Soccer Thread 2004 (4 Viewers)

[flowin']

Originally posted by ...
but half of their players are eligable to play for france

dun france fielf their squads fromthe best of the african nations, anyway

 

[reynaldo]

Originally posted by flowin'
But ... they have world class players like Marcel Desailly, Marcel Desailly and Henry. How can they possibly lose?!

hahaha.. i didnt know they cloned Marcel? is his clone really as slow as the original??

And, as we all know, having world class players doesnt guarantee you anything. Ask Real Madrid. You wouldn't think a team with Ronaldo, Raul, Zidane, Figo & Beckham in attack could lose their last 6 games (besides failing to win anything.. not even a consolation prize.. i mean.. Copa del Rey..).

unless France ( + Holland) get their ego's under control i dont see them repeating '98. I think it will come down to Italy, Portugal & an unexpected (eg Russia).

 

[RUB!X]

russia ... highly unlikely ...

 

[flowin']

France England Portugal Italy are good odds, regardless. And no, not Russia.

 

[Seraph]

No doubt about it France has a strong team , i mean sheesh look at all the quality arsenal players

but i wouldnt put the Netherlands out of the picture ,... Makaay , Overmars , Kluivert , Davids ... i mean its a pretty strong team..

 

[copious]

hmm from memory the netherlands team has some quality players for euro : Makaay , Overmars , Kluivert , Davids, seedorf, ruud, robben, van der vaart, stam, hooijdonk among others.

 

[reynaldo]

youll probably see the new generation begin to overtake the oldies at this Euro.. watch out for Wesley Sneijder (cant remember spelling), Johnny Heitinga, VDV, Ooijer, Arjen etc...

 

[flowin']

just in case you don't remember, holland has ONE real defender

as for france and arsenal... you do remember, arsenal have problems in europe (refers to arsenal's inability to even reach semis EVER)

 

[copious]

hmm i wonder if christiano ronaldo can shine on the world stage, we've seen what he can do in the premiership.

theres another clip of him here, with all his tricks from this year.
http://cron.agreatserver.com/Volo/CRonaldo.zip

password is euro2004

 

[RUB!X]

thx 4 dat copious ...
nederlands have a chance if they can play as a team ... not as a group of individuals great players ... eg) real madrid atm on the flip side look at charlton fc in the epl ... great team

 

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i say wales should be in it

 

[copious]

yeah, its a shame that our generation hasnt yet got to see Ryan Giggs shine on the world stage? or have i missed a world cup or someshit that hes been in.

 

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i don't think he has been in a big world stage event, which is probably explains why he is ever so fit season in season out

 

[IP_freely]

looks like Roberto Carlos is off to Chelski for 50million according to the Daily Telegraph

 

[RUB!X]

chelsea signings have left me clueless ...

 

[flyin']

Ranieri was finally notified of his sacking... sad, sad day.

 

[eyebrowman]

nooo..ranieri is going
had to happen sooner or later..

and is this 50million pounds? wtf
carlos isnt worth that much, i'd reckon at max 20ish

 

[flyin']

I think it was 20 mil Euro... which was about 50 AUD I don't think he'll go to Chelsea because they already have Bridge and anyway, Roberto is old at 31.

 

[RUB!X]

omg ... serzly r.carlos is worth maybe 15 max ...

 

[copious]

i wouldnt trust the daily telegraph...