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From: Bob on 24 Jun 2010 06:34 Mark V. wrote: > On Jun 23, 5:36 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: >> Especially since they drew and almost lost to a 10 men French side in >> Serbia. > > Good point. I think that Serbophobia was based in part on them topping > a group with France in it. In hindsight, the way they did it and the > fact they did it may not have been as impressive as it had seemed. There seems to be those middling teams that have the capacity to regularly beat up on the minnows and flail against serious opposition, and those that seem never to be able to beat up on the minnows and do ok against good teams. Serbia seemed to belong to the former group this time around.
From: Abubakr on 24 Jun 2010 07:25 On Jun 24, 8:34 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: > Mark V. wrote: > > On Jun 23, 5:36 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: > >> Especially since they drew and almost lost to a 10 men French side in > >> Serbia. > > > Good point. I think that Serbophobia was based in part on them topping > > a group with France in it. In hindsight, the way they did it and the > > fact they did it may not have been as impressive as it had seemed. > > There seems to be those middling teams that have the capacity to regularly > beat up on the minnows and flail against serious opposition, and those that > seem never to be able to beat up on the minnows and do ok against good > teams. Serbia seemed to belong to the former group this time around. Serbia and their predecessors were perennial chokers, that's all there is to it.
From: The Scrutineer on 24 Jun 2010 08:52 > Serbia and their predecessors were perennial chokers, that's all there > is to it. That term, *chokers* flatters them, they simply give up when it comes to the crunch match!!!
From: Bob on 24 Jun 2010 08:57 Abubakr wrote: > On Jun 24, 8:34 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: >> Mark V. wrote: >>> On Jun 23, 5:36 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: >>>> Especially since they drew and almost lost to a 10 men French side >>>> in Serbia. >> >>> Good point. I think that Serbophobia was based in part on them >>> topping a group with France in it. In hindsight, the way they did >>> it and the fact they did it may not have been as impressive as it >>> had seemed. >> >> There seems to be those middling teams that have the capacity to >> regularly beat up on the minnows and flail against serious >> opposition, and those that seem never to be able to beat up on the >> minnows and do ok against good teams. Serbia seemed to belong to the >> former group this time around. > > Serbia and their predecessors were perennial chokers, that's all there > is to it. They seemed a bit toothless upfront during the few matches I saw. Which edition of their team should have achieved significantly more?
From: Bob on 24 Jun 2010 09:02
The Scrutineer wrote: >> Serbia and their predecessors were perennial chokers, that's all >> there is to it. > > That term, *chokers* flatters them, they simply give up when it comes > to the crunch match!!! I always had trouble with the concept of choking when applied to a team. Does it require that all important parts choke at once? |