Kompany has everything except the mentality, he switches off sometimes when he should be sensing danger, he always gets found out against big playersWould barely make it into the top 5 premier League era centre backs.
Day 21: Argentina vs. Belgium
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Wilmots is embarrassing himself now. Some bitter comments after making himself look silly with his cocky pre-match remarks.
Kompanys just very rash. He's got everything else to his game, strong, quick, good on the ball but he's overly aggressive sometimes dives in.
agree with all that. I think he's like the stevie-me of defenders, world class, but sometimes does things that seem to have only intentions of looking brave rather then being effective or wise.
I don't see any decent, available replacements for when he fecks off
I like how everyone is saying Holland will beat the Argies in the semis like Costa Rica doesn't even exist...
People are forgetting they finished top in the group of death, wouldn't count them out just yet.
People are forgetting they finished top in the group of death, wouldn't count them out just yet.
He fecked up by not starting Lukaku and Dembele. Had they started his cocky remarks might not have made him look as stupid now.
Kompany has always been prone to a mistake or rash challenge throughout his career, he had the great season at City where you thought he ironed that from his game, but i guess that was an exception. He most llikely will always have that in him.
Still think he is a very good player and currently one of the best, though.
Still think he is a very good player and currently one of the best, though.
Janujaz ain't feckin off.I don't see any decent, available replacements for when he fecks off
ok maybe to madrid but still
Easy win, NEXT!! Everybody here was talking about an easy win for Belgium, good luck with that!!
Was talking about Suarez, mate
. But I like how you already know that Janujaz may one day.. 'feck off' to Madrid 
.There will be lots of tears here when the diving Dutch get sent packing. Hopefully the Costa Ricans can do it. It was good of their coach to make an issue of Robben before the match; he put the ref on notice.
Kompany is a good defender but not a great one. Certainly not world class as hes never delivered in Europe (Actually struggled massively) or International. Lives of a reputation of one excellent season, his errors are ignored a bit like when Harts errors were often ignored.
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Hehe. Good one, Mike.
Had a look on Wikipedia, his managerial track-record is as follows:
8 games in charge of Schalke in 2003, winning 1, drawing 3, losing 4
Sint Truiden - 22 games in charge, winning 5, drawing 6, losing 11
Then he was assistant-coach to the Belgium NT for a bit and I'm assuming the previous head-coach died, otherwise I can't see how else anyone would have appointed this clown to be the head-manager o.0
so he's hoping the Dutch haven't trained and have been out shagging loads of women instead?
That's the reason behind Douglas's shock victory.
Douglass also came into the bout with loads of personal adversity - his mother died recently and something else happened (can't recall now).so he's hoping the Dutch haven't trained and have been out shagging loads of women instead?
That's the reason behind Douglas's shock victory.
I'm with you on this one, hope the Costa Ricans can knock them out. Still haven't digested that 5-1 loss.
let me laugh at all of the clueless posters that in the first 7 pages of this thread said that this game was going to be a piece of cake for belgium
Congrats marcos! I'll be rooting for you from here on in. Hope Di Maria and Aguero are fit for the semis.
Agree with this, typically against the big players like Suarez, he likes to be aggressive and on the front foot which sometimes as a defender against those sort of players isn't always the best approach. However, Suarez himself said Kompany is the toughest player to currently play against. I do think Kompany is hugely underrated by a lot on here.
It was terrible tactical planning from Wilmots and as soon as I saw the lineup this morning I knew Belgium was going to lose.
I would have rather seen a Witsel/Defour or Witsel/Dembele partnership. Lukaku should have been starting along with Mertens.
As for the game the tactics were all wrong.
Good news is that the team is young and there is loads of talent coming up that will displace some of the players on the team.
Tielemans, Malanda, and Musonda will make a big difference in the midfield.
Having a fit Benteke will also help Belgium immensely.
Wilmots needs to get his tactics sorted as Belgium looked as clueless as France did Yesterday.
Thankfully Euro qualifying starts in two months.
I would have rather seen a Witsel/Defour or Witsel/Dembele partnership. Lukaku should have been starting along with Mertens.
As for the game the tactics were all wrong.
Good news is that the team is young and there is loads of talent coming up that will displace some of the players on the team.
Tielemans, Malanda, and Musonda will make a big difference in the midfield.
Having a fit Benteke will also help Belgium immensely.
Wilmots needs to get his tactics sorted as Belgium looked as clueless as France did Yesterday.
Thankfully Euro qualifying starts in two months.
Indeed.let me laugh at all of the clueless posters that in the first 7 pages of this thread said that this game was going to be a piece of cake for belgium
Wimots saying Argentina is average and he would get slated in Belgium if he played like them. Yeah I guess you'll be celebrated by Belgian press for loosing against that average Argentina as you say. What a clown.
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The best pass of this world cup.
shall we start with Liverpoo at Stamford bridge...destroyed them
lovely
bit of the old Riquelme there
wow. I didn't see much of the first half so missed that. That is utterly sensational, perfectly weighted.
We don't have a team, just a group of individual players. It's like Wilmots never practices attacking routines or any sort of team play. I doubt he's the man to take us forward.
In any case, it was a poor game. We showed we have no business playing a World Cup semi-final. Maybe Argentina didn't show much themselves but it was still clear they're comfortably better than us. Disappointed we didn't show more this game, but not too fussed we're out. It's clear we're not ready to beat a decent side and we would've lost to anyone we'd face in the next rounds.
Not to take anything away from it, but someone a little faster than Kompany would've intercepted that before it got to Di Maria. Maybe someone like Varane.
I created an account just to say when I read this comment I was in absolute tears.
You can´t take anything away, but you tried.
There aren't too many defenders with the pace of Varane who could have cut it out.
Just listening to all the crap that Wilmots came out with after the match. He is a right proper clown.
not to take anything away from your Auntie, but if she had bollocks she'd be your uncle.
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quality control
quality control