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World Cup 2010 The Draw is here!

#281 Morgoth

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 08:02 PM

I think it's great that the US got through. They truly deserved it I think.

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#282 Coco with marshmallows

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 08:34 PM

US-Ghana,
England-Germany

Should be interesting.

Not that fussed about the French going out - unlike many, I wasn't that bothered by the Henry thing.

I lost all my vitriol over that sort of cock up after Chiellini ran over Hutton but managed to win a free kick in the 2008 qualifiers.

meh. Link was dead :(

#283 Fist Gamet

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 08:43 PM

Aw Coco man, you gotta bring back those memories for me. It took me a long time to get over not qualifying for Euro 2008 after humping the French home and away.

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#284 Macros

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 08:54 PM

henry thing didnt bother me in the slightest, shit happens.

they were just shite and didnt deserve to get anywhere

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:00 PM

Fist Gamet, on 23 June 2010 - 08:43 PM, said:

Aw Coco man, you gotta bring back those memories for me. It took me a long time to get over not qualifying for Euro 2008 after humping the French home and away.

yeah, roll on September and Lithuania, for the beginning of another campaign of glorious so-close-but-so-far anxiety. Seriously, the reason heart attacks are so prevalent in Scotland has nothing to do with the diet, and EVERYTHING to do with the football.....

meh. Link was dead :(

#286 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:04 PM

Against Germany? So the old enemy returns eh... Well. To be fair I think I will be more hoping that the US gets trashed by Ghana than anything because I can't take the smugness of my American friend much longer. He doesn't even like football that much...

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#287 Thelomen Toblerone

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:04 PM

Dammit, my bother-in-law's Ghanaian, I was looking forward to an England/Ghana match. Such a shame we're shite and couldn't manage it. Now I'm going to be hungover tomorrow for barely any reason at all. Bastarding shite.

#288 Tsundoku

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:06 PM

Bugger

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#289 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:14 PM

My heart is still racing 6 hours later. I feel terrible for Slovenia. They got knocked out of the knock-out stage with 3 minutes to go in the US-Algeria game. That roller-coaster...., well, I can understand it to a degree, but it had to be heart-breaking.

Very balanced group, with just England's performance against Slovenia (from what I understand, I couldn't watch it of course), being the only one close to approaching "dominant" in all the games.

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#290 Thelomen Toblerone

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:15 PM

TO be fair, you were even more poo than us, which is quite an achievement.

#291 Tsundoku

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:30 PM

Us being more poo than England at multiple sports - let alone cricket, Olympics and soccer - has to be a sign of the Aptocalypse.

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#292 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:44 PM

A friends status on Facebook: "England fighting really hard for a win and the USA step in last minute and take all the glory... Sound Familiar?" Win.

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#293 Cold Iron

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:44 PM

Good win boys. Good win.

#294 champ

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Posted 24 June 2010 - 07:38 AM

this World Cup is working out like World War 2, France have forfeited, USA turned up late and England are left to fight Ze Germans!!

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Posted 24 June 2010 - 05:20 PM

champooon, on 24 June 2010 - 07:38 AM, said:

this World Cup is working out like World War 2, France have forfeited, USA turned up late and England are left to fight Ze Germans!!

And the Italians have been taken out early.

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Posted 24 June 2010 - 05:28 PM

Italy, "our previous world champions." How the hell did it come to this?

You know what would REALLY make this a memorable world Cup?

England Beating Germany. Admit it, we'd all swallow our spoons and keel over laughing.

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#297 Gothos

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Posted 24 June 2010 - 05:33 PM

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#298 Bauchelain the Evil

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Posted 24 June 2010 - 05:35 PM

To our defence it must be said that Italy woke up in the last twenty minutes and that that ball went in but apart from that we deserved to be kicked out. We played like shit in all three matches

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#299 Tsundoku

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Posted 24 June 2010 - 08:51 PM

Slick Mongoose, on 24 June 2010 - 05:20 PM, said:

champooon, on 24 June 2010 - 07:38 AM, said:

this World Cup is working out like World War 2, France have forfeited, USA turned up late and England are left to fight Ze Germans!!

And the Italians have been taken out early.

Well.

Well, well, well ...

Just as long as the USA doesn't end up dominating for the next 60 years with Russia as their biggest rivals for 40 of them, before China replaces Russia.