Only sports event where I'm compelled to keep watching even if my favorite team gets bumped out (USA :teehee )
Quoteoh yeah. DCharlie was more upset than me, of course.
I was off my colcannon that night, let me tell you. :-*
To recap - the problem with the Ireland situation is the rejigging of the rules to suit France.
All first team places went through to the finals.
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Most goals in a match
Record in bold is the current world record.
# Goals Player Score Opponent Competition Date
1 13 Archie Thompson 31–0 American Samoa 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 April 2001
Why would a Saudi root for Brazil? I was in Jordan last year during the Confederation Cup and all the Jordanians were rooting for Brazil then too-- with jerseys and flags even. I don't get it. Your teams suck so you root for the best team so you can pretend to know what winning feels like?Yep that explains it exactly.
Why would a Saudi root for Brazil? I was in Jordan last year during the Confederation Cup and all the Jordanians were rooting for Brazil then too-- with jerseys and flags even. I don't get it. Your teams suck so you root for the best team so you can pretend to know what winning feels like?
Rugby is the superior Eurotrash sport.^^
Is Canada in it?
Didn't care anyway? :cancry
You may as well still root for Poland, Borys - they still have the same chance of winning.
We smoked a bowl and fell asleep during the France v Uruguay match.you and a bunch of dudes did drugs and slept together? doesn't sound gay at all *shifty eyes*
STV1, 2 and Kanal4 is showing most of them though? You don't have access to that? :wtfI see, so its not just one channel that airs all 3 matches. I guess I will have to reprogram tv my channels, I haven't done so since they switch to digitals.
god we fucking suck
what the heck! LOL.
WC is killing GAF. E3 will be fun there!
They're keeping the WC thread for e3. That's why I mentioned it.what the heck! LOL.I think they disable the OT during E3, so it won't be as bad...well, no that's not true. It'll still be bad.
WC is killing GAF. E3 will be fun there!
what the heck! LOL.
WC is killing GAF. E3 will be fun there!
I think they disable the OT during E3, so it won't be as bad...well, no that's not true. It'll still be bad.
They're keeping the WC thread for e3. That's why I mentioned it.what the heck! LOL.I think they disable the OT during E3, so it won't be as bad...well, no that's not true. It'll still be bad.
WC is killing GAF. E3 will be fun there!
WC plus E3 equals 500 servers errors like crazy I predict.
I feel like I can't chant U-S-A because it's only a draw. Another reason this sport sucks.
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Watched the match with my family. Reactions from the people who never watched a soccer game before this:
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I don't even like football and today's game was amazing to watch. The US goalie must be on crack or something.
Italian Americans become ostentatiously, obnoxiously Italian every four years during the World Cup. Then new episodes of Jersey Shore come out and suddenly they're just white people again.
Goddamn nigros are ruining the WC
So far all teams that have played weren't impressive. Still waiting for the first contender for the cup to stand up.
England as a team were shite - again. Green's mistake wouldn't have mattered if we'd not played like a bunch of utter donkeys.
Usual reaction from the press "bu bu bu we would have won if Green hadn't cocked up" - lol, we were devoid of ideas and people simply didn't perform.
Goddamn nigros are ruining the WC
If you're talking about the constant vuvuzela noise, yeah, it is ridiculously annoying. It sounds like a bee invasion.spoiler (click to show/hide)(http://i45.tinypic.com/1zq4l1w.jpg)[close]
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Good start.Not even halftime yet and my prediction is right.
Lampard scoring one goal this time would be "catching fire". :lol
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Is there a place you can watch the games online? I was out and missed Germany vs Australia
Holland will be on in a bit, the whole company will be watching, should be fun.Holland vs Denmark is going to be interesting. I think I will cheer for the Danes although I have a feeling that they are going to get their asses kicked.
Glenn Beck: “Barack Obama’s policies are the World Cup.” In an extensive rant on the June 11 Glenn Beck Program, Beck purported to explain how President Obama’s policies “are the World Cup” of “political thought.” Beck stated, “It doesn’t matter how you try to sell it to us, it doesn’t matter how many celebrities you get, it doesn’t matter how many bars open early, it doesn’t matter how many beer commercials they run, we don’t want the World Cup, we don’t like the World Cup, we don’t like soccer, we want nothing to do with it.” Beck stated that likewise, “the rest of the world likes Barack Obama’s policies, we do not.”
Beck added “those who like the World Cup … they’re the most likely to riot,” commenting that by contrast, “I haven’t seen the baseball riots.” He later said of soccer, “I hate it so much, probably because the rest of the world likes it so much, and they riot over it, and they continually try to jam it down our throat.”
G. Gordon Liddy: “Whatever happened to American exceptionalism?” Discussing soccer’s popularity in the U.S. on his June 10 program, G. Gordon Liddy asked, “Whatever happened to American exceptionalism?” Liddy noted that “this game … originated with the South American Indians and instead of a ball, they used to use the head, the decapitated head, of an enemy warrior.”
G. Gordon Liddy asked, “Whatever happened to American exceptionalism?” Liddy noted that “this game … originated with the South American Indians and instead of a ball, they used to use the head, the decapitated head, of an enemy warrior.”
lmao denmark gave Netherlands a point by putting the ball in their own goalIf you win a match you get 3 points, a draw gives 1 point to each team and a loss gives 0 points.
