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Bend-err

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« Reply #640 on: 05-06-2006 09:30 »

doubtful, only found this yet... but there's at least 1 english artical about it: http://www.wild-cup.de/newsdetail.php?sid=7

Slurm

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« Reply #641 on: 05-06-2006 09:38 »

If that goal he scored against Tenerife was intentional then I gotta say he is an idiot and I would be pissed if I was his manager because its an extremely low percentage shot, a simple cross might be more boring but its more effective 99.9% of the time.

Melllvar

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« Reply #642 on: 05-06-2006 10:09 »

Of course he's an idiot, he's an errant genius! They're all cracked. Someone try to tell him he's a defender!

Melllvar

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« Reply #643 on: 05-07-2006 18:46 »

Final day of the season, Arsenal take forth, Spurs take fifth, knew it was coming. When all is said and done, it's our best league season for ages, and I would've taken European Football at the beginning of the season.

Been nice to have a Spurs team to be proud of again. No hard feelings about Arsenal pipping us to forth, and they should go on and win the Champions League now.

Good luck to 'em.

PCC Fred

Space Pope

« Reply #644 on: 05-08-2006 06:11 »

You're taking it well. I thought you might be pissed about the Premier League forcing the Spurs-WHU game to go ahead despite half your team coming down with food poisoning.

dawoodz
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« Reply #645 on: 05-08-2006 11:00 »
« Last Edit on: 05-08-2006 11:00 »

The thing is any normal person would see that it's unfair to play the game because spurs are clearly at a disadvatage. The premier league handled it well though becasue it would have been a very contraversal decision to prospone it and in the end spurs did have enough (wether they be poor or not) players to play the game - I do feel sorry for spurs however but it would have been worse if they'd have finished 4th and Arsenal would have gone on to beat barcelona (I use past tense when I shouldn't). The funny thing is why were spurs staying in a hotel when both teams are based in London. In fact most teams travel down on a coach the same day as the match no matter what the ditance is between the two grounds! Speaking of great goals I found this on youtube. I think it's brilliant and much better than any of roberto carlos' goals!

HAS TO BE THE GREATEST EVER GOAL;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWfkmCWqhvs

Melllvar

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« Reply #646 on: 05-08-2006 15:44 »
« Last Edit on: 05-08-2006 15:44 »

That is a fantastic finish!

Anyhoo, I'm not bitter about the Spurs game, because I was not expecting Spurs to win at West Ham anyway.

Moving on:

England Squad for the World Cup:

Provisional squad:
Robinson (Tottenham), James (Manchester City), Green (Norwich); G Neville (Manchester United), Ferdinand (Manchester United), Terry (Chelsea), Cole (Arsenal), Campbell (Arsenal), Carragher (Liverpool), Bridge (Chelsea), Beckham (Real Madrid), Carrick (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jenas (Tottenham), Downing (Middlesbrough), J Cole (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham), Rooney (Manchester United), Owen (Newcastle), Crouch (Liverpool), Walcott (Arsenal).

Standby:
Carson (Liverpool), Young (Charlton), Reo-Coker (West Ham), Defoe (Tottenham), Johnson (Crystal Palace).

Good news for Aaron Lennon, but no Defoe! Theo Walcott, who's never started for Arsenal, and enough with Owen Hargreaves already, he's bloody crap.

PCC Fred

Space Pope

« Reply #647 on: 05-08-2006 18:12 »

I don't know what Sven's thinking. Just four recognised strikers, of which Owen's just recovered from injury, Rooney'll be recovering while the tournament's taking place, and Walcott hasn't played a single game at anything like the required level.

On the whole the selection just seems too experimental for a World Cup squad, particularly for one of the favourites.

Melllvar

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« Reply #648 on: 05-08-2006 19:22 »

I definately don't understand it. Also, what's with Peter Crouch? We're taking two crocks, a baby and a beanpole. Seems to me that Sven doesn't give a shit so he's picking anybody.

What about James Beattie, Jermaine Defoe, Marcus (or is it Darren) Bent?

