Re: Rohr Effect?
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:13 pm
My post was showing they are not and were not in the caliber of a Spain. They did well at the WC and did overachieve getting to the final (my opinion - you can state yours). But I challenge you to show me any main stream prediction outside of Croatians that had them getting to the Final, then I'll take you seriously. But all this is after the fact, as no one was expecting them to reach there, its was the regular power houses which included Spain. And Croatia reached there the dirty way with overtime after overtime, Penalty shootout after Penalty shootout (basically a flip of the coin kept getting them through, it was almost like destiny). But when they faced one of those powerhouses expected to win they got trounced 4-1. They are clearly a much better team than us, but they are not a powerhouse in UEFA as john is trying to make it seem.EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote:maceo4 wrote:On what paper are you talking about? You just keep making up stuff when facts are presented you run away from the thread and then on another thread start again with the same nonsense. Croatia WAS NOT pound for anything at the same level as Spain going into the WC. They qualified via playoffs, they had to fire their coach as they were at risk of not qualifying. They were no where as a team in the caliber of a Spain who qualified with relative ease and can put about 2-3 top starting 11's that will beat a lot of teams. Here are their relative results leading up to the World Cup. I'm getting tired of this rhetoric that Croatia is at the level of a Spain going into the WC, since when? They had a great run and I dare say overachieved at the WC itself (look at the thrashing they took in the final) and did well to keep winning in extra time even when it looked unlikely, but come on.john12 wrote:On paper/pound for pound CROATIA and Spain are on the same level as Argentina or even Better but Nigeria isn’t so I don’t know what that goat is even explaining there’s a reason why no neutral predicted that we would win. Also, Argentina is essentially Nigeria bogey team because we have failed to beat them in 4 attempts prior to 2018 Wc. I believe that for all these reasons aforementioned, you have to be delusional, insane, Demented to believe it’s ROhR fault that we lost or he should be terminated for losing to them
3 September 2017[216]2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Croatia 1–0 Kosovo Zagreb, Croatia
5 September 20172018 FIFA World Cup qualification Turkey 1–0 Croatia Eskişehir, Turkey
6 October 20172018 FIFA World Cup qualification Croatia 1–1 Finland Rijeka, Croatia
9 October 20172018 FIFA World Cup qualification Ukraine 0–2 Croatia Kiev, Ukraine
9 November 20172018 FIFA World Cup qualification Croatia 4–1 Greece Zagreb, Croatia
12 November 20172018 FIFA World Cup qualification Greece 0–0 (1–4 agg.) Croatia Piraeus, Greece
23 March 2018Friendly match Peru 2–0 Croatia Miami, United States
27 March 2018Friendly match Mexico 0–1 Croatia Dallas, United States
3 June 2018Friendly match Croatia 0–2 Brazil Liverpool, England
8 June 2018Friendly match Croatia 2–1 Senegal Osijek, Croatia
16 June 20182018 FIFA World Cup Croatia 2–0 Nigeria Kaliningrad, Russia
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COMPARE THIS TO SPAIN:
28 MarchFriendly France 0–2 Spain Stade de France, Paris
2 September2018 FIFA WCQ Spain 3–0 Italy Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
5 September2018 FIFA WCQ Liechtenstein 0–8 Spain Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
6 October2018 FIFA WCQ Spain 3–0 Albania Rico Pérez, Alicante
9 October2018 FIFA WCQ Israel 0–1 Spain Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
11 NovemberFriendly Spain 5–0 Costa Rica La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga
14 NovemberFriendly Russia 3–3 Spain Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
23 MarchFriendly Germany 1–1 Spain Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf
27 MarchFriendly Spain 6–1 Argentina Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid
3 JuneFriendly Spain 1–1 Switzerland Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
9 JuneFriendly Tunisia 0–1 Spain Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar
15 June2018 FIFA World Cup group stage Portugal 3–3 Spain Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
You're a classic example of what's wrong the Nigerians today and why we can't accomplish even the simplest things like water supply. They see the past a lot clearer than the future. Are you seriously posting croatia's results out of Uefa Zone as evidence of over achieving at the WC? As it occurred to you that the has been building for almost ten yrs before they got to WC final? Wow!
That said we definitely could have gotten a result against them based on the balance of play on the day, same thing with Argentina.