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fuck you Germans :auscry
You really thought you stood a chance? Chin up mate, it's still better than 8-0 :gloomy
smh 3-1 would of been a good score
No, but I was hoping for a 2-1 loss or even a 1-1 draw or something. Now Cahill is gone and we're fucked :(
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2-1 sucks man :(
We'll take the 3 points, but with Ivory Coast and Portugal ahead this ain't looking pretty. KaKa was fucking horrible and Fabiano spent the game injuring NK's defense. Maicon played well throughout the game and he really deserved that goal. Here's hoping Brazil steps up!
2-1 sucks man :(
We'll take the 3 points, but with Ivory Coast and Portugal ahead this ain't looking pretty. KaKa was fucking horrible and Fabiano spent the game injuring NK's defense. Maicon played well throughout the game and he really deserved that goal. Here's hoping Brazil steps up!
In this approach, the casual sports fan is using a strategy of "rational ignorance" -- i.e., not caring until the team is sufficiently successful. This is the kind of thing that political scientists tend to understand, but sports and politics junkies reject as somehow not representing true fandom. But it is how most people think about most things in life most of the time.
Can we get an official ruling about Boogie posting in this thread? I mean Canada didn't even qualify. Oh well, maybe you'll have a team to root for in 2014? :smug
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Can we get an official ruling about Boogie posting in this thread? I mean Canada didn't even qualify. Oh well, maybe you'll have a team to root for in 2014? :smug
:rofl :rofl :roflIs this supposed to be an African thing because I've seen these horns at soccer games before (in california).
Best thing to come out of this fucking World Cup are those god damn horns
:rofl :rofl :roflIs this supposed to be an African thing because I've seen these horns at soccer games before (in california).
Best thing to come out of this fucking World Cup are those god damn horns
I think the reason it sounds like so much buzzing on TV is that microphones are far from the source so it just sounds like one constant note.
I missed both matches today, what a disappointing result. It feels like its really hard to tell who is going to do good and who isn't this world cup and we haven't even entered the knock out stage.
Who do you guys cheer for, South Africa or Uruguay?
Who do you guys cheer for, South Africa or Uruguay?
South Africa, because of this:
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I love it :lol
I missed the replay. was the red card deserved?
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Oh man. The French deserve every bit of this.How come?
Oh man. The French deserve every bit of this.How come?
Oh man. The French deserve every bit of this.How come?
The France vs. Ireland qualifying shenanigans or aka EPIC HANDBALL
Oh man. The French deserve every bit of this.How come?
The France vs. Ireland qualifying shenanigans or aka EPIC HANDBALL
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USA HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA :rofl
Welcome to football
That goal needs to be reinstated. The Ref was fucking with the US from the get go.
Wait till you see the video, Distant. Its fucking ridiculous. If anything Slovenia fouled by holding onto two US players.
So if this happens USA will advance into the next stage?Here's to an England/Algeria draw.Don't kid yourself man, England is winning. And America will beat Algeria, all you need is for England to beat Slovenia and I'm sure they will since they won't jeopardize their chances of advancing.
Impressed by England who have that "worst team in the tournament" award in the bag at such an early stage.
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I heard he used his handLooks like a female WrikaWrek
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I heard he used his hand
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:piss azzuris :piss2
Kiwi powah!
:bow All Whites :bow2 doing us proud. Whatever happens I'm glad we disgraced those fuckin azzuris :piss2 the amount of diving in that game on their part was embarrassing. Paraguay are best in the pool and their faster playstyle will give us the most trouble so far.
Oh my God, I can't wait for Portugal/Brazil.Me too, Brazil better win for me to be fully satisfied.
Brazil let North Korea score on them and could only score 2 goals. Portugal shut out North Korea 7 nil. Brazil doesn't stand a chance. Too bad they already advanced.
So starting tomorrow and through the week there's 2 games on at 9:00am and 1:30pm CDT? Why did they do that?
this sport is bullshit
And just like that, because of shitty referees, this World Cup doesn't make a positive impression on USA people.
QuoteAnd just like that, because of shitty referees, this World Cup doesn't make a positive impression on USA people.
Even though we advance the US will still have a negative impression of the World Cup. Shitty refs and an organization that doesn't support replays made it so the US had to score that last minute goal to not get eliminated when they should have won the group with 7 points without it.
QuoteAnd just like that, because of shitty referees, this World Cup doesn't make a positive impression on USA people.
Even though we advance the US will still have a negative impression of the World Cup.
Did USA just placed 1st in the group?
The same group that has fucking ENGLAND?
God damn!!!
I hate the argument that "the USA put themselves in that position" as if getting another goal to clear the ones taken away from them is expected ('cause goals come that easily). Just backwards logic from the people defending FIFA. Someone definitely needs to be done, of course the world won't listen since its been the US on the brunt end of the bad officiating.That's how soccer works.
QuoteAnd just like that, because of shitty referees, this World Cup doesn't make a positive impression on USA people.
Even though we advance the US will still have a negative impression of the World Cup.
Now ask yourself if the rest of the world cares.
QuoteAnd just like that, because of shitty referees, this World Cup doesn't make a positive impression on USA people.
Even though we advance the US will still have a negative impression of the World Cup.
Now ask yourself if the rest of the world cares.
