Spain vs Russia (who will win)

Zaph

Aquos76 wrote: »

Torres is banging on the door. He will eventually get his goal

Not any more he won't. Seriously, wtf is Aragones on?

gucci

machiavellianme wrote: »

Hope thats a rasher and sausage flavoured stapler!

YET AGAIN the stapler lives on :):):):):)

Raskolnikov

Torres and Xavi off? What the hell? Silva has been pretty poor and is still on the pitch.

MementoMori

Russia

gucci wrote: »

YET AGAIN the stapler lives on :):):):):)

Are you Aragones?:rolleyes::rolleyes:

kryogen

Russia dont seem to be playing with any heart tonight though. there is no urgency about them whatsoever, maybe they are exhausted?

kryogen

terrible defending again.

they really have just lay down tonight, so sad

BaZmO*

BaZmO* wrote: »

Well here's Russia's chance to get back into the game.

Maybe not....

monkey9

Russia

Aragones is a genius

sionnach

Fabrégas having another stormer

Raskolnikov

sionnach wrote: »

Fabrégas having another stormer

He's pure magic, Spain are a different team since he came on.

BaZmO*

sionnach wrote: »

Fabrégas having another stormer

He'll probably still be on the bench for the final though

Raskolnikov

Has Arshavin completed a single pass in this half?

Sherifu

Sexy flicks from Spain.

OPENROAD

sionnach wrote: »

Fabrégas having another stormer

Roll on August imo, Cesc is going to have a great season

sionnach

I've only seen one bad pass from fabrégas all night, and that was just after he came on and he passed to the red shirt instinctively

and there's another assist!

Raskolnikov

He does it again.

Fabregas = player of the tournament, even if he only ever comes off the bench.

monkey9

Russia

OPENROAD wrote: »

Roll on August imo, Cesc is going to have a great season

He's some player alright. Great to watch. Don't know why people hate him (except maybe making ridiculous statements sometimes e.g the comments after a Blackburn match), but even as a Liverpool fan you just have to admire his brilliance.

Involved in Silva's goal just there......if Aragones doesn't start him in the final, then.................well, he just should

mike65

Ole Ole Ole!

That Fabregas fella must start the final!

Mike.

staker

Russia

she's nice...

Mr.Nice Guy

Russia

Poor old Dunphy. What was it he said earlier? Silva having a nightmare? Aragones a fool? Guiza hopeless etc?

Wonder if Bill gives him a grilling.

kryogen

well he is the freshest player in the squad like!

Russia have really dissapointed tonight, and im still not sure if the Arshavin lad is playing or not......

Silva is another guy, he will get a good review now even though he has been ****e for the whole game

I kinda feel like Eamonn Dunphy now!

BaZmO*

monkey9 wrote: »

He's some player alright. Great to watch. Don't know why people hate him

People hate him? What people?


Souness was right about Russia at the beginning of the tournament. Once you score against them they just give up.

kryogen

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Poor old Dunphy. What was it he said earlier? Silva having a nightmare? Aragones a fool? Guiza hopeless etc?

Wonder if Bill gives him a grilling.

Silva has been ****e

He isnt the only one who would be of that opinion about Aragones, myself included, and Guiza isnt exactly a world beater now is he

but you know in Eamo's world your either a real player, or rubbish, no in between

Raskolnikov

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Poor old Dunphy. What was it he said earlier? Silva having a nightmare? Aragones a fool? Guiza hopeless etc?

Wonder if Bill gives him a grilling.

1. Silva did nothing until Fabregas put the goal on the plate for him.
2. Aragones only put Fabregas on because Villa got injured. Clearly should have started.
3. Guiza, same as Silva.

kryogen

BaZmO* wrote: »

People hate him? What people?


Souness was right about Russia at the beginning of the tournament. Once you score against them they just give up.

:eek: omg! the world must be coming to an end! :eek:

for the record, i hate and love Cesc in equal portions, he is a great player, but he is a little **** too

jank

but he is a little **** too

And why may i ask?

Sherifu

Finally it's over.

monkey9

Russia

BaZmO* wrote: »

People hate him? What people?


Souness was right about Russia at the beginning of the tournament. Once you score against them they just give up.

Yep, Souness had it spot on!!

I've read posts on Boards, now i can't remember who wrote them or when, but there have been people who have said they can't stand Fabregas etc. It's probably club rivalry or whatever.
I just think he's superb. Even though he plays for a big rival, love watching him play!!

BaZmO*

I don't get this hate for Fabregas. I'm a Utd. supporter and I can understand why people hate Ronaldo but Fabregas? He's one of the best players in the world, absolute class.

Sherifu

Solid win.

kmart6

Russia

Fabregas controlled that game, and Ramos was very solid!

jank

BaZmO* wrote: »

I don't get this hate for Fabregas. I'm a Utd. supporter and I can understand why people hate Ronaldo but Fabregas? He's one of the best players in the world, absolute class.

