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#81 |
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Halftime is almost over, 2-1 Germany.
Do you go to Elon? |
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#82 |
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what's Elon?
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#83 |
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A college, or are you at Iona I assume?
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Klose just scored on a rebound, if I had to guess 3-1 wouldn't be a bad prediction for this game.
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#85 |
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no, graduated from UNC Charlotte last December. I'm at work.
I went to Iona Freshman/Soph then transferred |
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Wanchope played for Malaga but left after they all racially abused him. He could've signed for us at the beginning of that season but chose Malaga instead, the tit. I dunno where he went to after that.
Klose ![]() Kirky does not rate Miroslav Klose. |
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Wanchope is an elastic legend.
Costa Rica look like shit no chance they'll progress. Germans look ok against poor opposition which just so happens is what the rest of their group is. |
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The US media kind of pisses me off. Through the No. 5 FIFA ranking and the 2002 quarterfinals, they talk about the US as if it is their right to get back that far. The 2002 World Cup was crazy, and the US barely got out of the group and only made the quarterfinals because Mexico was a beatable squad.
There was an article in the Star Tribune the other day about how Germany has an inferiority complex against the US because we are ranked higher and all this shit. Come on, the US soccer is developing, but we're not a world power. Our best players are journeymen in the premiership. |
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#89 |
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Marcelo Balboa is so good at misreading situations.
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That was a sick shot, I love the long ones like that
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don't even bother watching. My mighty Frenchmen are taking back what's ours!
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Yeah I don't really understand the world rankings, I saw that the US was ranked pretty high yet they really aren't that good? That makes no sense to me
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lol gotta love the ESPN 2 in studio guys
"there's controversy with every single team in this Wolrd Cup.....except for the U.S. though." |
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It's probably just done by comparing each country to the rest of the countries in their qualifying region, which is dumb really. Not sure though, but if it is like that, then it's pretty obvious USA would be high.
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USA win a ton of wins in the CONCAAF. Wins = points = rankings. They are currently ranked 5th yet probably aren't in the top 15 in reality.
Anyone with any sense doesn't care what the rankings are these days. |
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I agree. Also Lahm was unbelievable today. Nice goal, then he set up both of Klose's goals.
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Yeah, teams are just given points for wins and then its added up and ranked.
Like Packt Up pointed out, the USA is the strongest team by an absolute mile in CONCACAF (excluding Mexico). So whenever the US plays international friendlies or Gold Cup matches or World Cup qualifiers against the likes of Haiti and The British Virgin Islands, they inevitably win and as such rack up more points than European teams who, with respect are probably better but also face tougher teams in friendlies and world cup qualifying. At the moment the US are ranked 5th, with France 8th, Argentina 9th, England 10th and Italy 13th. But I think its fair to say if those 5 teams played eachother in a league system, the final table wouldn't finish in that order. So yeah, the rankings aren't really that great. |
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Guess I was just a little bit wrong about that game
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Worst. match. ever.
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Anyway, good game by Equador so far. Poland has hit the frame twice, but Equador deserves the win. |
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Not. Even. Close. |
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Not in terms of match quality, but as a Poland fan this one was a real stinker
And its Ecuador |
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#105 |
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Germany didn't live up to the expectations, I don't see them winning the World Cup if they keep playing this way.
On Poland and Ecuador, the Ecuadorians displayed very good discipline in the match, very impresive. It's been a great start for the World Cup. Two Entertaining matches. Tomorrow might be just as good, if not better. |
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#106 |
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I marked out for Ecuador. That first goal was sweet. Very nicely done.
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#107 |
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0:2 (0:1)
What do the number in parenthesis mean? |
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#108 |
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Full time score (half time score)
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#109 |
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ah
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#110 |
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What a start to the World Cup. 3 goals in the opening 20 minutes in the Germany game, the result being 4-2 then a 0-2 win to Ecuador in the other opening game. 2 games with 8 goals and some cracking goals as well. Great shit. Can't wait for Australia's opening game against Japan Monday night (our time). All I want is for us to do better than we did when we last qualified in 1974 - score a goal and get more than 1 point in the group.
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That first goal by the German left back was immense though, couldn't hit the inside of the post/top corner any more perfect than he did. |
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Fuck off you cunt. They struggle to win World Cups on European soil.
Having said that they'll still beat us. Japan, who knows. I'm just glad that we're there to enjoy it - who gives a fuck if we progress or not. By the way...hope you European cunts are happy with the kick-off times, it's a cunt of a struggle over here with the earliest games kicking off at 10:30pm and the late ones at like 4am. But fuck it I love this fucking game so i'll be up to watch them. ![]() FUCK I LOVE FOOTBALL AND FUCK IM BLIND AT THE MOMENT |
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#114 |
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As if you're not fucking used to the late nights by now
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#115 |
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doesn't help with hollywood balls gerrard looking for glory and missing by about 30 metres every time too
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Gerrard is fucking amazing! You utd cunt!
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#117 |
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I think they should start making him chase all those.
I can't get used to every Robinson goalkick reaching the 18. It's like watching football being played with a balloon. |
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#118 |
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robinson is a beast anyway though. he always does that
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#119 |
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He does have a long kick, it always goes a way past halfway. Never seen him reach the 18 though
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What the hell is this thing meant to be? It's one of a few Nike ads they've been playing here.
The other one is better, where that thing is yelling abuse at Bresciano and Aloisi and Bresciano beans him with a volley and he falls out of the stand. Great stuff |
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