Comments on: Some Manuel Neuer talk + Refs’ union continue to whine http://redrants.com/some-manuel-neuer-talk-refs-union-continue-to-whine/ Manchester United Blog Thu, 24 May 2012 17:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Grognard http://redrants.com/some-manuel-neuer-talk-refs-union-continue-to-whine/comment-page-5/#comment-94273 Grognard Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:47:48 +0000 http://redrants.com/?p=2397#comment-94273 @<a href="#comment-94132" rel="nofollow">Red Ranter</a>: It really comes down to the lack of goals being scored in these international tournaments. Every four years the total gets lower and lower. Teams defend more for their survival and are more concerned with not losing than they are with winning. For me the glory days of the tournament were in the 70's when you had plenty of goals but also some fine defense. Brazil showing their class in 1970 and both offensive juggernauts West Germany and Holland making the final in 1974. The best way I can describe how bad it has gotten is that in 1970 Gerd Muller scored 10 goals in 6 games that he played. Today the winning team or a most of the teams that even make it to the final four struggle to score ten goals as a team in 6 games. Caution is the name of the game and it has shown in many finals. 1990, 1994 were disgraceful finals at a time when the game had a chance to really sell itself. In fact, the only real good final since 1974 in my opinion was 1986. All the others pale in comparison and are usually not only anticlimactic, but an accurate end product to the whole tournament in general. @Red Ranter: It really comes down to the lack of goals being scored in these international tournaments. Every four years the total gets lower and lower. Teams defend more for their survival and are more concerned with not losing than they are with winning. For me the glory days of the tournament were in the 70′s when you had plenty of goals but also some fine defense. Brazil showing their class in 1970 and both offensive juggernauts West Germany and Holland making the final in 1974. The best way I can describe how bad it has gotten is that in 1970 Gerd Muller scored 10 goals in 6 games that he played. Today the winning team or a most of the teams that even make it to the final four struggle to score ten goals as a team in 6 games. Caution is the name of the game and it has shown in many finals. 1990, 1994 were disgraceful finals at a time when the game had a chance to really sell itself. In fact, the only real good final since 1974 in my opinion was 1986. All the others pale in comparison and are usually not only anticlimactic, but an accurate end product to the whole tournament in general.

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