KPI Forwards Analysis – 2013/14 Downturn

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6

6

4

5

If its 7+ i am bringing him in...but i am as clueless as you.

See the badge? Thoughts?

6

yeah about 6

6

I'd keep Gustavo. My lowest Fernandinho(5) is going out tho.

Go big or go home, captain Messi!

Coin toss.

messi

De Vrij

Messi for high potential.
De Vrij for boring and safe.

Messi.

neuer

Stick

stick

What's brown and sticky?

Of course

Hell yeah.

Indi, I'd imagine

Vlaar as he's not fully fit I'd imagine

Martins Indi

Thanks all. Ron Vlaar captain tonight.

Wij

wij

wij

wij

blind

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HIwfmV6QOTOedAZsPyZ_UyckhgppY3-uyEE-F-6Jxro/edit#gid=0

Or Lavezzi maybe?

messi or garay

Yep.

*grinds teeth*

maybe brace of RBs

Yep

and i started before the match at 289

On the basis that I've seen Wijnaldum, I'd go Biglia.

de vrij

You are inspiring me ... 😀

Nobody knows

Take a view in the score and go from there. Otherwise, if in doubt, cap'n Macarena.

maybe the scouts want a break

Give the poor b*gg*rs a break - we all need a holiday.

Messi.

messi

I'm thinking either Messi goes mental today or they get hammered. More exciting to captain Messi I think. Not like I'm in the running to win anything

Don't let Doos see this, he thinks he played well 😯

No - you are being daft.

It was poor performance, but i think you are being too harsh. The entire team was poor.

I think the 10yr old that controls him with a playstation
had too many fizzy drinks last night 🙂

Like Gerrard against Chelsea.

I personally think it was the fact the spotlight was on HIM for a change.

Captaining a semi-final Brazil against Germany and the pressure got to him.

I think he's a good defender but last night wasn't even near a £50mil performance.

Yep.

I bet Jose is laughing all the way to the bank 🙂

I hope PSG have kept the receipt for him (sale or return)

Quite harsh. Maicon and Dante were really exposed throughout the game and Marcello had no clue what to do. Yes, he did make some decent runs but lets face it, he is a pathetic defender and knows nothing about defending.

But yes, the main blame here goes to Brazil defenders who conceded so many goals in a span of 10 minutes and made it impoossible for the attackers to even think about a come back against such a monster score.

He can only play to the best of his ability and in my opinion he isn't exactly very good. Obviously poor leadership skills as well

not harsh at all... hes a very talented footballer but should never ever be used as a last line of defence... anyone trying to defend that performance in any way is doing so only to be controversial and go against those who were watching the tv for 90 mins rather than writing and reading posts on here for the duration of the match therefore spending a large portion of the game staring at a laptop or phone.. an utterly shambolic performance and what makes it all the more embarrassing is the captains armband he was wearing.

Luiz makes the mistake of using too much emotion and getting carried away. All that bollocks with Neymar's shirt looks like his idea. Definitely a playstation footballer last night.

The thinkg is I don't even think he was the worst. Fernandinho was terrible, absolutely terrible, and Marcello went missing time and time again. Oscar lightweight, Maicon past it, Paulinho no talent, and Gustavo a ten a penny footballer. As for Fred, well they might as well have just put Neymar's shirt up top.

I thought Marcelo and Dante were as bad or worse. He still had a shocker though.

the main problem here is comparing this Brazil with the historical Brazillian teams. ie. most revered. Its akin to comparing the current AC MIlan team to that which has gone before. The current team were being given too much praise before last night, they had been very lucky to get this far. Luiz was terrible but in all fairness to him he had been playing well up until last night. personally, i have always thought he has been over-rated. He got found out on a grand scale last night, nowherw to hide and he failed miserably

demi

demi

Blind

blind

Messi.

Not sneijder

Messi or Rojo probably

messi

See all of my posts related to this q.

messi

Macarena. At least you are guaranteed 70 recovered balls points.

Messi's the best player in the world-if that's any help. If you're playing McDonald's Garay is a good option.

a. yes
b. its a risk but not much to lose. go for it.
c. coin toss

Mascherano cap of those options
If not then higuain

forget it, the site that i saw, was wrong, they fix the line-up now --'

He does. Must try harder. Leave the trolling to professionals. 😉

... and me. 🙂

argentina

Argentina. Early goal by Messi and then they will defend.

Netherlands and Germany have been the two most organized teams in the World Cup, showing their flexible systems throughout. Both teams have had games where they nearly capitulated due to being complacent and both have had their games where they completely outclassed their opponents.

Argentina, like Brazil, are full of holes and have no business playing in the World Cup final if you ask me. The world's best player and a potent set of attackers that they can't even field all at the same time aside, Argentina have been pretty toothless facing far weaker opposition than Netherlands and barely skating by time and again with last gasp goals, never winning a game by more than a goal. Let's not forget that they're also missing one of their better performers of the tournament in Di Maria, even if he seemed to have left his shooting boots in Madrid.

Anything can happen in a World Cup knockout match, let alone a semi-final, but logic and rational states that it is Argentina who is up against it, not Netherlands.

Yep.

I've gone for the Argies but I now have a very nasty feeling that they will be found out. Perhaps last night had something to do with it.

I would like to see the Dutch there

same...

I also expect a lot of player rotation in 3rd place game

Holland 1-0 Argentina