BaltimoreFan Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Just wanted to get my predictions in before the games started (so far, I've only gotten 2 wrong in the knock out rounds). I'm going to go with a Spain-Netherlands final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 The goal for the United States in 2014 should be seven wins and seven clean sheets. They have four years to find a goalkeeper good enough.This cant be serious.And,Suarez will only get one game for his handballOn the Suarez thing, FIFA copping out again. I am assuming Will is kidding, either that or enjoying a sojourn on Mars. Teams just don't put 7 clean sheets together. Even in the Premier League or Spanish Liga. Actually the USA's defense looked generally ok in this competition. I would say the big issue is that any team with 2 stars like Dempsey and Donovan then not much else apart from Howard will struggle to create opportunities. The US had one of the top keepers in the competition, and 2 good forward players. The issue is to get the run of the mill guys upto standard. Standards in the MLS need to go up, or more US guys need to go and play in top European leagues.Now why would I be kidding? Any capable keeper would have stopped any of the five goals that Howard let in.I know I shouldn't respond, but come on!!!! Gerrard's goal for England was a well worked move that would have gone past any keeper in the world. Both of Ghana's goals were great strikes that any keeper would have struggled to stop. This is the world cup, expecting the best teams in the world to be able to be stopped in 7 successive games is just madness. Its like claiming that an NFL team should be able to go through the playoffs without conceeding a touchdown. Howard is one of the top goalkeepers in the world, to be aiming at getting a better keeper than him is frankly stupid. Its like a Chargers fan wanting a better QB than Rivers. Fair enough, you might want one, but its frankly unrealistic to expect to be able to get one. Team USA have far bigger issues than getting a better goalkeeper.I just ask that our keeper anticipate what is coming, and defend against it. It's a brilliantly simple concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 My predictions for the World Cup semis:Uruguay 0 : 2 NetherlandsGermany 2 : 1 Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattF Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Who needs goals from inside the box? I<3 Forlan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 No kidding. Diego Forlan has quickly become my favorite player of the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Sneijder scores for the Oranje. The Netherlands are 20 minutes from reaching the Final.Update: Just like that, it's 3-1. Uruguay needs a miracle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattF Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Forlan off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Netherlands go to a third World Cup final. Not at all bad for such a small country! 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Netherlands go to a third World Cup final. Not at all bad for such a small country!And they've got a shot to tie France in 1998 and Brazil in 2002, with seven wins in one World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Uruguay scores! Do they have another miracle in them?.... (Yeh, probably not.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Oranje in the final!Honestly, it'd be cool if they could play (& hopefully beat) Germany in the World Cup...but hell, I'm just happy that they've made it. Once again, this team is nowhere near as flashy as the teams of the past, but they're getting the job done and now have a chance to win a World Championship. Hup Holland Hup!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 So much for South America's tournament dominance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 Ship & Anchor Pub here in Calgary sure it's an English Pub but it was Oranje central today.CAN'T WAIT FOR SUNDAY!!!!! JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Netherlands go to a third World Cup final. Not at all bad for such a small country!I think Uruguay's two championships with a population half the size of urban Holland trumps that. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltjets21 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Netherlands go to a third World Cup final. Not at all bad for such a small country!I think Uruguay's two championships with a population half the size of urban Holland trumps that.But Uruguays titles were way back, and there were less teams then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Netherlands go to a third World Cup final. Not at all bad for such a small country!I think Uruguay's two championships with a population half the size of urban Holland trumps that.But Uruguays titles were way back, and there were less teams then.Which means it is harder to qualify for the tournament and that you really had to go through the best to win, yes? And time doesn't exactly dilute the relevance of a championship, oh fan of a team with a 40 year Super Bowl title drought. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltjets21 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 True, True one thing I agree with you on rams80 about time, but you didn't have to qualify back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Netherlands go to a third World Cup final. Not at all bad for such a small country!I think Uruguay's two championships with a population half the size of urban Holland trumps that.But Uruguays titles were way back, and there were less teams then.Which means it is harder to qualify for the tournament and that you really had to go through the best to win, yes? And time doesn't exactly dilute the relevance of a championship, oh fan of a team with a 40 year Super Bowl title drought.They had trouble getting European countries to participate in the World Cup in 1930, which was one of their wins. Plus, there was no qualification for that World Cup. Any country associated with FIFA was allowed to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 That and Uruguay hosted the first World Cup assuring their qualification.Anyways a European team will win the World Cup, First time that will happen off of European soil. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltjets21 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Also they were the host nation, and pretty close to the host nation the 2nd time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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