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Jun 6 2016, 04:54 PM
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England starts on Saturday right?
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Jun 6 2016, 09:14 PM
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Done
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Jun 11 2016, 09:54 AM
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Kosovo and Gibraltar assigned to 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying groups UEFA’s Emergency Panel has today decided that Kosovo will join Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey and Finland in Group I, and Gibraltar will join Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia and Cyprus in Group H. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m...ps-2800709.htmlA really tough group, but the important thing this time is participating.
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Oct 7 2016, 06:39 AM
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QUOTE (d'Arc.LP @ Oct 6 2016, 10:34 PM) After our first draw with Finland as guests, tonight we meet Croatia in Albania for World Cup Qualifiers (since our stadiums still dont meet UEFA and FIFAs standards). No doubt that Croatia is the absolute favorite tonight, but I am keen to see my NT play its second official game. This will not be awkward? Or does the Croat-Serb troubles not affect Kosovo at all? I'm terribly sorry, but my grasp of European politics is next to null. You guys don't provide as much entertainment as the US.
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Oct 8 2016, 03:38 PM
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Honestly, I don't know what Ventura is trying to accomplish by walking the same path as Conte without being able to provide the same tactical noose and grit Conte can.
Parolo, Monto, and even De Rossi were all just horrific against Spain. How Parolo and Monto got called up is beyond me. Monto has been ghosting around on the pitch for about 2 years now. While Parolo is as limited as it gets.
Same with Eder and Pelle. Pelle is just a sh!t striker. Simple as. He doesn't belong in the NT and same goes for Eder who might be lightning quick but basically provides nothing in build-up and end product.
Immobile and Bellotti did more in the half hour they were on than the other 2 did all game.
Also, why wasn't Verratti on the pitch? Italy's most talented player sitting on the bench to play the likes of Parolo and Monto makes no sense. Same goes with Insigne, SES, Berardi (when he's fit) and a couple of other players who are more talented than the guys currently in the team. It's time to push out the older players who aren't really all that great and start building a new Italy team
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Oct 10 2016, 07:38 AM
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Hahaha... han needs players who can do 99,797 stepovers per minute, while also play-making from any position in the field, has great crossing and heading ability, shoot from long distance and is a deadly finisher. Said player MIGHT make it to han's first XI. Might - because said player might have had the bad game where he shot when he should has passed and so obviously he's not world class. (IMG: style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) #trollhan because I haven't done so in ages. And he's that friend who I love to piss off.
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Oct 12 2016, 08:29 PM
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QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Oct 9 2016, 09:46 PM) Sometimes things are more about the sum of the parts rather than the individual pieces. Eder, Pelle and Parolo were sensational against Spain at the Euros. Though I find you very narrow minded in your thinking towards player quality in general. So they were good in a handful of games but are generally p!ss poor in others so they should start for Italy? I personally think that only the best players should pull on that Azzurri shirt and the fact that guys like Eder, Parolo, Pelle, Giaccherini, etc are able to be regulars for this current Italy mostly speaks to the current desperate situation Italian football is going through But to leave your best and brightest out to accommodate those players for me is inexcusable. Also, this culture of being more than the sum of their parts was introduced by Conte. And let's all just put aside the fact that Italy were unwatchable through the Euro qualifying (getting there is what counts after all) and they were able to be in fact greater than the sum of their parts (Italy generally revel in rising to the occasion, especially when they're underestimated and are counted out). But not every coach (especially not Ventura) will be able to bring that out in them. Conte is special in that sense. But Ventura needs to select his best team And sorry, but Monto, Parolo, Eder and Pelle are certainly not the best selections he can make. Also, I don't think it's narrow mindedness that I don't rate certain players. Just a difference of opinion. Think back to the great debated of Ambro v. Rino. Did that make either one of use narrow minded because we each rated one over the other. And let's face it, neither one of those was a player who could do: "99,797 stepovers per minute, while also play-making from any position in the field, has great crossing and heading ability, shoot from long distance and is a deadly finisher." - as Jack would put it (IMG: style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) QUOTE (Jack Sparrow @ Oct 10 2016, 07:38 AM) Hahaha... han needs players who can do 99,797 stepovers per minute, while also play-making from any position in the field, has great crossing and heading ability, shoot from long distance and is a deadly finisher. Said player MIGHT make it to han's first XI. Might - because said player might have had the bad game where he shot when he should has passed and so obviously he's not world class. (IMG: style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) #trollhan because I haven't done so in ages. And he's that friend who I love to piss off. What can I say, I have high standards (IMG: style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) #trollFail
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