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Welcome to the thread for Saudi Arabia's national team. They last took part in the World Cup in 2006, and have won the tournament once. The king of Saudi Arabia, the president of Egypt and an unidentified fan pose with the trophy. The Guardian says this about the team: quote:Saudi Arabia may be the lowest-ranked qualifiers but there is never a dull moment when the Green Falcons are around. Few managers last more than a year in the hottest of hot seats but Bert van Marwijk was in charge for two and led the team to a first World Cup since 2006. It was not always pretty but the side took maximum points from the weakest teams and did enough against Japan and Australia to squeeze into the second automatic spot. Days later Van Marwijk was heading home after a disagreement with the Saudi FA, replaced by Edgardo Bauza. The Argentinian lasted two months and five friendlies before getting the boot. Three days before the draw in Moscow, Juan Antonio Pizzi – who led Chile to the 2016 Copa América but could not take them to Russia – was appointed. His squad has some talent but lack international experience. There has been talk of arranging La Liga loans. It sounds impractical but who knows? I have to say that I completely agree with their analysis. I have done some research about Falcons and I found some great insights from Keith Prather, Managing Director at Armada Corporate Intelligence and big fan of the team quote:Sometimes, all of us play a falcon role. We are aggressive. We hunt on the fly and we cover a lot of territory quickly searching for targets of opportunity. We use speed and finesse to jump on an opportunity when we see one, and we use a limited but effective set of best-in-class tools to make sure that our pursuit is effective (like a falcon uses its eyesight, speed, and dexterity to attack prey). Those skills sounds very promising, and should help them to pick apart the defences of group rivals Russia, Egypt and Uruguay, and to hunt pigeons and ducks. In addition, they can build Mamluks and Madrassas, and purchase worhsip buildings for just 10% of the usual Faith cost. However, he also points out some vulnerabilities. quote:1. If you are a falcon and you are forced to work with or for another falcon, you are probably already seeing personality conflicts. Often, when two falcons are thrown together – they end up fighting. It’s like getting two “high D’s - drivers” together. And, let's be honest. When two falcons go at it - normally one of them is going to lose and both are likely to get hurt.   Arguably the two biggest stars of the team Here is the squad, the 23 heros that will have the honor and responsibility of representing this powerful country. There was controversy over some of the choices but it's time to move on and trust the decisions of the coach. I have bolded one player per position, I leave the meaning of that up for interpretation. Goalkeepers: Mohammed Al Owais (Al Ahli), Yasser Al Mosailem (Al Ahli), Abdullah Al Mayouf (Al Hilal) Defenders: Mansoor Al Harbi (Al Ahli), Yasser Al Shahrani (Al Hilal) Mohammed Al Breik (Al Hilal), Motaz Hawsawi (Al Ahli), Osama Hawsawi (Al Hilal), Omar Hawsawi (Al Nassr), Ali Al Bulaihi (Al Hilal) Midfielders: Abdullah Al Khaibari (Al Shabab), Abdulmalek Al Khaibri (Al Hilal), Abdullah Otayf (Al Hilal), Taiseer Al Jassim (Al Ahli), Houssain Al Mogahwi (Al Ahli), Salman Al Faraj, Mohamed Kanno (both Al Hilal), Hattan Bahebri (Al Shabab), Salem Al Dawsari (Al Hilal), Yahya Al Shehri (Al Nassr), Fahad Al Muwallad (Al Ittihad) Forwards: Mohammad Al Sahlawi (Al Nassr), Muhannad Assiri (Al Ahli) Many are saying this is a golden generation, one of the best ever in Saudi football. I think that's for historians to decide, all I know is that I'm looking forward to enjoying what they have in store. poty fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Jun 5, 2018 |
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Jun 5, 2018 22:25
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Jun 5, 2018 22:27
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australia stole their manager lol
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Jun 5, 2018 23:04
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I got this lot in the sweepstakes 
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Jun 7, 2018 18:01
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I hope Russia destroy Saudi Arabia and that we are rid of the wahibbi dipshits forever  Not arsed about the footy tho
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Jun 7, 2018 20:42
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Bape Culture posted:I hope Russia destroy Saudi Arabia and that we are rid of the wahibbi dipshits forever 
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Jun 7, 2018 21:46
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Bape Culture posted:I hope Russia destroy Saudi Arabia and that we are rid of the wahibbi dipshits forever
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Jun 7, 2018 22:25
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poty posted:Hattan Bahebri (Al Shabab) Uhh this guy wouldn't happen to frequent Somalia would he? 
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Jun 8, 2018 14:24
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Bape Culture posted:I hope Russia destroy Saudi Arabia and that we are rid of the wahibbi dipshits forever 
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Jun 8, 2018 14:28
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Fanatic posted:Uhh this guy wouldn't happen to frequent Somalia would he? Why? I don’t get it
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Jun 8, 2018 19:17
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poty posted:Why? I don’t get it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)
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Jun 8, 2018 19:27
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Al Shabab is the name of his team, not the player. According to that wiki it means “the guys”, which is a very relaxed name for both a football team and an organization of terrorist monsters
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Jun 8, 2018 20:05
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poty posted:Al Shabab is the name of his team, not the player. According to that wiki it means “the guys”, which is a very relaxed name for both a football team and an organization of terrorist monsters Yeah, kind of unfortunate it got misappropriated like that.
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Jun 9, 2018 01:46
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"Shabaab" means "youth," "young men," or "young people." It is the plural form of "Shabb," which to my knowledge exclusively means "young man." "Al" means "the." KomodoWagon fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Jun 10, 2018 |
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Jun 10, 2018 07:03
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It’s pilgrimaging to Mecca
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Jun 11, 2018 20:20
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Al-bundy
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Jun 12, 2018 11:06
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dont know if these boys will manage to win the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia tbh
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Jun 14, 2018 18:05
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poty posted:Many are saying this is a golden generation, one of the best ever in Saudi football Sad if true.
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Jun 14, 2018 18:06
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Der Shovel posted:Sad if true. Many people are idiots though
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Jun 14, 2018 18:11
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Five lashings to each player.
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Jun 14, 2018 18:46
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KomodoWagon posted:"Shabaab" means "youth," "young men," or "young people." It is the plural form of "Shabb," which to my knowledge exclusively means "young man." The Borland
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Jun 15, 2018 05:47
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My hopes and dreams for this team have collapsed like a house of cards. I apologize if you feel fooled by me, I was fooled myself. Blinded by the hype, I couldn’t see the obvious: this team is very bad
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