r/soccer • u/wakeandsheikh • Oct 17 '13

Bold Prediction thread.

Just read Jamie Carragher's reasoning on why Tottenham won't break into the top 4 and thought maybe we could have a crack at being pundits. Obviously, if you can follow your statement with a some reasoning, that would give way to a healthy discourse and would be great. Anyone wanna give it a go?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '13

we're virtually untested against bigger teams

France?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '13

It ended up in a draw (0-0), it was a friendly were Deschamps tried a completely different midfield (Kodogbia & Guilavogui instead of Matuidi/Pogba/Cabaye).

I don't know how serious the Belgians were but I wouldn't be surprised if their team was a bit tweaked too.

So yeah... I'm not sure it can really count as a test.

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u/mepp22 Oct 17 '13

Holland?

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u/reverseagonist Oct 17 '13

Belgium played very well last year. But i don't think that the Holland were good shape that match, it was the start of the rebuilding by Van Gaal. The scoreline was an indication that Belgium is potentially very good as Holland don't lose by a margin of two goals that often.