World Cup 2010

Sir GH wrote: "JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote:


"Italy played crap last night which means they will be in the final"

"Haha, it's true. We all know (minus Italians, of course) that they cheated their way to the final 8 in 2006."

You don't have to tell me that.

YourValentine wrote: "Sorry, Amazon, that you feel so bad about your team losing but there are 2 more chances to move on to the next round."


True, however my concern isn't that we lost but the manner in which we lost. My fear is that we are simply not good enough to beat Ghana, and if we lose to Ghana, it won't matter how well we play against Serbia; we'll be out.

Germany didn't simply beat us, they destroyed us, they exposed our weakness, and Tim Cahill (our most important player) has been red carded. Our future at this World Cup does not look good.

Amazon wrote:

Sir GH wrote:

We all know (minus Italians, of course) that they cheated their way to the final 8 in 2006."

You don't have to tell me that."

Right, you're from Australia !  Even though I'm cheering for Germany, I still wish you guys the best, especially after being so cheaply shortchanged by Italy last time around.

Holly2003 wrote:

At least Hansen doesn't say "we" when referring to England, unlike certain part-time paddies working for the BBC

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Hansen has been guilty of that misdemeanor.......

Mr Mercury wrote:

Holly2003 wrote:

At least Hansen doesn't say "we" when referring to England, unlike certain part-time paddies working for the BBC

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Hansen has been guilty of that misdemeanor.......
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Maybe it was a royal "we".

Sir GH wrote: "Right, you're from Australia ! Even though I'm cheering for Germany, I still wish you guys the best, especially after being so cheaply shortchanged by Italy last time around"


Thanks. :D

This is for sure the worst Brazilian squad that I've ever seen play.

YourValentine wrote: ...we do not laugh about other sports and we do not give them other names. ============================================= We're not laughing.  You don't understand!  It's just so confusing.  It hurts us inside.  :`(

SOCCER: A North American World Cup Primer

SETUP

 
• approx. 200 intsy people on a 3km x 1km field
 
• one ball, round
 
• one goal at each end of the field each the size of, oh, let's say, the broad side of a barn
 
• the field is called a pitch, because it's black and on a 4 degree angle
 
• scratch the above, it's called a pitch because it's green and flat.

PLAY

30 minutes cycles of play.  Eg:

  offside, offside, offside, offside, offside, offside, offside, offside, offside, offside, offside, oh...oh....oh....   he's all alone!..here's the play!...oooooooooh....20 feet over the  goal, offside, offside, offside, offside,offside, offside, offside, offside

WINNING

The team with 1* goal wins when a) the whistle is blown, or, optionally b) when the TV announcer pronounces it hopeless for the other   other team up to 10 minutes before the game is over.  It's okay to go make a sandwich in the case of b) 

SPECIAL NOTES

Dutch team officials may be wearing shiny suits. This is normal and no cause for concern.

Those sensitive to a noise that is the aural embodiment of complete and utter fucking insanity may wish to place their eardrums in a safe deposit box for the duration of the tournament.

 

* See 'Miracle in Madrid, 1972' for historic 2 goal win**

** I made that up

Yara wrote:

This is for sure the worst Brazilian squad that I've ever seen play.

Couldnt agree more. No imagination, no flare, no style. The squad of 1982 would have torn the Koreans apart...

Yara wrote: This is for sure the worst Brazilian squad that I've ever seen play.
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Yara wrote: This is for sure the worst Brazilian squad that I've ever seen play.
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I'm not very good with these things and I probably can count on my fingers all the matches I've watched since the last World Cup, but I'd say this year's team is better than 2006's. 

But I have to admit I was rather bored during today's match's first round.

They did not move !! I do not remember that I ever saw a Brazilian team with such a lack of ideas and creativity. They say it's the fault of the coach who demands discipline but I do not believe he forbade them to run. However, they won the match, that counts in the end.

YourValentine wrote: They did not move !! I do not remember that I ever saw a Brazilian team with such a lack of ideas and creativity. They say it's the fault of the coach who demands discipline but I do not believe he forbade them to run. However, they won the match, that counts in the end.
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My complaint is the same - they didn't move. But during part of the second round they were moving, and it was exactly during that period that they scored twice.

I have some faith in them. For decades Brazil's performance on the first match of each World Cup's been rather weak:

2006: Brazil 1 x 0 Croatia
2002: Brazil 2 x 1 Turkey
1998: Brazil 2 x 1 Scotland
1994: Brazil 2 x 0 Russia
1990: Brazil 2 x 1 Sweden
1986: Brazil 1 x 0 Spain
1982: Brazil 2 x 1 U.S.S.R.
1978: Brazil 1 x 1 Sweden
1974: Brazil 0 x 0 Yugoslavia
1970: Brazil 4 x 1 Czechoslovakia <----- Finally an exciting score!

Except for the match against Russia in 1994 and for two ties (74 and 78), the we've always won by one goal after 1970.

The most important thing is that you win the first match... save the great footy till the next round. ;-)

With the European Championship we (Holland) played superbly against France (4-1) and Italy (3-0). And we got kicked out in the next round aganst Russia. So I guess that Germany is gonna be the one kicked out this time in the next round. ;-)

Was it Germany's strength or Australia's weakness that resulted into a 4-0 outcome?