Official World Cup Soccer Thread

[KMFJD]

Yet another example of anti-football winning....ugh

 

[Anubis]

I wonder how many people bet on Spain :biggrin:

a lot I bet as many have them winning it all

 

[Mem]

It's over! Spain joins England in the hall of shame!

Lol what are you on about?...last time I checked England did not lose unlike Spain today,sure they did not play up to their best standards but you can say that about a lot of the World cup teams.

Remember a lot of the top teams are not playing great at the moment,however its only the first game.

 

[Mem]

a lot I bet as many have them winning it all

I had them done to win but with football you never know,makes the games more interesting and fun when this happens(unless you support Spain in this case).

 

[sdifox]

Lol what are you on about?...last time I checked England did not lose unlike Spain today,sure they did not play up to their best standards but you can say that about a lot of the World cup teams.

Remember a lot of the top teams are not playing great at the moment,however its only the first game.

For England, not winning against USA= losing.

 

[Mem]

For England, not winning against USA= losing.

Only in your eyes,remember Italy in last World cup,they drew with USA in their first game and went on to win the cup,so its not just England that can draw with teams like USA and no disaster or disgrace and nothing new when it comes to football.

 

[Mem]

nm.

 

[Jodell88]

Yet another example of anti-football winning....ugh

How is it anti-football? The tactic was counter-attack and it worked. They almost scored a second goal.

 

[sdifox]

Only in your eyes,remember Italy in last World cup,they drew with USA in their first game and went on to win the cup,so its not just England that can draw with teams like USA and no disaster or disgrace and nothing new when it comes to football.

http://blog.taragana.com/sports/201...poke-fun-at-gaffe-goalie-robert-green-111372/


It's one thing to be beaten, quite another to give a freebie.

Italy got lucky.

 

[Mem]

http://blog.taragana.com/sports/201...poke-fun-at-gaffe-goalie-robert-green-111372/


It's one thing to be beaten, quite another to give a freebie.

Nothing new,I guess you don't watch a lot of football,there has been lots of mistakes over the years from quite a lot of teams,so yes it happens,end of the day its not a disaster,they are still in the World cup.

So far we have had in 2010 World cup penalty scores,mistakes,own goals etc..

Btw being red carded is the most shame for your country in my books since thats down to the player,mistakes are a lot harder to avoid .

 

[sdifox]

Nothing new,I guess you don't watch a lot of football,there has been lots of mistakes over the years from quite a lot of teams,so yes it happens,end of the day its not a disaaster,they are still in the World cup.

So far we have had in 2010 World cup penalty scores,mistakes,own goals etc..

Oh I am not writing England off, I am saying the press is going nuts over there re choice of Green. And to the Brits that have not won in World Cup against USA, that is a big deal. It's more psychological for the fans more than anything else.

I at least have participated in World Cup celebration in Buenos Aires in 1986 :biggrin:

PS, just in case you are wondering, I am pissed off at the Argentine team too... Especially at the organisation boneheads that let Maradona coach.

 

[Mem]

Oh I am not writing England off, I am saying the press is going nuts over there re choice of Green. And to the Brits that have not won in World Cup against USA, that is a big deal. It's more psychological for the fans more than anything else.

I at least have participated in World Cup celebration in Buenos Aires in 1986 :biggrin:

British press always goes nuts,England team are always under a fine microscope,British press can be really hard and cruel sometimes ,especially with home sport.

 

[iCyborg]

http://thestar.blogs.com/twoguysonecup/
This WC sure does suck goal-wise, but didn't know it was this bad

@sdifox
lol at that link, there are a couple of good ones. "My computer has just been infected with the “Rob Green Virus”. I can’t save anything… " - this one made me laugh

 

[sdifox]

British press always goes nuts,England team are always under a fine microscope,British press can be really hard and cruel sometimes ,especially with home sport.

of course, that is because the people are passionate about it. There is no avoiding it. At least you don't have people taking a dive off building when England doesn't win World Cup, like Brazilians used to do.

 

[Mem]

It'll be interesting to find out what the Spanish press say about their team losing.

 

[KMFJD]

How is it anti-football? The tactic was counter-attack and it worked. They almost scored a second goal.

Remember Greece in 2004? Anti Football....all defense hoping for a counter attack...effective ? Yes , nice to watch ? not really.

oh and....

 

[Zargon]

Remember Greece in 2004? Anti Football....all defense hoping for a counter attack...effective ? Yes , nice to watch ? not really.

I think Brazil's squad said it best when asked about them not really playing Samba style soccer this WC

"We'd rather play ugly than win the cup, than be fun to watch and go home early"


there have been tons of great games to watch, even though they ended up tying

a barely missed goal is as exciting as one that goes in sometimes

 

[KMFJD]

I think Brazil's squad said it best when asked about them not really playing Samba style soccer this WC

"We'd rather play ugly than win the cup, than be fun to watch and go home early"


there have been tons of great games to watch, even though they ended up tying

a barely missed goal is as exciting as one that goes in sometimes

It's highly effective, personally i'd like to see more free flowing game...

 

[iCyborg]

"We'd rather play ugly than win the cup,...

lol, you should distinguish between than/then, kind of makes a difference here

 

[sdifox]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...alie-fumble-on-canadian-model/article1604251/

 

[sdifox]

http://thestar.blogs.com/twoguysonecup/
This WC sure does suck goal-wise, but didn't know it was this bad

@sdifox
lol at that link, there are a couple of good ones. "My computer has just been infected with the “Rob Green Virus”. I can’t save anything… " - this one made me laugh

I am partial to this one

Cheer up Rob Green. There are 300 million people in America that didn’t see you drop that ball.

 

[sdifox]

Argentina South Korea is going to be interesting. I hope I don't end up crying.

 

[sdifox]

On the plus side, Veyron is out and Maxi Rogriguez is in.

 

[sdifox]

It'll be interesting to find out what the Spanish press say about their team losing.

Calling for national day of mourning no doubt :awe:

 

[sdifox]

ahahaha, daily mirror wins the internet