Did the best team at the World Cup finish third.

[beorhthelm]

who can this be said without having the final? the Dutch look very good and the best team upto the semis, but end of the day couldnt breakdown the Argies. i dont think Germans will have the same problem, while it wont be a walk the park compared to Brazil, they should work something through. they are disciplined and wont get frustrated getting too far forward leaving gaps. i dont see any goals from Argentina other than some fluky wonder goal from Messi.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Are they still playing the World Cup? I thought it had ended after we played Costa Rica

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I thought the Dutch where lucky to come third.

Had a fair chunk of luck in most the games.

 

[Kevlar]

who can this be said without having the final? the Dutch look very good and the best team upto the semis, but end of the day couldnt breakdown the Argies. i dont think Germans will have the same problem, while it wont be a walk the park compared to Brazil, they should work something through. they are disciplined and wont get frustrated getting too far forward leaving gaps. i dont see any goals from Argentina other than some fluky wonder goal from Messi.

and holland could not breakdown Costa Rica
I di not believe any team has won the World Cup
failing to score in 4 hours quarter and semi finals
I was deeply disappointed in their lack of ambition

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

Big no, easily Germany for me and they'll prove that this evening when they pick the trophy up.

 

[Mackenzie]

No the Germans are the best team for me. They aren't particularly flamboyant but they are very, very efficient at what they do. Typically German.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Think the Germans will be found out tonight. Argentina are due a big performance.

 

[Chicken Runner61]

is that the team who could not manage a goal in 4 hours of knockout football
in the quarter and semi finals?
and did not even look like scoring a goal
just like 4 years ago this Dutch team is total footballs dark twin
only playing on the counter attack
dirty and diving

This and this !

If they weren't so dirty I would have wanted them to win and that cheat Krul deserves abuse this season.

I hope Van Gaal f**** up Manure even further

 

[Justice]

I don't get all this Dutch love in, the manager bottled it in the knock outs, their so called penalty takers bottled the first penalty against Argentina bottle jobs.

 

[Seagulls1984]

There isn't any good teams in this World Cup , proven by brazil and argentina getting so far both very average teams. Who ever wins won't go down as a great World Cup winner in my eyes.

 

[MJsGhost]

Notwithstanding the German win over an abject Brazil, I do think that Holland have been the best team overall.

That's knock out football for you!

Thoughts?

No.

1 good (very good) game against a Spain team in its way down, but other than that the Dutch have been average at best - defensive and over-reliant on Robben who has at times been great, but also has been a contemptible shit-bag of a diving s****horpe.

Germany are the team that deserves it so far.

 

[The Brighton Bear]

No.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

No. no they didn't

 

[DumLum]

No. Took gamesmanship to get past Costa Rica on penaltys.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

No, they were the 2nd best team for me.

However, Germany are miles away the best team.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

No. One fantastic performance doesn't make you the best team.

 

[Simster]

The Dutch overachieved by finishing third, but my top three are Germany, Colombia and Chile.

 

[Stevie Boy]

Think the Germans will be found out tonight. Argentina are due a big performance.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

I didn't win a single F'ing bet the whole world cup!! Ffs

 

[Big G]

Notwithstanding the German win over an abject Brazil, I do think that Holland have been the best team overall.

That's knock out football for you!

Thoughts?

No!
The best team won, fair and square. And rightly so!