Re: Asian teams

by FalcaoPunch Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:42 pm

Asian and African teams both were poor this WC

by Nishankly Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:42 pm

messixaviesta wrote:
Nishy wrote:We hype Japan cuz they are the best we've got in this continent. S.Korea sucks, Iran hmmmm

No Australia is Asia's best representative. Just imagine what could have happened if they were in Japan's, Korea's or even Iran's group!

meh they are a different continent only playing in Asia so that they stop massacring the small islands.

by messixaviesta Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:24 pm

farfan wrote:
messixaviesta wrote:
farfan wrote:Concacaf's best team ( mexico ) is notorious for underachieving .
that whole region reached the quarter finals just once in 28 years ... and that game pitted two concacaf teams against each other...

meanwhile africa had 3 quarfer final appearances by 3 different teams during that period , and managed to beat two defending world champions ( senegal vs france, cameroun vs argentina )
not to mention 5 different teams past the first round since 1986.

Spot on comments. Very well said.

BTW is that individual in your avatar and signature Domench? If yes then why do you choose to highlight him now?

i lost a bet to some heartless german guy.

No wonder. That guy must be really heartless to ask you to put Domenech there. Even a donkey in his place would be better. Smile

by messixaviesta Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:26 pm

Robespierre wrote:
farfan wrote:the more important question is why people are always picking on african teams when asian teams ( and yes, even concacaf teams ) have been worse in the past 24 years?
because African NTs engendered a fantastic generation ( Eto'o,Drogba,Toure etc ) and so the expectations are always important
on the contrary Asian Teams ... ppl often not even knows players of these NTs

Yes that's true.

Samuel Eto'o
Didier Drogba
Michael Essien
Yaya Toure

Who from Asia comes even close to those profiles?

by VendettaRed07 Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:27 pm

rwo power wrote:
VendettaRed07 wrote:The J-League was just founded in 1992, and they don't have many players playing abroad.
There are quite some Japanese players in the Bundesliga, though.

Yes, very true Razz

I knew about Uchida, and that Kagawa used to be at dortmund, but after looking at the rosters of more sides there are more Japanese players in the BL than I thought. Hopefully thats a trend that will continue across more leagues around the world Molenation

by messixaviesta Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:28 pm

Nishy wrote:
messixaviesta wrote:
Nishy wrote:We hype Japan cuz they are the best we've got in this continent. S.Korea sucks, Iran hmmmm

No Australia is Asia's best representative. Just imagine what could have happened if they were in Japan's, Korea's or even Iran's group!

meh they are a different continent only playing in Asia so that they stop massacring the small islands.

Whatever but since they are part of the Asian confederation now I suppose we should discuss them among Asian teams. It's like we have to call Diego Costa a Spaniard now. Smile

by farfan Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:33 pm

india should dump that silly cricket game and replace it with football.

big potential if they get into it.

by messixaviesta Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:47 pm

farfan wrote:india should dump that silly cricket game and replace it with football.

big potential if they get into it.

I don't like cricket much or rather I used to but I don't any more. However every country has it's preferences and if that's what moves our people most so be it. Besides we will struggle to reach the level we have reached in cricket in almost any other sport.

by MaraVilla Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:48 pm

i was sceptical of this Aussie side from what I saw before the WC, but dam, glad they proved me wrong. We've got a good young group coming through, hopefully they keep improving.