Sunday, May 30, 2010

WORLD CUP FAVS LOOKING VERY VUNERABLE

With International Friendlies the main source of football these days, I have a few issues with some of the so-called World Cup favourites such as SPAIN, ENGLAND and FRANCE. These three nations were in action this weekend and I was able to view the matches in which they took part in. SPAIN were lucky 3-2 winners over a very average I must say Saudi Arabia team. Llorente eventually scored the winner in extra time. The performance yesterday is what we were accustom to seeing from Spain pre EURO 2008 where we know Spain to be perennial under achievers.

England on the other hand were thankful to the Japanese who gifted them two own goals in a 2-1 victory. England were very poor and lacked any endevour on the pitch. If they really want to be a force to be reckoned with they need to show their class whether it was a friendly or not.

And finally LES BLEU, I have absolutely no faith in Dommench. He is by far the worst coach in french football history. The 1-1 draw with Tunisia was a very poor showing by the French as we have come to expect. Really these teams need to step up or they will be a number of surprises on hand in June....hey maybe that's what the World Cup needs surprises. What do you think?

10 comments:

  1. I would like an african team 2 win it all

    ReplyDelete
  2. dem lookin shay till dem get dey...friendlies are test runs...and some teams still gotta...well...had to get cut to 23. So d last couple friendlies will show true caliber. As for england being a favourite...ummm NAH fail always a disappointment. As for teams like big bad Brazil...dem aint play no friendlies yet soooo dunga better come good!

    ReplyDelete
  3. germany will go all the way, we have the best all around team

    ReplyDelete
  4. BRAZILLLLL!!! poole

    ReplyDelete
  5. brazil are going to disappoint

    ReplyDelete
  6. honestly i don't think friendlies tell you much

    ReplyDelete
  7. me either but the last couple have been very poor in terms of quality

    ReplyDelete
  8. friendlies tell you quite a bit about weaknesses that can be exploited during the cup. for instance england seem from their friendlys to be lacking pace and the ability to handle long balls. take into account that the wc is being played in a hot and very dry place and you now have a decent tactic of absolutely trouncing that team. they are a very good way of sourcing out what is needed to be tweaked in your team wether or not u win the friendly, thi info is invaluable

    ReplyDelete