Football (Soccer) Thread

[Liep]

"Fuck france and fuck deschamps! What a shit manager!"

As written on twitter by Nasri's girlfriend. Besides the fact that Nasri is a pretty good footballer I think it's is the right move for France to leave him out as apparently he's quite a strain on the team cohesion.

And even if it was fun to see the total disintegration of the French national team it'll just be sad a second time.

[Josephus]

no it won't.

[The Larch]

Does anybody follow dutch footie? The Netherlands' squad, besides half a dozen veterans, seems to be made up entirely by newcomers.

[Maladict]

Does anybody follow dutch footie? The Netherlands' squad, besides half a dozen veterans, seems to be made up entirely by newcomers.

We've got an even weaker defense than usual this time, due to injuries.
It forced the coach to adopt a new playing style, which he says carries significant risks.

So basically we won't make it past the group phase 

[miozozny]

Does anybody follow dutch footie? The Netherlands' squad, besides half a dozen veterans, seems to be made up entirely by newcomers.

Not that many veteran non-injured good dutch players around...

[miozozny]

So basically we won't make it past the group phase 

Probably not, tough group phase again...though until 2012 they survived all groups of death. Not that that meant they got far of course...

[The Larch]

Does anybody follow dutch footie? The Netherlands' squad, besides half a dozen veterans, seems to be made up entirely by newcomers.

We've got an even weaker defense than usual this time, due to injuries.
It forced the coach to adopt a new playing style, which he says carries significant risks.

So basically we won't make it past the group phase 

Who is injured? Heitinga, Van der Wiel, Bouhlarouz, Mathijsen? Only two defenders are older than 24 y.o., and the one with more caps has barely 20, and that's possibly the line where a veteran can make the bigger impact. What about Steelekenburg, is he injured too? Barring surprises that is a really shaky, no-name defence indeed. In the midfield, besides three veterans, it's also mostly youngsters. The attack seems to be the only line whith the expected big names.

With Van Gaal as coach I was wondering if he wanted to do a clean slate and get rid of not essential veterans in order to build up for the future.

[Admiral Yi]

Who's the new guy?

[Sheilbh]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/12/england-world-cup-slogan-bus
Almost all of them are utterly baffling.

I do like Chile's though: 'Chi Chi Chi!, Le Le Le! Go Chile'.

[mongers]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/12/england-world-cup-slogan-bus
Almost all of them are utterly baffling.

I do like Chile's though: 'Chi Chi Chi!, Le Le Le! Go Chile'.

Germany

One nation, one team, one dream!

That's not a spoof article ? :

[Sheilbh]

Nope:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/games/be-there-with-hyundai/winning-slogans/index.html

[FunkMonk]

I was gonna post that FIFA slogan thing but Sheilbh beat me to it 

USA's is pretty derpy:

UNITED BY TEAM, DRIVEN BY PASSION

But Australia's is probably the best (and by best I mean worst):

SOCCEROOS: HOPPING OUR WAY INTO HISTORY!

[celedhring]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/12/england-world-cup-slogan-bus
Almost all of them are utterly baffling.

I do like Chile's though: 'Chi Chi Chi!, Le Le Le! Go Chile'.

Holland

Real men wear orange

Oh my

[Maladict]

Does anybody follow dutch footie? The Netherlands' squad, besides half a dozen veterans, seems to be made up entirely by newcomers.

We've got an even weaker defense than usual this time, due to injuries.
It forced the coach to adopt a new playing style, which he says carries significant risks.

So basically we won't make it past the group phase 

Who is injured? Heitinga, Van der Wiel, Bouhlarouz, Mathijsen? Only two defenders are older than 24 y.o., and the one with more caps has barely 20, and that's possibly the line where a veteran can make the bigger impact. What about Steelekenburg, is he injured too? Barring surprises that is a really shaky, no-name defence indeed. In the midfield, besides three veterans, it's also mostly youngsters. The attack seems to be the only line whith the expected big names.

With Van Gaal as coach I was wondering if he wanted to do a clean slate and get rid of not essential veterans in order to build up for the future.

The biggest problems are Strootman and Van der Wiel. Especially Strootman, there is nobody to replace him really.
It looks like we'll be playing 5-2-3 now.

[Josquius]

Havenaar left out of the Japanese squad