FIFA World Cup 2010

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still in shock. moreso about the overreaction here than the result, which wasn't entirely out of the blue. more concerned about fabio preferring sean w-p to joe cole to come and shore up the left. that and the continual faith in heskey. everybody will say 'but he had a great game' - yes; but it meant that rooney was displaced and was often hunting for the ball in midfield, and so the best chance of the game (or ever) fell to old numbnuts, with predicable results. (i groaned out load when i realised who was through on the keeper). the commentator here said what a good save it was. no way- howard couldn't've got out the way even if he'd tried!

germany beat an awful australia, but did it in fine style.

jason, with 'gooch' in your back 4, i'd be scared of algeria (even with bruno in goal for them - what a coup by sacha baron cohen!)

[Jason Roth]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

jason, with 'gooch' in your back 4, i'd be scared of algeria

aww, BITTER MUCH?

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Originally Posted by Jason Roth

aww, BITTER MUCH?

yes; but only as a newcastle fan who had to endure his stay with us

[Jason Roth]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

yes; but only as a newcastle fan who had to endure his stay with us

the gooch always steps it up for the red white and blue. I'm not worried about him at all.

GO YANKS! BEAT SLOVENIA!

[King of Snake]

Holland - Denmark

2-0
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[Eikman]

did anyone watch japan against cameroon? jesus, that must have been the worst abomination of football i've seen in ages.

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Originally Posted by Jason Roth

aww, BITTER MUCH?

[Jason Roth]

Mali. They need refs for the biggest sporting event in the world and corrupt-as-hell FIFA look to Mali.

Hi Eik

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Originally Posted by Jason Roth

Mali. They need refs for the biggest sporting event in the world and corrupt-as-hell FIFA look to Mali.

not at all bitter, then?

jason; this is football - its beauty and its pain are that it's like life - sometimes it really JUST ISN'T FAIR, and sometimes you get the breaks - but it's only the JUST NOT FAIR bits that stick in the craw and you don't realise that, over a lifetime, there's generally a balance. this isn't a time to chuck your toys out of your pram and start getting into conspiracy and xenophobia. were that so, then sepp (german) blatter would have made damn sure that no german player got sent off for petty fouls, such as we saw today. it's a WORLD cup - that also means that officials from The World are selected to take part. that does mean that officials with less experience of major tournaments may be present; but part of the point is that they gain experience and can pass that on, making The Game stronger - fifa are very concerned with this sort of thing. it's also why they resist taking power away from officials on the field - the beauty of the game is that it's the same, be it the world cup final, or my son's sunday team.

hard to take now, and i understand. as an england fan i've had big decisions go terribly in bigger matches than this. it's shit; but you deal with it. i think it's called 'character-building'.

[Jason Roth]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

not at all bitter, then?

jason; this is football - its beauty and its pain are that it's like life - sometimes it really JUST ISN'T FAIR, and sometimes you get the breaks - but it's only the JUST NOT FAIR bits that stick in the craw and you don't realise that, over a lifetime, there's generally a balance. this isn't a time to chuck your toys out of your pram and start getting into conspiracy and xenophobia. were that so, then sepp (german) blatter would have made damn sure that no german player got sent off for petty fouls, such as we saw today. it's a WORLD cup - that also means that officials from The World are selected to take part. that does mean that officials with less experience of major tournaments may be present; but part of the point is that they gain experience and can pass that on, making The Game stronger - fifa are very concerned with this sort of thing. it's also why they resist taking power away from officials on the field - the beauty of the game is that it's the same, be it the world cup final, or my son's sunday team.

hard to take now, and i understand. as an england fan i've had big decisions go terribly in bigger matches than this. it's shit; but you deal with it. i think it's called 'character-building'.

This wasn't a bad break. This was a straight up robbery.