it sure does..i even promised myself to boycott McDonalds and Coca Cola, Vodafone, Telekom etc...
if they'd advance to the last 8, i got a buisiness collegue who would take my wife and me to the game for some *cough*cash... 😉
yeah this is going to be an ugly one... i say 1:1...
as for the England goal..it was officially declared as an own goal..sorry 😮
Originally posted by RogerRamjet
as for the England goal..it was officially declared as an own goal..sorry 😮
That's beginning to annoy me with the English commentary team, "You can put the goal down to Beckham if you like." No, you can't. It was an own goal. I think Paraguay would have pulled a goal back had they got back into it earlier, but it wasn't to be.
Sweden and Trinidad/Tobago had a great game also, I enjoyed it the most overall today, but the last 30 minutes of the Argentina/Cote d'Ivoire game were great.
Some good games tomorrow, or at least good teams playing.
-AC
Originally posted by Deano
the talking to kinda friend or the taking each other clothes off kinda friend? 😄
The absent mate's girlfriend kinda friend.
Originally posted by RZA
Hmm....Asian persuasion. I got dibs on the one holding the spaghetti fork. Ahem...care to introduces us to your friends, names please naughty
It's weird, but you seem to meet a lot of Asian people when you live in Asia...Cindy and Rachel be their names.
Anyway, I was disappointed that Ivory Coast lost, it'll be really difficult for them to qualify now.
England were very poor, no imagination going forward. Its such a shame to see the talent they have on that team going to waste, they play so conservatively. Against the better teams in the tournament they will have to create alot better chances than long hopeful shots, they looked pretty comfortable at the back for the most part but its on attack that has me worried. The quicker Erickson is outta there the better, if thats the way he wants England to play they wont be able to compete once the big guns come into the equation.
T&T did themselves proud, if England take them lightly they may end up losing because i think T&T would have taken alot of confidence from the Sweden game.
Argentina were pretty lucky, i dont think they would have had much to complain about if the Ivory Coast had drawn level. They certainly did enough to force a draw.
Originally posted by koolruningz
England were very poor, no imagination going forward. Its such a shame to see the talent they have on that team going to waste, they play so conservatively. Against the better teams in the tournament they will have to create alot better chances than long hopeful shots, they looked pretty comfortable at the back for the most part but its on attack that has me worried. The quicker Erickson is outta there the better, if thats the way he wants England to play they wont be able to compete once the big guns come into the equation.T&T did themselves proud, if England take them lightly they may end up losing because i think T&T would have taken alot of confidence from the Sweden game.
Argentina were pretty lucky, i dont think they would have had much to complain about if the Ivory Coast had drawn level. They certainly did enough to force a draw.
Theyre just conserving their energy
Originally posted by koolruningzArgentina were pretty lucky, i dont think they would have had much to complain about if the Ivory Coast had drawn level. They certainly did enough to force a draw.
yeah true...was a pretty good game
its weird when the world cup rolls around because alot of people still automatically assume that the old guard teams like germany, argentina etc will automatically beat the teams that arent that well established...you would've thought that south korea and japan would've gone some way to dispelling that notion at the last world cup but apparently not
look at the players from the ivory coast team...drogba, toure, Kalou, Boka, Eboue...some seriously damn good players...yet because they fall under the flag of the ivory coast alot of people automatically write them off
Originally posted by koolruningz
England were very poor, no imagination going forward. Its such a shame to see the talent they have on that team going to waste, they play so conservatively. Against the better teams in the tournament they will have to create alot better chances than long hopeful shots, they looked pretty comfortable at the back for the most part but its on attack that has me worried. The quicker Erickson is outta there the better, if thats the way he wants England to play they wont be able to compete once the big guns come into the equation.T&T did themselves proud, if England take them lightly they may end up losing because i think T&T would have taken alot of confidence from the Sweden game.
Argentina were pretty lucky, i dont think they would have had much to complain about if the Ivory Coast had drawn level. They certainly did enough to force a draw.
first half they wasnt poor. 2nd half they was because of tactical decisions.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
It's not is it? Let's bring ourselves (you) back down to Earth.It's Ukraine, I don't think "anything's possible" applies to them. That's like saying Czech Republic will do great because of Cech.
-AC
Me thinks you're talking out your arse
Why do you always piss on another person's opinion??
I hate your kind, those who mock others opinions, you're not gonna change my mind on it, and believe it or not, what you say about Ukraine is OPINION and certainly not fact
Look at Greece in Euro 2004
Now stop being so far up your own arse and thinking you know better than everyone, and for god sake stop acting like god's gift to football knowledge!!! You certainly aren't that in any way at all!!!
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
That's beginning to annoy me with the English commentary team, "You can put the goal down to Beckham if you like." No, you can't. It was an own goal. I think Paraguay would have pulled a goal back had they got back into it earlier, but it wasn't to be.Sweden and Trinidad/Tobago had a great game also, I enjoyed it the most overall today, but the last 30 minutes of the Argentina/Cote d'Ivoire game were great.
Some good games tomorrow, or at least good teams playing.
-AC
You would say that being a Brazil supporter.....well let me put a little bit of a dampener on your so called side, they needed a fluke goal to beat a very poor England performance four years ago
And I think you'll find, for the first hour, we pissed all over Paraguay, and even when they ceased the initiative, they still never looked like breaking our solid defence