Gribz 743 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) I think they should scrap the 3rd place game, its meaningless and after you are knocked out you just want to get on your holidays. With the hosts being in it they will want to put on a show but the Dutch wont be bothering to much. The focus should be all about the final now. Don't think we will see a classic on Sunday, 2 team who will cancel each other out. Messi has only shown flashes of quality but certainly hasn't carried Argentina like Maradona did in 86, its been more like Argentina crawling to the final in 1990 when Maradona was playing with injuries throughout the tournament. Germany are stronger all over the pitch and I fancy them to win but Im hoping Argentina lift the trophy. Edited July 12, 2014 by Gribz 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) I think they should scrap the 3rd place game, its meaningless and after you are knocked out you just want to get on your holidays. With the hosts being in it they will want to put on a show but the Dutch wont be bothering to much. The focus should be all about the final now. Don't think we will see a classic on Sunday, 2 twos will cancel each other out. Messi has only shown flashes of quality but certainly hasn't carried Argentina like Maradona did in 86, its been more like Argentina crawling to the final in 1990 when Maradona was playing with injuries throughout the tournament. Germany are stronger all over the pitch and I fancy them to win but Im hoping Argentina lift the trophy. It smells of 0-0, but let's hope somebody takes a chance when it comes along so as we get a reasonable game to watch. The Holland v Argentina match was desperately negative with the fear of losing upermost in the players minds. Perhaps the Germans may be more positive which in turn would give the Argentinians more space. Over the years the 3rd place game has at least given us lots of goals. However, today's match is somewhat surreal after Brazil got hammered the other night and Van Gaal publicly rubbished it. ------------------------------------------------------- How the bookies view it Over 2.5 goals... (potential winnings for a tenner bet in pounds sterling) B v H..............................7/10... (7) A v G..............................6/4... (15) Edited July 12, 2014 by buster. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Holland 2-0 up. GIRUY Tin Man 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 It was / is the worst Brazil team ever. They weren't even good in the group stages and Chile were by far better in the last 16. The only time they played half well was against Colombia. Didn't see Holland pumping them 3-0 though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little General 80 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I've got 2-0 Germans tonight. hopefully finish with a correct score. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 It was / is the worst Brazil team ever. They weren't even good in the group stages and Chile were by far better in the last 16. The only time they played half well was against Colombia. Didn't see Holland pumping them 3-0 though. I had Holland 2 - 4 Brazil because I did think Holland would score a good few goals against them, but I though Brazil might turn it on a bit and score a couple as well. Sadly, that Brazil team are shite from back to front. They've got a few cracking players, but they're just not good enough to lift the World Cup unless they'd been incredibly lucky. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 I've got 2-0 Germans tonight. hopefully finish with a correct score. Tough one to predict, but I do think the Germans might have the edge so long as they keep it tight at the back. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,141 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 three two for the germans tonight I was talking about the amount of people who backed Germany to win 7 -1 with the bookies there was quite a lot according to paddy power 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 three two for the germans tonight I was talking about the amount of people who backed Germany to win 7 -1 with the bookies there was quite a lot according to paddy power If quite a lot backed 7-1 then they had insight info. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancornetto 1 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Tempted to predict an Argie win in a last ditch attempt to scoop some points and go 2nd but I can't see past Germany to win it at the bitter end. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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