zolayes 14,489 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I'm not winding up anything, just speaking from what I believe. Scotland only have a population of 4-5 population, which is not enough for them to build a powerful team like England, Germany, Spain, etc. Is there anything wrong with saying this? Hell, it's hard to even make it to the world cup with this population. Don't get me wrong, Scotland are a very talented nation in sports, they've shown it in Rugby and Andy Murray sure as hell shown it but football just doesn't work for them, just like China, Mexico, Japan for various other reasons.you said they are not built for football ,, THEY were as important as any nation in developing the game , Study some history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 china + india = 2billion? 0 players produced that ive heard ofuruguay is like 2-4 millionI think china is different..China doesnt give a shit about futbol... They want their star athletes in the olympics, which is why china is always top 2 in medal counts for the summer games....India is india. RoyalBlues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Scotland are simply not a football nation, they're not built for football. They suit Rugby & Tennis better. They have good individuals, they've always produced quality players as far as I can remember (not talking about history because obviously they were one of the pioneers in football), but their problem has always been playing well collectively and getting those players to play as well as they do for their clubs. OneMoSalah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 If I were English right now, I'd be confused as to why they don't play like that in World Cups and European Championships, with the similar sort of energy and aggression they have along with the inventiveness they showed at times tonight. I mean sure England aren't favorites to win any sort of major tournaments, lets be realistic but they don't play anything like that tonight in tournaments. The World Cup you can say was a bit different but I wasn't really impressed at all in a footballing sense it just seemed like the same as usual, relying on talented individuals to make the difference as opposed to the philosophy making the difference. England are always going to be at the tournaments so they should be looking to try and go further than they normally do, in the same way that we are looking to try get to tournaments. PS. Sterling's non existent attempt to tackle Andy Robertson for the Scotland goal is just crazy. He tackles him then Robertson doesn't get that one-two to get into the box never mind the goal. Small details. Although it was a friendly and England still won... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobematabryant 400 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Dont need a huge population to be good. Just need a good infrastructure... Both china and india suck in football, with their huge population... Also, Japan and Mexico are good futbol nations...USA will become a world power in futbol soon and the huge population is part of the reason..India don't give a fuck about football. China however do, but most of them are born to focus on the Olympics. The major reason why China lack the power in football is because firstly the infrastructure is horrid as you say and secondly, the corruption. Yes you are right about infrastructure but it is also about population, the bigger the population, the better the talent pool. Japan and Mexico are great teams in their respective confederations but they've been both awful in the World Cups. They're not football superpowers either like Germany, Italy, etc. Yes I agree USA will become a super power in football, if the sport catches on. Nike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobematabryant 400 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 you said they are not built for football ,, THEY were as important as any nation in developing the game , Study some historyWell I was saying they're not built to be a football superpower like Germany, Italy, etc nor are they built to qualify for major tournaments, this is an irrefutable fact. Name me last time they even qualified for a single tournament? Yes they were important in history, that's just the Liverpool argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 you said they are not built for football ,, THEY were as important as any nation in developing the game , Study some historyCanadians invented basketball...But they suck now. kobematabryant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 No more international breaks till March 2015. Yeaaaahhh :yay: iceboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 On a different note, anyone watched Bossingwa mark Messi out of the Portugal vs Argentina match like it was 2012? Bosnian Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Well I was saying they're not built to be a football superpower like Germany, Italy, etc nor are they built to qualify for major tournaments, this is an irrefutable fact. Name me last time they even qualified for a single tournament? Yes they were important in history, that's just the Liverpool argument. Of course they aren't going to be a football superpower, I mean cmon, a football superpower should be a country that has a good league and has a top international team that competes for international trophies. To be honest not many countries are actually able to just get a load of players and all of a sudden become a footballing superpower. It takes time and a long term plan. Germany revamped all their youth policies and what they did to develop players that however many years ago and the last 8 years or so they've started to really come to the fore as a top top top international team confirmed by the fact they became world champions in Brazil and were constantly in finals/semi finals since 2000. Spain as well always were well prepared to be a football superpower due to the way they viewed the game, that they got everybody from a young age comfortable with a general philosophy based on ball retention and that they have a B team league and stuff so there reserve players are getting more meaningful game experience and they won 2 Euros and a World Cup in 12 years. zolayes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 On a different note, anyone watched Bossingwa mark Messi out of the Portugal vs Argentina match like it was 2012? Bosingwa win, Messi couldn't score. Sign him up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Dont need a huge population to be good. Completely agreeJust look at how Iceland has been playing as of yet. Beat the Netherlands 2-0 if I remember correctly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Munich has or in the process of making an academy in USAMan City has NYCFC, which already signed up kids to their academy...I wouldnt be surprised if both Real madrid and man united do the same in the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Modric out for 4 months. How will this affect Real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Modric out for 4 months. How will this affect Real?More playing time for Khedira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 More playing time for KhediraSo Real is fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 So Real is fucked.Not so much imo, as bad as Khedira would be, I think he is still could do the job against lesser teams, if he is fit.If Khedira injured, then they're really fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Now THIS is what I call obvious match fixing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_mCBxlOnIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Gutted for Omeruo and Mikel. Kieran. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Amazing! Well done Iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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