What is your Opinion?
My opinion:
Cons: Personally I think this is a bad news for Inter because, replacing a coach at this moment will hamper inter's moral as a team. Additionally, they have to fight the Bayern Munich, a very strong team for a spot in the UEFA chamipions league quarter final. I'm sure bayern will fight extra hard this time for their revenge.
Pros:Benitez has been the highest earning coach in whole Europe during his six month charge at Inter. Also, people who compare his achievements to those of Jose Muriniho like to conclude that Benitez's team has performed under par due to results from Serie A and Champions League.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Your Starting XI?!
ADIDAS commercial once said:" Nothing is impossible." Every soccer fan dreams to have a team made up of his or her favorite players what is your dream XI? I can go ahead first and share my dream team with you guys:
T.Henry(NY Red Bulls)
Iniesta(FC Barcelona)
Lionel Messi(FC Barcelona)
Xavi(FC Barcelona)
S. Gerrard (Liverpool)
Essien (Chelsea)
A.Cole(Chelsea) P.Lahm(Bayern Munich)
R.Ferdinand(Man Utd) Nesta (AC Milan)
Julio Cesar(Inter)
Coach: Jose Muriniho
Forward: I really like David Villa as a striker, especially with his fast pace and deadly finishing skill. However, considering that T.Henry, another my favorite striker, had been the spirtual leader of Highbury with a better dribbling skill, I would prefer him over villa.
Midfield: With Barcelona trio (Iniesta, Xavi and Messi) in the midfield, it provides the team with depth in dictating the tempo of the game. Alongside of these players, I also would add steven Gerrard, who I have admired a lot as a leader for Liverpool. Remember the greatest Comback in Istanbul in 2004/2005 UEFA CL Fiinal? Finally, Essien, a typical iron man, along with Gerrard and Xavi would provide the solid defence in the midfield that is hard for the opponent to penetrate.
Defense: Ferdinand and Nesta are my favorite central defenders. It is true that some times Ferdinand makes careless mistakes. However, when he is in form and consistent, he is always one of the best CB in the world. Together with them, I would add Ashley Cole and P.Lahm as side defenders, they not only have great attacking potentials, they also defend to the capabilities that make me feel secure.
What is your dream team?Please share!
T.Henry(NY Red Bulls)
Iniesta(FC Barcelona)
Lionel Messi(FC Barcelona)
Xavi(FC Barcelona)
S. Gerrard (Liverpool)
Essien (Chelsea)
A.Cole(Chelsea) P.Lahm(Bayern Munich)
R.Ferdinand(Man Utd) Nesta (AC Milan)
Julio Cesar(Inter)
Coach: Jose Muriniho
Forward: I really like David Villa as a striker, especially with his fast pace and deadly finishing skill. However, considering that T.Henry, another my favorite striker, had been the spirtual leader of Highbury with a better dribbling skill, I would prefer him over villa.
Midfield: With Barcelona trio (Iniesta, Xavi and Messi) in the midfield, it provides the team with depth in dictating the tempo of the game. Alongside of these players, I also would add steven Gerrard, who I have admired a lot as a leader for Liverpool. Remember the greatest Comback in Istanbul in 2004/2005 UEFA CL Fiinal? Finally, Essien, a typical iron man, along with Gerrard and Xavi would provide the solid defence in the midfield that is hard for the opponent to penetrate.
Defense: Ferdinand and Nesta are my favorite central defenders. It is true that some times Ferdinand makes careless mistakes. However, when he is in form and consistent, he is always one of the best CB in the world. Together with them, I would add Ashley Cole and P.Lahm as side defenders, they not only have great attacking potentials, they also defend to the capabilities that make me feel secure.
What is your dream team?Please share!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
FIFA 11 Feeling and thoughts
I'm a huge FIFA fan, and owner of 08, 09 and 10. I thought it couldn't get any better after FIFA 10, or at least didn't thought about possible add-ons, when I first played the demo my first impressions weren't exactly the best, yes the gameplay has improved a lot and become more real, but the actual fact is that the best thing about FIFA was it's feeling of an unreal/real football, the game speed, players movement, players passing and crossing were all really fast (becoming actually faster than real life) so it felt very competitive. This game has become more realistic reducing it's speed as a con, at least those were my impressions from the demo.
Even though I turned on the fast game speed on, the game still feels a bit slow against FIFA 10, but that's not an issue because it is the right speed (at least for me) not being too fast, nor too slow. In the earlier FIFAs you didn't have to be a gamer to be good, you just had to know about football, and that had it's pros and cons, being its pros that anyone could play it and it became more competitive, and was a blast with your friends (even though none of them were video game geeks), this new FIFA version is more difficult to play and requires more skills to be able to master it, for instance I hated when someone who never played video games before beat me up on FIFA, this won't happen now. It is a completely new gameplay and you will feel like everything you knew about FIFA is gone.
The free kicks are brilliant and very effective and easy to learn (if you played FIFA 10), the 11 vs 11 matches promise a lot and you will almost feel like you are playing a real match, the career mode didn't get any new features worth mentioning, except for the be a pro goalkeeper which is fun the first matches but gets quite boring after several matches, and the squads are all updated (in the demo Madrid didn't have Ozil for example), the crowd chants and new celebrations are fantastic and very impressive can be a huge plus for fun overall. In addition to, the dribbling feels improved and more realistic and there are even new teams to the roster, plus the new Personality+ which is great but it should cover more players and not the mainstream ones.
