for Chiles NT :facepalm:

Ah well, next year dat trident of Vidal Sanchez and Isla on the right hand side of Juve.

by matpol Tue May 13, 2014 9:12 pm

We are just missing Australia and Croatia squads.

by Gil Tue May 13, 2014 9:12 pm

Hazard, Witsel, Kompany, Courtois, Vertonghen & De Bruyne would all walk into France's team mate.

by RealGunner Tue May 13, 2014 9:13 pm

matpol wrote:We are just missing Australia and Croatia squads.

Will update the OP all together when those two are out Thumbs up

by sportsczy Tue May 13, 2014 9:16 pm

Gil wrote:Hazard, Witsel, Kompany, Courtois, Vertonghen & De Bruyne would all walk into France's team mate.

Yeah. Sure.

Hazard over Ribery
Courtois over Lloris
Vertonghen and Kompany over Koscielny and Varane
Witsel over Pogba, Cabaye or Matuidi
Debruyne over Valbuena or Griezmann

My mistake :facepalm:

by farfan Tue May 13, 2014 9:17 pm

and witsel over pogba/matuidi Laughing

by BORUSSIA!! Tue May 13, 2014 9:26 pm

lol poor nasri

i wonder if he'll ever play a world cup

by Tomwin Lannister Tue May 13, 2014 9:28 pm

Looooooooooool the overrating of Belgium is insane.

by Valkyrja Tue May 13, 2014 9:28 pm

Samir Nasri's girlfriend hit out at France coach Didier Deschamps in a foul-mouthed Twitter tirade after the Manchester City midfielder was left out of the 30-man provisional World Cup squad.

British model Anara Atanes made clear her displeasure at Deschamps' decision to leave Nasri at home despite his achievements at club level this season.

Atanes tweeted: "F*** France and f*** Deschamps. What a s*** manager."

She followed it up minutes later by tweeting: "In case you didn't read my tweet properly.... I'll repeat myself...f*** FRANCE!!!!! And f*** Deschamps!

"Let's just get this straight. I'm not mad I get my boyfriend for two months. I just think there's a level of respect to be had #shouldhavebeenspanish."

The outburst is unlikely to endear Nasri to les Bleus' supporters who have recently re-connected with the France side after the disquiet which followed the squad going on strike during their shambolic 2010 World Cup campaign.

Nasri was not involved in the bust up in Knysna, South Africa but was reported to have been a disruptive influence as France nosedived out of Euro 2012 remarkably tamely against Spain, after he launched a scathing attack against reporters during the tournament.

The former Arsenal man has cut a happier figure at club level and, on Sunday, capped a fine season for Manuel Pellegrini's men with the opening goal in the 2-0 Premier League title-clinching victory over West Ham.

He was, however, widely expected to be left out of the party for Brazil this summer, with Deschamps confirming the decision in his provisional squad for the tournament on Tuesday evening.

btw, is Ribery better than Hazard ?

by Gil Tue May 13, 2014 9:36 pm

sportsczy wrote:
Gil wrote:Hazard, Witsel, Kompany, Courtois, Vertonghen & De Bruyne would all walk into France's team mate.
Yeah. Sure.

Hazard over Ribery
Courtois over Lloris
Vertonghen and Kompany over Koscielny and Varane
Witsel over Pogba, Cabaye or Matuidi
Debruyne over Valbuena or Griezmann

My mistake

Terrible post

It's Hazard undoubtedly over Valbuena/Griezmann.
Courtois easily over Lloris.
Kompany would walk into that backline.
Vertonghen over Evra at LB
Witsel at DM >>>>>>>>>>>> Cabaye
De Bruyne ahead of Matuidi at AM.

Courtois
Debuchy Kompany Koscileny Vertonghen
Witsel Pogba
De Bruyne
Ribery Benzema Hazard

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue May 13, 2014 9:36 pm

Yes he is and its not close.

When Hazard wins something relevant then we can discuss it.

by Onyx Tue May 13, 2014 9:43 pm

Samir Nasri: Only Leighton Baines and David Silva have created more PL chances in the last 5 seasons than @SamNasri19 (335)

by Gil Tue May 13, 2014 9:44 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Yes he is and its not close.

When Hazard wins something relevant then we can discuss it.

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