Re: [nas] Worldwide Soccer Manager - Rankings?

So this WC's results aside, you think that because
their defense can't stand up to other teams, their
overall rank should be somewhere around.... 10?  12? 
8?

S

PS - What about the core of their defense... RAFA! 
Isn't he enough to make their defense top 10? [he
said, with a snide look on his face...]

--- Doug Swan <swansuite@comcast.net> wrote:

> I guess I've got a bit different take on Mexico. I
> totally agree that 
> they are as good as just about anyone in the world
> at keeping 
> possession. Very skilled players pretty much
> everywhere on the field. 
> Where I think they fail is on two levels. Defense
> and physicality. They 
> probably had as good a defense and goalkeeping as
> they have ever had in 
> the past 30+ years and it still wasn't enough. I'd
> place their defense 
> in the low second 10 in the world. The past few
> years, probably 
> somewhere between 12-14. Physically, the Mexicans
> are simply not up to 
> the task. When they finally do respond to a team
> pushing them all over 
> the field, it's usually in an inappropriate
> retaliatory mode as opposed 
> to just stepping up. Onyewu destroyed them in our
> last game and 
> primarily did it with his physical presence. Just
> think what a truly 
> good big defender/defense ala Italy, Germany, etc.
> would do to them. 
> The reason they respond so well in tournaments is
> the same reason we 
> usually do: we have so little to lose. We can go out
> and play hard, 
> loose, fast, and if we get beat, well, is anyone
> truly surprised 
> (beyond the core fans)? There's no real pressure
> here. There's 
> certainly a good deal more in Mexico, but I would
> submit that even the 
> press there has become somewhat accustomed to not
> quite ever punching 
> through. My two cents.... not worth much these days,
> I know. D
> 
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