and brasil will get pummeled in the first round of eliminination phase vs spain/netherlands
They got a good coach. We will see if that's the case. Netherlands aren't good enough either.
and brasil will get pummeled in the first round of eliminination phase vs spain/netherlands
Mexico deserved their win today. They were twice victims of more poor officiating having had perfectly good goals wrongly ruled out for offsides.
Cameroon looked like a team that had just met each other in the lockerroom before the game and that the coach's game plan was given to them in a language they didn't understand.
Instantly reminded me a Bergkamp goal from the end of 90s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZkCFoqSBs
I'm going to assume you don't really follow football(soccer) if that is what you are basing this on.Holland is a dark horse? Undefeated in qualifying and defending runner-ups. What?First of all these are not my dark horses, someone else brought those 3 teams up. I was simply making fun of the Fifa rankings.
But I would say without a doubt none of those 3 teams are likely to win this tournament IMO. And if indeed England are the 6th best odds to win the tournament anyone putting money on them is a complete fool as you deserve WAY better odds than that. If I had to pick one of those 3 teams it would have to be Uruguay since this tournament is in South America but with the major questions about Suarez's knee I don't like their chances either at this point.
Honestly anyone outside of the big 4 of Spain, Germany, Brazil, and Argentina going into this tournament is a dark horse. I guess it is hard to say a traditional power like Italy is a dark horse as they definitely have enough quality if Balotelli doesn't flake out so ok not them. So yeah 27 dark horses...
The Dutch have no chance whatsoever. They are in a tough group to begin with. They lost their workhorse in midfield a few months ago when Strootman tore his ACL playing for Roma. The guy who was going to replace him, who was in no way the same type of player and was already going to be a serious step down, van der Vaart, just dropped out with a calf injury. And their defense is made up of guys who either haven't moved out of the Dutch league, which is a decent league but is definitely 2nd tier, or play for lower tier teams in bigger leagues and not too well mind you. Even the guy who pulls the strings in midfield, Sneijder, is a far cry from the player he was 4 years ago having to play in Turkey for the last few seasons.
They have a couple of world class forwards and that is pretty much about it. The Dutch had a cake qualifying group. They will be lucky to get out of their 1st round group in Brazil.
And I'm a huge fan of the Oranje but that is a team in transition that even if Robben and van Persie are fantastic has no hope.
Real hot take there.
Real hot take there.
You are aware Spain lost their first game in the last World Cup also right? How'd that work out...?
Millhaus said:The Dutch have no chance whatsoever.
Millhaus said:They will be lucky to get out of their 1st round group in Brazil.
Millhaus said:And I'm a huge fan of the Oranje but that is a team in transition that [...] has no hope.
This isn't about Spain. This is about the following direct quotes from you:
This isn't about Spain. This is about the following direct quotes from you: