Rousseau

Portugal-Spain up next!

0-1 Iran... without Nike shoes!

I'll write it up properly tomorrow, but a quick glance has only myself and Craig gaining points from this one. A Correct Score from @craig !

Oh, Slaven Bilic in between Eni Aluko and Ryan Gigs like..

Looking through the Morocco line-up, they have some exceptional players.

Morocco:

12 Mohamedi
16 N Amrabat
5 Benatia
6 Saïss
2 Hakimi
8 El Ahmadi
7 Ziyech
14 Boussoufa
10 Belhanda
18 Harit
9 El Kaabi

Benatia (Bayern) and Saiss (Wolves) are solid. Ziyech (Ajax), Belhanda (Galatasaray), Bousoufa (middle east now, but formerly Anderlecht) and Harit (Schalke) are exciting talents. Harit has just broken through into the Schalke team and has been really entertaining. 

Looking forward to this!

I wish I went with Morocco now... No, I think Iran are a more solid team. 

2 minutes ago, buster. said:

Giggs was good to watch as a footballer but listening to him is murder !

Absolutely!

That BBC coverage was poor. Upson, Jenas and phil Neville are dull. 

The ITV coverage yesterday was better, with Bilic, Gary Neville, Ian Wright (think as mince, but funny) and Lee Dixon. 

Better analysis, and better 'banter'. 

I think ITV have Giggs and Aluko (his sister...) for the next match, which doesn't sound too great, though.

I think the game, Morocco-Iran, could be good. Morocco have some good players, and I'm intrigued to see how Iran play, as they breezed into the tournament under Carlos Quieroz (sp?) and have good players too.  

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And now @Whosthedado is 3 minutes away from our first Correct Score...

0-1 Uruguay...

@cooponthewing's 3 minutes away from our first Correct Score... 

Great.

Like Craig says, will they be spending much more on anyone else? Doubt it. 

£9/10m to stay the same. Great for us. 

Both Egypt and Uruguay are solid and well-organised defensively.

Egypt have done nothing offensively, and the little Uruguay have done has ultimately broken down. 

Poor game. 

'Hummelled'? Is that taking over from 'concomitant' as the word of choice for the new season?

Club record? We surpassed that ages ago...  

7 minutes ago, Dave M609 said:

I know mate, they will go to clubs with a lot more money than us. I would love a striker like Dost tho, crackin big centre forward

Good target-man, but does nothing else. He needs the whole team built around him. 

I was reading about how he actually does nothing -- coaches instruction -- but stay in the box. The rest of the team have to play for him, and supply him only. 

It works well, but it's very unique.

Just now, craig said:

more like your true position

14 minutes ago, Dave M609 said:

No links or anything to this, just noticing seven Sporting Lisbon players have terminated their contracts. one that sticks out, Bas Dost, how good a signing would he be if we could get him.

They're all out of our league. 

15 minutes ago, craig said:

 

Except he is taking author license given it should be alphabetical....

3 hours ago, buster. said:

I see Rousseau is straight in at second 

1 minute ago, buster. said:

I see Rousseau is straight in at second 

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I'm pleased with Hardie signing an extension to his deal. 

Hopefully he can make a push for a first-team berth. 

We're very light up front, so I do expect a signing or two. 

12 hours ago, der Berliner said:

I would assume that they will beat Australia. What happens later will be predicted later ;-)

9 hours ago, Whosthedado said:

I've only got 1-0 mate. Don't think the Aussies will be that bad either

I expect France to Win too -- I went for 1-0 -- but the majority have went for a big win, and used their Joker on it. I don't see it being a big scoring game. 

I may be wrong.

10 hours ago, Unicorn said:

I forgot sorry, I was at work.  

 

Can i I still play?

Sure, just give me your predictions for the rest of the fixtures.

But, I'll exclude the Russia match, and you don't get a joker card for these fixtures. 

2 hours ago, Malangsob said:

Actual French names on the team?...Yeah me too...their national roster reads like a Casablanca phone book.

However, they are playing an Aussie team who finished behind Japan (good squad) and Saudi Arabia in their confederation and thus, had to beat world powerhouse, Honduras to get in.

I wouldn't underestimate how solid Australia will be. They are managed by Van Marwijk (sp?), who took Netherlands to the Final of the Euro's playing defensive football. It's a different situation when your expected to go out and win, as against Japan et al., than simply trying to avoid defeat against France. 

IMO.