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From: KaiserD2 on 20 Jun 2010 16:40 On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:19:23 -0700 (PDT), Chagney Hunt <essetm(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Jun 19, 9:41�pm, Kaise...(a)gmail.com wrote: >> � � �Since 1990 at least it's been clear that Africans have a >> particular style and that it's very attractive. �They are extremely >> patient and very careful with the ball. �Their defenders, in mhy >> opinion, are the best in the world at making their first touch count, >> that is, finding an open teammate instead of just whacking it up the >> field. �They are very good ball winners. �But there's one thing that >> they tend to be very bad at, and it seems to do them in every time in >> the WC. >> >> � � �Scoring. >> >> � � �Yes, Drogba is a great scorer, and everyone seems to think Eto >> is, although I've never really seen him do all that much. �But it >> seems to me that speed (of foot) is usually the key to creating >> chances nowadays, and that tends to be a weakness of the African >> sides. �Partly because their players tend to be so large. � >> >> � � �Comments? >> >> DK > >You got everything wrong. Try watching more football instead of >jumping to conclusions based on what you see every four years. The >majority of football happens outside of the World Cup, you know. And >the highest quality of football is played in later rounds of Champions >League, not this show case. Ahh,. . .are you familiar with the term, "non sequitur?" DK
From: Dwight Beers on 20 Jun 2010 17:57 On 06/19/2010 06:41 PM, KaiserD2(a)gmail.com wrote: > Since 1990 at least it's been clear that Africans have a > particular style and that it's very attractive. They are extremely > patient and very careful with the ball. Their defenders, in mhy > opinion, are the best in the world at making their first touch count, > that is, finding an open teammate instead of just whacking it up the > field. They are very good ball winners. But there's one thing that > they tend to be very bad at, and it seems to do them in every time in > the WC. > > Scoring. > > Yes, Drogba is a great scorer, and everyone seems to think Eto > is, although I've never really seen him do all that much. But it > seems to me that speed (of foot) is usually the key to creating > chances nowadays, and that tends to be a weakness of the African > sides. Partly because their players tend to be so large. > > Comments? > > DK Of course, much depends on whether you consider Eusebio to be African or European.:-)
From: ken.overton on 20 Jun 2010 17:57 On Jun 19, 9:51 pm, Jim Goloboy <jim.golo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I think this article was pretty accurate:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/world-cup-2010/writers/j... That was very interesting. I'm really disappointed by African teams; I really expected the home-confed thing to give them a serious boost but they're just destroying my pool picks. Maybe Africa's just too big a place for home-confed to mean anything.
From: Clément on 20 Jun 2010 19:30 On Jun 20, 6:57 pm, "ken.over..." wrote: > On Jun 19, 9:51 pm, Jim Goloboy wrote: > > > I think this article was pretty accurate:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/world-cup-2010/writers/j... > > That was very interesting. I'm really disappointed by African teams; > I really expected the home-confed thing to give them a serious boost > but they're just destroying my pool picks. > > Maybe Africa's just too big a place for home-confed to mean anything. That, and/or the African teams are not really that good right now. Abraço, Luiz Mello
From: Abubakr on 20 Jun 2010 23:24
On Jun 21, 7:57 am, Dwight Beers <hdbe...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 06/19/2010 06:41 PM, Kaise...(a)gmail.com wrote: > > > Since 1990 at least it's been clear that Africans have a > > particular style and that it's very attractive. They are extremely > > patient and very careful with the ball. Their defenders, in mhy > > opinion, are the best in the world at making their first touch count, > > that is, finding an open teammate instead of just whacking it up the > > field. They are very good ball winners. But there's one thing that > > they tend to be very bad at, and it seems to do them in every time in > > the WC. > > > Scoring. > > > Yes, Drogba is a great scorer, and everyone seems to think Eto > > is, although I've never really seen him do all that much. But it > > seems to me that speed (of foot) is usually the key to creating > > chances nowadays, and that tends to be a weakness of the African > > sides. Partly because their players tend to be so large. > > > Comments? > > > DK > > Of course, much depends on whether you consider Eusebio to be African or > European.:-) That's like asking if one considers Ronaldo to be Brazilian or European. |