England's midfield is downright dreadful. I expect them to squeak out of group play on thin margins.
France: collection of talent, bad coaching putting all together. The talent is legit, just not a team.
Dutch: Hup Holland, hope Robben gets one last shot but unlikely.
Swiss: in the top 6 FIFA rankings still makes me laugh
Portugal: As goes Ronaldo
Germans: fantastic when Loew doesn't tinker with formations, they were clinical yesterday and lifeless vs. Czechs on Friday. Guess which day Loew tinkered? 35-2 GD, filthy.
Poland: Lewa got screwed by the refs on his free kick, where the hell is goal-line tech?
English: France Jr in talent/coaching/team concept
Spain: punchers chance at WC Finals, like you say in 5 years better.
Belgium: Until they play better teams, I can't say they've become more a team than talent.
When a dumb viewer like me can watch a replay in real-time filmed at least from mid-field and I can see that the ball *cleared the line*, that is inexcusable.
Because they won't foot the cost of adding the technology to the host stadium.
Yep.
I think England's downfall will be Southgate sticking with Joe Hart. He's a cheap suit under pressure. They'd be better off with Butland or even Foster for Russia. He's not going to change, though.
As for Lewy, since he's changed his free kick run up to that odd hitched tippy toe approach, he's become the best at scoring FKs in the world IMO. The accuracy is stunning.