Author Topic: The Official World Cup 2010 Thread (Read 76176 times)

cloudwalking · « **Reply #1020 on:** July 07, 2010, 05:23:03 PM »

SHUT UP SPAIN FANS I'M TRYING TO SLEEP

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #1021 on:** July 07, 2010, 06:45:38 PM »

Quote from: dcharlie on July 07, 2010, 04:33:36 PM

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Spain 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!

Really Charlie?

Germany was a non entity for 70 minutes, they couldn't take the ball away from spain, their midfield was allowing Spain's midfield to play with space, and their counter attacks were being shut off by Spain. Then Spain opted for counter attack play and almost scored again.

You really just seem to enjoy arguing the opposite. Whatever DCharlie

TripleA · « **Reply #1022 on:** July 07, 2010, 06:56:39 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on July 07, 2010, 05:21:49 PM

Quote from: TripleA on July 07, 2010, 05:02:52 PM
Quote from: Genghis Cohen on July 07, 2010, 04:24:42 PM
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.

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.

See bolded part.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #1023 on:** July 07, 2010, 06:59:46 PM »

Holland

TripleA · « **Reply #1024 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:23:59 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on July 07, 2010, 07:00:22 PM

He was being a bit nationalistic with the "no chance" part ...

Ok then

BlackMage · « **Reply #1025 on:** July 07, 2010, 10:51:06 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on July 07, 2010, 07:00:22 PM

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.

it wasn't a crazy prediction either way

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #1026 on:** July 07, 2010, 11:06:50 PM »

*someone flips coin, calls heads - it's heads*

--->

"Anyone who called tails was either fucking distinguished mentally-challenged or a chinawoman!"

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #1027 on:** July 07, 2010, 11:16:09 PM »

yeah, well...

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BlueTsunami · « **Reply #1028 on:** July 08, 2010, 01:25:41 AM »

The first half the game definitely felt like both teams were sort of on auto pilot, weren't really straining to overcome the other. Even the announcers on ESPN said something about the game being fairly friendly so far (no tackles for a good while). The tempo definitely changed halfway in to the second half.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #1029 on:** July 08, 2010, 08:52:36 AM »

Quote from: dcharlie on July 08, 2010, 01:10:15 AM

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You 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.

There was a point in the game where Spain had 12 shots vs 2 shots. Germany's first shot came at the 20 something minute mark. The only goal scoring chance for the Germans was the 1st time shot by Kroos that Casillas defended.

It was far from a tight game. Had Spain converted more, we would be looking at a more expressive scoreline. Germany's counter attacks didn't work in this game, and it was only when Spain decided to pressure in their own midfield instead of Germany's midfield, that Germany took the game to them, and even then what happened is that Spain proved to be much more dangerous with their counters than Germany had been.

Yes, if you watched the full game, it's pretty easy to say at least that Spain dominated the majority of the game, and that Germany had barely any goal chance.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #1030 on:** July 08, 2010, 09:37:14 AM »

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.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #1031 on:** July 08, 2010, 12:36:21 PM »

What are prices for club football like in yurip? are they exhorbitant like most ticket prices here have gotten? suppose it depends on the club, but what kind of range are we talking?

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1032 on:** July 08, 2010, 01:26:01 PM »

I paid $250 for slightly above average seats for Real Madrid vs the LA MLS team (LOL, can't even remember their names). Rape time but totally worth it.

Powerslave · « **Reply #1033 on:** July 08, 2010, 05:45:59 PM »

Quote from: Borys on July 08, 2010, 12:45:56 AM

Spain

Juup Juup Holland, 2nd place losers.

lol poor Borys trying so hard to be anti-Holland, too bad he won't have any opponent left to cheer for soon enough

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #1034 on:** July 08, 2010, 06:00:19 PM »

Holland has a GREAT chance against Spain. One of the great things Spain has managed to do is sort of completely force their style of play upon their adversaries. Look how Germany was completely unable to do what they normally do...

That said, Holland plays a much more cynic style of game, so i think they will have a much easier time handling Spain's style than others. However, it should be said, that if the REf isn't afraid to show the yellow card in the final, Holland is in deep shit because Spain has the kind of talent that breaks through opponents, and Holland has shown time and time again how they like to deal with those offensive maneuvers, they foul the fuck out of the other guy. In Contrast, Spain fouls very little, as they rely on the support of the team to cover the mistakes, and they force the error on the adversary.

