WORLD CUP

flint · Post by **flint** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:55 pm

Germany really came out gangbusters even though they seemed to forget what an offsides trap is. England certaintly didnt look like a contender to be world champions but a win is a win. Sweden had a tough time finding the net against a goalie playing like a man possessed, although they should certaintly have their spirits up after they see Englands performance. I didnt see Argentina play but like I said, a win is a win. Sorry Dar, but I think the Polish squad should be ashamed of themselves because they seemed to just flat out give up before the final whistle was blown - maybe they thought it would be better to save their energy for the next match?

heres what the boys from the states need to keep in mind over the next week:

winner of group E plays runner up of group F, runner up of group E plays winner of group F

which means should we win our group we play (almost certainly) Japan, Croatia, or Australia - but should we be runner up we play Brazil[/i]

Bane · Post by **Bane** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:56 am

I agree with ya "analysis" of the games. Germany had a good offense but made mistakes in the defence, Lahm was just amazing all thru the game.

Neither England nor Paraguay impressed me, but neither did Sweden unfortinately

My team played like they done so many times in the past, whenever they are the better team and should control the game - they become ineffective and can't make goals. It's really frustrating to watch!:evil:

Argentina Cote d'ivory(sp?) was a good game, not a easy win for argentina, too bad that cote d'ivory "woke up" too late and started to put real pressure on argentina.

Well, so far five games played, a few really nice goals, almost all favorites won ( 'cept sweden

). Lookin' forward to todays games:

Serbien-Montenegro-Holland <-- this one is a must-see
Mexiko-Iran
Angola-Portugal

Edit: Oh yeah, forgot to say, Sorry Dar if u read this, but Poland played really crappy :-/ Hopefully they'll get their shit together and start playing better next game.

ZoSo · Post by **ZoSo** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:44 am

Argentina didn't play at top form for 90 minutes, but when they were on - they were amazing. Definately the best team to play so far.

Germany's defense had way too many holes. England needs Rooney back or a Michael Owen that can actually handle the ball. Crouch looked way better than Owen who just looked out of shape and slow. England has always been too quick to take a 40 yard shot and too predictable, why build up an attack for a 40 yard shot?

Bane · Post by **Bane** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:53 pm

Watching the portugal - angola game right now, half time. So far Portugal has impressed me, at least for the first ~20 or so minutes, they look quite dangerous. Angola tho aren't very good, a coupla of good individual performances, but as a team they are kinda crappy. Looking forward to the second half, hopefully portugal will keep playing football and not completely stop playing as they sometimes do when they're in the lead vs a lesser good team.

Styrofoam · Post by **Styrofoam** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:23 pm

Bane wrote:Watching the portugal - angola game right now, half time. So far Portugal has impressed me, at least for the first ~20 or so minutes, they look quite dangerous. Angola tho aren't very good, a coupla of good individual performances, but as a team they are kinda crappy. Looking forward to the second half, hopefully portugal will keep playing football and not completely stop playing as they sometimes do when they're in the lead vs a lesser good team.

you mean soccer. Weirdo Europeans

ZoSo · Post by **ZoSo** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:55 pm

we just got WHOOPED today - absolutely smoked all over the field.

RoboTurtle · Post by **RoboTurtle** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:17 pm

Styrofoam wrote:
you mean soccer. Weirdo Europeans

Football = English game, it's called football. The two countries where the sport is biggest (England and Brazil) call it football, it's called football. The two continents where football is biggest are Europe and South America, both call it football, it's called football.

American football is mainly played with the hands anyway.....

Styrofoam · Post by **Styrofoam** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:31 pm

RoboTurtle wrote:
Styrofoam wrote:
you mean soccer. Weirdo Europeans
Football = English game, it's called football. The two countries where the sport is biggest (England and Brazil) call it football, it's called football. The two continents where football is biggest are Europe and South America, both call it football, it's called football.

American football is mainly played with the hands anyway.....

it was a joke...seriously...

flint · Post by **flint** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:25 pm

man we really did get destroyed, about the only positive you can say for the american team right now is that they have a killer offsides trap lol

italy looked more than good enough to beat the USA, and honestly Ghana looks like a better team than us after one game all around

australia picked up a huge win, a draw against Croatia is basically all they need to move on

ZoSo · Post by **ZoSo** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:53 pm

Brazil looked good today, but beatable. What was up with Ronaldo? He's fat and doesn't even run - Robihno should start the rest of the games.

Hylandor · Post by **Hylandor** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:19 am

-Ghana needs a lesson on placement shooting

-US running a 4-5-1? Boo! Marcus on the outside right? Boo!

StormCrow · Post by **StormCrow** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:01 pm

whats soccer? and do they even show the world cup on TV in the us?

flint · Post by **flint** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:16 pm

poland vs germany has been the best match so far, anyone else watch it?

now that all the teams have played Id say that 6 jump out as frontrunners for the tournament - Brazil, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Argentina, and the Netherlands

ZoSo · Post by **ZoSo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:06 pm

that was a damn good match to watch, flint, one of the best I've seen.

I like Argentina topmost, Spain, Czech and of course Brazil.

Koric · Post by **Koric** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:25 pm

I agree that that Germany vs. Poland match being the best. Although Poland couldn't seem to put up too much of an offensive game they did a hell of a job keeping Germany from scoring a goal until the 91st minute. If one of their players didn't get a red card I think they could've kept it at a tie.

Polands Goalie + Crossbar were definitely the players of the game though. ^_^

Bane · Post by **Bane** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:00 pm

SVEEEEEEEEEEEEERIGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yay, go sweden!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

It took some itme, 89 minutes, but finally we scored and won the match vs paraguay

Lookin good.

Deutschland - Poland: Indeed, a good game, too bad for Dar tho.. :-/

Congratz to Skit and the aussies, good game.

flint wrote:now that all the teams have played Id say that 6 jump out as frontrunners for the tournament - Brazil, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Argentina, and the Netherlands

I say, add Spain and I'd prolly agree. I know Spain usually(always) fail in the WC, but they actually convinced me they have what it takes this year. If only they keep Raul out! Man, their offense is just amazing!

Ronaldo, just ain't what he once were, never will be. Now he's got headaches and shit too, he's out in their next game methinks.. mehopes.

Sweden is going for the gold this year!!!!

ZoSo · Post by **ZoSo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:39 pm

grats on the sweden win, but your guys didn't look too impressive... they still would have smoked the US on monday though

flint · Post by **flint** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:55 pm

I wont believe Spain as a true contender until theyre in the finals

ZoSo · Post by **ZoSo** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:15 pm

wow, Argentina are my favorites now - they're amazing.

Bane · Post by **Bane** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:52 am

Gaah, we have amazing weather here in Sweden, so it's really hard to not spend time in the sun and go inside to watch football. Therefore I missed the Argentina - S&M game

6 - 0!! That's just insane, considering that S&M played great defence all through the qualifications to the WC. So, yeah, Argentina is a possible(likely) winner.

And yeah, Sweden didn't make a good impression, didn't play the best football, but at least they won and that's what counts. We've had a lousy record these last coupla games before the WC, have had alot of trouble scoring goals, so every goal is a step in the right direction at least..