The Official World Cup 2010 Thread

Mojo · 06-25-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Their 2 Man City rejects can actually be arsed for Brazil, which I don't get..

Robinho especially looked great against North Korea. I know they are far from a great side but it didnt matter who the opposition was in his time with Man City, he just looked disinterested and happy to collect his wages.

TheCunningStunt · 06-25-2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

Robinho especially looked great against North Korea. I know they are far from a great side but it didnt matter who the opposition was in his time with Man City, he just looked disinterested and happy to collect his wages.

I think there was problems with in the club, he perhaps didn't feel loved. Players with Robinho's egos need to feel like they're the main man, that flair player.. or they won't like it. He was expected to go on the wing, and do his bit for the team. Mismanaged, he would've been happy in a free roam role.

With Brazil, it's his country so they could play him anywhere and he'd try, because almost veryone loves their country..

Mojo · 06-25-2010, 12:50 PM

Yeah you may have a point but its still no excuse. Rooney would play left-back if you asked him to.

TheCunningStunt · 06-25-2010, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

Yeah you may have a point but its still no excuse. Rooney would play left-back if you asked him to.

Rooney doesn't have the ego, hence why Ronaldo was our main flair player.. Rooney was just part of the team.

Robinho has that Ronaldo ego, you have to manage that to make the best of it. It's not right, but it's the way it is.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-25-2010, 12:57 PM

One of the things that's sad about the emergence of the premier league, the champions league & the availability of La Liga is that you pretty much know most of the members of the teams. The mystique of foreign teams has gone.

I mean Maradonna says that Jonás Gutiérrez is along with Messi & Mascherano the most important members of the Argentina team, yet the guy has just played a season in the championship with Newcastle.

It's just not the same.

right-track · 06-25-2010, 01:17 PM

How the hell has Torres just got away with simulating an injury after being accidentally tripped?

Mojo · 06-25-2010, 01:27 PM

Clearly the ref hasnt seen it as acidental. He tripped him but it didnt look as though there was anyhting in it and it looked like a definite overeaction.

right-track · 06-25-2010, 01:31 PM

Even if it was on purpose, which it wasn't, how has the ref been conned into thinking Torres was crippled?
If he's seen it and we assume he has, then why hasn't it crossed his mind that he's milking it for all it's worth?
It's these kind of decisions that make my blood boil!

TheCunningStunt · 06-25-2010, 01:32 PM

TBF, Torres is a tart. It doesn't take much to hurt him..

right-track · 06-25-2010, 01:33 PM

TBF...Torres is a crafty, cheating bastard!

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06-25-2010, 01:27 PM	#807 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Clearly the ref hasnt seen it as acidental. He tripped him but it didnt look as though there was anyhting in it and it looked like a definite overeaction. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

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06-25-2010, 01:17 PM	#806 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	How the hell has Torres just got away with simulating an injury after being accidentally tripped?

06-25-2010, 01:31 PM	#808 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Even if it was on purpose, which it wasn't, how has the ref been conned into thinking Torres was crippled? If he's seen it and we assume he has, then why hasn't it crossed his mind that he's milking it for all it's worth? It's these kind of decisions that make my blood boil!

06-25-2010, 01:33 PM	#810 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	TBF...Torres is a crafty, cheating bastard!