Who fucking cares what the rest of the world cares about? This is just a (rather shitty thanks to FIFA) distraction until the NFL and college football seasons start back up.
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
How is not using modern technology to more accurately determine the winner of a game anything but archaic?
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
How is not using modern technology to more accurately determine the winner of a game anything but archaic?
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
How is not using modern technology to more accurately determine the winner of a game anything but archaic?
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
It's more than archaic, it's downright stupid. Give the coaches the ability to challenge 3 calls a game and have challenge times added to stoppage time. Then you have a sport that doesn't take considerably longer and isn't ruled by refs. This is somehow a laughable idea to the Europeans, though. England wouldn't be upset at all if they had gone home with 3 points instead of advanced with 7 because of 2 huge blown calls.
Plus it doesn't even need to be the field ref that has to go to some booth to check replays. They could make the decisions more dynamic by having a panel on hand somewhere in the stadium that can get a jump on the reviewing process. Shit, the process'll probably be faster than it takes for an Italian player to get up after feigning injury.
Plus it doesn't even need to be the field ref that has to go to some booth to check replays. They could make the decisions more dynamic by having a panel on hand somewhere in the stadium that can get a jump on the reviewing process. Shit, the process'll probably be faster than it takes for an Italian player to get up after feigning injury.
Thank God you're not making the rules for soccer :lol
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
It's more than archaic, it's downright stupid. Give the coaches the ability to challenge 3 calls a game and have challenge times added to stoppage time. Then you have a sport that doesn't take considerably longer and isn't ruled by refs. This is somehow a laughable idea to the Europeans, though. England wouldn't be upset at all if they had gone home with 3 points instead of advanced with 7 because of 2 huge blown calls.
Did it not occur to you that the language barrier would actually make the sport LONGER if such a rule were implemented?
Or maybe they should let the translators challenge the calls :lol
Bunch of women, flopping all over the place.
Americans can't take the truth.
The king sport doesn't want your shit ideas, fuck yall
Plus it doesn't even need to be the field ref that has to go to some booth to check replays. They could make the decisions more dynamic by having a panel on hand somewhere in the stadium that can get a jump on the reviewing process. Shit, the process'll probably be faster than it takes for an Italian player to get up after feigning injury.
Thank God you're not making the rules for soccer :lol
Yes, thank God for the current refs who have blown a mindboggilingly amount of calls so far :smug Integrity of the sport must be maintained!I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
It's more than archaic, it's downright stupid. Give the coaches the ability to challenge 3 calls a game and have challenge times added to stoppage time. Then you have a sport that doesn't take considerably longer and isn't ruled by refs. This is somehow a laughable idea to the Europeans, though. England wouldn't be upset at all if they had gone home with 3 points instead of advanced with 7 because of 2 huge blown calls.
Did it not occur to you that the language barrier would actually make the sport LONGER if such a rule were implemented?
Or maybe they should let the translators challenge the calls :lol
Or maybe they should all speak English instead of some dirty non-english language
Soccer games already last forever, it's not like replays would slow down the game. Just do it like real football does it in the NFL :smug
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
It's more than archaic, it's downright stupid. Give the coaches the ability to challenge 3 calls a game and have challenge times added to stoppage time. Then you have a sport that doesn't take considerably longer and isn't ruled by refs. This is somehow a laughable idea to the Europeans, though. England wouldn't be upset at all if they had gone home with 3 points instead of advanced with 7 because of 2 huge blown calls.
Did it not occur to you that the language barrier would actually make the sport LONGER if such a rule were implemented?
Or maybe they should let the translators challenge the calls :lol
Just implement replay like hockey does.
But no, soccer loves manufactured drama. Bunch of women, flopping all over the place.
:lol
At americans realizing they have no pull and nobody gives a fuck about NFL or that Baseball shit you guys have. Criticize football, but as soon as there's a Wold Cup they come out of the woods.
Can't resist the biggest party in the world.
Soccer games already last forever, it's not like replays would slow down the game. Just do it like real football does it in the NFL :smug
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
It's more than archaic, it's downright stupid. Give the coaches the ability to challenge 3 calls a game and have challenge times added to stoppage time. Then you have a sport that doesn't take considerably longer and isn't ruled by refs. This is somehow a laughable idea to the Europeans, though. England wouldn't be upset at all if they had gone home with 3 points instead of advanced with 7 because of 2 huge blown calls.
Did it not occur to you that the language barrier would actually make the sport LONGER if such a rule were implemented?
Or maybe they should let the translators challenge the calls :lol
Give the coach a little blue card to hold up. Don't come to international events without someone who can speak English. It's not that hard. Go ahead and embrace your badly officiated games, though. Shit is worse than the NBA.
Just implement replay like hockey does.
:lolBaseball doesn't have instant replay, except for homeruns.
At americans realizing they have no pull and nobody gives a fuck about NFL or that Baseball shit you guys have. Criticize football, but as soon as there's a Wold Cup they come out of the woods.
Can't resist the biggest party in the world.
Just implement replay like hockey does.
Was gonna say this. The NHL's already got a template for limited use of replay in a free-flowing sport that's quick, effective, and unobtrusive. It's not like you have to choose between endless NFL-style lawyering or a purist traditionalism that produces tons of terrible calls.
