Purefun Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Mertens for Belgium. Great little player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminpeter Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Looking forward to any England player that can grasp the nettle and play without fear and full of confidence I want that from the England team overall. We've got some exciting young players in the squad, I want us to make use of them for once instead of letting them sit on the bench for another 4 years when they'll be knackerd and/or injured. We've got nothing to lose, let's go for it. In answer to the OP: Sterling Neymar and Fred for Brazil (used to love Fred in FM 2006) Hazard for Belgium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeesterCat Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Mateo Kovacic Good shout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccer.joel Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 the whole Colombian and Chilean teams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Messi and Ronaldo, want them to both tear it up so people do consider them amongst the greats if they don't already. Belgium as a whole, some great players, will be interesting to see how far they can get. Some of the smaller teams like Iran, Honduras, who'll hopefully have a couple of unexpectedly brilliant players and can cause a few shocks. Tbh, I'm just excited to see it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Button Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I hope he breaks Ronaldo's record. Precisely this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearcey_90 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Well done for picking 1 of the 2 games he actually scored in He's obviously their best and most important player, but enough of the single handedly crap. But he did in the play offs? Didn't see Postiga take the tie by the scruff of its next and pull them through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggaeBwoy Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Drmic. Sterling. Loads... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubenJ Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Did you watch those play-off games? Ronaldo was sent through on goal 1-on-1 countless times. I'm not sure how you can send yourself through on goal, but I'm pretty sure you need a couple of teammates for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterUsernameHere Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 But he did in the play offs? Didn't see Postiga take the tie by the scruff of its next and pull them through. So Postiga stepped up in the qualifiers, Cristiano stepped up in the play-offs and yet it was Cristiano who single handedly dragged them to the world cup? That seems very fair. Bruno Alves scored as much as him throughout the qualifiers too by the way. Edit: Plus what Ruben said, what about Moutinho for playing him through? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Moutinho's through balls were Was just about to say Veloso's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBrown Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Nabil Bentaleb. I think he's dire. I'm looking forward to Barkley playing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Albrighton Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Some of the England youngster if they get a look in, Colombia, Brazil and Belgium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Adnan Januzaj, Luke Shaw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Has Klose got that 'most goals in World Cup Finals' record already? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavo01 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 All of the Croatian team. Love their World Cup kit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Has Klose got that 'most goals in World Cup Finals' record already? Not yet. Ronaldo had 15, Klose has 14. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Tough group as well, none of that Saudi Arabia nonsense to creep over the line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sano Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Belgium as a team ofcourse. Current or ex-players of the team I support like Bacca, Ryan, Duarte or Perisic. I always look forward to seeing the 'smaller' nations play. Ecuador, Honduras, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Bosnia, Colombia, Switzerland, etc. as the bigger teams usually have players you see playing week in week out anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudge7 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Ryan McGowan <3 Mauricio Pinilla <3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Gonzo Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Tough group as well, none of that Saudi Arabia nonsense to creep over the line I don't think Klose will be fit enough to have any impact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EhvanHSV Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I would quite like to see how Kevin Volland does, if he gets any time. He's young enough to develop still, and I think he might do well with the kind of attacking midfield Germany will field. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Balanta... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I would love for this to become the Messi/Ronaldo World Cup where both confirm their legendary status by dragging their respective teams to the final, but with Messi on questionable form most of the season and Ronaldo with his recent injury troubles, I sadly don't think the conditions are right for that. I'm looking forward to seeing possibly the most exciting widespread share of talent in a long time for a World Cup: Spain - the whole team starting by Iniesta Germany - the whole team Argentina - Messi Portugal - Ronaldo Brazil - Neymar That's just the established obvious few, because then that's when things start getting exciting: France - Ribery (though he's on poor form - the guys I'm really looking forward to watching is Pogba and Griezmann) Holland - Robben and Sneijder's final go, supported by a large crew of unknown young players Italy - Pirlo's final go with his successor Verratti on close watch England - an actually really interesting young squad with the likes of Wilshere, Barkley, Sterling, Lallana, Sturridge all capable of bringing flair to a team that usually lacks it - looking forward to watching all of them as I've not been catching much of the Premiership lately Uruguay - Suarez on epic form!! Belgium - Hazard's first World Cup leading an hugely exciting young squad that is finally starting to gel Colombia - let's hope Falcao is fit, behind him there's James Rodriguez waiting to make a big name for himself on top level Chile - again let's hope Vidal is fit, can he drag Chile's great generation from midfield? Croatia - dat Modric+Rakitic midfield Ivory Coast - can Yaya drag the oldies? Russia - not the most glamorous team but might make a great case study of how united you become when you have a full squad all originating from the same league - works well for Germany and Spain Japan - such an exciting team in terms of their style of play, loved them in the Confeds Cup Bosnia - can their "first time at world cup" enthusiasm lead them to emulate what their neighbours Croatia did in '98? Also, Pjanic and Dzeko - these guys are serious. Etc, etc. Can't wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 People mention Messi's form, saying he's not had a good season and he's not hit the heights, and I understand why people have said that. However, he's still scored 28 league goals in 30 appearances and a total of 41 in 44 in all competitions ffs Think it shows just how high the standards he set for himself are that he can score 40 goals and have most people consider it fairly "meh." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArsenalFan7 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 i was hoping to see the new beckenbauer on the world stage - van dijk, but all has gone to ruins /o\ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kontermann Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I´m really excited to see the young Belgium team. Ive been a fan of Belgium in the 80s already with the legends like Scifo, Pfaff, Gerets and Clijsters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbert_o154 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I´m really excited to see the young Belgium team. Ive been a fan of Belgium in the 80s already with the legends like Scifo, Pfaff, Gerets and Clijsters. Yeah, they played a big part in Mexico '86 being a great tournament. Alongside the Danish team, and that Argentinian feller who was also a bit good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kontermann Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I would quite like to see how Kevin Volland does, if he gets any time. He's young enough to develop still, and I think he might do well with the kind of attacking midfield Germany will field. Klose will be first choice and I guess he will get to score it when Germany get a penalty in the group stage against the US or Ghana. Would be nice to see Volland though, a great player and more suited to the teams tactics than Klose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoW Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 People mention Messi's form, saying he's not had a good season and he's not hit the heights, and I understand why people have said that. However, he's still scored 28 league goals in 30 appearances and a total of 41 in 44 in all competitions ffs Think it shows just how high the standards he set for himself are that he can score 40 goals and have most people consider it fairly "meh." To be honest, he's not been himself, that's the problem. Been invisible for lots of matches, just strolling around the field. Ofcourse he's still brilliant, he can score 1 goal a match in his sleep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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