The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

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ultima said:

Scisca said:

Slarvax said:

Anfebious said:

Not much of a fan but I like to watch the world cup matches a lot!

Well, let me tell you that everybody thought that this might be Messi's best WC... THOUGHT! >:)

Well, let me tell you that this probably is his best WC...

 

I still stick to my guns and predict Brasil to win it all. Netherlands were dangerous, but it's way too early, they still have too many opportunities to mess it all up. I'm also very interested in what Belgium shows us. Still, European teams always play shit outside of Europe. Lat WC was the first ever held outside of Europe that a European team won.

 

The worst thing I see is that there are almost no good strikers present at the tournament. Nearly every single good striker isn't there or isn't really there.

Lewandowski, Ibrahimović, Falcao, Costa (he's just a tourist), Suarez (still isn't capable of playing, the team is using a smoke screen telling us that he's "almost there"). All absent or incapable of playing anything worth watching. The only ones present are Van Persie and Agüero. Such a crisis at this spot :(

Cavani is easily as good as the ones you listed. Benzema and Balotelli too probably. And then there is the lower, but still very good, tier: Klose, Ibisevic, Dzeko, Drogba, Lukaku, Higuain.

No way man, no way. They guys you listed are clearly inferior and every one would be benched by any single one from my list. Cavani was good before he went to France, Balotelli is too stupid and irresponsible, Benzema never really reached his full potential. The rest of these guys don't even hold a candle to the top guys, some of them don't even play.

The striker position is at a crisis here, which is a pity, as I've always enjoyed guys like Van Nistelrooy - vultures of the penalty area ;)