Not worth spending too much time talking about, though. Professional soccer's run by a hodgepodge of governing bodies and the biggest of them can't be trusted. The organization that changed the rules on the fly to keep France and Portugal from playing each other in qualifying isn't going to reform the refereeing system.
:lol
At americans realizing they have no pull and nobody gives a fuck about NFL or that Baseball shit you guys have. Criticize football, but as soon as there's a Wold Cup they come out of the woods.
Can't resist the biggest party in the world.
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
It's more than archaic, it's downright stupid. Give the coaches the ability to challenge 3 calls a game and have challenge times added to stoppage time. Then you have a sport that doesn't take considerably longer and isn't ruled by refs. This is somehow a laughable idea to the Europeans, though. England wouldn't be upset at all if they had gone home with 3 points instead of advanced with 7 because of 2 huge blown calls.
Did it not occur to you that the language barrier would actually make the sport LONGER if such a rule were implemented?
Or maybe they should let the translators challenge the calls :lol
Give the coach a little blue card to hold up. Don't come to international events without someone who can speak English. It's not that hard. Go ahead and embrace your badly officiated games, though. Shit is worse than the NBA.
Right, the coach holds up the little blue card.
Don't you think the coach should have like a blue staff, and raise it along with the little blue card?
:lol
At americans realizing they have no pull and nobody gives a fuck about NFL or that Baseball shit you guys have. Criticize football, but as soon as there's a Wold Cup they come out of the woods.
Can't resist the biggest party in the world.
I just said hockey, dipshit.
Baseball hates replay just as much as soccer, pretty much. Replays for only HR calls isn't much at all.
I don't follow soccer at all, but there really aren't any replays?
Nope, just refs on the sidelines and one ref on the field. 1910 up in there.
Yes, it's archaic because they don't rely on video footage to make their decisions :lol
It's more than archaic, it's downright stupid. Give the coaches the ability to challenge 3 calls a game and have challenge times added to stoppage time. Then you have a sport that doesn't take considerably longer and isn't ruled by refs. This is somehow a laughable idea to the Europeans, though. England wouldn't be upset at all if they had gone home with 3 points instead of advanced with 7 because of 2 huge blown calls.
Did it not occur to you that the language barrier would actually make the sport LONGER if such a rule were implemented?
Or maybe they should let the translators challenge the calls :lol
Give the coach a little blue card to hold up. Don't come to international events without someone who can speak English. It's not that hard. Go ahead and embrace your badly officiated games, though. Shit is worse than the NBA.
Right, the coach holds up the little blue card.
Don't you think the coach should have like a blue staff, and raise it along with the little blue card?
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I complain about baseball not having enough replay. Should I stop watching my favorite sport, too?
I'm sure if I complained after a U.S loss/draw, it'd be construed as sour grapes. Now that the U.S won, I should enjoy the win and stfu. I'm just being consistent.
:lol
At americans realizing they have no pull and nobody gives a fuck about NFL or that Baseball shit you guys have. Criticize football, but as soon as there's a Wold Cup they come out of the woods.
Can't resist the biggest party in the world.
I just said hockey, dipshit.
Baseball hates replay just as much as soccer, pretty much. Replays for only HR calls isn't much at all.
Enjoy the win and shut the fuck up.
Don't like it? Don't watch it cigarillo. I think NFL wouldn't suck so fucking hard if each game didn't stop so much, but hey. It's made for Fat americans to see, you gotta give them time to get up and go pick up that food and beer in between. They'll never change that though will they
THAT WAS AMAZING
It's not a comeback when the entire game was tied, Borys.
Should I bother asking you if you've ever played it (rugby)?This is why Rugby is the real eurofaggotry sport to watch. American soccer fans :-\
Don't watch it cigarillo. I think NFL wouldn't suck so fucking hard if each game didn't stop so much
We're insistent because we're used to better.
I have! Utah has a pretty good rugby community with all the pacific islanders that live there. The best highschool team in the world when I was in going to school was from Salt Lake.:o
We're insistent because we're used to better.
Are you telling us there are no questionable calls in the NBA/NFL/NHL :D ?
We're insistent because we're used to better.
Are you telling us there are no questionable calls in the NBA/NFL/NHL :D ?
Of course there are questionable calls in those leagues. Especially the NBA which is as bad as the World Cup has been (the NBA has extremely limited replay rules and there are so many fouls). The NFL does a much better job at getting it right on the big calls, though, and I'm guessing the same is true for the NHL.
We're insistent because we're used to better.
Are you telling us there are no questionable calls in the NBA/NFL/NHL :D ?
Of course there are questionable calls in those leagues. Especially the NBA which is as bad as the World Cup has been (the NBA has extremely limited replay rules and there are so many fouls). The NFL does a much better job at getting it right on the big calls, though, and I'm guessing the same is true for the NHL.
So what you're saying is all sports are flawed to a certain extent
Playing in a (soccer) game on wednesday - time to get my shooting boots out the cupboard
Fuck video footage, Football isn't a stop and go game.You can often see the replay before the ref makes his call anyways.
Stick to your 3 minutes in 1 minute out sports, USAers
We're insistent because we're used to better.
Are you telling us there are no questionable calls in the NBA/NFL/NHL :D ?
