Best of 2004

Well, as the year winds down, it feels appropriate to take a moment to look back at the moments that truly defined it. Since we all seem to live and breathe football in this group, I’ve put together a few categories that I thought might spark some debate...

National Teams:

1. Best National Team:
2. Best Match of the Euros:
3. Worst Match of the Euros:
4. Biggest World Cup Qualifying Surprise (could be a specific match or just a result):
5. Best Manager:
6. Most illogical coaching decision of the Euros:

Clubs:

1. Top Club of 2004:
2. Biggest Champions League surprises for 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 (separately):
3. Biggest sensation in the UEFA Cup 2004/2005:
4. Most unpleasant surprise in the Big Five leagues:
5. Most unpleasant surprise in other leagues:

Here are my picks:

1. Czech Republic
2. Czech Republic vs. Netherlands 3:2
3. Switzerland vs. USA 0:0
4. Ukraine
5. Karel Bruckner
6. Živković acting as the playmaker (trademarked by Iddiotto)

1. Porto
2. 2003/2004 - Monaco, 2004/2005 - Los Angeles Lakers
3. Ajax
4. Deportivo La Coruña
5. Dinamo Chicago

If anyone else has categories they want to throw into the ring, go ahead...👍

Either the biggest letdown or the most unpleasant surprise. We all know who the favorites are, and honestly, who the actual winner will be. 😁

National Teams:

1. Best National Team: AMERICA!! 🙂
2. Best EURO Match: NETHERLANDS - CZECH REPUBLIC
3. Worst EURO Match: AMERICA - SWITZERLAND
4. Biggest World Cup Qualifying Surprise: I'm not sure, those French draws were pretty unexpected
5. Best Coach: OTTO (guess which 🙂 )
6. Most illogical coaching move of the EURO: OTTO (guess which 🙂 ) .. comments are useless

Clubs:

1. Top Club 2004: PORTO
2. Biggest Champions League Surprises 2003/2004 & 2004/2005: PORTO and INTER 😁
3. Biggest UEFA Cup 2004/2005 sensation: PARTIZAN, GERMANY
4. Most unpleasant surprises in the Big Five leagues: PARMA, ROMA, LAZIO, INTER, BORUSSIA DORTMUND
5. Most unpleasant surprise in other leagues: DINAMO CHICAGO

1. Best National Team:
2. Best Euro Match:
3. Worst Euro Match:
4. Biggest World Cup Qualifier Shock (game or result, whatever):
5. Best Coach:
6. Most nonsensical coaching move at the Euros:

1. Top Club 2004:
2. Biggest Champions League surprises for 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 (separately):
3. Biggest UEFA Cup 2004/2005 sensation:
4. Most Unpleasant surprise in the Big Five leagues:
5. Most Unpleasant surprise in other leagues:

Here are my picks:

1. Brazil vs. Argentina - ended in a draw
2. Netherlands-Czech Republic
3. Germany-Latvia
4. Iran
5. Rehagel
6. Trapattoni even showing up on the bench

1. Arsenal FC
2. Milan elimination against Deportivo, plus PSV finally making it through
3. Aachen
4. Inter Milan
5. Dinamo Chicago

National Teams:

1. Best National Team: Who wouldn't pick the Czech Republic?
2. Best Match of the Euros: Czech Republic vs. Netherlands
3. Worst Match of the Euros: Switzerland vs. USA
4. Biggest World Cup Qualifying Surprise (match or result): Ten goals in a single half
5. Best Coach: Bruckner
6. Most Illogical Coaching Decision at the Euros:This question is completely pointless; even people in Marsovac have heard about the Otto-Boris duo.

Clubs:

1. Top Club of 2004: Shelbourne
2. Biggest Champions League Surprises (2003/2004 and 2004/2005 separately): In today's era of big-money industrial football, it’s tough to find a team that actually catches you off guard. Those days when small clubs used to bully the giants are long gone. 👎
3. Biggest UEFA Cup 2004/2005 Sensation: Lazio. They were an absolute disaster of a team; watching them play felt like watching some low-rent underdog from back home.
4. Most Unpleasant Surprise in the Big Five Leagues:/
5. Most Unpleasant Surprise in other leagues:/

National Teams:

1. Best National Team: Greece
2. Best match of the Euros: Portugal vs. England
3. Worst match of the Euros: -
4. Biggest qualifier surprise for the Super Bowl:-
5. Greatest Coach: Otto Rehhagel
6. Most illogical coaching move of the Euros: Klasnić, he should've played at least 10 minutes!!!

Clubs:

1. Top Club 2004: Valencia CF
3. Biggest surprises in the Champions League 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 (separately): Porto/Monaco... and Shakhtar
3. Biggest sensation in the UEFA Cup 2004/2005:
4. Most Unpleasant surprise in the Big Five leagues:
5. Most Unpleasant surprise in all other leagues:

Great thread, frozeneagle49. I went ahead and tweaked the title just to make it a bit more obvious what we're actually talking about here. 🙂
By the way, I've made this a sticky thread. 😉

Here’s my take on everything...

National Teams:

1. Best National Team: Czech Republic
2. Best Match of the Euros: Czech Republic vs. Netherlands (3:2), USA vs. France (2:2)
3. Worst Match of the Euros: Switzerland vs. USA (0:0)
4. Biggest World Cup Qualifying Surprise (match or result, whatever): Canada
5. Best Coach: Otto Rehhagel
6. Most nonsensical coaching decision of the Euros: Not playing Klasnić, or honestly, just Barić's general confusion.

