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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 762393" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>To use the injuries as a point is not a good idea IMHO. The SH teams all decided to play just 1 or 2 World Cup Warm up match prior to the World Cup, and they all had 6 weeks to prepare after that warm-up game. That gave most of their players enough time to heal, and the core 31-man group a lot of time to train together. The NH sides all played their Warm-up games 2-3 weeks prior to the World Cup, got guys injured and then had to bring in new guys, some not even part of the original squad to begin with. The NH sides put that extra pressure on themselves.</p><p></p><p>Oh and by the way, all 8 of the KO teams had injured players, not just the NH teams...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 762393, member: 40658"] To use the injuries as a point is not a good idea IMHO. The SH teams all decided to play just 1 or 2 World Cup Warm up match prior to the World Cup, and they all had 6 weeks to prepare after that warm-up game. That gave most of their players enough time to heal, and the core 31-man group a lot of time to train together. The NH sides all played their Warm-up games 2-3 weeks prior to the World Cup, got guys injured and then had to bring in new guys, some not even part of the original squad to begin with. The NH sides put that extra pressure on themselves. Oh and by the way, all 8 of the KO teams had injured players, not just the NH teams... [/QUOTE]
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