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World Cup 2010 The Draw is here!

#341 champ

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 09:15 AM

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#342 Tsundoku

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 12:17 PM

I watched the England-Germany game live on an old rear-projection TV with fuzzy reception and even I saw in real time that should have been a goal

Still, the Germans were the better team and well-deserved victors. May have made it a better second half though if the Poms thought they had a sniff.

Hint Tor The English Soccer Team From Someone Who Only Played It At High School: defenders, learn to defend. Especially against the counter-attack.

(this free advice goes to the Socceroos too, I just thought the Poms may have more of a chance of learning it successfully)

Was it just me or did both the English and Aussie teams have players that were just too slow? Sometimes it looked as if their opponents were getting a decent lead, then waiting for them to catch up so it wouldn't look so sad.

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 08:15 PM

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Cause in the morning, the early morning, they have to catch a flight....

No win today, no win today, no win today, no win today...

On a serious and non-gloating note, that's Brazil-Holland for the quarters. that's going to be tasty. I'll be supporting Brazil for that one, though it's a close call.

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#344 Salamander Cake

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 09:13 PM

Brazil looked great dismantling the Chileans this afternoon. Seems like they had an extra gear as compared to Chile. They looked even better today than Argentina did against Mexico.

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#345 polishgenius

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 09:52 PM

They're so boring though.

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Posted 29 June 2010 - 02:45 PM

polishgenius, on 28 June 2010 - 09:52 PM, said:

They're so boring though.

I wouldn't say they are boring. Maybe not as flashy as in the past but they had a lot of runs from their defenders and could have scored 5 or 6 goals yesterday. I think the fact that we haven't seen smothering defence in the past from the Braziilans is throwing people off. I think there was a good balance between attacking and defending yesterday.

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#347 polishgenius

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Posted 29 June 2010 - 02:54 PM

I don't. I was actually angry watching them. I mean, it's not that they're not capable in attack, it's that they sit behind the ball till the opponent gets into their area, win it back, and lump it down the pitch. There's no rythm, no tempo and only the barest bones of strategy. The only skill involved is bringing the long punts down and beating the keeper.

It's basically a faster version of Greece 2004, but they had the excuse that their players are crap. Brazil have no excuse for this kind of thing.

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#348 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 29 June 2010 - 11:14 PM

Ronaldo never turned up this world cup and now they're out. I kind of wanted them to win but now I'm a bit meh. At least we won't have both Germany and Argentina going through...

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#349 Salamander Cake

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 02:44 AM

polishgenius, on 29 June 2010 - 02:54 PM, said:

It's basically a faster version of Greece 2004, but they had the excuse that their players are crap. Brazil have no excuse for this kind of thing.

can't......breathe....

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#350 Morgoth

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 08:13 AM

I was rooting for Chile. You just have to respect a team with the football philosophy that defense is for little girls. Even one of their center defenders used to play center forward.

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#351 drinksinbars

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 09:03 AM

maybe, but when you try to pass it into your opponents net instead of fucking shooting you arent going to win the world cup. if chile had of sent of a shot or two that game might have been very different. as it was it was like watching a poor arsenal team with the motto of "one more pass before the breach". sometimes you gotta just let rip!

#352 Gothos

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 09:18 AM

Not that I like Spain that much but they kicked christine out of the tournament, which is good.

Final Argentina 3 - 2 Brazil?

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 09:45 AM

Hmm, Germany is impressive, I give them a very good chance versus Argentina's shite central defense and keeper.

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#354 dktorode

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 11:49 AM

Has anyone else looked forward to watching a good game of footie tonight only to realize there is no games till friday?

Been SPOILED!!!

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Why dont they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff?

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 12:26 PM

dktorode, on 30 June 2010 - 11:49 AM, said:

Has anyone else looked forward to watching a good game of footie tonight only to realize there is no games till friday?

Been SPOILED!!!

I'll stare at your avatar for two evenings, then...
or play Red Dead Redemption. Probably that.

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#356 dktorode

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 12:55 PM

The spain vs portugal game was the last of my tickets...

Its the fan parks from here on in....

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Why dont they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff?

#357 Gothos

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 12:57 PM

Don't worry, I bet they'll bring vuvuzelas to fan parks too.

#358 dktorode

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 01:14 PM

Gothos, on 30 June 2010 - 12:57 PM, said:

Don't worry, I bet they'll bring vuvuzelas to fan parks too.

of course they do!!!...jeez

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Why dont they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff?

#359 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 30 June 2010 - 09:32 PM

Just heard this joke on local sports radio:

Why are Twilight and soccer the same? They both run around for a couple of hours while nobody scores, and when you say you don't like it, billions of people around the world will say: "that's because you don't get it."

Made me laugh hard, and I do love soccer.

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