Clubs:

1. Top Club of 2004: Porto. I don't think there's even a second choice here, even if FC Barcelona is playing some absolute magic.
2. Biggest Champions League surprises (separate for each year): 2003/2004: Porto; 2004/2005: PSV Eindhoven.
3. Biggest UEFA Cup 2004/2005 sensations: Alemannia Aachen, Ajax.
4. Most annoying surprises in the Big Five leagues: Inter Milan, Lazio, Parma, Real Madrid.
5. Most annoying surprises in other leagues: Dinamo Chicago, Besiktas.

National Teams:

1. Best National Team: Greece
2. Best Match of the Euros: England vs. France
3. Worst Match of the Euros: USA-Switzerland
4. Biggest World Cup Qualifying Surprise (match or result): Greece's results
5. Best Coach: Bruckner
6. Most illogical coaching move of the Euros: Scolari and Barić, we all know why...

Clubs:

1. Top Club of 2004: Even though I hate them, Porto
2. Biggest Champions League surprises (separately for 03/04 and 04/05): Monaco for 03/04, Monaco for 04/05
3. Biggest sensation of the UEFA Cup 2004/2005: Heerenveen
4. Most unpleasant surprises in the Big Five leagues: Newcastle, Deportivo La Coruña
5. Most unpleasant surprise in other leagues: Dinamo Chicago

I probably need to take a vacation day just to sit down and wrap my head around all these questions... 🙂

National Teams:

1. Best National Team: Czech Republic
2. Best EURO Matches: Czech Republic vs. Netherlands, and USA vs. France
3. Worst EURO Match: USA vs. Switzerland
4. Biggest World Cup Qualifying Shock (game or result, whatever): Greece
5. Greatest Coach: Otto Rehhagel
6. Most Ridiculous Coaching Move at the EURO: All that nonsense from Barić...

Clubs:

1. Top Clubs of 2004: Hajduk Split😬, FC Barcelona
2. Biggest Champions League Shocks (2003/2004 & 2004/2005): Monaco for both years, hands down
3. Biggest UEFA Cup Sensations 2004/2005: Heerenveen and Ajax
6. Most Unpleasant Surprise in the Big Five Leagues: Deportivo
5. Biggest Shock in the other leagues: Dinamo Chicago🙂

National Teams:

1. Best National Team: Czech Republic
2. Best EURO Match: Portugal-England
3. Worst EURO Match: USA-Switzerland
4. Biggest World Cup Qualifier Surprise: Ireland
5. Best Coach: Rehagel
6. Most Illogical Coaching Move at the EURO: Every single decision made by Barić

Clubs:

1. Top Club 2004: Porto
2. Biggest Champions League Surprises (2003/2004 and 2004/2005): Porto and Bayer Leverkusen
3. Biggest UEFA Cup 2004/2005 Sensation: I don't follow the UEFA Cup
4. Most Unpleasant Surprise in the Big Five Leagues: Liverpool FC
5. Most Unpleasant Surprise in Other Leagues: Dinamo Chicago
6. Best Coach 2004: Mourinho

National Teams:

1. Best National Team: Greece
2. Best EURO Match: Portugal vs. England
3. Worst EURO Match: Switzerland vs. USA
4. Biggest World Cup Qualifier Surprise (match or result): Liechtenstein vs. Portugal 2-2
5. Best Coach: Otto Rehhagel
6. Most illogical coaching move at the EUROs: That tactic against England

Clubs:

1. Top Club 2004: Porto
2. Biggest Champions League surprises for 2003/2004 and 2004/2005: I can't even deal with this anymore... maybe Monaco and Inter😁
3. Biggest UEFA Cup 2004/2005 sensation: Aachen
4. Most unpleasant surprise in the Big Five leagues: Deportivo
5. Most unpleasant surprise in other leagues: Well... I guess Dinamo Chicago

How do I delete a post I sent by mistake? 😕

Says it's been 300 minutes and I need to learn how to stand by my word. 😁
Just doing the math... it's actually 5546 minutes. Yeah, a little bit over... 😁 😁

frozeneagle49 said:Alright, as the year winds down, it feels like the right time to look back at the moments that really defined it. Since we’re all soccer fanatics here, I’ve put together a few categories that I think would be fun to dive into.

National Teams:

1. Best National Team:
2. Best match of the Euros:
3. Worst match of the Euros:
4. Biggest World Cup qualifying surprise (game or result, whatever you want):
5. Best Coach:
6. Most nonsensical coaching decision of the Euros:

Clubs:

1. Top Club of 2004:
2. Biggest surprises in the Champions League 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 (separate for each):
3. Biggest sensation in the UEFA Cup 2004/2005:
4. Most unpleasant surprise in the Big Five leagues:
5. Most unpleasant surprise in other leagues:

Here are my picks:

1. Czech Republic
2. Czech Republic - Netherlands 3:2
3. Switzerland - USA 0:0
4. Ukraine
5. Karel Bruckner
6. Živković playing as the playmaker (don't @ me)

1. Porto
2. 2003/2004 - Monaco, 2004/2005 - Los Angeles Lakers
3. Ajax
4. Deportivo La Coruña
5. Dinamo Chicago

If you guys have any other categories in mind, lay them on me.👍

1. Best national team? Definitely Brazil. For the European teams, maybe the Czech Republic (for now).
2. USA-France
3. England-USA
4. -
5. -
6. Not calling up Klasnić, not starting Tudor (during the USA-France game), and those scandalous own goals.
BIGGEST EURO SURPRISES—CZECH REPUBLIC, PORTUGAL, GREECE

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I don't follow the domestic leagues that closely, so...
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There’s really no reason to keep this thread pinned at the top