Of course there are questionable calls in those leagues. Especially the NBA which is as bad as the World Cup has been (the NBA has extremely limited replay rules and there are so many fouls). The NFL does a much better job at getting it right on the big calls, though, and I'm guessing the same is true for the NHL.
So what you're saying is all sports are flawed to a certain extent
Sports with refs tend to be flawed to a certain extent for obvious reasons.
No wonder people don't like you. Anyway, may this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pm4jD5kU4U) happen to whatever team you're cheering for.
The moderators on this forum really suck. Why is TripleA allowed to post outside of the gaming forum?
Well, I wanted the US to play Australia but I guess Ghana will do.
Edit: I also predict USA going to the semifinals!
But we're ranked above those teams!Well, I wanted the US to play Australia but I guess Ghana will do.
Edit: I also predict USA going to the semifinals!
Odds of them beating Ghana, not that high. Odds of them beating Uruguai. Please.
That said, lucky sons of bitches that they landed on that side of the tournament :lol
But we're ranked above those teams!Well, I wanted the US to play Australia but I guess Ghana will do.
Edit: I also predict USA going to the semifinals!
Odds of them beating Ghana, not that high. Odds of them beating Uruguai. Please.
That said, lucky sons of bitches that they landed on that side of the tournament :lol
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/kostage.html
GERMANY V. ENGLAND
:o :o :o
-Oh to be in England, now that football’s there, to drive around beeping my car horn like a cunt, and taunt my idiot countrymen in German. “Ha! Ha! One-nil, Englisher dumbkopfs.” The expression of hatred on their dumb resentful faces sends my pleasure sensors soaring.
Most of them are too thick even to insult me properly, though sometimes they’ll come back with, “Two World Wars and one World Cup,” which I always counter with, “Three World Cups and one economic miracle,” and then Deutschland Uber Alles or the Horst Wessel Song. During Italia 90 I got in three different fights. It’s always a magical time for me.
Netherlands something something.
Its all on Lippi, Pirlo and Gattuso as substitutes? really?
I still don't understand why you support Brazil so vigorously if you aren't Brazilian or live in Brazil. Pretty fucked up since these are the national teams.Think of it as watching the ufc, at first you might cheer for fighters from your country but later on you prioritize performance and skill over background.
I still don't understand why you support Brazil so vigorously if you aren't Brazilian or live in Brazil. Pretty fucked up since these are the national teams.Think of it as watching the ufc, at first you might cheer for fighters from your country but later on you prioritize performance and skill over background.
Most people who have been following the world cup for a long time cheer for more than one team. It usually starts with them liking a team for kicking out the team that kicked their team out of the competition.
For example USA losing against England 2-0 and in the next round Argentina kicks England out 6-1.
It is not the same thing for sure but there are similarities in how the viewers cheer.I still don't understand why you support Brazil so vigorously if you aren't Brazilian or live in Brazil. Pretty fucked up since these are the national teams.Think of it as watching the ufc, at first you might cheer for fighters from your country but later on you prioritize performance and skill over background.
Most people who have been following the world cup for a long time cheer for more than one team. It usually starts with them liking a team for kicking out the team that kicked their team out of the competition.
For example USA losing against England 2-0 and in the next round Argentina kicks England out 6-1.
But it's not the same.
See in the UFC the fighters aren't actually representing a country, they represent themselves. It's more comparable to clubs that way, you might like the club you wanna like regardless of where the club is.
But national teams? Stick to your own country please, no doubt that you can like and cheer for other countries but not as if was your own.
It's not normal at all to cheer for a country that you have absolutely no ethnic or residential relation to as your primary team. You're part of the problem, Skidmark. Just because you're a man without a country doesn't mean you should spread your anti-societal values.:lol :lol :lol
Even with all that we would've probably gone through if we had shown some spirit for more than just the last fifteen minutes or so of that game. Shameful really and we deserve to exit
>Implying Italy doesn't play spiritless most of the time
I guess I can stop giving a fuck about this now.
You have to give the US team credit though. By them even making it this far in the world cup, they've sparked an interest in soccer (football) in the USA that we've never seen the likes of before. I, for one, think it's a good thing. Soccer is about one of the only sports left in the US that isn't all about the money.
You have to give the US team credit though. By them even making it this far in the world cup, they've sparked an interest in soccer (football) in the USA that we've never seen the likes of before.
Fucking bullshit not giving England that Goal. But thats Football!
DOO DOO DO, DO DO DO DOO DOO DO, DO DO DO DOO DOO DO DO DO DO, DO :cookiem
Nothing as hilarious as seeing England screwed
QuoteBut thats Football, right?
England don't deserve to be level to be honest.
QuoteBut thats Football, right?
yes, this is part of the wider drama of football.
England don't deserve to be level to be honest.
As i say - too many players in our team who really have not performed. Rooney is the biggest culprit. He's looked absolute shit.
I'm a complete soccer (football) novice but I still don't understand why the sport doesn't have some form of instant replay outside of shortsighted tradition.
:lolI'm a complete soccer (football) novice but I still don't understand why the sport doesn't have some form of instant replay outside of shortsighted tradition.
It would ruin the sport if the score of the game reflected what actually happened in the match.
