PaulC Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Yea in that 2nd photo he does look he added some weight. Still not "fat" but the typical footballer is normally thin and muscular. That is not the belly of a pro footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Bob Bradley's useless tactics at the last world cup did for U.S.A, playing 4-4-2 and consigning Donovan and Dempsey to the wings so he could play useless strikers like Edson Buddle, Robbie Finlay and Hercules Gomez upfront. In the groups they got a credible 1-1 with England but were being dismantled 2-0 by mightly Slovenia when he changed it back to 4-3-3 to allow his son to bomb forward and it worked....so he played 4-4-2 v Ghana which was a missed opportunity for the U.S given the way the draw panned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Argentinas defense actually looks a lot better than I though. Zabaleta demichelis garay and actually nevermind I'm not sure who the left back is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Will Demichelis start for them? I wouldn't have thought so, but I maybe wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Referee from Chad, which game? For the Ghana game the ref was from Hungary. Either way I think USA will get 0 points in this world cup. Carrying on the same pattern that they have followed since 1990, qualify for knock out stage, then don't, qualify for knockout stage, then don't.etc Sorry, Mali* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 But USA still topped the group and therefore had the easier game, against Ghana, rather then playing Germany like England had to. The referee was definitely crap in that game though. USA should have won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Ghana are our boogey team, they always beat us. We play better against Germany, actually. Not that it matters, the officials still screw us over in the end- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) I think Germany are USA's bogey team too. Defeats in 2 world cup's in a row. Would have been a defeat either way against Germany or Ghana for the USA. Edited May 25, 2014 by Voinjama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 And we draw them both in our group this time around! Mission impossible, really, w/ a strong Portugal side as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) USA are sending a poor and inexperienced squad this time, combine that with the tough group I actually think they will be the 31st placed team at these finals. Lets revisit this quote at the end of the group stage. Edited May 25, 2014 by Voinjama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The one thing in our favor is that the team always has strong spirit and relatively little pressure to achieve anything at all, ever. Where some countries crumble under the pressure, USA avoids all that madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 People in the US are way too optimistic. Loads seem to think we'll advance, or if we don't, it'll be because klinnsmann left Donovan home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Donovan decided not to play football for the national team and maybe football completely? For 6 months IIRC. Not surprising he isn't going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) Donovan looks in awful shape for a professional footballer, no surprise he isn't going. The US team to me looks like it always has - full of athletic, hard working players but little in the way of real quality and skill. No way they get through that group. Edited May 26, 2014 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10855670/World-Cup-2014-Bosnia-ladybirds-carry-nations-hopes-to-Brazil-after-new-tragedy-strikes.html Wasn't sure quite where to put this, but as Bosnia are my selected second team for World Cup (we did a hat draw..) I found this a cracking read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I said it earlier in this topic, they are my tip to be the surprise team. They are a decent team and have been knocking on the door of tournaments for ages. Only France, Spain and Portugal stopped them. Second highest scorers in the European section too. I predict a Bosnia vs France 2nd round match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) Yeah, they're my team after I went to Sarajevo and Mostar last year. Without doubt the most beautiful country I've ever been too. Problem is, they're pretty weak out wide and in the fullback positions so they're pretty limited to narrow formations with pretty a direct style. Reckon they'll get out the group, the Nigeria team looks really poor and I can't see Iran offering much. Dzeko at 100/1 top goalscorer is worth a quid each way I reckon. He was unbelievable for Bosnia against USA when I saw them, he is the guy for them. Could easily get 3 or 4 in the two games against Nigeria and Iran I reckon. Edited May 26, 2014 by Milfner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Argentina doesn't have the best defense either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Argentina doesn't have the best defense either... Demichelis, Garay and Zabaleta. Three pretty good defenders there. Who is their leftback? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Looking through the Nigeria squad, I don't recognise half their player's. Back in the 90s their squad was a who's who of European talent at top clubs. Of course just because I haven't heard of them that doesn't mean they're not good. Arg Bos H Nig Ira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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