WC Qualifier: Armenia - Turkey

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Hagi

Discussion Starter · Aug 29, 2008 (Edited)

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Armenia - Turkey, September 6.

Squad

Keepers
Volkan Demirel - Fenerbahce
Serdar Kulbilge - Kocaelispor
Tolga Zengin - Trabzonspor

Defense
Gokhan Gonul - Fenerbahce
Ugur Kavuk - Antalyaspor
Servet Cetin - Galatasaray
Ibrahim Kas - Getafe
Mehmet Polat - Gaziantepspor
Gokhan Zan - Besiktas
Hakan Balta - Galatasaray
Caglar Birinci - Denizlispor
Ugur Boral - Fenerbahce

Midfield
Kazim Kazim - Fenerbahce
Serdar Ozkan - Besiktas
Gokdeniz Karadeniz - Rubin Kazan
Mehmet Topuz - Kayserispor
Ayhan Akman - Galatasaray
Mehmet Aurelio - Betis
Emre Belozoglu - Fenerbahce
Selcuk Inan - Trabzonspor
Nuri Sahin - Dortmund
Mehmet Topal - Galatasaray
Tuncay Sanli - Middlesbrough
Arda Turan - Galatasaray

Forwards
Halil Altintop - Schalke
Mevlut Erdinc - Sochaux
Semih Senturk - Fenerbahce
Gokhan Unal - Trabzonspor

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F50.6

· #21 · Sep 1, 2008

That's why I said when you look at the squads the level of the difference in skillful players is immense. Turkiye's players overwhelm Armenia's by a longshot. But yeah we do struggle against minnow teams at times and Armenia are the exact replica of Malta. Let's see hopw the game goes, hopefully people will behave.

Zico 10

· #22 · Sep 1, 2008

I do however see this as different from playing other minnows in that there is a motivational factor.

It might not have qualification riding on it (the second game will however), but there is some things at stake, and when our team has something to play for they fulfill their potential.

Bengos

· #23 · Sep 1, 2008

I wouldn't say we fulfill our potential; we just find incredible ways to get the job done in terms of the result

Zico 10

· #24 · Sep 1, 2008

Now you're just being pedantic

Bengos

· #25 · Sep 1, 2008

It's true lan, I can't recall a game in the last five years where we actually played to our potential

Zico 10

· #26 · Sep 1, 2008

That last Germany game was above and beyond the potential of that squad. Ayhan, Kazeem, Sabri, . . I feel like throwing up already

Bengos

· #27 · Sep 1, 2008

Yeah, but even then we didn't play to it, we ridiculously exceeded it :howler:

MetinK5

· #28 · Sep 1, 2008

i remember jumptv had the euro qualifying matches for purchase, any place showing the WC ones?

Berkay_D

· #29 · Sep 1, 2008

Aurelio got injured in his first match for Real Betis.

No Hamit, and possibly no Aurelio and Emre. Who will play centre midfield ????

I've got my money on Topal and Inan if Aurelio and Emre are out.

---------------Semih-----------------

Arda----------Tuncay--------Gokdeniz

--------Topal----------Inan-------------

Berkay_D

· #30 · Sep 1, 2008

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Zico 10

· #31 · Sep 1, 2008

Nuri - Topal :happy:

This line-up would be pretty cool, obviously though Kazim will play instead of Mehmet Topuz, and Semih will start instead of Mevlut. Nuri I don't even dream will start unfortunately.

~~Mevlut~~

Tuncay

Arda - ~~Nuri~~ - Topal - ~~Topuz~~

Hakan - Servet - Zan - Gokhan

Volkan

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yeniceri

· #32 · Sep 1, 2008

I hope one of these days we finally get a really good left back.

Looking at the squad above the quality descrepency between the rest of the positions and our leftback is glaring.

No knock on Balta he is the best option we have no but that isn't saying much.

Bengos

· #33 · Sep 1, 2008

You could argue that central defense is just as bad, if not worse

Kocaman Adam

· #34 · Sep 1, 2008

Don't worry guys, in 6 years, I'll be starting left back for us

Berkay_D

· #35 · Sep 1, 2008

Aurelio is definetly out.

warabee

· #36 · Sep 1, 2008

Aurelio will join NT anyway. Betis cannot rule him out from NT - unless the injury is outright serious.

yeniceri

· #37 · Sep 2, 2008

Bengos said:
You could argue that central defense is just as bad, if not worse

Say what you want about a guy like Servet for example but he is head and shoulders a better CB than Balta is a LB.

We rarely ever see Hakan Balta shine in a big game, the best he'll do is be decent and not make a mistake. How many times have we seen Servet turn into an absolute beast in big games?

I personally wouldn't compare Servet and Balta, I don't think it is much of a contest.

People are welcome to disagree.

F50.6

· #38 · Sep 2, 2008

Soooooo, is anyone else as un-excited as I am about this match? :lazy: :yawn: :sleepy: :dontcare:

yeniceri

· #39 · Sep 2, 2008

As long as we qualify I'll be happy. Since the 3 points from this game will go to that end, I want those 3 points.

If we lose this game and still qualify this game like all the other rest we've lost will become irrelevant.

Zico 10

· #40 · Sep 2, 2008

Except we'll have some insignificant shits* talking about it for the rest of our lives.

* Insignificant shits because of their low level of intelligence, not their nationality.

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