Its called being bitter.

BaZmO*

Or stupidity

Tusky

BaZmO* wrote: »

I don't get this hate for Fabregas. I'm a Utd. supporter and I can understand why people hate Ronaldo but Fabregas? He's one of the best players in the world, absolute class.

Liverpool fan here and I completely agree. Fabregas seems like an honest pro and a joy to watch.

445279.ie

DCC160 wrote: »

Russia for me as well. Think Spain will bottle it.

Well I stand corrected. Hats off to Spain

Gonna stick 20 quid on them now to win it. Think they'll destroy Germany

Esse85

I really cant see what all the fuss is about Archavin, he's played 2 games, played very well in those, had the chance to shine against an ordinary back 4 tonight and goes missing.

He's 27, 90% of soccer fans have never even heard of him till he played his first game of the tournament, yet 2 good games and he looks to have earned a move to Barcelona. Another example of the media getting carried away, thats unlike them:rolleyes:

Zaph

BaZmO* wrote: »

I don't get this hate for Fabregas. I'm a Utd. supporter and I can understand why people hate Ronaldo but Fabregas? He's one of the best players in the world, absolute class.

I agree. In fact I didn't realise that people hated him at all. Don't suppose he'd like to sign for Leeds?

kryogen

Esse85 wrote: »

I really cant see what all the fuss is about Archavin, he's played 2 games, played very well in those, had the chance to shine against an ordinary back 4 tonight and goes missing.

He's 27, 90% of soccer fans have never even heard of him till he played his first game of the tournament, yet 2 good games and he looks to have earned a move to Barcelona. Another example of the media getting carried away, thats unlike them:rolleyes:

ahh but luckily not all of us here on boards were fooled. i know it wasnt only me that questioning his ability, not that im saying he is a bad player by the way, just dont buy into the hype

estebancambias

I like him, but I bet you''ll get people saying ''you can't judge him on one game''..despite the fact that a lot of people have done this.

Then people laugh at my McGeady comparison despite the fact they have seen Arshavin play at most 5 times.

Xavi6

Russia

Thata boy Xavi. And people wanted him dropped? :rolleyes:

estebancambias

In fairness if I had to choose between Xavi, Cesc, Senna and Iniesta, I probably would drop Xavi.

kryogen

Xavi6 wrote: »

Thata boy Xavi. And people wanted him dropped? :rolleyes:

who wanted him dropped??

i thought there was talk of Iniesta or Silva being dropped for Fab but not Xavi, he is considered undroppable tbh

Then again, i wouldnt get too excited, every football fan on here knows who made the difference for Spain tonight.

Fabregas!......did you really need to look?

Xavi did make so good 5 yard passes left and right though

dont get mad, im only messin with ya!

Dun laoire

The Russians just didn't have the zip which they showed against Holland. Looked jaded and once they went 1 down it was all over. Spain always looked like scoring soon after too. Hope they go on and win it. Fabergas is unreal. Great to watch as most you lads have already pointed out.

Xavi6

Russia

estebancambias wrote: »

In fairness if I had to choose between Xavi, Cesc, Senna and Iniesta, I probably would drop Xavi.

Why?

kryogen wrote: »

who wanted him dropped??

i thought there was talk of Iniesta or Silva being dropped for Fab but not Xavi, he is considered undroppable tbh

Then again, i wouldnt get too excited, every football fan on here knows who made the difference for Spain tonight.

Fabregas!......did you really need to look?

Xavi did make so good 5 yard passes left and right though

dont get mad, im only messin with ya!

Yeah there were in the other thread. Unbelievable I know.

kinaldo

Awesome performance from Spain. Never bought into the Russia hype. They played well against a hugely over hyped Dutch team, but Spain once again gave them a footballing lesson, and showed the best way to defend without great defenders is to keep the ball. That said I thought Ramos showed his class tonight (did very well against Italy too). Very solid at the back, won everything in the air and simply phenomenal for a full back going forward. MOTM.

Decision to take Torres off was correct as nothing was going his way. He seems a bit lacking in confidence at the moment, probably due to the manager, but I think Spain are still good enough to beat anyone on current form - with or without Cesc and Villa. Germany will need to get very lucky on Sunday to win.

Pepe LeFrits

Well, either Fabregas, Xavi or the formation had to be dropped, so...

dubmick

anyone else notice Dunphy freaking out when RTE returned to the panel after the match?

mike65

I did, someone or something clearly had his attention just off screen to his left.

Mike.

Mweelrea

Russia

I didn't expect Russia to win but i did expect a better performance then a 3-0 defeat.
Should make for an interesting final

pickarooney

This match absolutely convinces me that Germany will win the final.
Holland are great! - dumped out by
Russia are great! - disposed of by
Spain are great! until they meet the men without a prayer
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