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Basically, if someone would like to tell me how to maximize my fun and minimize my cost (besides the obvious that going to Orient will be cheaper than Fulham) and save me having to think about this in a meaningful way, that would be super.
When I asked this same question the locals made Charlton sound like a pretty good option.
You'll be able to get tickets to that. Also, depending on where you're staying in London the price difference between Fulham and Orient may not be that great once you factor in travel (both the opportunity cost of your time and the direct expense).
Croatia are probably a better side than Italy right now, but Spain are supposed to beat them handily because Spain are supposed to beat everyone handily. I don't think it would be shocking if Croatia pulled this off today, though. I'm looking forward to this one!
I would expect that you could walk up and buy tickets to any of those.
Shooty, StubHub has a UK operation, but I've never found it useful for football.
I'd peg them as one of the good but not elite sides in Europe. They're sort of like the Everton of national teams; solid if unspectacular, perennially overperforming in spite of serious structural handicaps (finances for Everton, tiny population for Croatia).
Spain should be favored by a goal or two, I would think.
This is going to be a tough one, I fear. Spurs v Chelsea, outside a CL game, is probably the ultimate, too.
That said, in any world where Greece is going onto the quarterfinals is a world where predictions are meaningless.
I was too, but they've looked so crappy in so many other games I'm not willing to jump back on the bandwagon yet.
ENSPFC runs the impressive double of pretentious and nonsensical.
An ESPNFC ripoff.
So it represents the ESPN brand perfectly?
Just shoot me now.
A gang of wolves could do better!
Unfortunately Spain can't be sent home without losing, so they don't have much incentive to do much other than control the ball.
There has been a lot of talk of that, Italians are paranoid after the oh so convenient 2-2 draw between Sweden and Denmark that knocked them out in 2004.
So: halftime 0-0 Spain-Croatia encourages Italy to play too defensively, Ireland score on a set-piece late, Italy goes out?
You say that like Italy is in need of any encouragement to play too defensively, that is their thing.
It's like he and Pep just got bored with blowing the doors off everybody and decided to see how extreme/tedious they could push the tiki-taka formula.
So, to sum up del Bosque's tactics: Because f**k you, that's why.
It's not like that team needs a playmaker than can finish, or a great defender, either; they just need somebody to put a last touch on the ball.
They have Llorente and Negredo. Does Llorente's Basque-ness play any part in his being glued to the bench?
Fortunately the best team don't have to put up with Torres, they have Neymar and Hulk.
And Leandro!
Meanwhile the Spanish look like they just don't want to shoot at all.
On top of the Spanish tactics laid out here, the Italians have sat back and defended a 1-0 lead for most of the last forty minutes.
That was always the likely outcome after they scored, right? Sit back and rely on the Irish to muck up any half chances they get.
Or, precisely the opposite, I suppose.
Now the Croatians have to hope for help from the Irish...and Andrews gets sent off. So much for that
Maybe.
By a whisker, and only his head. I think hardly any linesman would have called that.
Andrews just got sent off with a second yellow for the Irish. And now Balotelli scores. So... not happening.
I definately would have scored that. Torres would have uffed it though.
And bringing on Balotelli = genius
I definitely would have scored, since I have scored on a play like that. Just a bit of self-depreciating humor.
Yeah, Torres would have put it into row Z.
Well, except for being eliminated from the tournament. They have that.
Corluka had his jersey grabbed on the Croatian corner before the goal that wasn't called as well (where he headed wide).
Silva isn't much of a scorer. In 259 games for his various clubs, he's scored just 40 goals (I left out his first season because I assume his minutes were limited then). His season high is 8. He's done a bit better for Spain: 17 in 61. Still, you can't really count on him for more than a goal every 4-6 games.
Iniesta scores even fewer, about 1 every 7 to 10 games.
Cesc is about the same as Silva.
I suspect all of them need someone else to be making penetrating runs in order to be effective. Otherwise Spain is going to grind out victories by narrow margins and will generally be a fast break or two away from elimination.
Yeah, him and Messi. Real drag.
Spain needs to drop Silva and put in Cesc and replace Alonso with Navas. I would continue to start Torres.
A game against Germany would probably require both Busquets and Alonso.
I am not able to watch much Spanish football but isn't Llorente more of a target man, while Negredo a poacher type? I think Del Bosque doesn't want to use those type of players. Torres is a mobvile, willing runner, still has decent speed and can run at defenders (at least he's been trying). He's not the same player he was but even during the Croatia game he did well with the ball when he got some service.
Looking at the Spanish squad they don't have too many options for pure pace (out-of-form Pedro) or width (just Navas). Seeing as how they have so many great creative midfielders, I was a little shocked that Modric was head-and-shoulders above everyone yesterday until he got tired.
I wonder if Real will be that much more determined to get him after that game yesterday.
The Globe on Irving Park. Plenty of TVs and beer selection, cromulent bar food.
Parker, Young, Rooney, Welbeck.
Ukraine: Pyatov, Gusev, Khacheridi, Selin, Rakitskiy,
Yarmolenko, Tymoschuk, Konoplianka, Garmash, Devic, Milevskiy.
Shevchenko is on the bench.
edit: France going with Ben Arfa in place of Menez and Diarra in place of Cabaye today.
Here you go Mattbert.
I can't even begin to imagine why a Tottenham fan would want such a thing.
I can't even begin to imagine why a Tottenham fan would want such a thing.
Masochism is part of the deal, man.
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