Football equivalents of cricket teams

[Singh bling]

Actually France is UAE of cricket. .Just like you don't find original Arabs in UAE team , you don't find Frenchmen in France football.

 

The only thing differ is UAE don't have success of french team

[velu]

21 hours ago, Gollum said:

3. India: Italy

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keeper ( buffon ) retired from his international duty at 40

shld sound ominous symbol  to many here 

[Gollum]

10. Zimbabwe: Turkey

• Had many good players in 90s, early 2000s
• Childhood nostalgia for kids who followed global events in late 90s and early 2000s
• Andy Flower=Hakan Sukur, both ATGs who were overlooked because they didn't play for the big boys
• Quite weak now and may have to wait for a few years before they are taken seriously again
• Zimbabwe/Turkey origin players helped other top tier teams achieve great success eg Flower brothers for England(test no 1)/Pakistan(CT) while Ozil played a big role for Germany in 2014 WC.
• Political problems, dictators, human rights violations etc spilled over to sports and sullied the image of their national teams.

 

11. Afghanistan: Egypt

• Countries in turmoil because of terrorism, war, political/social unrest->cricket/football is the sole outlet for national identity
• Success a triumph of human spirit in times of great adversity
• Only in recent times have they made a global splash
• Rashid Khan (SRH)=Mohammed Salah (Liverpool), both took their famous leagues by storm and achieved great popularity...both proud symbols of their nations, both full of style and panache
• Talented but very raw, will take time to mature but have serious potential

 

12. Ireland: Iceland

• Small countries
• Playing for a long time but only in recent times have they qualified for big events
• Mostly unknown players but whole greater than sum of parts
• Both gave England lots of heartburn in the big stage....WC 2011 group game and Euro 2016 sending the inventors of the sport into mourning
• Players who carried them this far are old and close to retirement, worries about future because young talent doesn't look that promising....may face a steep decline that will set them back by a few more years.

Edited July 16, 2018 by Gollum

[MechEng]

Afghanistan: Croatia.

 

Modest at heart, potential to make it huge.

Edited July 16, 2018 by MechEng

[MechEng]

How about comparing batting styles with teams?

 

Spain : Gavaskar/Dravid/Atherton/Pujara.

 

Germany : Sachin/Ponting/Kohli/Sangakkara.

 

Brazil : Viv/ Lara/ Pietersen/ Sehwag.

 

 

 

 

[lamellavig]

48 minutes ago, MechEng said:

How about comparing batting styles with teams?

 

Spain : Gavaskar/Dravid/Atherton/Pujara.

 

Germany : Sachin/Ponting/Kohli/Sangakkara.

 

Brazil : Viv/ Lara/ Pietersen/ Sehwag.

 

 

 

 

You gravely insult Spain. Spain are masters of calculus, masters of dominion. To Spain, football is a matter of philosophy, a matter of intelligence and control and perfectionism, a philosophy where they are always the attacking team and where they are never dominated. 

 

How dare you compare the likes of vulgar and defensive Dravid, Gavaskar and Pujara to Spain who are pure and never dominated?

[MechEng]

7 hours ago, lamellavig said:

You gravely insult Spain. Spain are masters of calculus, masters of dominion. To Spain, football is a matter of philosophy, a matter of intelligence and control and perfectionism, a philosophy where they are always the attacking team and where they are never dominated. 

 

How dare you compare the likes of vulgar and defensive Dravid, Gavaskar and Pujara to Spain who are pure and never dominated?

The pure and never dominated team got knocked out by an inexperienced team like Russia in Round of 16. Spanish team has been criticised for tiki taka style where strikers become almost obsolete. 

 

If defensive batting is vulgar to you then I highly doubt that you follow test matches. 

Edited July 17, 2018 by MechEng

[lamellavig]

4 hours ago, MechEng said:

The pure and never dominated team got knocked out by an inexperienced team like Russia in Round of 16. Spanish team has been criticised for tiki taka style where strikers become almost obsolete. 

 

If defensive batting is vulgar to you then I highly doubt that you follow test matches. 

Spain are never dominated. They may be knocked out, but they are never dominated. Why? Because this is the philosophy of Josep Guardiola y Sala and Xavi Hernandez i Creus. 

 

You are clearly fascinated by muscular and physical sports. Maybe go and watch boxing or athletics if you are so fascinated by muscles and physical strength. 

Edited July 17, 2018 by lamellavig

[sriniwu]

south africa = man U...

 

have the best of stars & the hype that goes with it.. trophy cupboard = bare

[Iconoclast]

South Africa = Arsenal

Bunch of bottlers

 

Australia = Real Madrid

Arrogant pricks, win with help of referees

 

West Indies = AC Milan

Past glory, now crap

 

India = Barcelona

Win at home, crap away :P

 

Pakistan = Juventus

Match fixers but returning to winning after scandals

 

New Zealand/Sri Lanka = Atletico Madrid

Small team in the neighborhood of the big team. Few resources but still put up a fight.

 

 =

 

[Gollum]

Current Indian team is like the current Belgium football team, number 1 ranked and best W-L, but look no further than that...nothing meaningful to show. 

[sandeep]

On 7/15/2018 at 4:00 PM, WeStMiDz said:

Nice thread. Refreshing change from Dhoni this and Dhoni that. 

Bingo.

[sandeep]

@Moderator @jalebi_bhai  This should be made an article.

[rtmohanlal]

On 7/16/2018 at 12:07 PM, YCCC said:

Of course England = England. We're the only country that plays cricket and football to a decent standard

 

When a cricketing country insults us we can throw back "how did you do at the footba world cup" and the opposite if a footballing country insults us. Win win 

that is some achievement in itself..... England is the only country in the world  that  has been traditionally and fairly successful in the 2 most popular sports  in terms of  sample size of followers.

[Vilander]

On 7/15/2018 at 4:23 PM, Gollum said:

@velu Buffon a 40 year old is captain of Italy and he is their goalkeeper. In India a wicketkeeper was official captain till age 36 and unofficial captain now ...India-Italy is a perfect fit, no wonder INC party workers ordered 400 kg laddus for their ruling party's President after the 2006 WC triumph  

 

*ing brilliant thread this.

[Vilander]

7 hours ago, sandeep said:

@Moderator @jalebi_bhai  This should be made an article.

Brilliant work from Gollum and comments are golden too.

[Gollum]

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9. Bangladesh: Some African country (Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria????)

• Lots of funds pumped in by governing body
• 1-2 high quality players surrounded by a bunch of mediocre players
• Occasionally upset higher ranked teams
• Too many false dawns
• Very passionate fanbase
• Perpetual victim mentality

Another similarity is just like the African nations, Bangladesh does much better in junior level. U-19 champs now, just like how Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon have won U-20 FIFA WC and Olympics (earlier only u-23, now 3 over 23 players allowed per squad). Obvious age-fudging in both cases. Also both suffer from poor domestic structure and player development programs, disproportionate emphasis on winning junior titles. And players behave like insufferable d!cks.

[Gollum]

4 years gone by, how time flies 

 

T20 WC ongoing, FIFA WC in Qatar starts next month.

[adi B]

Wow what a thread. 

Great correlations!

[Tattieboy]

Scotland : Scotland .....both pull off a great win giving us supporters great hope only for next few games to show we are correct they both are sh*t .