[HoosierDaddy]

Possibly. S. K. was in the U.S., Portugal, & Poland Group, and finished #1 with U.S. at 2 seed.

It's real fun as an American fan to get one awesome European country, another European country that's not quite as awesome, and then an African country in group play.

[frookenhauer]

It was South Korea that made it to the semi finals and got knocked out by Germany. The reason you are confused is because the hosts for the game were Japan AND South Korea. Which funnily enough means that they got to qualify automatically. But South Korea reaching the place that they did was awesome, stunned everyone! There were some allegations of match fixed but they were poo-pood away. Australia failed to qualify.

The USA did very well and beat the Mexicans after the group stages, but got taken out out by the Krauts in the quarters. Japan got taken out in the second round by Turkey who were on fire for the tournament. England got beat in the quarter finals by the eventual winning team Brazil.

[HoosierDaddy]

I remembered they were co-hosts and that boy advanced out of group play. Just couldn't remember which one made it to the semi's with Brazil, Germany, & Turkey.

Edit: Also, German hand-ball on the line vs. U.S.

This post has been edited by HoosierDaddy: 19 February 2009 - 11:25 PM

[frookenhauer]

Macros, on Feb 19 2009, 11:14 PM, said:

Regardless of their performance, the upcoming powerhouse in international football will be an african nation.

V. Interesting...what makes you say that?

I'd tend to disagree on the grounds where there seems to be a distinct lack of money floating around, but look at south America...but still.

[HoosierDaddy]

Eventually the talent will override the lack of funding and institutional control. Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'ivoire are all extremely good teams. Egypt isn't that bad either, right? South Africa, do we include it?

[masan's saddle]

Getting back to rugby, just like to represent the Taffia. England....you came sauntering down to Cardiff last weekend and got sent home (again), crying in your beer and moaning about the ref. The wheels have definatley come off the chariot chaps and a brow beetling gorilla for a coach ain't gonna help. Get over it, you've been crap since 2003 and Johnny's kick(where is he by the way?).

Back to back Grandslams for the boys in red ? Maybe, the Irish look pretty good this year so we'll see.

Anyway, in terms of drama, skill, occasional violence,alcohol consumption and irrational patriotism, you can't beat the 6 Nations championship.( The Tri-Nations is ok, but we all know they cheat, McCaw et al)

Gridiron, I believe it is sometimes called, is nonsense.

[frookenhauer]

I would like to point out that I am NOT a rugby fan, this is just a case of US versus THEM...And also the fact that they have the temerity to call it Football when it so be called...Hoosier gets really upset when I call it this so I'll refrain...cos of the distinct lack of plenty contact with feet, and so on and so forth.

As for the Taff win...Bah! who-...Bahahaha

[masan's saddle]

Frookenhauer, on Feb 19 2009, 11:53 PM, said:

I would like to point out that I am NOT a rugby fan, this is just a case of US versus THEM...And also the fact that they have the temerity to call it Football when it so be called...Hoosier gets really upset when I call it this so I'll refrain...cos of the distinct lack of plenty contact with feet, and so on and so forth.

As for the Taff win...Bah! who-...Bahahaha

Easy Frook!!!, i'm witcha ! As I said, that padded up, steroid abusing, burger munching, coma inducing excuse of a sport is, nonsense.

[HoosierDaddy]

Your knowledge of American sports is breathtaking in its vastness.

[frookenhauer]

I've always known Masan to be the most concise person in his evaluations...Just imagine each description to be the title a veritable feast of descriptive brilliance...I think he was just summing up the main points

[masan's saddle]

Thankyou for clarifying for me Frook, I'm a busy man and have neither the time or the inclination to trawl through the toilet of my vocabulary in order to decribe the failed dichotomy and thus misnoma that is "American Sports"

To be fair though, bowling is fun.

[frookenhauer]

Right that's its...Get out of the inn! You have no right to be posting words like misnogomy and anything else I need to be looking up in a dictionary for...Get back to discussions where the clever people post. This section is strictly for drunks and lackadaisical halfwits

[HoosierDaddy]

"Failed dichotomy of American sports?" So, we haven't adequately split our sports to thus dub them American, resulting in a misNOMER? Tell me, what are the similarities between rugby and football? Secondly, professional baseball vs. kiddie school 'rounders", and basketball, which is American. Good attempt to use vocabulary to cover for that vastness, by the way.

[masan's saddle]

Ok then! I'm off and i'm taking my egg with me !

[frookenhauer]

LOL! Well played Masan!

[HoosierDaddy]

Hooray! The egg's gone, let's play football! Real manly style, roided up, Happy-Meals during commercial breaks, foaming at the mouth padded pillow fight!

[Slow Ben]

The only thing we actually used to have at halftime was a big fat dip. Dont ask me why, seemed like the thing to do.

[Adjudicator]

masan's saddle, on Feb 19 2009, 11:39 PM, said:

Getting back to rugby, just like to represent the Taffia. England....you came sauntering down to Cardiff last weekend and got sent home (again), crying in your beer and moaning about the ref. The wheels have definatley come off the chariot chaps and a brow beetling gorilla for a coach ain't gonna help. Get over it, you've been crap since 2003 and Johnny's kick(where is he by the way?).

I really shouldn't be posting here, since I may not be a real member anymore, but I can't stand there and take this. If any welshman thought people who knew even the tiniest scrap about rugby thought there was any other likely result, I lose complete respect for them. That is just a sign of the prevalent attitude of assuming the english are cocky bastards, while showing no actual knowledge of the situation of the game. I don't think I saw a single player (nor certainly biased newspaper reports) moaning about the ref. In fact, the only moaning in that game was the welsh crowd when Worsley was announced as a fully deserved man of the match.


Wales really should win the grandslam (and first back to back gs for over 100 years) and fully deserve it. Only real stumbling block is likely to be away to France, who on their day can beat anyone. If the frogs aren't at their best though, the red tide sweeps on.

But of course if you want to go at it... how much did Wales beat Fiji by to march on in the world cup? I don't quite remember, since I was watching England get to their second successive final

This post has been edited by Adjudicator: 20 February 2009 - 12:51 AM

[HoosierDaddy]

GET THEE BACK TO YE OLDE DIPLOMACY THREAD!

[Slow Ben]

What the hell is an adjudicator (had to scroll down twice to get it right)?

Sounds fancy