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World Cup 2010 The Draw is here!

#321 Vengeance

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 12:04 AM

Tiste Simeon, on 26 June 2010 - 09:09 PM, said:

Reports show that interest in football in the US has dropped from 100% to about 3% again in the last 5 minutes. See you again in four years.

I think that 3% for people who don't have kids in 5th grade playing is being very generous....

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#322 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 12:10 AM

Actually, the numbers kind of add up there. ~6 million people watched the Algeria game, which was the highest rated cup game on ESPN ever. So that's 6 out of 300, or 1/50.

2%.

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 09:03 AM

Thelomen Toblerone, on 26 June 2010 - 05:56 PM, said:

I hope that red card gets rescinded though, that was ridiculous. Torres should be ashamed of himself. And I speak as an Arsenal fan, so I have huge experience of being ashamed of your players diving.

The Chilean played had already gotten one yellow card for clipping people from behind and two warnings following. He was lucky not to get a red card just five minutes or so before, so I can understand why the referee gave him the card even though this time it was more of an accident.

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#324 Illuyankas

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 03:28 PM

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 03:55 PM

well now. that got kind of embarrassing in the 2nd half. That English back line was appalling.

The German counter-attack was impressive though.

The tabloid reaction should be entertaining

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#326 Illuyankas

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 03:59 PM

10-to-1 the linesmen and ref get blamed more than the backline.

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 04:04 PM

Yeah, where's a russian linesman when you need one??

#328 Thelomen Toblerone

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 04:44 PM

44 years, but karma finally struck with that decision.

Fortunately, it proved irrelevant, as England are complete cack and went on to humiliate themselves even further.

#329 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 04:56 PM

If we had lost 2-1 I could have ranted about that decision and how angry it made me. Turns out it didn't mean much. Though it would have been interesting to see how the second half played out if England had come back on level, from a two goal deficit...

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 05:45 PM

I can't think much different. England couldn't deal with a bloke running at a diagonal, they were always going to concede more.

And England carried the momentum out in the second half anyway, they could have scored again but didn't. Mostly because Rooney has been awful and Gerrard thinks he's Roy of the Rovers, the wanker.

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 06:06 PM

I think it's safe to say at this point that England has problem with anyone running running at them. Regardless of direction. The back was a complete shambles.

Goal line technology? No-brainer at this point. If Henry's handball wasn't proof enough, this shocker sure as shit was. Blatter being there was somewhat amusing, but only in the sense he was probably talking to Mick Jagger or something.

As far as the Chile/Spain game goes. It was sweet up til the last third. Though the Count Dracula looking Mexican referee was losing the plot in the first half, before settling down a bit later on.

#332 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 06:16 PM

Illuyankas, on 27 June 2010 - 03:59 PM, said:

10-to-1 the linesmen and ref get blamed more than the backline.

Yup. It was a horrendous mistake and I'm sure the Daily Mail will blame them, plus immigrants for everything but at the end of the day, to put it simply, we sucked.

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 06:36 PM

What an absolute shower of shit.

I am really going to enjoy the backlash and vitriol that gets directed at that overpaid, over hyped, pampered bunch of wank blankets.

Not that i'm trying to rub salt in the wound or anything, but i hope that the average England fan can now accept that "the greatest players for a generation" are actually pretty average and can't play as a team, they were totally outplayed by a kindergarten group.

The inquisition will now begin. Blaming the linesman will sate the knuckle draggers however I feel the problems with the English game run far deeper than many would care to talk about.

On a happier note, OXO are bringing out a commemorative cube wrapped in white foil with a red cross on it, they are calling it the Laughing Stock.

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 06:46 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 27 June 2010 - 04:56 PM, said:

Well we didn't come out for the second half on level terms and so it meant a bloody lot as it happens ! I expect we propably would of found a way to balls it all up anyway but we were denied the opportunity ..... still time for some awards.

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Fabio Crapello ...... what F**kwit converts our best midfielder and captain into a left winger and then refuses to look at options to put him in better positions to influence games and the decision to bring on Heskey for Defoe when we need goals WTF put Crouchie on you muppet !!!

9/10 Robert Green .....

and jointly ....

8/10 Wayne Rooney .....

hard to fathom after a great season ... just never got going

8/10 Wank Lumpalard ..... much better today but don't believe the hype

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 07:00 PM

don't be too hard on Rob Green.

yes, he fumbled the ball over the line, but at the end of the day, the 10 halfwits in front of him should have done more.

Now, Argentina just got an offside goal allowed because the linesman didn't spot it, but someone put the replay on in the stadium showing Tevez as clearly offside.

That's a bit of a pisser for the Mexicans.

meh. Link was dead :(

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 09:58 PM

It's easy to pin a goalie for a single mistake, but people tend to forget the DOZENS of ridiculous fuckups field players do every match. It's unfair.

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 02:15 AM

That match was shocking

I'm not that much of a footie viewer but I had to feel for James clearly calling the rest of his team asshats

Farce

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 05:57 AM

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 08:08 AM

what a great way to end a nice realxing weekend. seriously havent laughed so much as shearers rather apt descriptions of the england squad.

England are their own worst enemies though. seriously the press need to stop heaping expectations on a team that never played well. scrapping through the pre cup friendlies and then almost oging out at group stages and saying you are going to beat the germans who actually play like a team... not likely.

england beaten by germany, check!

france sent home bottom of them group and in total fucking disarray, check!

Best world cup ever

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 08:47 AM

Well, after the complete failure of the Italian team, here comes the failure of the Italian referee. That goal was so offside even a blind man could have seen it. Well, there goes the idea of Rosetti being at the final *sigh*

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