The French are invading!!!!

[Historian]

I Concur

And the Germans

Having watched every game so far, I am forced to agree that France, the Netherlands and Germany have (in my opinion) been the most impressive teams so far.

[Islandman]

...but which TEAMs do you think would perform better against the best TEAM IN THE WORLD (i.e. the German TEAM), the CAF teams or the CONCACAF teams?

Well I don't know if the German team is the best team in the world. It is certainly ONE of the best teams, as are Brazil, Italy and to a lesser extent Uruguay.

Given what we have seen with the results against those teams so far, the answer to your question is CONCACAF by a light year! LOL.

Let us see how Ghana does against the Germans. I think they will lose by at least 2 clear goals. Poor defense against those teams means you will likely be scored against, early and often.

[Karl]

Well I don't know if the German team is the best team in the world. It is certainly ONE of the best teams, as are Brazil, Italy and to a lesser extent Uruguay.

Given what we have seen with the results against those teams so far, the answer to your question is CONCACAF by a light year! LOL.

Let us see how Ghana does against the Germans. I think they will lose by at least 2 clear goals. Poor defense against those teams means you will likely be scored against, early and often.

I think I see this in your post: If Ghana beats the Germans then "the Germans are not the best TEAM in the World"?

If that was implied or the thinking...then...

[Karl]

King Karl, I stopped reading your post after you said 'the French are not a good set of players'.

HL?
Cho man in that post I put in parenthesis as emphasis on/that the FRENCH have/FRANCE has a good set of players!!!
Cho man...nuh seh wah mi nuh seh!

[Islandman]

No. They Germany will still be ONE of the best teams, as they are today.

If Ghana beats the Germans they would have shown me that they more than just a collection of skillful players. So far that is all the African teams have shown me. I would like them to underpromise and overdeliver for a change.

The African teams are performing at a level that is way below the sum of the players talent, while CONCACAF teams are performing at a level that is greater than the sum of the players talent. If those are not the best illustrations of what anti-TEAM and TEAM is about I do not know what is.

[Karl]

No. They Germany will still be ONE of the best teams, as they are today.

OK!

If Ghana beats the Germans they would have shown me that they more than just a collection of skillful players. So far that is all the African teams have shown me. I would like them to underpromise and overdeliver for a change.

They are more than a collection of skillful players. ...but point taken, they are playing waaaay below full potential.

The African teams are performing at a level that is way below the sum of the players talent, while CONCACAF teams are performing at a level that is greater than the sum of the players talent. If those are not the best illustrations of what anti-TEAM and TEAM is about I do not know what is.

Agreed!

[Willi]

French were MUCH more clinical.

I lived in France before Switzerland you know!!! Hahahahaha

[Willi]

Pogba is the upcoming Talisman, the next in line to Platini and Zidane lineage.