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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 446338" data-attributes="member: 38640">Did anyone else feel that the game was one of the least creative efforts ever? USA won, and congrats, but against any other team barring Namibia I think they would have got thrashed. They&#039;re forwards were pretty good, but their backs were totally uncreative and error-ridden. Not drawing in the last man to pass wide, poor kicks in the opponents 22, selfish play in the midfield, delayed ball by Petri and knocks on&#039;s (which can be forgiven considering the conditions). I get that it&#039;s very bad conditions, however talk about uninspiring back play. I&#039;m going to USA v Australia (hoping for an upset), however I can see Australia just demolishing the USA backs if they play like that. I&#039;m hoping that it&#039;ll be a sunny day in Wellington so Ngwenya can work his magic.While Russia lost, I thought they really played with a bit of flair, even when it seemed the conditions wouldn&#039;t allow it. It was pretty heartbreaking seeing the losing captains speech, as you can see that Russia were really targeting this game as probably the only one that was really up for grabs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 446338, member: 38640"] Did anyone else feel that the game was one of the least creative efforts ever? USA won, and congrats, but against any other team barring Namibia I think they would have got thrashed. They're forwards were pretty good, but their backs were totally uncreative and error-ridden. Not drawing in the last man to pass wide, poor kicks in the opponents 22, selfish play in the midfield, delayed ball by Petri and knocks on's (which can be forgiven considering the conditions). I get that it's very bad conditions, however talk about uninspiring back play. I'm going to USA v Australia (hoping for an upset), however I can see Australia just demolishing the USA backs if they play like that. I'm hoping that it'll be a sunny day in Wellington so Ngwenya can work his magic. While Russia lost, I thought they really played with a bit of flair, even when it seemed the conditions wouldn't allow it. It was pretty heartbreaking seeing the losing captains speech, as you can see that Russia were really targeting this game as probably the only one that was really up for grabs. [/QUOTE]

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