Argentina is beasting!
Love Tevez, that 3rd goal was bananas.
Argentina v Germany will be the best match of the cup
Love Tevez, that 3rd goal was bananas.
Argentina v Germany will be the best match of the cup
World Cup 2010 - Bastards Speak Up 2.0!!!
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nzshadow said:One of the USA players spontaneously threw himself to the ground in the Ghana game as well.
fucking pansies.You mean Altidore? He tripped himself and got someone carded, but that looked more clumsy than intentional. He's not a good ball handler, and at that point the counterattack was more valuable than a free kick.
fucking pansies.You mean Altidore? He tripped himself and got someone carded, but that looked more clumsy than intentional. He's not a good ball handler, and at that point the counterattack was more valuable than a free kick.
fauxteur said:nzshadow said:One of the USA players spontaneously threw himself to the ground in the Ghana game as well.
fucking pansies.You mean Altidore? He tripped himself and got someone carded, but that looked more clumsy than intentional. He's not a good ball handler, and at that point the counterattack was more valuable than a free kick.
Mmm-hmmm.
Pansy.
fucking pansies.You mean Altidore? He tripped himself and got someone carded, but that looked more clumsy than intentional. He's not a good ball handler, and at that point the counterattack was more valuable than a free kick.
Mmm-hmmm.
Pansy.
DOR said:Rooney was the biggest no show of the tournament.
:WHYMUSTICRY:
B*ll* -
Maybe England just aren't that *good* - 1 World Cup in its entire history; yes, yes, everyone knows that the game's formal rules were implemented in the country, but the Premiership has deceived people into believing that homegrown personnel in that country are "world class" - name the last English player w/in the last 5 years who has gone to either Serie A or La Liga and shone?
The strength of the Premiership lies in the caliber of its overseas talent (attracted by the "world class" salaries doled out), not b/c of the class of the domestic ranks. One could go on and on about playing hard, being stalwart, etc., but it doesn't gloss over the fact that the pool of talent is sorely lacking - and enforcing a quota on foreign players won't necessarily embellish/upgrade/improve that. Emile Heskey brought in to change the game? Shawn Wright-Phillips who has pace, but no great instinctual feel for the game?
The sun set on the British Empire w/ regards to its geopolitical weight - maybe time to consign the notion of an English football powerhouse to that design as well.
:WHYMUSTICRY:
B*ll* -
Maybe England just aren't that *good* - 1 World Cup in its entire history; yes, yes, everyone knows that the game's formal rules were implemented in the country, but the Premiership has deceived people into believing that homegrown personnel in that country are "world class" - name the last English player w/in the last 5 years who has gone to either Serie A or La Liga and shone?
The strength of the Premiership lies in the caliber of its overseas talent (attracted by the "world class" salaries doled out), not b/c of the class of the domestic ranks. One could go on and on about playing hard, being stalwart, etc., but it doesn't gloss over the fact that the pool of talent is sorely lacking - and enforcing a quota on foreign players won't necessarily embellish/upgrade/improve that. Emile Heskey brought in to change the game? Shawn Wright-Phillips who has pace, but no great instinctual feel for the game?
The sun set on the British Empire w/ regards to its geopolitical weight - maybe time to consign the notion of an English football powerhouse to that design as well.
PEK said
OR said:Rooney was the biggest no show of the tournament.
:WHYMUSTICRY:
B*ll* -
Maybe England just aren't that *good* - 1 World Cup victory in its entire history; yes, yes, everyone knows that the game's formal rules were implemented in the country, but the Premiership has deceived people into believing that homegrown personnel in that country are "world class" - name the last English player w/in the last 5 years who has gone to either Serie A or La Liga and shone?
The strength of the Premiership lies in the caliber of its overseas talent (attracted by the "world class" salaries doled out), not b/c of the class of the domestic ranks. One could go on and on about playing hard, being stalwart, etc., but it doesn't gloss over the fact that the pool of talent is sorely lacking - and enforcing a quota on foreign players won't necessarily embellish/upgrade/improve that. Emile Heskey brought in to change the game? Shawn Wright-Phillips who has pace, but no great instinctual feel for the game?
The sun set on the British Empire w/ regards to its geopolitical weight - maybe time to consign the notion of an English football powerhouse to that design as well.
RULE BRITANNIA, BRITTANIA RULE THE... nevermind.
OR said:Rooney was the biggest no show of the tournament.:WHYMUSTICRY:
B*ll* -
Maybe England just aren't that *good* - 1 World Cup victory in its entire history; yes, yes, everyone knows that the game's formal rules were implemented in the country, but the Premiership has deceived people into believing that homegrown personnel in that country are "world class" - name the last English player w/in the last 5 years who has gone to either Serie A or La Liga and shone?
The strength of the Premiership lies in the caliber of its overseas talent (attracted by the "world class" salaries doled out), not b/c of the class of the domestic ranks. One could go on and on about playing hard, being stalwart, etc., but it doesn't gloss over the fact that the pool of talent is sorely lacking - and enforcing a quota on foreign players won't necessarily embellish/upgrade/improve that. Emile Heskey brought in to change the game? Shawn Wright-Phillips who has pace, but no great instinctual feel for the game?
The sun set on the British Empire w/ regards to its geopolitical weight - maybe time to consign the notion of an English football powerhouse to that design as well.
RULE BRITANNIA, BRITTANIA RULE THE... nevermind.
Srs doe, working for Germans in the UK, I haven't seen this kind of anti-german horse-dust printed for a long time. Was there any this weekend? We do give our german colleagues here a bit of good-natured ribbing, but there's none of that "My grandad went to germany 44 times, he didn't see much of it, it was always at night" jokes...
Da Oirish nailed it:
England would have had their pants pulled down and violated by the likes of Argentina and Brasil on this showing. Our blushes have been spared.