I bet Shaun Wright-Philips is thinking how great that move to Chelsea was. If he'd stayed at Man City, he'd be on his way to Germany,

PCC Fred

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« Reply #649 on: 05-09-2006 06:15 »

I dunno about Wright-Philips, and I don't think any of Beattie or either Bent was going to make the squad. But I'm seriously surprised that Defoe isn't in it. Although you never know, if Rooney is definitely ruled out before the tournament starts, Sven still has a chance to juggle his squad.

dawoodz
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« Reply #650 on: 05-09-2006 11:41 »

The problem is SVEN can experiment because he's leaving after the world cup anyway. I just cant believe that defoe int in there and we're only taking 4 strikers. It's bizarre and why do we need 3 keepers again? I just don't see what walcott has over all the other strikers available. I'm glad he's been bold and picked aaron lennon tho. Hopefully that will pay off.

Slurm

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« Reply #651 on: 05-10-2006 06:12 »

Quote

Originally posted by dawoodz:
I just don't see what walcott has over all the other strikers available.

Pace, Walcott has explosive pace, bringing him on in the last 20 minutes could terrorise tired defences at least thats the theory.
I think its a no win situation for Sven, people will always criticize him no matter who he picked, if he went with the expected squad people would say he is boring and not willing to take risks.

dawoodz
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« Reply #652 on: 05-10-2006 13:34 »

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Originally posted by Slurm:
Pace, Walcott has explosive pace,

I'm the first to stand up and say pace is ONE of the most vital assests a player can have but if we're taking him soley on tht then we might as well take jason gardener and teach him to kick a ball. I'm not sayin' walcotts crap by any means but I'm jus sayin' tht he's only proved at championship level. Bent has been bangin' them in for charlton and is proven a premiership level (as is Beattie and defoe). Both defoe and bent may be a shade (and I mean a shade) slower than walcott but their other qualities such as experience, shooting, dribbling and in bent's case heading should out-weigh the promising but raw talents of walcott. It's a gamble but I think it's jus a gamble for the sake of it.

Melllvar

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« Reply #653 on: 05-14-2006 05:44 »

Good day for soccer yesterday, both the FA Cup Final and the Scottish Cup Final could've produced upsets.

Fantastic for Gretna, they were playing in English Non-League four years ago, now they're playing in Europe next season. And could have lifted the Scottish Cup, but the Jam Tarts won on penalties.

As for West Ham, poor luck, but they fell foul to a Steven Gerrard special (why can't we build the England team around Gerrard? The guy is a collossus!)

Great games both, full of drama. Excellent advert for the British game when other European Leagues are floudering (Juventus take the Italian title under a cloud of match-fixing allogations today, their entire Board resigned this week.)

M0le

Space Pope

« Reply #654 on: 05-15-2006 04:54 »

Hey, a sports thread! Maximum thumbs up!

I played footy once! There was an... incident.

dawoodz
Starship Captain

« Reply #655 on: 05-15-2006 12:37 »

HAHA........an incident. The FA cup was the best I've seen in my short 15 years and I agree West Ham were unlucky. Gerrards second was incredible - as soon as it came rolling out to him I knew it was in. I reckon he's easily our best and quickest player and one of our best chances of winning the world cup. I just can't believe that ball fell to harewood - the only player on the pitch who was physically unable to put it in! Can't wait til' Wednesday - will be great even though I think Barcelona will win. Just a note as well for Jon Paul Mcgovern who lead our promotion last season has been released by the owls - damn Sturrock!

dawoodz
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« Reply #656 on: 05-19-2006 13:40 »

Barcelona 2 -1 Arsenal

A valiant effort particularly with only 10 men after Lehman was sent off early on. The turning point for me was taking fabregas off. Although Flamini is a decent player I don't think it was the right time to bring him on. It was a poor decision one which I think ultimately cost them the game. Nothing to be ashamed of however losing to 12 men.

PCC Fred

Space Pope

« Reply #657 on: 05-19-2006 18:39 »

Anyone sick of hearing about how the ref was supposedly biased toward Barcelona?

Let's start with the sending off. The red card wasn't harsh in the slightest. Lehamnn practically grabbed the Barca guy's leg. And Arsenal are lucky the ref didn't play the advantage, otherwise Arsenal would've been 1-0 down there and then.

Then there's Arsenal's goal from the free kick. Did someone say 'dive'? Finally there was Barca's first goal. Okay, that was touch and go, but if you take FIFA's interpretation literally (you know, that 'daylight' crap), then the guy was technically onside. The best kind of onside.

