Whoa! take it easy...we're not as good as the "golden generation", and yes, lots of individual talent, and collectivelly...well, shit, ok you're right... 
truth hurts. But maybe, just maybe, we can do it!
Brazil, Spain, Holland, England, France, Germany all have very good teams. But Spain are a good TEAM. I hope its a good tournament, with not too much fixing, besides helping SA go past the group stage. In other words, not another 2002 sham.
Maradona is not a "manager", hes a legend for inspiration, I doubt he even made many decisions, besides making sure Aguero was on the plane with Messi. Leaving Cambiasso and Zanneti behind are 2 epic fuck-ups or a master stroke of genius...up front theyre a formidable force, with riches & the luxury to choose from the talent!
Like England (my country), Portugal are collectively shit; sorry but it's got to be said. Struggle through qualifiers, but yes they do have pockets of massive talent in their team.
I don't agree the England team is any good, midfield is rather excellent, and Rooney is a beast, but look at the other options in attack and in defense... Teams like Italy, Germany, Brazil can always have shit teams coming into a competition like this, but they always have that added inertia which someone lets them do things.
Maradonna made many decision I think, he was raped in Argentine media and by several Argentine players. But I ask... why the fuck leave Cambi or Zanneti out of ANY squad? I'd pay to have either trained to talk with a London accent and passports forged so they could play for England...
Few ''PROMISING '' forwards 
? GTFO of here ,Messi,Milito,Tevez ,Higuain, Aguero, Di Maria...................
Torres /Villa best combo 
Promising yes, that's the word... Fine having big names, but when have they collectively delivered?
When have Torress / Villa delivered? Oh I don't know... maybe by crucifying the competition in the Euroes and going on a massive, unprecidented winning streak.
You know nothing, you see the names on a computer game and think... Wow, noone else compares, look at their statistics on this computer game!
argentina does have the best players, A FEW PROMISING FORWARDS?
? TEVEZ, MILITO, HIGUAIN, MESSI, AGUERO AND PALERMO... BRO...
YOU HAVE VERON IN THE MIDDLE, YOU CALL VERON A BAD PLAYER?
ARGENTINA WOULD HAVE A SUPERB TEAM WITH RIQUELME ON IT, HE IS MISSING, ALSO ZANETTI...
You mean individual talents for their domestic teams right? Tell me exactly what formation, and how you would go about stopping Spain raping you if you played all those STIKERS? The Argie team is too forward empthasised, in this day and age it just won't wash against the European teams like Spain, Italy, Germany, even Brazil now considering their emphasis in defense.
I think veron is one of the best midfielders right now, last cup, argentina in general was shitty... he had estudiantes go from nothing to copa libertadores champions...
the real one missing in there is riquelme... cause of his fight with maradona, he is the one that is "medio gol" on free kicks...
Best midfielders? Ha ha, dream on, can you honestly compare him to Lampard, Xavi, Inesta, Kaka etc?
To be honest, from these replies I guess nobody has actually watched a minute of footy on TV this past year and is only going off playing the FIFA computer game...
