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The great 2010 FIFA World Cup thread

Well, the World Cup is just like the Olympics as far as the USA is concerned. I have no guilt in saying I only watch bobsledding, platform diving and fencing once every four years. And at least there's MLS, which gets some decent publicity, unlike those poor rugby or handball players here.
 
Yeah, but if they hadn't allowed 2 goals in the first half, they wouldn't have had to settle for a tie by playing like champs in the second half and then getting screwed by a terrible call.

Strong World Cup contenders don't concede goals before the viewers have settled in with chips and a soda to watch the match.

That having been said, the U.S. should have won that game. Is it me or has there been some terrible officiating this year?
 
Yeah, but if they hadn't allowed 2 goals in the first half, they wouldn't have had to settle for a tie by playing like champs in the second half and then getting screwed by a terrible call.

Strong World Cup contenders don't concede goals before the viewers have settled in with chips and a soda to watch the match.

That having been said, the U.S. should have won that game. Is it me or has there been some terrible officiating this year?

Without conceding two goals first though, it wouldn't have been nearly as exciting now would it?

Day 7 was really entertaining, and actually every game in this second round has been really fun to watch as compared to the boring as hell first round.
Argentina were the best team of the day.

Day 7: Argentina

It's really funny, every team I've picked has lost their next game so far. Good thing I put money down on these games before they started playing.

And so far, day eight seems to be "shitty reffing" day, we'll see how the England game goes.
 
For England's next match against Slovenia, If I was Capello, I would replace Rooney, Heskey and Lampard by Joe Cole, Crouch and Defoe.

Joe Cole because he's accustomed to play on the left wing with Ashley Cole at Chelsea.
Crouch and Defoe because they play together at Tottenham.
 
For England's next match against Slovenia, If I was Capello, I would replace Rooney, Heskey and Lampard by Joe Cole, Crouch and Defoe.

Joe Cole because he's accustomed to play on the left wing with Ashley Cole at Chelsea.
Crouch and Defoe because they play together at Tottenham.


Does England forget how to score every time they get to the World Cup? Every time it's the same shit. They play to ties or hardly score in matches, then they lose in PK's in the next round. Did Rooney forget he's one of the best in the world?

England for some reason elects to make passes when they have wide open shots within 10 yards of the goal? It's like they are playing not to lose more so than they are playing to win. Well, basically they gotta win next game or they go home. Their goalkeeper in the first match must really be shitting himself now when he realizes that Epic screw-up in goal could be the difference between them being in the drivers seat right now and their backs being against the wall.
 
Fucking hell England are an absolute disgrace!!! I mean everyone knows we are shit but the performance today has gone beyond shit!!
But the funniest (and most depressing) fact is that im not at all surprised.
What a bunch of over hyped, over paid pricks of whom the majority would be in prison now had it not been for football.

Rant over.. In other news , GERMANY, WHAT THE FUCK!!!
 
Fucking hell England are an absolute disgrace!!! I mean everyone knows we are shit but the performance today has gone beyond shit!!
But the funniest (and most depressing) fact is that im not at all surprised.
What a bunch of over hyped, over paid pricks of whom the majority would be in prison now had it not been for football.

Rant over.. In other news , GERMANY, WHAT THE FUCK!!!

You are soooooo right about England. Every WC it is the same thing. England is supposed to be a Power House team and then they totally blow. For christ sakes, how to you make it to the cup, then be at risk of being eliminated by teams like Algeria and Slovania? Also, get Beckham off the damn sidelines. He's nothing more than a sell-out jackass that is more into marketing himself than supporting his country. He never did shit for them in the WC during his prime, then he sold out on Man United to go to Spain, and then to Hollywood to become a big shot in the U.S.

Apparently Beckham thought he could single handedly make Americans give a shit about soccer....LMAO. He didn't do anything for the MLS aside from piss his teammates off by spending more time marketing himself and less time with his team.
 
^ At least you're not a fan of France. 😀

No, but hey, France could win more if they just picked the ball up and threw it into the goal. It's how they got here in the first place 🙂
 
Fucking hell England are an absolute disgrace!!! I mean everyone knows we are shit but the performance today has gone beyond shit!!
But the funniest (and most depressing) fact is that im not at all surprised.
What a bunch of over hyped, over paid pricks of whom the majority would be in prison now had it not been for football.

