The Official Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup thread

[AQMP]

Why don't Dunphy et al admit...Messi was shite

[mouview]

Right i hope that the end of Messi a better player than Maradona, i dont even wana to hear that any more,

Maradona was anonymous in '90 final too.

[mouview]

What was song RTE closed with tonight?

[Syferus]

Right i hope that the end of Messi a better player than Maradona, i dont even wana to hear that any more,

Maradona was anonymous in '90 final too.

Messi is a better player than Maradona and nothing that happens on Sunday has any impact on that. The only thing a win will do is make the Argies like him a little more.

[J OGorman]

Why don't Dunphy et al admit...Messi was shite

Breathe man !

Poor much alright. For those of a slightly younger vintage, there was plenty of club and international games that Maradona went missing in

A place in the WC final, hectic schedule in warm humid conditions, end of a long season, huge pressure. Was always gonna be a cagey affair.

The final will be more of the same...they usually are

[Wildweasel74]

Messi is not a better player than Maradona, Maradona would shine at Barca in that current team of recent years,  compared to the team he played on, there no way Messi could have took Napoli to 2 Italian leagues in a time Italian football was the worlds strongest. Back then a defender could cut u in 2 and often did, all the great players these days get plenty of protection, old Diego got very little. I remember watching Maradona from the mid 80`s and seen plenty of Messi, and he very good but still would not eclipse Maradona

[Dinny Breen]

Brazil, Ghana, Germany and Argentina will be the contenders next time. England will do better but they really missed the boat this time.

Not a bad auld prediction there from the Captain.

[Syferus]

Brazil, Ghana, Germany and Argentina will be the contenders next time. England will do better but they really missed the boat this time.

Not a bad auld prediction there from the Captain.

60% of it was totally wrong.

[Never beat the deeler]

Brazil, Ghana, Germany and Argentina will be the contenders next time. England will do better but they really missed the boat this time.

Not a bad auld prediction there from the Captain.

60% of it was totally wrong.

60% correct, you mean
Brazil, Germany and Argentina contenders (semi finalists so 3 out of last 4 in contention)
Ghana meh and England incorrect

Out of the five teams named, three correct predictions and two incorrect

[ONeill]

For me, Maradona was better. Messi dandered about today and only played if the ball came to him. Maradona demanded the ball.

Messi was blessed with the players around him at Barca. He's still the best on the planet right now but no way would Messi have landed that '86 World Cup or the Napoli titles.

[Zulu]

Would those 3 not have been in most peoples's predictions?

[Never beat the deeler]

Would those 3 not have been in most peoples's predictions?

I don't know, read back in the thread

[Zulu]

I mean generally, not just on GAAboard. Not taking away from Pat's soccer knowledge but I would have thought 3 of those teams would have been highly regarded by everyone.

[Eamonnca1]

Here's one for ye - Spain not to qualify out of their group. Netherlands and Chile to pip them. What odds?

Decent prediction there.

[dec]

Repeat of 1990 world cup final and probably a repeat result.

Also a repeat of the 1986 final.