Gonna start putting people who keep saying they don't undersrtand no replay on ignore for the rest of the WC. For fucks sakes, even if you don't understand, understand that it has been beaten to death, and it would be nice if you just took it as it is for now.
stfu, most of us euro elites are with you.Gonna start putting people who keep saying they don't undersrtand no replay on ignore for the rest of the WC. For fucks sakes, even if you don't understand, understand that it has been beaten to death, and it would be nice if you just took it as it is for now.
As long as Eurofags defend this shit, it's worth ragging on.
hilarious stuff - and even though this will end 6-2 or so, our dumb as fuck fans will STILL say "we would have won the world cup if..."
oh looooool, yeah, take of Defoe and bring on Heskey? fuck off England!!! Rooney is unsubable even when he can't control a fucking ball.
shameful stuff.
This is the wake up call we need - we are a joke as a team, too many "personalities" that i'm glad we can now shed. Lampard - a grade A cunt, bye! Rooney - massively overrated, bye! Gerrard - shit for england, bye! Crouch - great for england, a goal every second game average - has played 20 mins... bye?! yeah - i know Crouchy, better so stick with fat globulous premadonnas who are up their own arse! you should have been a bigger wanker then you'd have got your spot! Fuck scoring records!
i have Japanese only here - but again , i expect the English commentators to still force the myth of English footballing superiority.Where does this come from? The sense of superiority. England has only won one WC.
The ROONEY myth should be dead by now - he's been absolutely fucking awful.
i have Japanese only here - but again , i expect the English commentators to still force the myth of English footballing superiority.Where does this come from? The sense of superiority. England has only won one WC.
The ROONEY myth should be dead by now - he's been absolutely fucking awful.
i have Japanese only here - but again , i expect the English commentators to still force the myth of English footballing superiority.Where does this come from? The sense of superiority. England has only won one WC.
The ROONEY myth should be dead by now - he's been absolutely fucking awful.
i have Japanese only here - but again , i expect the English commentators to still force the myth of English footballing superiority.Where does this come from? The sense of superiority. England has only won one WC.
The ROONEY myth should be dead by now - he's been absolutely fucking awful.
i have Japanese only here - but again , i expect the English commentators to still force the myth of English footballing superiority.
The ROONEY myth should be dead by now - he's been absolutely fucking awful.
Yeah, I think England needs younger players.Yeah, that showed itself with the counterattacks. They were powerless against those due their lead legs.
They were slow, disorganized, confused. Traits of old men.
Germany: "Here I am! ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE!!!!"
England: "Help! I need somebody help!"
Poor Mick Jagger, he didn't get no satisfaction.
oh the fall out will be hilarious - Rooney and half the team is untouchable, so Capello goes first.
I would love us to get someone cut throat like Ferguson as our boss who will come in and just go
"too old too shit, out"
"too old too shit, out"
"too old too shit, out"
"too old too shit, out"
"too old too shit, out"
"too old too shit, out"
and build a team of players who WANT to play for us.
And just to reiterate , FRANK LAMPARD CAN SUCK IT. Fucking utter shite. I don't give a fuck how he plays for Chelsea - if he plays like that when he puts on an England shirt then he can cut the fucking oranges at half time rather than play. I think that's what we need to decouple - we need players with passion and not just the same shpower each time.
And just to reiterate , FRANK LAMPARD CAN SUCK IT. Fucking utter shite. I don't give a fuck how he plays for Chelsea - if he plays like that when he puts on an England shirt then he can cut the fucking oranges at half time rather than play. I think that's what we need to decouple - we need players with passion and not just the same shpower each time.
Argentina is gonna win the cup, mark my words.
I myself would be fucking mad if Brazil go out
Argentina is gonna win the cup, mark my words.
Super clear offside.LOL Fifa.
Embarrassing.
bububububu no replay needed!
lol soccer
bububububu no replay needed!
lol soccer
Twice in a day really is too much :fbm
bububububu no replay needed!
lol soccer
Twice in a day really is too much :fbm
Are you finally changing your mind?
Mexico clearly lost concentration after that protest. Argentina is a strong team, though. Is a decently refereed match that hard to come by today?
I would've thrown the camera on that motherfuckers head
Anyone arguing against replay assisted calls now is clearly an idiot."Those are the breaks in football, bro. Gotta deal with it."
messi's been playing so well this wc, btu he just can't seem to score.
messi's been playing so well this wc, btu he just can't seem to score.
Messi didn't do shit today.
Footballs credibillity as a professional sport is on the line with such shamefull refereeing in both games today. I'm really gutted, especially for Mexico."But that's football. You need a bit controversy here and there. Video replay would mar its beauty"
Both games were totally ruined by these decisions as truth be told we will never know what would have happened otherwise.
Shamefull stuff, more of this and I'm out of this sport.
/Footballs credibillity as a professional sport is on the line with such shamefull refereeing in both games today. I'm really gutted, especially for Mexico."But that's football. You need a bit controversy here and there. Video replay would mar its beauty"
Both games were totally ruined by these decisions as truth be told we will never know what would have happened otherwise.
Shamefull stuff, more of this and I'm out of this sport.
Not if its this obvious, a debated tackle yes, but not this. The whole cup and the game itself are at stake here.Yeah. I was joking. Hence the quotation marks. I was aping the football traditionalists who see any implementation of video replay as an affront to their sport.
When USA complains about bad calls, it's part of the game. When any other team complains about bad calls, it's an outrage. :usacry
well, it looks like we won't learn from the 4-1 reality check.
