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The World Cup Thread
Topic Started: Jun 9 2006, 10:14 AM (4,270 Views)
Phlebas
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Jun 20 2006, 04:08 PM
I thought we were mediocre at best and the second half we played *badly*. While I dislike football as much as I do, I still watched and TBH, it seems that our manager has just filled the squad with "stars" rather than the best players for the team. I don't understand why we have strikers who simply aren't even match fit. Are there so few decent English players that we have to have the star players no matter what their injury/fitness status is? I'm guessing it must be pretty demoralising for other English strikers that they didn't get capped but injured and/or unfit players did just because they're "star" players. Owen's leg is knackered, no doubt about it. That's ligament damage at least :/ Rooney didn't seem up to much either and that's the first time I've seen him play! I was expecting some kind of magic...

What other English forwards would you have sent? I think it's more of a training problem than a talent problem. England was caught a bit when Rooney broke his foot, and they're lucky they can get 60 minutes out of him., and he's not still limping.

This reminds me of one of my favorite headlines of the 2002 WC. When England was going to start Mickey Butt in one of the games, one of the newpaper headlines - probably the Sun - had "Eriksson Poised to Pick Butt."

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Looks like Owen is out for the WC. This might expose Sven's mistake in taking Theo Walcott on the team.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/w...and/5100516.stm

Great game today, if you can watch it: Argentina v. Holland.
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I'm taping the Argentina/Netherlands game (it's on at noon here); I think it should be a good one.
Caught a bit of the Portugal/Mexico match, some great action happening. Worth checking out when it's replayed.
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Finally

A man has tickets for the World Cup final. After
he has been sitting in his seat for a few minutes,
the man in the seat behind him taps him on
the shoulder and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat
next to him.

"No," he says. "The seat is empty."

"Absolutely incredible!" said the man. "Who in their
right mind would have a seat like this for the World
Cup Final, one of the great sporting events, and not
use it?"

"Well actually," he says, "the seat belonged to my
wife. She was supposed to come with me but she passed
away. This is the first World Cup final we
haven't been to together since we got married."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," replies the man. "That's
terrible. But couldn't you find someone else to take
the seat? A friend or relative, or even a neighbour?"

The man shakes his head "No, they're all at the
funeral."

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Phlebas
Jun 21 2006, 02:16 AM
What other English forwards would you have sent?

Shola Ameobi would have been on my list.

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:lol: George, that was good.
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Jun 21 2006, 10:43 AM
Phlebas
Jun 21 2006, 02:16 AM
What other English forwards would you have sent?

Shola Ameobi would have been on my list.

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I thought he was Nigerian, but he's probably been capped by England already.

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Today is the last chance for the US to get to the last 16. They need to win against Ghana (should be doable) and Italy needs to win against the Czechs...


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Jun 22 2006, 02:43 AM
Today is the last chance for the US to get to the last 16. They need to win against Ghana (should be doable) and Italy needs to win against the Czechs...

I think Italy should win against the Czechs because they have so many injuries, especially Koller and Baros.

US game is wide open. If arena plays 4-5-1 they'll tie or lose, If he plays 3-5-2 with Johnson as the second forward, they'll win.
Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML

The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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Here's the lineup for the US - Ghana game. Looks like he's going for a 4-4-1, or 3-5-1.
Kofi Anan wished Ghana good luck before the game - further reason to burn down that building on the west side of Manhattan.

Ghana
22 R Kingston
05 J Mensah
15 J Pantsil
07 I Shilla
13 H Mohamed
10 S Appiah
08 M Essien
23 H Dramani
09 D Boateng
14 M Amoah
19 R Pimpong

USA
18 K Keller
22 O Onyewu
13 J Conrad
06 S Cherundolo
03 C Bocanegra
08 C Dempsey
10 C Reyna
07 E Lewis
17 D Beasley
21 L Donovan
20 B McBride
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The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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Ghana 2 - USA 1. We're out.
Now I can enjoy the games.
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The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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Now Switzerland moves to the top of my list.

Cathy

Then Australia!!!
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More BS against the USA. The refs sucked this year. I'll still watch the games though....Brazil is AMAZING.
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Jun 22 2006, 05:40 PM
Now Switzerland moves to the top of my list.

Cathy

Then Australia!!!

I'd say Switzerland is going out today. They'll lose to South Korea, and France will beat Togo. You might have to stick with Australia until they go out.
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Jun 22 2006, 07:30 PM
More BS against the USA. The refs sucked this year. I'll still watch the games though....Brazil is AMAZING.

That was a horrible call by Merk, and he should have called Ghana for diving and wasting time (I'm surprised they were such cheats).
Bottom line is, we played terribly, and should have beat them - no use whining about the ref.

The heat seems to be - temporarily - off Merk, and on Graham Poll, who handed out three yellows to a Croatian player before sending him off. Merk is a terrible ref, and should have been sent home after his performance at the Australia-Brazil game.
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The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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Ok. The round of 16 is set, and here are the matches:

Germany v. Sweden
Argentina v. Mexico
England v. Ecuador
Portugal v. Holland
Italy v. Australia
Brazil v. Ghana
Spain v. France
Switzerland v. Ukraine

My favorites are in bold.
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Germany 2 Sweden 0. Now things are getting exciting! The swedish goalkeeper was brilliant.
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Jun 24 2006, 09:16 AM
Germany 2 Sweden 0. Now things are getting exciting! The swedish goalkeeper was brilliant.

Yeah, Germany was impressive.
Feel bad for Larsson for missing the PK - just not their day.

Argentina and Mexico later should be a good game.
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The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about Larsson's miss. That's got to feel pretty crappy.
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Argentina 2 - Mexico 1. Great game by Mexico, and the best goal of the tournament so far.

Argentina did a lot of diving. Too bad such great players are such cheats.
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The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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1-0 so far to England.

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Carp game, though. :yawn:

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Yay.

Final Score, 1-0.

We're through to the final 8.

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Congrats to England. (you didn't play very well though) :D .

Beckham scored just after I told my wife he can't run anymore, and is only on for set pieces.

They should have played with two forwards.

Also, what was with all the long balls from Ecuador? They're too short, and couldn't get the second touch.
At least the ref let the teams play for parts of the game.
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The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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Jun 25 2006, 06:01 PM
Congrats to England. (you didn't play very well though) :D

To be honest,we never realy do. I don't know how we win as often as we do!

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Beckham's goal was great, but this - so far - is the goal of the tournament:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE1LAl8IYe0...a%20goal%202006
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The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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