#31
TBS wrote:
Epitome wrote:
All England’s keepers are shit, it’s their weakest position. I probably would’ve gone with Foster is I was picking the team, but Green would be my 2nd choice. Better than James or Robinson. This doesn’t really matter, but I’m in Canada at the moment, and the Americans are going to be far too smug about it for my liking. I just hope Slovenia beat America and go through instead.
I don’t think we (in the US) feel smug about this. More relief that we held our own against a better field of players but not necessarily better players making a better team.
I am just now learning this sport here - so my opinion should be valued accordingly.
Posted on Sat, 12 June 2010 at 21:52 in reply to an earlier post
#32
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
Well, it was a good game anyway, and I expect both England and USA should go through, though I guess Slovenia have an outside chance if they can beat one of those teams.
Posted on Sat, 12 June 2010 at 22:41
#33
TBS wrote:
Not to beat this to death, the US goal was an error. Normally would not have happened and we (the US) caught a break there. But sometimes sports come down to dumb luck.
And again, being a new guy to the game, I like Rooney. Emotional, but I like the hard charging attitude. Good luck to England the rest of the way.
Posted on Sat, 12 June 2010 at 22:55
#34
Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
Admittedly I haven’t watched all the matches so far - most notably missing the England match because some sod decided to get married in a marquee miles from the nearest TV on Saturday - but from what I have seen, by far the most convincing team to now has been Germany.
Much as it pains me to admit that as an Englishman!
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 11:14
#35
glen wrote:
Germany only looked good cos the aussies were truly awful
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 11:49
#36
Beefgrinder wrote:
Having now lived in Germany for 5 years, I should be for them, but German football commentary is so arrogant and patronising towards other countries it’s hard not to hope for them to lose…
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 12:35
#37
zipless wrote:
Already looking forward to a last 16 game between England and Germany. Terry and Carragher will get skinned more than once by Özil and Podolski. If England make it out of the group that is.
C’mon Germany, you can win this thing!
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 14:13
#38
zipless wrote:
Oh, and for arrogant and patronising commentary; look no further than ITV and the Beeb…
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 14:14
#39
grahamt wrote:
CLIVE TYLDESLEY, cant stand that fuckin assshole. dutch looked good, and dont underestmate the germans.
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 14:42
#40
glen wrote:
yeah Holland have a good team
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 15:11
#41
zipless wrote:
glen wrote:
Germany only looked good cos the aussies were truly awful
Or… the Aussies were truly awful, cos the Germans were just too good?
Holland-Germany would be somewhat of a cool final!
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 15:25 in reply to an earlier post
#42
zipless wrote:
Dennis wrote:
Admittedly I haven’t watched all the matches so far - most notably missing the England match because some sod decided to get married in a marquee miles from the nearest TV on Saturday
You should have kicked in his teeth, and smashed his balls - he don’t need em anymore, he’s married…
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 15:28 in reply to an earlier post
#43
RoyBatty (Steve) wrote:
Epitome wrote:
…and the Americans are going to be far too smug about it for my liking. I just hope Slovenia beat America and go through instead.
Far from it, mate. Us Yanks know a fucking fluke when we see one. This is the equivalent in tennis when you hit a shot off the top of the tape and it lands in. That being said, the rest of the planet can’t help it if England’s keepers are shit! ;-)
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 19:08 in reply to an earlier post
#44
glen wrote:
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 19:45
#45
Dermot wrote:
We still haven’t seen Brazil or Spain yet… I think those 2 teams will be head and shoulders above the rest
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 22:12
#46
Alan wrote:
Is it just me or has this world cup been totally piss poor so far?
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 22:57
#47
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
Argentina looked good, I thought. I didn’t see Germany or Holland, so not sure about them. But we can’t judge them all from one game.
Posted on Mon, 14 June 2010 at 23:16
#48
Dermot wrote:
Yeah it has Alan, really cagey games. And no one seems to know how the shoot properly with the ball - it’s a bit of a fly away. Only really decent game so far I think was Germany v Australia. I’ve still been enjoying it though.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 11:10
#49
Cuchulain wrote:
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 11:37
#50
Alan wrote:
Nice one Jerry. Maybe it’s a good thing Ireland didn’t qualify then! :-D
As for the WC:
There’s too many teams, there should be only 24 max. 32 just means a load of dross.
Those fucking horns are the devils work; impossible to hear the atmosphere (eg. chants, songs, crowd build-up before a goal and celebrations etc).
The football is too light; free kicks and crosses going into row Z every time. There’s been no good goals as yet, because of it.
I’ll still watch all the games though! Funny to see the Slovaks take it up the hoop from NZ earlier. They must be sickened.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 14:00
#51
zipless wrote:
Piss poor is probably the right way to put it. I stopped watching today, too defensive for my liking. Seems like all teams are trying to get through the group stage without breaking sweat.
Good point about too many teams. I would go for 16 teams. The whole thing could be over in 2 weeks and it would spare us all the dross that is currently playing on the world stage. What are Australia, North Korea, NZ et all doing there anyway? It’s a world cup no fucking Olympics, where taking part is the main thing.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 14:55
#52
Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
If you are sick of the uninterrupted, endless drone of those vuvuzeles or whatever they are called, do what I do:
Watch the matches online. Guaranteed piece of mind from the horns every 3 to 4 seconds when the link breaks down and the page reloads. :mad:
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 15:10
#53
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
Ivory Coast looked good today. Brazil next - should be a very easy game for them, so I’m expecting 5-0 or something :-)
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 15:57
#54
glen wrote:
the ball looks shit - too light, the germans have been playing with it all season apparently
just dont talk about footballs to anyone over the age of 40
when i were a lad they were like kicking bricks…
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 16:34
#55
Deluded Son wrote:
So far then…
Germany look good
England still need to decide on their team
Italy look decidingly average
The French are at each others throats (good…)
Those vuvuzulas are the single most annoying sound apart from Lady GaGa singing
The ball is not particularly liked
Raymond Domanech is not particularly liked
The best bit of commmentary so far…”(while the Ivory coast make a substitution)…and there goes Erikson, tinkling the ivories again!”
And North Korea, if they lose tonight, could start a war.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 16:40
#56
Nitro (Erdem Capar) wrote:
if they couldn’t beat each other, why did they go to the other side of the world? :D
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 18:07
#57
Blank wrote:
boring games with an exception or two!
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 18:15
#58
grahamt wrote:
hats of to north korea didnt give up and got a good goal at the end
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 20:32
#59
man-fish (Sean McLastname) wrote:
I’m interested to see how they’ll do against the Ivory Coast whenever that one is. 2-1 isn’t that bad all things considered.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 21:04
#60
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
Brazil dominated that game. N Korea were better than I expected, but the scoreline doesn’t really reflect the game - they were lucky it wasn’t 4 or 5 for Brazil. Still, I thought Brazil would score 4 or 5 quite easily, but they had to work hard, so well done N Korea for that. I’m glad England aren’t in that group as they’d struggle to get any points at all.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2010 at 21:14