While it would have been amusing for us to spawn a result despite playing like utter shit I have to agree that it's probably for the best that we got knocked out now rather than having Argentina run at the chuckle brothers in central defence. Also credit to Germany who are great to watch.
What a bunch of underperforming twats. I hope this ends Terry's entirely undeserved reputation as a great central defender for good and puts him to the top of the list of people to boot out. Gerrard played like a fucking muppet with his 30 yard grass cutters, Upson was unsurprisingly outclassed, Cole proved why Capello didn't bring him on previously, Rooney was quite obviously not fit as suggested by the fact he hasn't scored a competitive goal for months and, seriously, fuck Capello for once again bringing on Heskey when we needed goals.
I hoped after our failure at the last euros that we might finally start rebuilding a team based on players rather than reputation and can only hope once again that this is the sign that is needed. Germany have proven that it can be done and are a highly entertaining team so surely it's time now to laugh off call ups for spoons like SWP.
Also, ironically, James was the only player who could hold his head up after that match.
What a bunch of underperforming twats. I hope this ends Terry's entirely undeserved reputation as a great central defender for good and puts him to the top of the list of people to boot out. Gerrard played like a fucking muppet with his 30 yard grass cutters, Upson was unsurprisingly outclassed, Cole proved why Capello didn't bring him on previously, Rooney was quite obviously not fit as suggested by the fact he hasn't scored a competitive goal for months and, seriously, fuck Capello for once again bringing on Heskey when we needed goals.
I hoped after our failure at the last euros that we might finally start rebuilding a team based on players rather than reputation and can only hope once again that this is the sign that is needed. Germany have proven that it can be done and are a highly entertaining team so surely it's time now to laugh off call ups for spoons like SWP.
Also, ironically, James was the only player who could hold his head up after that match.
The Sun's article about which England players are still fit to wear the shirt is pretty classic.
A bit harsh on Milner who they hate for not being Joe Cole, yet they also rate Cole as not good enough for England.
Bizarrely they only pick Ashley Cole, Rooney and Gerrard(??) as still being England material.
A bit harsh on Milner who they hate for not being Joe Cole, yet they also rate Cole as not good enough for England.
Bizarrely they only pick Ashley Cole, Rooney and Gerrard(??) as still being England material.
Excellent, I'll have a look at that in a bit, could do with some more vitriol. Gerrard's had one reasonable performance for England since the 5-1 against Germany. He doesn't work in the team as it is. I actually thought Lampard played pretty well yesterday despite my loathing of him. While I think a lot of yesterday was just finally being exposed as the shambles we all kind of knew we are, what still really grates is that we went into the world cup with a promise that players would be picked on performance and form over reputation yet almost the entire first 11 that played yesterday were in poor form for their club last season or not fully fit.
neil_something said:schadenfreude
Yup, German football fans will simply say we had that one coming.
From what I've read, prior to 1966, Germany were not a strong footballing nation. They were so pissed-off by the way they lost the final, and that dodgy goal, that they got their sh*t together, and since 1966 they've been regular finalists, and always a top 4 team.
I can only hope England learn something from this like the Germans did. While the dis-allowed goal was just a sign that it wasn't going to be our day, the previous matches showed us the standard that these players were really at, and it shouldn't have come as any surprise that we were comfortably beaten by a very good German team.
This finally ends the Lampard + Gerrard = shite debate once and for all.
Argentina! Argentina! Argentina!
Yup, German football fans will simply say we had that one coming.
From what I've read, prior to 1966, Germany were not a strong footballing nation. They were so pissed-off by the way they lost the final, and that dodgy goal, that they got their sh*t together, and since 1966 they've been regular finalists, and always a top 4 team.
I can only hope England learn something from this like the Germans did. While the dis-allowed goal was just a sign that it wasn't going to be our day, the previous matches showed us the standard that these players were really at, and it shouldn't have come as any surprise that we were comfortably beaten by a very good German team.
This finally ends the Lampard + Gerrard = shite debate once and for all.
Argentina! Argentina! Argentina!
And Germany's first goal was offside!
But Germany won, and Tevez is scoring goals at the World Cup.
:game_over:
But Germany won, and Tevez is scoring goals at the World Cup.
:game_over:
Paul said:Just to exercise my bitterness/provoke a response:
Rooney > Tevez
regardless of how many WC goals that troll gets.
Trolling...
The facts speak for themselves. Despite the talent surrounding him, one has always shone by grafting from whistle to whistle. Kept West Ham up, showed up for HERO TIME at Un*ted when given the chance, and repped hard for City giving them their best finish since I don't know when.
Grannies shagged: 0
Big Man announcements: 0
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1288753/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Its-time-big-man-Wayne-Rooney-grew-up.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0s8k8XmOv
What was El Apache up to last night...? Can't remember... Oh yes.
Rooney > Tevez
regardless of how many WC goals that troll gets.
Trolling...
The facts speak for themselves. Despite the talent surrounding him, one has always shone by grafting from whistle to whistle. Kept West Ham up, showed up for HERO TIME at Un*ted when given the chance, and repped hard for City giving them their best finish since I don't know when.
Grannies shagged: 0
Big Man announcements: 0
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1288753/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Its-time-big-man-Wayne-Rooney-grew-up.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0s8k8XmOv
What was El Apache up to last night...? Can't remember... Oh yes.
Duderonomy said:And Germany's first goal was offside!
NO
Please revisit the rules.
"There is no offside if a player receives the ball directly from: a goal kick"
page 33: http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/generic/81/42/36/lawsofthegame_2010_11_e.pdf
NO
Please revisit the rules.
"There is no offside if a player receives the ball directly from: a goal kick"
page 33: http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/generic/81/42/36/lawsofthegame_2010_11_e.pdf