From: Alkamista on
On Jun 24, 10:51 am, Abubakr <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 25, 12:31 am, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> > > > There is Brazil, and then what? There is currently not a single
> > > > national team in the world, except Brazil -- and that is questionable,
> > > > that doesn't have serious flaw in their team that can be fixed with
> > > > foreign reinforcement.
>
> > > Argentina.
>
> > You have got to be kidding.
>
> Their attack matches anything available in club football, so no, far
> from kidding.

The question was teams without major flaws. Argentina has devastating
offensive players, but their defense is questionable. They just
haven't played anyone of note yet. We'll find out soon enough when
they play Germany or England.
From: Abubakr on
On Jun 25, 2:00 am, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 24, 10:51 am, Abubakr <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 25, 12:31 am, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > There is Brazil, and then what? There is currently not a single
> > > > > national team in the world, except Brazil -- and that is questionable,
> > > > > that doesn't have serious flaw in their team that can be fixed with
> > > > > foreign reinforcement.
>
> > > > Argentina.
>
> > > You have got to be kidding.
>
> > Their attack matches anything available in club football, so no, far
> > from kidding.
>
> The question was teams without major flaws. Argentina has devastating
> offensive players, but their defense is questionable. They just
> haven't played anyone of note yet. We'll find out soon enough when
> they play Germany or England.

I know their defence is questionable but it isn't any worse than
Bayern's defence which made the CL final. That was the original topic,
whether these NT are as good as the best teams in the CL.
From: Jesper Lauridsen on
On 2010-06-24, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
> Quoting Google Beta User in rec.sport.soccer:
>
>>That's true, it's a strange idea.
>
> Is it strange just for CAF, or do you think history has been a fluke all
> since 1930, for CMB (other than Brazil), UEF, AFC? Even USA advanced to the
> 2nd round in their WC!

Home advantage, yes. Home *confed* advantage? No.
From: Jesper Lauridsen on
On 2010-06-24, Chagney Hunt <essetm(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 24, 9:09�am, Jesper Lauridsen <rorsc...(a)sorrystofanet.dk>
> wrote:
>> On 2010-06-20, ken.over...(a)gmail.com <ken.over...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> Or maybe there's no such thing as home-confed.
>
> There is for UEFA. They can't win being too far away from their
> mums :-)

I long for the day when I don't have to hear that crappy argument
again. Maybe that day is next Sunday.

Take a cup like USA '94. In the quarterfinals we had *7* European teams,
but because Brazil ended up winning the penalty shootout against Italy,
that cup goes down as an example of Europeans not being able to win away.
From: Chagney Hunt on
On Jul 3, 4:55 pm, Jesper Lauridsen <rorsc...(a)sorrystofanet.dk> wrote:
> On 2010-06-24, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 24, 9:09 am, Jesper Lauridsen <rorsc...(a)sorrystofanet.dk>
> > wrote:
> >> On 2010-06-20, ken.over...(a)gmail.com <ken.over...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > 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..
>
> >> Or maybe there's no such thing as home-confed.
>
> > There is for UEFA. They can't win being too far away from their
> > mums :-)
>
> I long for the day when I don't have to hear that crappy argument
> again. Maybe that day is next Sunday.
>
> Take a cup like USA '94. In the quarterfinals we had *7* European teams,
> but because Brazil ended up winning the penalty shootout against Italy,
> that cup goes down as an example of Europeans not being able to win away.

Fairdo, but I've always thought you had thicker skin than this. :-)
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