The Wunderteams of football history and why they never won a title in their prime
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From: FF on 29 Nov 2009 20:12 ken.overton(a)gmail.com wrote: > On Nov 29, 5:24 pm, FF <FAIRFOOTBALL....(a)domainsbyproxy.com> wrote: > > > > It's what happened. > > I don't recall denying it; I do recall enjoying it, though. > > > You're probably right generally, and in this tie as well they did do > > exactly as you say. It doesn't change the fact that according to the > > laws they most likely should have won. > > Which is precisely why it was so enjoyable. I'm crying The Freaking > Nile for them .... tears of laughter. Well, OK, if that's how you feel. I can understand it. For me it's much too wrong though to be enjoyable.
From: JK on 30 Nov 2009 09:39 Benny wrote: > > > You don't know the meaning of the words World Class. Balbo was brilliant > for Roma, average for Argentina. > > > After Maradona's expulsion, they lost a meaningless game to the > > greatest Bulgarian side ever, and then a competitive game to the > > greatest Rumanian side ever. > > They were a massively overrated team as you clearly demonstrate with > your romantic views in this post. Great teams don't get knocked out in > the second round. > But with Maradona they were more than the sum of their parts and were along with Brazil the clear cream of the crop after the first round. (The Bulgaria game was meaningless.)
From: Benny on 30 Nov 2009 12:15 > Subject : The Wunderteams of football history and why they never won a title in their prime > From : jknapp(a)oacpc.com > But with Maradona they were more than the sum of their parts and were > along with Brazil the clear cream of the crop after the first round. > (The Bulgaria game was meaningless.) With a pilled up Maradona. -- http://soccer-europe.com Rss feed : http://soccer-europe.com/RSS/News.xml
From: JK on 30 Nov 2009 12:32 Benny wrote: > > Subject : The Wunderteams of football history and why they never won > a title in their prime > > From : jknapp(a)oacpc.com > > > But with Maradona they were more than the sum of their parts and were > > along with Brazil the clear cream of the crop after the first round. > > (The Bulgaria game was meaningless.) > > With a pilled up Maradona. Look, I can't stand the guy either, and I'm not here to defend him, but with him they were looking very much like potential winners.
From: Benny on 30 Nov 2009 12:33
> Subject : The Wunderteams of football history and why they never won a title in their prime > From : jknapp(a)oacpc.com > Look, I can't stand the guy either, and I'm not here to defend him, but > with him they were looking very much like potential winners. Do you think the fact that he was pilled-up to the eyeballs had no impact on his performances? He had five variants of ephedrine in his system which helps weight loss and boosts adrenaline. He took a short-cut, he cheated, he was rightly sent home. -- http://soccer-europe.com Rss feed : http://soccer-europe.com/RSS/News.xml |