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Post by Evycakes on Jun 9, 2006 16:03:13 GMT -5
any of you follow soccer? EH EH EH ?
whose your team?
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Post by Castro on Jun 9, 2006 16:25:44 GMT -5
ENG-ER-LAND
yeah i've just been watching the ecuador match. i'm well up for this world cup
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Post by Evycakes on Jun 9, 2006 17:03:29 GMT -5
tomorrow young man .. tomorrow .. drum roll!1 WOOOT ITS GONNA BE GOOD
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Post by Castro on Jun 9, 2006 17:07:19 GMT -5
yeea it'd be way shit if we lost, we should beat paraguay. sweden will be hard tho
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Post by Bradley on Jun 10, 2006 20:10:58 GMT -5
Italy!
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Post by Castro on Jun 12, 2006 14:03:06 GMT -5
why, are you italian/part-italian?
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 12, 2006 16:33:58 GMT -5
i used to follow france, but i gave up television some time ago.
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Post by Bradley on Jun 13, 2006 8:21:18 GMT -5
yes.
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Post by soniktruth on Jun 13, 2006 22:11:02 GMT -5
i'm going for the " The Glorious Liberation Of The People's Technocratic Republic Of Vinnland By The Combined Forces Of The United Territories Of Europa" team....are they winning?
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 14, 2006 0:42:58 GMT -5
i watched the brazil vs. croacia match today. it was pretty damn entertaining for a 1-0 game.
oh, and para, i'm glad to see that i'm not the only GLotPTRoVbtCFotUToE fan out there.
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Post by Evycakes on Jun 14, 2006 3:17:53 GMT -5
it was a good game .. here in vancouver .. a lot of people are on the brazil bandwagon
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Post by Bradley on Jun 15, 2006 9:57:04 GMT -5
no, man, the Brazil game was shite after about 60 mins. I really thought it was gonna be a great game. It wasn't.
Ecuador are through! If they draw against Germany, they win the group. But this probably sets up an England-Ecuador encounter.
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 15, 2006 13:38:00 GMT -5
i watched the england vs trinidad/tabego match today and i really thought that england was going to be upset. surprisingly good match given the odds
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Post by Castro on Jun 15, 2006 14:54:43 GMT -5
PFFFT. england couldnt finish for shit until they took carragher and owen off. carragher. BLOODY HELL. his crosses were shite. to be fair he is a defensive player, so this wasn't his match, but when lennon replaced him the game really picked up.
even though we have two wins, guaranteed a place in the second round, i dont think we'll get far. quarters are my bet.
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 15, 2006 17:56:19 GMT -5
i watched the last 30 minutes of the sweden/paraguay (sp?) match this afternoon. i'll be damned if either of those teams looked impressive. sloppiest passing i've ever seen, and when combined with no talented ball handlers, it makes for a mess.
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Post by Bradley on Jun 16, 2006 8:56:14 GMT -5
yeah, sweden are awful this year. that group is so easy. i'm just watchin Argentina kill Serbia at the moment. 3-0 half time.
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Post by soniktruth on Jun 16, 2006 14:10:05 GMT -5
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Post by Castro on Jun 16, 2006 14:13:56 GMT -5
my bets on argentina to win it
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Post by Evycakes on Jun 16, 2006 15:59:16 GMT -5
aww man i really wanted mexico to score ... but they played well .. angola was all about keeping the game tied though
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Post by brian on Jun 17, 2006 7:30:31 GMT -5
i dont follow soccer
although i do know that australia beat england in the rugby and thats all that counts
(nah not really, i dont give a shit about rugby. and besides, england is cool)
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Post by Bradley on Jun 17, 2006 9:06:07 GMT -5
mexico drew 0-0 with Angola. poor.
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 18, 2006 1:18:38 GMT -5
the US tied Italy earlier today 1-1. US controlled the whole game, but Italy scored on an amazing diving header off of a free kick. Italy was feeling so unstoppable that they went on to also score the only goal for the US by accidentally redirecting an overshot US corner kick into their own goal.
pretty intense game...3 red cards (one was very questionable) and bodies were flying everywhere. i have to admit that i was impressed by the US's ball handling skills. first time i have seen them this year, and now i would like to see them make it past the first round.
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Post by Castro on Jun 18, 2006 10:18:57 GMT -5
italy's red card offense was apalling. i'm surprised how well USA played, i thought they were going to be crushed, especially 9 versus 10
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 18, 2006 23:36:48 GMT -5
i expected the US to get completely dominated from the start. i assume you meant that the action of italy's player that earned him a red card was unsportsmanlike...that elbow was vicious. and to compare that red card to the first US red card for a late tackle, the two weren't even close.
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Post by Castro on Jun 19, 2006 11:51:50 GMT -5
i assume you meant that the action of italy's player that earned him a red card was unsportsmanlikequote] yep. i missed the first USA red card (the last 20mins of the first half in face). was it a double yellow or just a red on the spot?
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Post by Bradley on Jun 19, 2006 19:21:09 GMT -5
the US did not "control the whole game". You havn't watched enough football, Italian football in particular if you think that was the case. The first red for the USA was a straight red for a late two-footed lunge. While rubberneck has a point that the two challanges were not similar, a bad tackle is much more dangerous than an elbow. No one's career will be side-tracked by an elbow to the head. De Rossi is a fucking disgrace, though. Referee got all red cards right, but nothing else. Shockingly poor referee in every other regard. Thought Lippi's substitutions were too early and bad anyway. Taking of Zaccardo for a striker meant that we had 3 at the back, including Zambrotta. Then Perrotta got injured so it was basically 9 against 9 and Lippi couldn't take him off cos he'd made his substitutions, by like 60mins. Eijit.
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Post by Castro on Jun 20, 2006 13:42:52 GMT -5
yeah i think the first US red is justified then. maybe a little harsh, but FIFA are making a step in the right direction by cracking down on reckless challenges
anyways, england v sweden in 20mins......we haven't beaten sweden in a looong time so slightly big match.
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Post by Bradley on Jun 24, 2006 19:14:39 GMT -5
you're pathetic not to beat the worst Swedish team I've ever seen. and no, fifa are making a step in the wrong direction. i remember when football was a physical, tactical game between men. now it's a fucking joke. People offside doesn't matter cos they were "not interfering with play", tackles from behind illegal, physical contat shunned, balls that swerve of their own accord, people being told to tuck their shirts in. This world cup has been good for football, crap in terms of loads of bookings for nothing at all. Disgrace altogether. All these new initiative are aimed at making the game easier for strikers, easier for strikers = more goals, more goals = more nuetrals watching it, more dickheads watching football = more money from advertising for the cunts that run big games. The tackling issue is about protecting clubs' investments, not anything else. Turning into a game for poofs. the rape of a great game has been a fucking disgrace.
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Post by Castro on Jun 25, 2006 11:10:24 GMT -5
i remember when football was a physical, tactical game between men. how does that justify tackles from behind? i wouldnt call a dangerous tackle "tactical" i can understand you saying about pointless bookings, and i agree a lot of them are pointless, but its to try to convince people to play fair. without punishing stuff like divings and timewasting, they would escalate and would distort who's the better team, which in the end, is what its all about.
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Post by Castro on Jun 25, 2006 11:13:50 GMT -5
you're pathetic not to beat the worst Swedish team I've ever seen. haha yeah i blame campbell for that one
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