The press seem to be painting this as all Capello's fault and that the goal that wasn't would have changed the match had it stood and that the team were "deflated" and couldn't recover.
It's like any business venture really. Unrealistic expectations? Incompetent personnel? Hire a project manager to take the fall.
Holland seems to move along without too much effort.
Dcharlie whats up
... and North Korea.
Watched game - Chile didn't turn up but man the Brazilian attack is scary - their defense is there for the taking though so the Holland v Brazil game could end up a 4-3 sort of game.
Fuck spain, that red card was bulshit
Well I just meant your anger about losing.
C. Ronaldo chokes in big games and tournaments: fact.
Unless he has a-class players around him of course! ::)
C. Ronaldo faboys annoy me.
Real talk. Messi is excellent but Ronaldo was a little better at the same age. There simply has never been a more explosive player with such creativity.
http://www.totalbarca.com/2010/interviews/ronald-de-boer-messi-is-something-special/
Love this lesser known goal as well.
Bending it better than Beckham:
[youtube=560,345]jOkDDBGYe3A[/youtube]
Well, Messi *is* only 23.
Fuck you!
I really want a Brazil vs. Argentina final but lets be honest here, Argentina won't beat Germany. I just can't see it happening.
I told you :D
I told you :D
It's not like the Dutch have done anything in this match. That was straight Brazilian defender fail. I expected the offense from Brazil to continue, though.
wtf would any non-dutch root for netherlands?
wtf would any non-dutch root for netherlands?
wow the dutch are really jewing out the clock.
This is like the Colts meltdown in the 2nd half of the Super Bowl. We need a shot of Kaka crying as the match ends.
except the dutch got their points largely by Brazil's own mistakes and bad reffing, so it's more annoying.wow the dutch are really jewing out the clock.Brazil would be doing the same fucking thing.
Holland tactic - Foul the fuck of it, another own goal, pray:lol yeah basically. there can be too much shitty reffing and this world cup really shows it.
I hope the Germany/Argentina winner takes the World Cup.
Fabiano scored like 28 goals in 36 games for Brazil.
Shut the fuck up Wrath.
We're in the world cup, and he didn't do anything special other than three goals.
Now whoever wins I don't really give a shit, I just want to see Dunga get laughed at.
If the Nazis send Argentina home tomorrow then fuck this World Cup. I ain't watching that shit anymore.
I'm not understanding the Dunga hate. The Brazil team of the first half today was awe-inspiring. Utterly stifling defense, smooth transition and excellent forward movement. Completely outclassed the Dutch side in every aspect of play. Holland gets a lucky break and the players lost their focus. Is Dunga to be blamed for that? I can understand someone needs to be the sacrificial lamb but the team he fielded looked able to steamroll absolutely everyone
Brazilians should be playing Brazilian style soccer, not pseudo-European soccer. Winning it all was Dunga's only justification to not have Joga Bonito.
If the Nazis::)
I would love for Ghana to go through and make this cup hilarious :lolYeah I was rooting for the Netherlands being destroyed but if I could choose the team that wins the cup, it's the one with the most vuvuzelas.
Handball was worth it
I agree with Wrika's points. Brazil made some dumb mistakes and they basically had no room for error because the officiating was terrible. I'm still confounded how the far dirtier team wasn't the one playing with a man down.Maybe Brazil can put some pressure on FIFA for video refereeing seeing as how they're hosting the next world cup?
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But Messi is the best player ever, he can win this alone:lol
But Messi is the best player ever, he can win this alone
I'm hoping for an epic Holland - Germany final.
Damn Messi is a broken man. Missing all those passes, and balls.
What an ownage. Aren't all Germany players under 22? Total domination.
Only Spain stand in Germany's path :D
ZE GERMAN TANK!:lol :lol
BLITZKRIEG!
First England now Argentina get steamrolled.
Creativity didn't save the Jews, either.
I wonder if Argentina's relatively easy path to this match was a factor in their dismal performance today. I had thought that Argentina was going to edge by just a little because they had at least established three players as major scoring threats. However, the other players just couldn't make Germany pay for sticking multiple defenders on Messi. Argentina just started to panic because they've never had to come back from behind that late in the game.
I wonder if Argentina's relatively easy path to this match was a factor in their dismal performance today. I had thought that Argentina was going to edge by just a little because they had at least established three players as major scoring threats. However, the other players just couldn't make Germany pay for sticking multiple defenders on Messi. Argentina just started to panic because they've never had to come back from behind that late in the game.
They were behind 3 min in.
Final will be:
URUGUAY : PARAGUAY
:patel
Stolen from GAF
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What an ownage. Aren't all Germany players under 22? Total domination.
there are a few over but i think the limit is 25. Still crazy though
Germany played good.
Final could be Holland - Germany.
If the Dutch can beat Uruguay with 3 key players missing.
Everybody says Germany is so good, but they already lost once this tournament, they are definately beatable.
I've met more sportmanlike Brazilians here yesterday that congratuled me on the great win.aren't you a polish?
Germany played good.
Final could be Holland - Germany.
If the Dutch can beat Uruguay with 3 key players missing.
Everybody says Germany is so good, but they already lost once this tournament, they are definately beatable.
So what you say is that a football team can be beat? OH MY GOD.
