Recent content by talkin2me

But then again, the term 'star' is so subjective. You can't argue for or against a pundits opinion unless you know what his definition of 'star' is. To me, a star is a player that is amongst the 3-5 best players in their position. So we've got at least two stars in Neuer and Lahm, and arguably...

That's exactly how I understood it as well. People hear what they wanna hear, I guess, but I thought he meant it as a compliment. No main go-to-guy, unpredictable, responsibilities on many shoulders, no divas, etc...

No ref in the world would give a foul against the keeper. The keeper is judged differently than an outfield player. If this incident happened in the crowded penalty area after a corner, noone would bat an eyelid. I mean, how often do we see keepers throwing knees and fists at opponents while...

Source? Can't find anything regarding an investigation into the Sakho and Giroud elbow incidents.

Harsh sentencing, imo, but FIFA definitely took his history into account. Sucks for LFC, though. What I don't understand is, how Suarez gets banned, yet Sakho and Giroud won't even get investigated. Deliberately elbowing someone in the face is on the same level as biting someone in the sholder...

Raised expectations after reaching 3 semi-finals and 1 final in major tournaments under Löw, I guess. Us Germans, we are spoilt pricks like that. It doesn't help that the German media hypes our players to no end, either. Götze, the German Messi; Hummels, the new Beckenbauer; Lahm, world's best...

I usually don't post on this site, but this constant Löw hatefest before one single minute of WC football is even played pisses me right off. You would think he left Messi out by the reaction around here. Volland is a decent player who had a good season where he scored 11 goals in 33 games. He...