Melllvar

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« Reply #658 on: 05-20-2006 08:51 »

I thought the result was a fair one. Maybe Henry decided not to go to Barcelona because his future team-mates kicked the shit out of him for 90 minutes.

dawoodz
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« Reply #659 on: 05-20-2006 11:30 »

Quote

Originally posted by PCC Fred:
Anyone sick of hearing about how the ref was supposedly biased toward Barcelona?

Let's start with the sending off. The red card wasn't harsh in the slightest. Lehamnn practically grabbed the Barca guy's leg. And Arsenal are lucky the ref didn't play the advantage, otherwise Arsenal would've been 1-0 down there and then.

Then there's Arsenal's goal from the free kick. Did someone say 'dive'? Finally there was Barca's first goal. Okay, that was touch and go, but if you take FIFA's interpretation literally (you know, that 'daylight' crap), then the guy was technically onside. The best kind of onside.

Those are all valid points but they don't lead to me being right.

I agree the sending off was fair and the freekick for the first goal was a dive but all the other 50:50 decisions went barca's way. I mean look a henry's booking, he won the ball with a great tackle and then got booked for being kicked! I suppose he wasn't the worst I've seen but you expect the best for the European final.

Melllvar

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« Reply #660 on: 06-09-2006 02:03 »

Here we go with Melll's completely inaccurate predictions for the group stages of the FIFA World Cup:

GROUP A
Germany 2 - 0 Costa Rica
Poland 1 - 0 Ecuador
Germany 2 - 1 Poland
Ecuador 0 - 2 Costa Rica
Ecuador 0 - 3 Germany
Costa Rica 1 - 1 Poland

GROUP B
England 2 - 0 Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago 0 - 2 Sweden
England 3 - 1 Trinidad & Tobago
Sweden 2 - 2 - Paraguay
Sweden 0 - 0 England
Paraguay 1 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago

GROUP C
Argentina 2 - 0 Ivory Coast
Serbia & Montenegro 1 - 2 Holland
Argentina 2 - 2 Serbia & Montenegro
Holland 2 - 0 Ivory Coast
Holland 3 - 2 Argentina
Ivory Coast 1 - 1 Serbia & Montenegro

GROUP D
Mexico 2 - 1 Iran
Angola 0 - 4 Portugal
Mexico 2 - 0 Angola
Portugal 3 - 1 Iran
Portugal 3 - 2 Mexico
Iran 2 - 1 Angola

GROUP E
Italy 3 - 1 Ghana
USA 1 - 3 Czech Republic
Italy 2 - 2 USA
Czech Republic 4 - 0 Ghana
Czech Republic 2 - 1 Italy
Ghana 0 - 1 USA

GROUP F
Brazil 3 - 2 Croatia
Australia 1 - 2 Japan
Brazil 3 - 0 Australia
Japan 1 - 2 Croatia
Japan 0 - 2 Brazil
Croatia 1 - 0 Australia

GROUP G
France 2 - 1 Switzerland
South Korea 2 - 0 Togo
France 1 - 1 South Korea
Togo 0 - 2 Switzerland
Togo 0 - 4 France
Switzerland 1 - 1 South Korea

GROUP H
Spain 2 - 2 Ukraine
Tunisia 1 - 1 Saudi Arabia
Spain 2 - 0 Tunisia
Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 Ukraine
Saudi Arabia 0 - 3 Spain
Ukraine 2 - 0 Tunisia

Bend-err

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« Reply #661 on: 06-09-2006 07:27 »

i hope germany loses very badly today... and all other games too so everyone at work will shut the fuck up about the worldcup

iliketowankalot

Professor

« Reply #662 on: 06-09-2006 12:12 »

What are you, gay?

Anywho I disagree with a couple of Mels predickions,
Ecuador will beat Costa Rica, I doubt England will beat Paraguay by 2 goals I predick a draw, Sweden are an overrated pile of wank, we beat them 3-0 so I think England will finally end their crap record against the Swedes and win that game.
Anywho my moneys is on Argentina their group is hard almost as hard as my penis is right now but I think along with Brazil they are the best 2 teams.
I also got a smaller bet on the Czecks, 40-1 was too godd to resist.

Melllvar

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« Reply #663 on: 06-09-2006 12:18 »

My predictions are out already as Costa Rica scored against Germany.

