World Cup Football 2010 (South Africa)

[asoc]

Regarding the US Ghana game.
I think a lot of fans were mystified at the coach's decision to play certain players. Namely Ricardo Clark and Robbie Findley.

Clark has a history of making reckless, stupid tackles as well as other defensive mistakes. He is simply a liability.

Findley did jack and shit and we had two better options in the bench with Buddle and Gomez. Both top scorers in their respective leagues.

Buddle deserved some quality minutes and never got them. The guy has been on fire in league play leading up to the World Cup.

I think Ghana outlasted the US. The US got tired both physically and emotionally from the effort it took to keep coming back in games.

[Nagash]

England got shafted on that non-goal.
Mexico got shafted on the first goal by Argentina, it was clearly offside.

Both those goals were big momentum shifters.

Look at the US Slovenia game and the US Algeria game too for calls that should have been goals.
There were others as well, think it was the Germany game in the group stages with the bs cards?

Yeah, even FIFA cannot disregard the calls for more technological aid for the refs. It's fucking ridiculous that it takes such an amount of wrongdoings to get them to move. Especially the countries you mentioned, and Italy (also saw a good goal be disallowed which would probably have put them through against Slovakia) got fucked over by all this. And probably some more which we didn't pay too much attention to. It makes sense taht the refs can't see everything or judge everything correctly. But as we know that, it makes no sense to fully rely on them if we can help them easily and effectively.

Regarding the US Ghana game.
I think a lot of fans were mystified at the coach's decision to play certain players. Namely Ricardo Clark and Robbie Findley.

Clark has a history of making reckless, stupid tackles as well as other defensive mistakes. He is simply a liability.

Findley did jack and shit and we had two better options in the bench with Buddle and Gomez. Both top scorers in their respective leagues.

Buddle deserved some quality minutes and never got them. The guy has been on fire in league play leading up to the World Cup.

I think Ghana outlasted the US. The US got tired both physically and emotionally from the effort it took to keep coming back in games.

I don't know the USA players too well, but I think USA is one of the teams which mostly relied on its strength as a team. Individually the players aren't top class, but they were one of those few teams in which the team spirit made them play better than they actually are. Tis a pity that it couldn't bring them past Ghana's one-touch passes play, it was fun to watch.




The Japan-Paraguay game was fun to watch too, and Portugal is out, which is always good.

[Gili]

and Portugal is out, which is always good.

yes this is indeed very good. Yes, i'm still bitter to Ronaldo

[MoP]

and Portugal is out, which is always good.

yes this is indeed very good. Yes, i'm still bitter to Ronaldo

You're still better than Ronaldo, too.

[Nagash]

Ronaldo is a thug. If he hadn't been good at football, he'd still be a pickpocket at the docks of Porto.

[Dyvim Tvar]

Man, I quite like the kid--even if he has only played for the most evil forces in football since leaving Sporting.

The talk about technology is well and good, but the only people who would have been helped by the addition so far in this world cup would be England. And they don't deserve any help, so fuck it.
FIFA aren't about to bring in replays for anything but "is it over the line?" moments I would wager, I mean there is a chance I guess that they will decide the fourth official should do more than hold up a board every now and then and bitch at managers for leaving their technical area, and start putting their monitor to use for incorrect offsides or penalty shouts--but they most likely won't. Remember, Blatter has more important things to worry about than introducing technology into the world game, he still hasn't gotten his changes to women's football uniforms instigated yet after all.

Bradley made a couple too many weird selection choices for the USA to ever really get too far in this tournament, plus he never seemed to be able to have his team settled right out of the gate and they got punished for their early sloppiness a couple of times.

I know it's not going to happen, but I really hope that the Dutch forget that they always choke in major tournaments and proceed to knock out Brazil. I hate Dunga so much, and I hate his woefully dull football style that commentators still pretend is "Brazilian flair" when it's fucking not, it's horrible and it's boring--and yes it's not a massive departure from old Brazil systems, however the difference was that they had brilliant players to supplement that and he only has average ones.
That and he took Felipe fucking Melo to the tournament, nobody who leaves Neymar at home yet brings Felipe Melo with them deserves anything but a slap.

Personally I have to hope that Yogi manages to mastermind a brilliant German conquest of Argentina--but I'm not holding my breath for it. Maradonna may be an insane junkie but there's no denying that this Argentine team looks better than it ever did in qualifying.

[Nagash]

We'll do our best to humour you and slap Dunga on the buttocks.

A Netherlands - Germany final would be fun. Would incite a lot of unfounded and outdated WOII animosity and all. Good times.

[Nagash]

England still has two votes btw. And USA three.


*points at poll*


Never lose the faith, eh?

[Gili]

Schweeet! Whilst i enjoyed the victory, and stamping is obviously a big no no...Come on!!!! it was Robben...you should get a medal for stamping on him. Diving fucker

[Nagash]

He can't help it, his mom is a dolphin and his father a penguin.


Who'd have thought after that horrible first half in which it could've been 4-0 for Brazil that they'd turn the tide? And whilst playing good football too? Even I have to put aside my cynicism now.
Though it wouldn't surprise me if Ghana/Uruguay would kick us out in the next round.

[Dyvim Tvar]

DRINK IT DOWN DUNGA! YOU CANNOT ESCAPE MY JUSTICE FOREVER!!!!
*cackles*

[Mickal Redwater]

I even woke up early to watch NED!

Woot Thanks to Nagash and MoP they are my 2nd team now USA is obviously out, but considering i didn't even get to watch 1 USA game from the US, didn't seem to affect me much.

[Gili]

DRINK IT DOWN DUNGA! YOU CANNOT ESCAPE MY JUSTICE FOREVER!!!!
*cackles*

lol

They were a poor brazil team.

[asoc]

Crazy ending for the Uruguay Ghana game.

[Gili]

yup.

Sadly it was a no brainer for the uruguay player to thump that ball off the line. Gave his country a chance to stay in the world cup...which of course they did. They should send them off and award the goal if the goal was inevitable.

[Nagash]

Yah, even if such unexpected narrow escapes are fun to watch.


Germany vs. Argentina should be interesting to see next.

[Gili]

nice football by z'germans there. If only i could forget our performance against the Germans, 4-1 wouldn't sound so bad ...with the argies result in mind.

[Nagash]

Indeedy. Netherlands vs. Germany would make a nice final. As long as the Dutch prevail, of course.

[MoP]

So far for 3 South American teams in the semi's

A pity Uruguay made it, though, I kinda liked Ghana. And really, only 1 match suspension for Suarez? Come on, that hands ball was even worse than Henry's in the barrage duel vs Ireland.

I hope the African black studs gangrape him. Both of them.

Though I must admit it was the smartest thing Suarez could do at that time. Very, very lame and frustrating for the opposing team, but it worked out very well for him and his team.

[Nagash]

Yay! The final for the Netherlands!


Let's go on and kick the collective arses of the Gerries or the Iberians on Sunday then.