Think Portugal will surprise Spain & maybe Germany too. This tournament has seen Ronaldo reach some sort of maturity.
Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com http://www.myRay.org ------------------------------ Mental Health: http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com On 25 June 2012 22:05, Eric B <ericmb.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Spain is the reason I now go for zee germans to win. I am bored to > death watching 700+ passes a game with 90% success rate. > 600 of them being passes going back or 3 meters. I am a bloke, I want > fxxing penetration at some point, not endless poking, get it?! > > Watching England was like watching norway..put everyone behind the > ball, defend well and try and get a lucky goal on a freekick or a > counter > attack. I have been surprised by Italy playing like a team, and by the > germans. Portugal are better than expected. The rest mediocre.. > > I expect germany to beat spain in the final. > > hasta luego! > Eric > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Brendan McWilliams > <brendan_mcwilli...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > It pains me to say it, but Ireland were definitely the worst team in the > whole tournament, closely followed by England - yes, even worse than Greece. > > > > I can't watch an England match these days without a non-stop pass count > in my head: 1-2-3, ball lost and repeat... It is STAGGERING to see how > England cannot maintain possession. The two good moves they had yesterday > were the result of a string of consecutive passes, but otherwise it was > constant losing the ball and crazy champagne passes. Truly amazing, like > they were allergic to it. I used to take huge enjoyment from England being > hopeless, but now it's just ridiculous. Young, Milner and yes, Gerrard, > truly shocking. > > > > For those of you who haven't seen them, check out Liam Brady and Eamon > Dunphy's half and full time analysis from RTE on YouTube. Priceless. > > > > On to my adopted Spain: what IS annoying though is that people say > Spain's games are boring like it was Spain's fault, WTF! Spain are the > Barcelona of world football at present obviously but France did a Chelsea > and employed a blanket defence. Understandable tactic from the french, but > if you pick 2 extra defenders you're gonna get the ball even less. Yes the > game was a bit dull but blaming the spanish is lunacy. > > > > > > > >> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:44:22 +0200 > >> From: rhe...@asd.edu.qa > >> To: alec...@gmail.com > >> CC: leedslist@gn.apc.org > >> Subject: Re: [LU] New levels of indifference > >> > >> The astonishing thing about England for me is HOW CRAP ROONEY HAS > >> BECOME..............*AND HOW NO ONE DARES MENTION IT! > >> > >> *I heard Hodgson say before the Ukraine game that if he didn't pick > Rooney > >> there would be a mutiny in the dressing room. So none of the players, > >> certainly none of the commentators, dare address the > issue..............he > >> is just awful. He loses the ball almost every time he gets it. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leedslist mailing list > >> Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > >> To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > >> > >> PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