Now 2-1 (as I type this).

iliketowankalot

Professor

« Reply #664 on: 06-09-2006 14:26 »

Entertaining game but Germanys defense is useless, don't think they will get past the quarters, England have got a very lucky draw, easy group, will probably play Poland in the 2nd Round and Germany in the quarters so they really should at least get to the Semi's if they don't choke.

Anyone bother watching the opening cermony?
Damn were does inflateable women ugly, don't think i'll be buying my inflateable women from Germany any time soon.

Nixorbo

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« Reply #665 on: 06-09-2006 14:46 »

::Insert obligatory "USA USA USA" post here::

Melllvar

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« Reply #666 on: 06-09-2006 15:04 »

Here's hoping for a USA Vs Iran game again!

First game was fansatic, both teams won't go far, they were shoddy defensively. But, amazing goals!

TriggerHappyJim

Professor

« Reply #667 on: 06-09-2006 15:08 »

Blimey, that 4th German goal was a screamer wasn't it?

Melllvar

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« Reply #668 on: 06-09-2006 15:11 »

Amazing, the ball started out heading towards the centre of the goal, but swerved out to the left of the keeper. Unstoppable!

Melllvar

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« Reply #669 on: 06-09-2006 18:40 »

*Bump*

This is gonna get bumped lots.

Poland 0 - 2 Equador.

Well, that's my predictions gone to shit. But, great pair of opening games. Both Equadors goals were well taken, but the first was awful defending from the Poles.

And so to tomorrow....

COME ON ENGLAND!

Futurama_Hil

Urban Legend

« Reply #670 on: 06-09-2006 20:28 »

i'm still deciding who to root for... right now i'm looking at sweden, england, brazil, US maybe..

the is the first year i really actually give a damn about the cup, only recently becoming a fan of the sport; although i find it kind of boring to watch at times..

Melllvar

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« Reply #671 on: 06-09-2006 21:11 »

Dunno who to root for?

Czech Republic are a good each-way bet, obviously the US are in the same group, so root for them.

I wouldn't go for the obvious favourites. Teaches you nothing about being a football fan, it's all about dissappointment.

Pitt Clemens

Urban Legend

« Reply #672 on: 06-10-2006 03:46 »
« Last Edit on: 06-10-2006 03:46 »

I do think World Cup needs its own thread.

-Like Olympics it is but once an Olympiad
-Consists of every free nation on Earth vying for sports biggest title. (and a few non-free, Brazil I'm looking at you)
-Each game of the series draws in attendance rivaling the Superbowl.
-There is a game every day during the series.

Nix! Please re-open+move world cup thread!

GO PERUVIA!

Hawk

Professor

« Reply #673 on: 06-10-2006 05:51 »

6% of all Russians think that Russia will win the World Cup.

Go Germany!

alexvilagosh

Goose Patrol
Space Pope

« Reply #674 on: 06-10-2006 06:15 »

This world cup is a lot less convenient than the last one for me... bring it back to Asia!

I watched Germany vs. Costa Rica last night, and that finished at 4am. I'll watch both the England/Paraguay and Sweden/Trinidad & Tobago games tonight, finishing up at 4am again... woo.

Juliet

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« Reply #675 on: 06-10-2006 06:18 »

I will be watching the England Match in Spain. Also I wearing my fave England top which I will show the photo when I get back home tomorrow

COME ON ENGLAND

Ninaka

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« Reply #676 on: 06-10-2006 07:05 »

GO Aussies!! Until you lose to Brazil and then GO GERMANY!!!

Gocad

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« Reply #677 on: 06-10-2006 07:06 »
« Last Edit on: 06-10-2006 07:06 »

Quote

Originally posted by iliketowankalot:
What are you, gay?

Nah, he's just German.

First day of the World Cup, first surprise.

No, it's not that Germany won, but that Poland lost. Go Ecuador!

Which means that Germany's next matches are going to be very interesting...

EDIT: That's nice of you, Ninaka.

But whom will you root for after Germany lost? Because I think that Germany won't make it beyond the Quarter-finals...

Juliet

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« Reply #678 on: 06-10-2006 07:08 »

I am not really bothred who really wins

Ninaka

commandant cleavage
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« Reply #679 on: 06-10-2006 07:19 »

Quote

EDIT: That's nice of you, Ninaka.

But whom will you root for after Germany lost? Because I think that Germany won't make it beyond the Quarter-finals...

Hadn't thought that far ahead - I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, I suppose. Maybe Australia will surprise me, but don't make me laugh

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