So who knows, if Ref allows Van Bommel and company to just run free i firmly believe that Spain is gonna struggle to build much of anything.

Quote from: Kosma on July 08, 2010, 03:12:29 PM

They lost to Switzerland and only scored 6 goals this world cup, we won against Brazil and scored 12.

The wrong way to look at stats...

Ichirou · « **Reply #1035 on:** July 09, 2010, 10:29:51 AM »

As a proud Spaniard, I know who I'm going to be rooting for.

Tristam · « **Reply #1036 on:** July 09, 2010, 11:49:36 AM »

Quote from: WrikaWrek on July 08, 2010, 09:37:14 AM

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.

Those guys are absolutely insufferable. I still remember at one point in the GAF thread I made an innocuous, off-hand prediction that Arshavin (after he was hyped for his performance in Euro 08) would do well in the Premier League. Then Karakand was like "LOL NEW GUNNER ITT TO REPLACE THEM ALL!!111!" (when I'm not really an Arsenal fan even) and a bunch of people jumped in to yell that Arshavin could never handle the physical pressures of the almighty EPL.

Yeah, and anyway, what happened? Arshavin did well--very well, even--in the Premier League.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1037 on:** July 10, 2010, 04:50:01 PM »

I am happy that Ronaldo's record is intact but I kinda wish that we got the opportunity to see Klose fail. It was really surprising that Klose didn't come off the bench at all. Did he do something to piss off the coach?

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1038 on:** July 10, 2010, 05:05:34 PM »

How good was that last kick from Forlan? Dude was amazing in this tournament and outperformed many of the more loudly-lauded players. It's a shame that he didn't get to compete on a stronger team.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #1039 on:** July 11, 2010, 12:39:31 PM »

Off to a party for the game. Go Netherlands!

Skidmark · « **Reply #1040 on:** July 11, 2010, 01:37:25 PM »

Netherlands ftw

Akala · « **Reply #1041 on:** July 11, 2010, 02:25:42 PM »

come on holland!

TripleA · « **Reply #1042 on:** July 11, 2010, 02:31:20 PM »

Let's do this

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #1043 on:** July 11, 2010, 03:03:07 PM »

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Beezy · « **Reply #1044 on:** July 11, 2010, 03:14:43 PM »

MCD · « **Reply #1045 on:** July 11, 2010, 03:15:14 PM »

Germany got robbed.

Skidmark · « **Reply #1046 on:** July 11, 2010, 03:18:34 PM »

Quote from: TripleA on July 11, 2010, 02:31:20 PM

Let's do this

Your thoughts on the match so far?

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #1047 on:** July 11, 2010, 03:19:19 PM »

god that sucked

more cards than shots on goal

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #1048 on:** July 11, 2010, 03:20:11 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on July 11, 2010, 03:19:19 PM

god that sucked

more cards than shots on goal

sounds like every soccer match ever played.

TripleA · « **Reply #1049 on:** July 11, 2010, 03:24:12 PM »

Quote from: Skidmark on July 11, 2010, 03:18:34 PM

Quote from: TripleA on July 11, 2010, 02:31:20 PM
Let's do this

Your thoughts on the match so far?

Aggressive

TripleA · « **Reply #1050 on:** July 11, 2010, 03:49:57 PM »

wow how did he miss that

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #1051 on:** July 11, 2010, 03:50:30 PM »

Quote from: TripleA on July 11, 2010, 03:49:57 PM

wow how did he miss that

Batman wouldn't have missed.

TripleA · « **Reply #1052 on:** July 11, 2010, 04:21:33 PM »

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #1053 on:** July 11, 2010, 04:22:55 PM »

And America continues to wonder what the fuck is wrong with the rest of the world.

Reb · « **Reply #1054 on:** July 11, 2010, 04:24:31 PM »

Fuuuckkkk, so nervous.

TripleA · « **Reply #1055 on:** July 11, 2010, 04:48:57 PM »

Stupid challenge

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #1056 on:** July 11, 2010, 04:53:58 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on July 11, 2010, 04:39:46 PM

ALL TIED UP I WONDER IF IT WILL GO TO THAT JEWEL OF INTERNATIONAL SOCCER "THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT"

*goes back to bed*

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #1057 on:** July 11, 2010, 04:55:47 PM »

YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

cool breeze · « **Reply #1058 on:** July 11, 2010, 04:55:47 PM »

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #1059 on:** July 11, 2010, 04:56:09 PM »

at least it didn't go to penalties

TripleA · « **Reply #1060 on:** July 11, 2010, 04:56:29 PM »

DAMN

TripleA · « **Reply #1061 on:** July 11, 2010, 05:02:48 PM »

Congratulations Spain!

