Re: The official death of tiki-taka celebration thread

by harhar11 Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:12 pm

farfan wrote:whatever spain's been doing in the last 2 years is just as boring as " tiki taka " .

good riddance to whatever it is.

Nope, tiki taka was scoring 4 goals in one half against Bayern in 08, the 2-6 and 5-0 against Real Madrid, the 2-2 and 4-1 against Arsenal, the 2-0 against Inter and the 3-1 against Man Utd. I from what I remember, 90% of the people back then were entertained..

by guest_07 Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:15 pm

only boring park the bus will live longer

by fatman123 Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:21 pm

Pray for clockwork

by Juveman17 Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:24 pm

RIP Clockwork

by Art Morte Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:26 pm

The irony of Clockwork being taken too soon.

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by Winter is Coming Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:52 pm

Brazil won the WC in 1962, got eliminated in group stages in 1966, but won the WC in 1970. France won in 1998, got eliminated in 2002 group stages and got to the final in 2006. Italy won in 2006 got eliminated in 2010 group stages, 2014 ????. Well wait to see how Italy respond and then Spain in 2018.

by Xifio Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:08 am

death of possession football?! LOL! rofl

Del Bosque's Spain may be dead, but that's because Del Bosque has pulled a Lippi ...

TBH, I agree with anyone who says that Spain's possession football was boring ... why? because an overwhelming dominance of **one goal** winning margins in 2008 and 2010 crafted their legacy ...

but their style has NOTHING to do with the Michels/Cruyff vision of possession based Totaal Voetbal ... and anyone confusing/generalizing possession as a unified philosophy is misguided ...

by harhar11 Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:11 am

Also, Chile's first goal was tiki taka. Alot of people seems to forget that Barca in 08-09 also scored from counter-attacks, as did Spain in 08..

Xifio wrote:death of possession football?! LOL!

Del Bosque's Spain may be dead, but that's because Del Bosque has pulled a Lippi ...

TBH, I agree with anyone who says that Spain's possession football was boring ... why? because an overwhelming dominance of **one goal** winning margins in 2008 and 2010 crafted their legacy ...

but their style has NOTHING to do with the Michels/Cruyff vision of possession based Totaal Voetbal ... and anyone confusing/generalizing possession as a unified philosophy is misguided ...

Don't agree with 2008, they played quite entertaining football in the Euro's. But everything else, I agree 100%..

by commando Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:18 am

Spain's style of play is not dead, it has influenced and changed the game of some big national teams.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:25 am

tiki-taka isn't dead..... what we saw in this tournament and recently was a poor implementation of their style.

This way never has worked and never will work.... Spain and Barca at their best moved the ball at speed in the final third and that is what made them so dangerous.

They were able to go from 1mph to 100 in a flash because of how quick they moved the ball.... as the old saying goes the ball moves faster than any man.

That was "tiki taka" although before Jibers gets unbanned and rages tiki taka is just a buzzword.

What we saw from Spain in this tournament wasn't their style or "tiki taka" it was uninspired, tired, slow, pedestrian, predictable crap.

Its not even close to being the same thing.....Oh and if it were dead how do you explain Italy and Germany's wins? they were no more direct than Spain at its best and dominated possession with short passes just as much.

by Robespierre Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:27 am

It's definitely a beautiful day.

by cory trevor Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:26 am

Robespierre wrote:It's definitely a beautiful day.

Minus anything bad ever happening to David Silva...

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by titosantill Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:45 am

lol and "momma cooked the breakfast with no hog"....happy about spain's loss, feel bad for iker though

by BarcaLearning Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:25 am

Sad to see this but its 'dead' or whatever u call it, its not working as well anymore and teams countering it effectively.

by BarrileteCosmico Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:16 pm

How is everyone ignoring the fact that Spain were kicked out by a Chile side whose coach is often described as "the heir of Bielsa"? Surely while that is not possession football that is still a brand of football that has many of the same principles?

by Ganso Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:40 pm

Never heard someone saying they got bored by watching Bielsa tactics.Maybe i should change the title to death of "spanish tiki-taka".I don't even think that Bielsa played tiki-taka, his tactics were just part of what the spanish tiki-taka really was.

by harhar11 Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:14 pm

Ganso wrote:Never heard someone saying they got bored by watching Bielsa tactics.Maybe i should change the title to death of "spanish tiki-taka".I don't even think that Bielsa played tiki-taka, his tactics were just part of what the spanish tiki-taka really was.

The real tiki taka, a.k.a Spain 08 and Barca 08-12, was what Bielsa wanted from his teams.

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