World Cup South Africa, 2010 Thread

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Whooooo!

Whoooooo more!

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

player of the year?

Sneijder all ready has the treble Inter, now he is about to carry his team to the final if they can hold on

player of the tournament is still up for grabs but that is the goldon ball

OH THAT Ballon D'OR! I wasn't thinking that far ahead. I'd have to agree, can't think of anyone else.

[Matty81]

This is the thing with a team like Netherlands with 4 or 5 guys who can turn the game in an instant. They can play badly for a stretch and then hammer home a couple goals in a minute.

[SuperMatt18]

Perfect header by Robben

[united]

Perfect header by Robben. Uruguay need a miracle now.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

Huge bust is a little much, he was the best player this year in what is still the best league top to bottom in the world. Also the league with the most foreign players so he is not only playing against English players, and he scored 5 goals in 7 Champions League games. He carried Man U by himself this season and obviously was spent doing so.

He had a bad 3 weeks, doesn't erase what he has done his entire career

I hear this a lot, but just because people keep repeating it doesnt make it so.

Its big. It makes a lot of money. Is it the best? What kind of qualifying factors would determine that?

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Locke

I hear this a lot, but just because people keep repeating it doesnt make it so.

Its big. It makes a lot of money. Is it the best? What kind of qualifying factors would determine that?

Well since he said Top to Bottom I have to agree.

Serie A is average at best right now

La Liga has two great teams, a couple mediocre, then a bunch of crap.

The German Bundesliga might have the competitiveness through the table to compete with the English, but outside of Bayern do not have the top end teams and stars. Although that might change with the emergence of the young German stars.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Locke

I hear this a lot, but just because people keep repeating it doesnt make it so.

Its big. It makes a lot of money. Is it the best? What kind of qualifying factors would determine that?

the only statistical thing you can point to is the teams performances in European play

which ranks the Premier league first

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...crank2010.html

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Well since he said Top to Bottom I have to agree.

Serie A is average at best right now

La Liga has two great teams, a couple mediocre, then a bunch of crap.

The German Bundesliga might have the competitiveness through the table to compete with the English, but outside of Bayern do not have the top end teams and stars. Although that might change with the emergence of the young German stars.

I think alot of the stars of the German league don't get the hype outside of Germany but you could easily make a case that that league is better than Italy now and competitive with England and Spain on play.

The stadiums are the best in Europe right now. The crowds are also pretty amazing.

[Bertuzzied]

Man. you are up 3-1 with 3 minutes left. What is the point of diving now? Get UP!


hahahahahaha Karma!

[Matty81]

3-2!

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Matty81

I think alot of the stars of the German league don't get the hype outside of Germany but you could easily make a case that that league is better than Italy now and competitive with England and Spain on play.

The stadiums are the best in Europe right now. The crowds are also pretty amazing.

it is catching up to Italy, if Bayern had won the Champions League Germany probly would have moved ahead of Italy in the coefficient and gotten 4 CL teams after this season, with Italy moving to 3

[Bertuzzied]

Too bad Uruguay couldn't tie it up after that horrible Burrows dive.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

the only statistical thing you can point to is the teams performances in European play

which ranks the Premier league first

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2010.html

On another note, you can get some pretty cheap England jerseys right now!

[SuperMatt18]

That was some weird reffing at the end there, seemed like he wanted Uruguay to tie it in the end.

[GirlySports]

European team wins the World Cup for the first time outside of Europe.

(Guess it makes sense that it's in South Africa since there no time difference).

[troutman]

Amsterdam - Party on!

[Hades]

A little closer than I would have liked at the end, but then again Uruguay got to the semi's for a reason.
On to the finals, where anything can happen!!

[V]

That was a lot closer than it needed to be. The game sure stretched longer than I think it should've though. I don't know what the ref was doing in the last couple minutes.

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

it is catching up to Italy, if Bayern had won the Champions League Germany probly would have moved ahead of Italy in the coefficient and gotten 4 CL teams after this season, with Italy moving to 3

I don't think CL performance alone is an adequate way to judge league strength. Infrastructure, player development, fan support all fall by the wayside. A couple of sugar daddies in the right league can skew those numbers completely.

An add on to the attendance thing, I just looked at their attendance table and in 09 Bundesliga drew 6,000 more fans a game on average than the EPL, 12,000 more than Spain and 16,000 more than Italy.

I have alot of respect for the EPL, I think the tempo is at a different level entirely than any other league and the style is completely unique. Comparing the leagues is apples to oranges in a lot of ways.