I only have two problems for now, first of all I hate the penalty kicks new system, it is true that in the past they were very easy and the penalty shootouts lasted hours, but now they seem to be quite difficult (at least for new players), I haven't gotten the kick out of it yet, fairly said I only have a day with the game so they might become better in the future. My second issue is that they could do a bit more with the career mode, I don't know you guys but I'm quite bored of the same manager mode from FIFA 08... Maybe they could have put something new like a story mode where your be a pro player comes from a small club to end up in Manchester or Madrid.
Overall the experience is very good and fresh, it will feel like an entirely different game though, but it can be good to change the formula a little bit sometimes. The new add-ons like the crowd chantings and be a goalkeeper are solid, and the creation centre promises a lot (I haven't mess out with it yet).
Hence FIFA 12 would have to do A LOT to improve this new version, and if you are a casual soccer fan, EA SPORTS fan or just a gamer who doesn't have any FIFA at all this could be a GREAT option. If you have FIFA 10 and don't want to spend $60 in a new improved version you could still stick with it, or trade it in for the 11.
PROs:
- Great new gameplay will make gamers feel a new experience
- Veteran gamers won't have issues adapting to the new gameplay
- The crowd chantings and celebrations are a fantastic feature
- Players look better than ever, and the field looks awesome!
- The creation centre is better than ever and promises a lot for new leagues and tournaments online
- The 11 vs 11 can be quite fun, specially if you have a lot of friends who have the game
- The dribbling, passing, crossing and shooting feels more realistic than ever
- Personality+ is a great feature and amazes a lot
CONs:
- It can be quite frustrating to adapt to the new gameplay (haven't met any case yet, though)
- The penalty shootouts aren't solid and needs more improvement
- The online connection to the servers needs to be improved (this has been a common issue with EA servers for a long time)
- Needs a new and fresh career mode
- It can be quite frustrating to increase your be a pro stats
Even though I turned on the fast game speed on, the game still feels a bit slow against FIFA 10, but that's not an issue because it is the right speed (at least for me) not being too fast, nor too slow. In the earlier FIFAs you didn't have to be a gamer to be good, you just had to know about football, and that had it's pros and cons, being its pros that anyone could play it and it became more competitive, and was a blast with your friends (even though none of them were video game geeks), this new FIFA version is more difficult to play and requires more skills to be able to master it, for instance I hated when someone who never played video games before beat me up on FIFA, this won't happen now. It is a completely new gameplay and you will feel like everything you knew about FIFA is gone.
The free kicks are brilliant and very effective and easy to learn (if you played FIFA 10), the 11 vs 11 matches promise a lot and you will almost feel like you are playing a real match, the career mode didn't get any new features worth mentioning, except for the be a pro goalkeeper which is fun the first matches but gets quite boring after several matches, and the squads are all updated (in the demo Madrid didn't have Ozil for example), the crowd chants and new celebrations are fantastic and very impressive can be a huge plus for fun overall. In addition to, the dribbling feels improved and more realistic and there are even new teams to the roster, plus the new Personality+ which is great but it should cover more players and not the mainstream ones.
I only have two problems for now, first of all I hate the penalty kicks new system, it is true that in the past they were very easy and the penalty shootouts lasted hours, but now they seem to be quite difficult (at least for new players), I haven't gotten the kick out of it yet, fairly said I only have a day with the game so they might become better in the future. My second issue is that they could do a bit more with the career mode, I don't know you guys but I'm quite bored of the same manager mode from FIFA 08... Maybe they could have put something new like a story mode where your be a pro player comes from a small club to end up in Manchester or Madrid.
Overall the experience is very good and fresh, it will feel like an entirely different game though, but it can be good to change the formula a little bit sometimes. The new add-ons like the crowd chantings and be a goalkeeper are solid, and the creation centre promises a lot (I haven't mess out with it yet).
Hence FIFA 12 would have to do A LOT to improve this new version, and if you are a casual soccer fan, EA SPORTS fan or just a gamer who doesn't have any FIFA at all this could be a GREAT option. If you have FIFA 10 and don't want to spend $60 in a new improved version you could still stick with it, or trade it in for the 11.
PROs:
- Great new gameplay will make gamers feel a new experience
- Veteran gamers won't have issues adapting to the new gameplay
- The crowd chantings and celebrations are a fantastic feature
- Players look better than ever, and the field looks awesome!
- The creation centre is better than ever and promises a lot for new leagues and tournaments online
- The 11 vs 11 can be quite fun, specially if you have a lot of friends who have the game
- The dribbling, passing, crossing and shooting feels more realistic than ever
- Personality+ is a great feature and amazes a lot
CONs:
- It can be quite frustrating to adapt to the new gameplay (haven't met any case yet, though)
- The penalty shootouts aren't solid and needs more improvement
- The online connection to the servers needs to be improved (this has been a common issue with EA servers for a long time)
- Needs a new and fresh career mode
- It can be quite frustrating to increase your be a pro stats
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