Rant over.. In other news , GERMANY, WHAT THE FUCK!!!

You beat me to it. I was watching it and scratching my head. Look at the players we had out there - Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard etc. These are talismanic players for their clubs but yesterday they all looked shot to hell.

Cashley Cole's body lanaguage said it all in the second half. He was getting frustrated because Gerrard's forwad forays left him marking 2 v 1 half the time.

On paper we have Algeria outgunned on a man for man basis. This one falls with the manager. Sure we wanted a manager to tame the egos and excesses but he seems to have stifled their creativity. This was the worst match I've seen at the World Cup since Algeria v Slovenia - I actually fell asleep in that one.

The substitutions! He does a straight swap with Lennon for SWP which changes nothing. If he goes 4-4-2 in the next game we are in trouble. It just doesn't work but then Capello is famously stubborn.

I must say bad luck to the USA. You should have had the win yesterday against Slovenia but were denied by a really poor piece of reffing.

As they say in Japan (currently down by 1 to Holland) shoganai!
 
2010 World Cup

Just watching Paraguay vs Slovakia. Paraguay looks like a team to be reckoned with.

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Holy cow Portugal flexed a bit of muscle today...
I know the difference between this one and the 2-1 Brazil was N Korea's attacking style of play leaving gaps, bt 7 goals is 7 goals.

At least Ronaldo only scored 1.
 
Some observations so far:

I was bummed Nigeria didn't pull it out vs South Korea. The Nigerians finally played to their potential, and I was really hoping an African team would make it through to the round of 16. There's always a chance Ghana could beat Germany, but I doubt it.

The disallowing of the third goal in the US-Slovenia game has managed to do the impossible and get the US collectively pissed off about something that happened in a soccer game. Now we have an incident to be seething about for years to come.

As an American, I would be remiss if I didn't needle France for being quite possibly the biggest disappointment in the universe. I understand the French have a tradition of going on strike for basically anything, but this was raised to the level of tragicomedy.

Ronaldo's good, but he's not living up to the hype surrounding him just yet. After blowing out North Korea however, the Portuguese internal security minister should be losing sleep.
 
As an American, I would be remiss if I didn't needle France for being quite possibly the biggest disappointment in the universe. I understand the French have a tradition of going on strike for basically anything, but this was raised to the level of tragicomedy.


I got a kick out of France's constant internal struggles and poor performances. Nothing against the French, but that handball to make it really made me cheer against them. I'm sure Ireland could have done better than 4th in their group.
 
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Been ripping soccer...but this didn't suck.
 
Settling to see who our boys have in the Round of 16 - here's hoping for someone who's just happy to be there. Go USA!!
 
What an amazing, beautiful, perfect goal by the US!! well, not really, but certainly the most moving, the most just goal in the world cup so far. The team that appeared to be conspired against by the refs of the tournament, with two crucial disallowed goals over nothing, has spat and laughed in their faces! I can't find words to describe how happy that goal made me.

And nobody deserved to score that goal more than Landon Donovan. He is one of my favorite players in the world. Not so much for his soccer, He's a good player, but I don't think for a minute he's a world class star. But he's not only a good player, he's a man on a mission - the mission to advance soccer in the US. it's in his blood, it's pumping in his veins, you can see it in his eyes. He plays for the MLS out of choice, no doubt he could have made more money playing in Europe. He's not afraid to say what he thinks about anybody, from the robbers in referee clothes in the world cup to his money-sucking bum teammate David Beckham. You gotta love this guy, he's a sportsman in the purest form, a dinosaur, they don't make 'em that way anymore.
 
We've advanced to the round of 16 in spite of ghastly unfair officiating against us. :couch: :usa:
 
Sunday, June 27th, 10 EST:

Germany vs. England

I can't figure out if the 'Soccer Gods' have a good sense of humor or are just gluttons for punishment.

I'd say there's about a 5-10% chance of showers and 110% chance of blood.
 
so...france surrender, u.s.a grab the glory late on and england are left fighting the germans...sounds familiar...

congrats to the u.s though! best team in the group by a long way. and that last minute goal is what football is all about!!! hopefully youll start appreciating it now lol
 
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