World Cup 2010

[HaemishM]

Good bye France. 

Karma. Although I kinda respect that they stuck up for Anelka, wish Ireland did something similar with the Keane & the Saipan incident.

Yep, this. Fuck you, France. Also, good on South Africa for beating a big team like that, even if it still didn't get them through the group. They showed themselves well, and never seemed to engage in the shitty thug behavior like the Ivory Coast did.

[Sir T]

Good bye France.  

Karma. Although I kinda respect that they stuck up for Anelka, wish Ireland did something similar with the Keane & the Saipan incident.

Keane was a primadonna that didn't want to play, called his manager a fucking wanker and quite rightly got booted home, and the Irish team united, got stuck in and did pretty bloody well in the tournament without him, thank you very much. And Keane spent the rest of his career quitting when things got difficult. Seriously, I'm sick and tired of hearing about him.

This is nowhere close to that situation. But yeah good riddance to France.

[Bungee]

http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/

[Hoax]

Argentina v Mexico = bye bye Mexico. While I really do think this is Mexico's best team, I think its only their best team until next world cup they have so much young talent that will play for top sides during the next four years. Losing Vela is a big blow Franco looked like shit out there. The decision to yank Ochoa bugs me as well, he might be less reliable but he's much more capable of a monster game. They need a monster game from their keeper to beat Argentina. Not that I don't think it could end 3 to 2 and be one of the most entertaining matches of the tournament but Argentina seems more in form and on point and the teams know each other well.

Uruguay versus whoever comes out in second sounds pretty good for Uruguay. I expect them to advance past Nigeria/Korea without conceding their first goal of the tournament. I'm torn on who I want to make it. Korea has played much better football but I feel really bad that on home continent every single African team has conspired to be so goddamn, well African about making the least of their opportunities. Also nobody has looked worse than Nigeria on balance over two games in my opinion except France.

re: France

What the fuck was FFF thinking with a lame duck manager? My French friends tell me the entire last 3 years have been a conspiracy to try to get Platani to come back and coach for them but its not working.

[Stabs]

What's with all the enthusiasm for player revolts? They have never once in the history of professional football done anything but fuck up teams. In a World Cup you're stuck with the manager even if he's crap and doing everything wrong. Usually they're sparked by some egomaniac being subbed or dropped, not exactly the most rational reason for persuading half the squad not to put any effort in for your manager. They just throw petrol on the fire.

Well done Capello for nipping ours in the bud. You have to be a complete cunt to want to lead a player mutiny at this stage, the only hope is to all get behind the manager. Knife him secretly in the back to the suits if you want but for god's sake don't run to the newspapers crying about how misunderstood you are (or in Terry's case how misunderstood his clubmate is) and how it's all the manager's fault.

[HaemishM]

John Terry, proving once again how big of a dickbag you must be to play for Chelsea.

[Cyrrex]

Looks like Korea may end up going through.  Wow.  Unless Greece or Nigeria go apeshit in the next 20 minutes.

[Stabs]

Good job South Korea, they've been very watchable. Pity for them that draws in the elimination rounds won't be decided by Sudden Death Starcraft.

Argentina look majestic. I notice that Maradona kisses his players all the time. I wonder if Fabio is taking notes.

[Sjofn]

Man, Nigeria could not buy a goal at the end there.

[Stabs]

I just saw the highlights of that game. Some Nigerian strikers will have nightmares tonight.

[Hoax]

Man, Nigeria could not buy a goal at the end there.

They were the second worst team of the tournament besides France, their play was apathetic at best most of the time, the mental lapses were awful and the lack of urgency, pace or guile was obnoxious considering the talent they have on the field. I hate Nigeria by the end of this world cup and I started off rooting for them had they gone through it would have been purely luck and they would have been crushed by Uruguay at least Korea will try very hard to score and actually has been taking the chances given to them.

tl;dr fuck Nigeria what a disgrace they have been playing on home continent.

[lac]

Are there any African teams qualified for the next round?

[K9]

If Ghana holds Germany to a draw they'll go through.

[Stabs]

C'mon England!

<<Toots Vuvu>>

 

[Ironwood]

Yeah, right.

 

[K9]

I'm hoping England and the US both win.

[Hoax]

USA is so fucked

We're starting are absolute worst option at left back. Beasley would be a better left back. Bornstein has shown without fail he does not have the awareness or pace to play at CONCACAF qualifying level let alone world cup level against a fast team.

Fuck me Bradley I hope I eat these words but I just don't get it. I get why you had to get Gooch off because he is Captain head in the clouds for the first 30 min of every game but I am so scared right now.

Gomez starting, its the most like for like replacement we have but is the theory that Gomez can't go a full 90 or that he's just better off the bench? This change worries me in the sense that we always do so well bringing speed of the bench late if we need a goal or just to reverse the flow of the game and increase pressure and now we're very short on options to do that.

[Abagadro]

U.S. gets hosed AGAIN!

[K9]

England are looking a lot more inspired and enthusiastic today.

[ghost]

And the US is looking very US.

I have a feeling that England advance.

[K9]

Fuuck, England are all over the Slovenia goal at the moment.

[Abagadro]

God the U.S. needs someone who can finish.

[Numtini]

God the U.S. needs someone who can finish.

And we've been saying that for how many years?

Painful to watch all those chances lost, but there are worse alternatives (ie, England v. Algeria zzzzzz). Other than the two blown offsides calls, at least the reffing seems reasonable, if strict. But given a goal was taken back, that's a pretty big "other than."

[stu]

Opps. My hair just turned grey.

[Rasix]

When is Dempsey going to pull his head out of his ass?

COMMON. SOMEONE. GAAAAH.

[stu]

!!! FINALLY

[Rasix]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. 

[K9]

Haha, US got a last minute goal?

Poor Slovenia, great match for England though.

[veredus]

USA - FUCK YA

[murdoc]

Wow.

[Numtini]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Abagadro]

Crazy.  The U.S wins the Group after all that.

[Segoris]

Haha, US got a last minute goal?

At the 90' mark I'm told

[Engels]

I caught the last 4 minutes of the game. I'm glad of that. I think I would have had an ulcer.

[craan]

My stomach was clenched the whole time.   Ugh, thank you jebus.