Official World Cup Thread

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:43 pm

Connolly55 wrote:Is the Cameroon manager joking? Dropping Song? Playing Eto out right?

french tactician

mrgnu1958 · Post by **mrgnu1958** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:58 pm

Flipping well played japan.And at the end as much as they deserved to,they never went completely nuts in celebrating their historic win.

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Thats Pride!!

Its Up 4 Grabs Now · Post by **Its Up 4 Grabs Now** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:02 pm

Vince wrote:
Connolly55 wrote:Is the Cameroon manager joking? Dropping Song? Playing Eto out right?
french tactician

When he was at Lyon I was all for Le Guen being Wengerâ€™s successor.

Thought we should bring him as a coach & groom him to take over. Then he went to Rangers & he seems to have been a crap manager ever since.

And the moral of the story is Glasgow is a shithole.

euphoricone · Post by **euphoricone** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:07 pm

I still reckon denmark will overcome Japan and Cameroon, qualifying for the next round.

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:58 pm

Its Up 4 Grabs Now wrote:
augie wrote:I know that it is relatively early days but this world cup is absolute shite at the moment Even the attacking based teams like holland dont seem to be that committed to going forward hence the woeful shortage of goals
Most of the footballâ€™s been abysmal. Still reckon the ballâ€™s playing itâ€™s part in that, alongside the negative tactics etc. The wanky pundits keep talking about whether or not it swerves in the air (it doesnâ€™t) but thatâ€™s not the issue with it. Every game Iâ€™ve seen so far thereâ€™s been about 5x as many overhit passes as youâ€™d usually see & countless shots ballooned well over the bar. The ball bounces about a mile in the air & seems to speed up once it hits the turf, so any crossfield pass or ball into the channel just runs away from the player half the time.

Yeah, the ball is odd. Played with it last week, is too light, and bounces up a bit high too.

Group stages in World Cup seldom get good until final game in the group stage, then tournament gets going in knock out stages.

Captain Fabregas · Post by **Captain Fabregas** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:07 pm

lol at the weather for italy game, hale stones!

Connolly55 · Post by **Connolly55** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:35 pm

Come on Paraguay!

Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:11 pm

oooooooooooooooooooooooooo 1-0

Connolly55 · Post by **Connolly55** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:47 pm

Italy don't look up to much.

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:47 pm

QuartzGooner wrote:Yeah, the ball is odd. Played with it last week, is too light, and bounces up a bit high too.

Group stages in World Cup seldom get good until final game in the group stage, then tournament gets going in knock out stages.

What I don't understand is how come the Bundeliga got permission to use that ball throughout last season and yet everyone else has to get used to it in just a handful of games....?? Surely Adidas had to make it available to everyone?

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:50 pm

1-1. Doesn't matter though as Italy are in a piss easy group!!

Connolly55 · Post by **Connolly55** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:52 pm

Connolly55 · Post by **Connolly55** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:52 pm

euphoricone · Post by **euphoricone** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:17 pm

Arsene wenger seems to have a lot of choices to choose from, the goalkeeping has been horrendous in these 10 games

1989 · Post by **1989** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:28 pm

Been a shite world cup this year.