Fact is, they are great. Because unlike Holland, they play beautiful, fluid, and tactically firm football. Contrast it to the dirty, ugly, boring, lucky style of the dutch.
You have such a wrong concept about football. Don't let your hate blind you!
Fans want to win, presidents want to win, players want to win. Wins move fans into seeing football matches at home.
Nobody wants to pay 40 euros to see their team play really well but lose. If Mourinho wins, the fans will love them, like the Porto/Chelsea/Inter fans before. And if he wins, the the President will love him too.
"Mourinho football", :lol cry some moar
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So the remaining world cup games are all at 3:30 a.m. Japan Time. GOOD GAME, SOUTH AFRICA.
I guess most of the remaining countries are European, so it's only fair.
Let's do this.
Lol
Again Van Bommel doesn't get a booking. It's amazing, Fifa is in on this shit.
edit: So without illegal goal, this would be 2-2 now.
(http://mashieq.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/ronaldo-crying.jpg) bubububu illegal goal :santocry
Which reminds me, my perfect sports year of the Lakers, Inter and Brazil winning it all won't happen :'(
Which reminds me, my perfect sports year of the Lakers, Inter and Brazil winning it all won't happen :'(
This is fucking disgusting.
Why's that?
I'm another Cryguay supporter. :santocry
The Dutch will win. I don't think they are particularly fun to watch, though (although they've been interesting enough this game).
Worst World Cup ever.
You are turkish.
You are turkish.
Kosovo/Turkish
But I have Dutch nationality, so...
Sigh going to miss half the match :(first or second?
Sigh going to miss half the match :(first or second?
WAAAAAAH WHY DID HOLLAND MAKE IT TO THE FINALE WAAAHHHH :santocry
Wrika needs to shut the fuck up. :lol
You may be prettier than C. Ronaldo, but you're also a bigger cigarillo.You are turkish.
Kosovo/Turkish
But I have Dutch nationality, so...
But you aren't dutch. You've just lived there long enough.
You along with Kosma, are just fair weather lil bitches, that would support their native sides if they were the ones with any weight in international football.
Just a bunch of turn coats, which makes your trash talking fall short of doing much of anything. If you guys were actually dutch, it would have impact.
Sorryyyy
You may be prettier than C. Ronaldo, but you're also a bigger cigarillo.:lol
Boring match.
QuoteYou along with Kosma, are just fair weather lil bitches
says the painfully eyerolling Portuguese supporter playing the "... and Brazil!" support card.
At least be original ffs.
Boring match.
so it's just like every other soccer match?
Boring match.
so it's just like every other soccer match?
Ok 0-1 to Spain, still time left to equalize :D
Ok 0-1 to Spain, still time left to equalize :D
Not the way they're playing.
(http://i26.tinypic.com/a0e7md.jpg)
poor fella
A Spanish friend on another board said yesterday that if you believed Germany was going to win you were either dumb or an American. He was correct.
QuoteSpain dominated overall.
talking shit again?
Dominated my arse - better team yes, dominated? ffs - is that your ONE appraisal of football matches?
hell, it'd fucking explain a lot!
Well he actually said more. He said that people weren't real soccer fans were looking at the matches leading up to the game and extrapolating that Germany would dominate, while real soccer fans knew that Germany would never play Spain straight up, that it would be a low scoring, and that Spain would pull out a win.A Spanish friend on another board said yesterday that if you believed Germany was going to win you were either dumb or an American. He was correct.
Your Spanish friend is a fucking idiot, only an illogical individual would claim Germany had absolutely zero chance of winning today.
He was being a bit nationalistic with the "no chance" part ...
He was being a bit nationalistic with the "no chance" part (I know you can't read subtext for shit) but his prediction was spot fucking on.
QuoteYou really just seem to enjoy arguing the opposite. Whatever DCharlie
just disagree with your definition of dominance - more so in this case than the other.
Game was largely routine and a measured nulification by both sides with the odd chance falling to either side. Neither side dominated and after the goal we were left with a pushing german side looking for an opening leaving themselves open to a counter.
There was no dominance on show - tight game won by a superb headed chance, so for me i just cannot fathom anyone watching this game and going "oh, Spain dominated!"
in other news - you'd be surprised how many england fans are angry at Germany now because the "exclusive World Cup winners" club is going to be "ruined" by another club joining it. Then again - almost all of them know fuck all about football and it's all an excuse for nationalist jingoism. I'm personally thrilled we'll have a new name in there.
:bow Spain :bow2
Juup Juup Holland, 2nd place losers.
They lost to Switzerland and only scored 6 goals this world cup, we won against Brazil and scored 12.
Normally go here
http://www.footballthread.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=1
Folks from the deleted Football thread at GAF go there. It's basically what the best thread at GAF was, mostly anyway i guess.
Let's do this :D
god that sucked
more cards than shots on goal
Let's do this :D
Your thoughts on the match so far?
wow how did he miss that
ALL TIED UP I WONDER IF IT WILL GO TO THAT JEWEL OF INTERNATIONAL SOCCER "THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT":lol
*goes back to bed*
octopuses frighten me nowoctopussy!
I'm glad the wc is over. Such a shitty sport.
Won't watch soccer for the next two years, when the ec starts.
Well, it is kinda a pretentious sport. For example, you don't call dirty play dirty, you just call it cynical.
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