Skidmark · « **Reply #1062 on:** July 11, 2010, 05:03:38 PM »

congrats to Spain.

Akala · « **Reply #1063 on:** July 11, 2010, 05:06:51 PM »

awwww.

gj Spain.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #1064 on:** July 11, 2010, 05:08:13 PM »

cool breeze · « **Reply #1065 on:** July 11, 2010, 05:09:40 PM »

octopuses frighten me now

Tieno · « **Reply #1066 on:** July 11, 2010, 05:10:08 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 11, 2010, 05:09:40 PM

octopuses frighten me now

octopussy!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #1067 on:** July 11, 2010, 05:14:58 PM »

The best thing that came from this World Cup is that damn 100% correct octopus

I got this!

Bacchus7 · « **Reply #1068 on:** July 11, 2010, 05:15:16 PM »

Over/under on how many drinks deep Kosma is right now? I'm putting it at 11, and I'm taking the over.

Third · « **Reply #1069 on:** July 11, 2010, 06:15:05 PM »

I'm glad the wc is over. Such a shitty sport.
Won't watch soccer for the next two years, when the ec starts.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1070 on:** July 11, 2010, 07:33:10 PM »

Justice prevailed!

It was a pretty meh game but at least the finish was exciting and the right team won.

Even in victory, Netherlands would have disgraced the sport and their country with reckless, dirty play. Dutch fans, especially the bandwagonners like Kosma, Third, Mr Gundam, should continue holding their heads down in shame, not for rooting for the losing team but for supporting such a vile bunch of cheating thugs.

Quote from: Third on July 11, 2010, 06:15:05 PM

I'm glad the wc is over. Such a shitty sport.
Won't watch soccer for the next two years, when the ec starts.

:santocry

At least now you can go back to being a Turk! :tbslol

Purple Filth · « **Reply #1071 on:** July 11, 2010, 09:02:21 PM »

So all the octopus predictions were correct?

Powerslave · « **Reply #1072 on:** July 11, 2010, 09:43:14 PM »

Jesus that was an anti-climatic finale. Every shot was missed and you could predict it would be so after a while! From my observations I can conclude that most finales lack in excitement. They're mostly boring and both teams play at the same level. Semi-finals are usually more tense than finales. Netherlands played a mediocre match, so did Spain but a little less. Incredibly anti-climatic ending however holy fuck.

demi · « **Reply #1073 on:** July 11, 2010, 10:19:18 PM »

What the hell is "extra time"? Why not just call it "Overtime" like the rest of the civilized world

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1074 on:** July 11, 2010, 10:37:57 PM »

Because extra time sounds classier? Overtime is normally associated with filthy poors slaving away to make ends meet.

demi · « **Reply #1075 on:** July 11, 2010, 10:42:05 PM »

> implying soccer is classy

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1076 on:** July 11, 2010, 10:43:25 PM »

Well, it is kinda a pretentious sport. For example, you don't call dirty play dirty, you just call it cynical.

Tristam · « **Reply #1077 on:** July 11, 2010, 11:47:49 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on July 11, 2010, 10:43:25 PM

Well, it is kinda a pretentious sport. For example, you don't call dirty play dirty, you just call it cynical.

Haha, yeah. Like Van Bommel is a "robust" player and the Dutch played a "disruptive" style.

Anyway, it would have been a shame to see the Dutch win with those tactics. The Spanish were diving but only after the Dutch were pummeling them with fouls. And as someone else said in the GAF thread, the Dutch complaining about the Spanish diving is like the Spanish complaining about the Dutch diving.

Pretty poor tournament overall, especially since it came immediately after one of the best tournaments ever (Euro 08*).

*Even though Euro 08 may be remembered as a tournament of faked injuries to stop counterattacks.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1078 on:** July 12, 2010, 01:27:07 AM »

Borys, don't forget Mr. Gundam, who has no connection to Holland other than enjoying a tour there.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #1079 on:** July 12, 2010, 01:30:29 AM »

At least the Dutch are kickboxing champions. :hehe

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