Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
Trying to convince yourself we'll be better off if he goes to Madrid?
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The Official EURO 2012 thread
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Trying to convince yourself we'll be better off if he goes to Madrid?
I would care if I hadn't coasted to victory in the McDonald's game \o/
Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
What an anti-climax finish to the tournament. Thought the Final would be evenly contested between Spain and Italy. Instead, it was all over as an contest when Spain scored their first goal in 13th min. This Italian team have proved to be good only when they score first. So they didn't know how to respond when Spain scored first. Surely, this must be the most one-sided Final of a major tournament ever.
Italy were never in the game at all. Most of the Italian players looked nervous from from the start. Maybe the big match occation got to them. I think Italy made it too open for Spain. They should have concentrated on defence first. And they totally gave up when they went down to 10 men when Motta got injured. I think the Italian coach made a mistake by making the third substitution so early in the 2nd half. He should have waited a bit longer. When you make use of all the 3 subs so early in the match, there is always this risk of players getting injured. This is what happened to Italy. They didn't get many chances but when they did, they wasted them. Di Natale should have scored early in the 2nd half. It could have made the match more interesting.
Really disappointed about Italy. Thought they would be fired up after beating Germany. This means none of the teams had been consistent throughout this tournament. Spain didn't even look champions until the semi final and Italy were good only until the semi finals. Germany were only good until the quarter finals. This inconsistency actually made the tournament more exciting than the previous ones.
Well done to Spain for retaining the Euro Cup and winning their 3rd consecutive major tournament. Without a doubt, they are one of the best ever national team. Just wish they had played more excitingly instead of the boring boring tiki-taka football. I think Torres doesn't deserved to win the golden boot award. His 2 goals came against a shyte Ireland and scored and created another against 10-men Italy who have already gave up by then. Apart from that, he was shyte, wasting many easy chances. They should have given a joint golden boot to all the 5 players who have scored 3 goals each.
Italy were never in the game at all. Most of the Italian players looked nervous from from the start. Maybe the big match occation got to them. I think Italy made it too open for Spain. They should have concentrated on defence first. And they totally gave up when they went down to 10 men when Motta got injured. I think the Italian coach made a mistake by making the third substitution so early in the 2nd half. He should have waited a bit longer. When you make use of all the 3 subs so early in the match, there is always this risk of players getting injured. This is what happened to Italy. They didn't get many chances but when they did, they wasted them. Di Natale should have scored early in the 2nd half. It could have made the match more interesting.
Really disappointed about Italy. Thought they would be fired up after beating Germany. This means none of the teams had been consistent throughout this tournament. Spain didn't even look champions until the semi final and Italy were good only until the semi finals. Germany were only good until the quarter finals. This inconsistency actually made the tournament more exciting than the previous ones.
Well done to Spain for retaining the Euro Cup and winning their 3rd consecutive major tournament. Without a doubt, they are one of the best ever national team. Just wish they had played more excitingly instead of the boring boring tiki-taka football. I think Torres doesn't deserved to win the golden boot award. His 2 goals came against a shyte Ireland and scored and created another against 10-men Italy who have already gave up by then. Apart from that, he was shyte, wasting many easy chances. They should have given a joint golden boot to all the 5 players who have scored 3 goals each.
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rosenthal
Sebastien Bassong
He was by far the best player the champions faced, almost sent them out of the group stage, Iniesta asked for his shirt.
If Croatia had been in England's group, in stead of against the two finalists, they'd have an easy stroll to the knockout phases -
then perhaps he'd be a bigger profile of the tournament.
metalgear
Luka Modric
Perhaps... but I'm looking at him thinking and thinking about how we will miss him. Not as much as say Emirates Marketing Project would if they lost Silva for instance. (Yes apples to oranges, but I'm forcing a comparison here.)
Just looking at this competition I'd say that there are loads of quality midfield players but a dearth of quality strikers.
Maybe its the changing style of football overall. If (when) Modric leaves, we may not replace him completely, but I believe we will be adjust and make ammends and recover from it without missing too him too much. Looking for good strikers, to partner ade - or worse to replace him - that I forsee is a bigger headache.
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Justin Edinburgh
same player, better system, better players around him. infact, some would say his development went backwards a little
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
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Danny Murphy
Which bit? Most if it's spot on I'd say.
As the late, great, Danny Blanchflower said - "The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It's nothing of the kind. The game is about glory. It's about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom."
Maybe a sentiment from a time long passed, but to me, it still rings entirely true, and is why I find Spain's performance through this tournament so infuriating!
And as for anybody saying "That's rich coming from somebody that supports England" - not really. I fully accept - and did before the tournament - that England would be rubbish. Doesn't stop me having a view on the others and appreciating genuinely exciting, attacking football. Which is exactly what Spain demonstrated last night.
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africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
everyone has a right to their opinion mate, and i fully respect yours and where you're coming from...even though i dont agree with. but i was commenting on the part in bold from Jurgen
seaside spur
Naybet
Totally disagree.
We now know that Croatia's group was the real 'Group of Death' and that he played well against the very best. Did you see how Gerrard,Parker and co performed against Italy? They could barely get out of their own half and were treading water after an hour.
In contrast, Modric was far superior against the same opposition and look at his run/break against Spain, a team that beat Italy 4-0!
Those teams in Group c partly cancelled each other out(except Ireland) and nobody looked fantastic because of the high quality of the opposition.
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Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Spain were boring by their own standards. Up until the final, they actually turned it on a bit in the final.
It has nothing to do with being English, was it English fans booing them in the stadiums when they put together 20-30 passes? I believe not.
Edit: I'm not saying they were crap prior to the final, just not particularly exciting. This could be attributed to the Lack of Villa, or their opponents being defensive. However the fact that they could turn it on when they wanted, in the final, makes me think they were just told to play like that.
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Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
It would be boring, but it would be successful. So you could accept it.
Being successful doesn't mean your not boring.
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
Thought Modric was excellant this tournament and may have put a few $$ on his price tag, he was one of the only midfielders to live with the Spanish 6.
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
good ! Hate ITV sport.
funster
Danny Murphy
Oh right. Ha ha! I was reading it on my mobile which seemed incapable of doing the bolding - stupid thing. Well, I agree on that front. Strategy and tactics..... if you don't have 'em, you're destined for failure. Great tactics and boring football can win matches - not that that's what I'd ever subscribe to, but they do. Sadly.
monkeybarry
Jack Jull
end of season to make Harry proud - finished 16th in the end
parklane1
Tony Galvin
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
Who the fudge are ya?