See, we have a complete squad though. For the first time. But it seems as if we can't do anything about it because of next level incompetence. We needed a LB? Gift from the heavens in Kolasinac. Check. Needed a CDM? Gift from the heavens in Besic. Check. Needed a replacement RB? Underrated, but hard as nails Vranjes. Check. We have a squad that's locked down in all positions. The only thing we need is some depth, but we can let that come with time. We literally have all the puzzle pieces lying down in front of us, but from all the kupus that Susic sniffs, he can't comprehend how to put the pieces together.
We need more youth infusion(it really bothered me how Medo, Spaha and Miske played against Nigeria...Medo and Miske barely ran out there)...So yea depth and some of the older guys need to go.
Even if Susic stays at helm I won't stop following our team. I started following in the dark days when were losing to the likes of Hungary and Moldova ffs. A few things I think we should change. We need to find a replacement for Misimovic. Arslanagic needs to be called up to the squad. Ibricic, vrsajevic, hadzic all need to be phased out. Zukanovic brought back in, bicakcic potentially phased out. New captain. Spahic won't go to EC I feel.
I agree with everything except that Zukanovic part. As bad as Bico was, Zukanovic will do even worse..He's a clone(in terms of the way he plays) of Jahic and i'd never want that guy back on the team.
Are you still sour over that USA game? I personally think Zukanovic was wrongfully kicked out of the squad. We'll see though. I'm going to be following his games in Chievo
No i'm sour over all the games i've seen him play. He sucks defensively and brings more offensive game which we don't really need from a defender.
NETHERLANDS XI vs. Argentina: Cillesen, Kuijt, De Vrij, Vlaar, Martins Indi, Blind, Wijnaldum, De Jong, Sneijder, Robben, Van Persie. ARGENTINA XI vs Netherlands: Romero; Zabaleta, Demichelis, Garay, Rojo; Biglia, Mascherano, Pérez; Lavezzi, Messi, Higuaín.
In the end the deciding factor was money no matter what they spin it as. There's no serious coach better than Susic that would come work for that salary and so he was godsent gift to the greedy FA.
Dutch keeper should have saved three out of four. It's not as if Argentina's penalties were any good. ... Krul should have come in, in retrospect.
Argentina sucked this whole comp. Nothing but luck, and without Messi they suck. Even Messi wasn't impressive, he got tormented by Besic.
That says more about Besic than it does about Messi though. Messi has been pretty decent this tournament.
I thought I would never say this but...but...Iran vs Nigeria was far more entertaining than that garbage display of a game today
Yup. Argentina hands down luckiest team in the tournament. I thought they would be more entertaining but theyre not. Its ridiculous.
They were missing Di Maria today. Since the best player in the world is saving himself for the Barcelona Summer Tour, Di Maria can do something out of nothing, even if it's the 119th minute.
Even with him they werent impressive. Lavezzi is a suitable replacement and he was dangerous at times but Netherlands were masters at defending today
And if Germany can't beat this Argentina team, they'll never win a World Cup again. They're vastly superior in almost every facet of the game.