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It is probably Trinidad and Tobago, where DJames is from!

LMAO! But it makes absolutely no sense at all...In Brazil the games are usually at 4:00pm-5:00pm, which would be better for everyone (especially Europe and Middle East, because the game would start at 10:00pm and not midnight or later). Only FIFA to do such a stupid schedule!

@CHOULO19, mate, will you be cheering for whom tonight?

Why is the game at 19:00?

Distance covered?

Thanks Barbara, thanks a lot! But I will be travelling to USA next week, so I will try to find it there! If you want anything, just let me know that when I get here I send it to you over Sedex.

I need a Chelsea home kit 13/14 with no name on it...

Se eu fosse o presidente do Brasil, te mandava para Espanha como exílio!

Pool party with barbecue to watch Brazil vs Spain!

Great stuff mate, just as I saw!

"Spain is the greatest side in history" - LOOOOL! Brazil in 1970 or 1982 (I will let you choose) would rip this team apart. Brazil would win 11 of every 10 games played!

He is actually right, Spain didnt play against Brazil since 1999 and this is the very last 'task' you have as a National Team! If Spain lose today, they will seem a bit weak to the world, especially after the bad game you had vs Italy. A loss today will definitely take away some of your reputation... Also, Brazil is the only team to have all international cups at once. And it would be a good way for Spain to permanently stamp their name in the history of football as one of the very best teams of all time... So, yes, Spain does need to win this last game to prove themselves!

@, you do know you will be charged 60% tax when the kit gets here, right?

I know it, but giving statistics more importance than they actually have is a good recipe for disaster.

I am not stressing, just because I completely disagree, now it means I am losing control! Stats are na aid, said it perfectly, not the number one aspect or factor to be taken into consideration. Teams will continue to use observation, knowledge and experience as their number one asset to choose which player they will buy/sell... Also, I am only arguing about the transfer utility of statistics (before anyone start quoting me for the wrong reasons). I am of the firmly belief that numbers are the wrong way to analyse a possible transfer. A scout should use his guts, knowledge and observation (like it always has). However, I am 100% for using datas, numbers and progressions to improve players!!!!

That is absolutely insulting... ...a complete wank should not be compared to Pelé!

You know Socrates is already dead, right?

First, it has nothing to do with passion and tradition... Second, using statistics is very different than putting it as the primarily factor... Third, this is not baseball...

What?

A hat? Seriously? Defeated all the purpose!

Have you read Moneyball? It advises you to build a whole baseball team using statistics as the primary criteria, ignoring all other analysis! Does it work? Yeees, in baseball, a sport that has statistics written all over it... However, football doesnt work like that. Football is more an art than a science. Just like you cant analyse a painter with numbers, you cant do the same with players. Nevetheless, just by using your vision, studies and experience, you can say whether a painter is good or not (or a player for that matter). For instance, Argentine and Brazilian scouts dont use any other tool than their observation, different than England and France (who relly heavily on statistics and studies). Who has been more successful? Scouts should relly on their guts, experience and knowledge first and statistics second...

'It' is the use of statistcs as the primary attribute to choose a player in the construction of a football squad... It works as a minor category not as a big part of scouting (no way), because football it not baseball. What you are trying to propose is something like Moneyball, where you simply 100% relly on statistics and progressions, something that would totally fail! There is absolutely no need to put statistics as a primary focus. 1) Football isnt a turn-by-turn based sport, which makes numbers much less important than the actual gameplay. 2) Statistcs are often misleading in football, many dont represent what you want them to (and that is because you attack and defend at the same time). 3) Unlike baseball and american football, where you actually do look for a player that will give you x-hits or x-tackles (and thus you use statistic), you cant do that to football. A player must do a lot of different things all at once; making the overall analysis and observation of training sessions much more important than numbers. 4) Football is the least mathematic of all sports, you dont need to use one single number to get to the conclusion if one will or will not fit into your squad nor you need it to decide if a player is good or not. I would trust my eye hundreds of times more than a bunch of numbers (and this is comming from an engineer). 5) Scouts rarely choose one player over the other due to the statistics you posted...

Disagree, trying to apply a non-football mentality to football, it doesnt work.

It is disgusting what you guys are doing to Darth Vader!

Football is only Sunday at 19:00pm Brazilian time. Wimbledon has lost all its entertainment now that Djoko and Serena will both win. I dont watch Tour de France (or any other cycling event), it is a competition of who dopped himself the most. F1 saves it a bit though...