World Cup 2014 Squads and Games

[Leyton Gooner]

quote="augie"]Why the need to mock the american interest in "soccer" ?[/quote]

To be honest just because one particular US poster got my back up with his former colonies comment the other day. Pretty immature I know

[Bradywasking]

The American fans at the world cup seem very passionate, hard to judge how knowledgeable they are..if their President is anything to go by then not very... Their team is in the world Cup on merit, albeit from a weak qualifying group/area.

When we in Ireland qualified for our first major tournament in 1988 there was a hardcore of a "soccer" public in the country, within a few months we were infested with experts. a nation was conned by the media and drink companies and publicans into believing Jack Charlton was God and played football properly. it seems there is a similar bandwagon effect catching on in USA..Their league and supporters seem a bit in your face types but that to an extent is the American way..I love hearing Oireland football fans describe other nations as "footballing backwaters " or "emerging nations" ..Ireland has no players from their domestic league within an country mile of playing for the national team , the same domestic ;league is poorly attended and of a very low standard...The few that turn up are often ridiculed by the mmasses that follow football in Ireland by flying to Glasgow , Manchester, Liverpool or London to support their teams..At least USA have a half decent league structure and support. If New York only get 25,000 crowds from a population of six or seven million , then so be it.

[Bradywasking]

Loving the Suarez conspiracy stories..one I heard from a normally intelligent man is that Sky had an input into the severity of the ban.

[gp543]

Why the need to mock the american interest in "soccer" ?

Some pretty smug posting from two users above...

And that was due to some quite frequent piss-taking of our nation.

[gp543]

The American fans at the world cup seem very passionate, hard to judge how knowledgeable they are..if their President is anything to go by then not very... Their team is in the world Cup on merit, albeit from a weak qualifying group/area.

When we in Ireland qualified for our first major tournament in 1988 there was a hardcore of a "soccer" public in the country, within a few months we were infested with experts. a nation was conned by the media and drink companies and publicans into believing Jack Charlton was God and played football properly. it seems there is a similar bandwagon effect catching on in USA..Their league and supporters seem a bit in your face types but that to an extent is the American way..I love hearing Oireland football fans describe other nations as "footballing backwaters " or "emerging nations" ..Ireland has no players from their domestic league within an country mile of playing for the national team , the same domestic ;league is poorly attended and of a very low standard...The few that turn up are often ridiculed by the mmasses that follow football in Ireland by flying to Glasgow , Manchester, Liverpool or London to support their teams..At least USA have a half decent league structure and support. If New York only get 25,000 crowds from a population of six or seven million , then so be it.

Not sure how you can say this anymore. CONCACAF have 3 teams in Round of 16, only behind CONMEBOL and UEFA. CAF has 2 and AFC has 0.

[northbank123]

Why the need to mock the american interest in "soccer" ?

Some pretty smug posting from two users above...

And that was due to some quite frequent piss-taking of our nation.

You think this forum has displayed frequent piss-taking of the USA? Go to any PL ground and ask your average fan for their thoughts on 'soccer' and its fans and you'd realise people on here are actually extremely welcoming in comparison! I like winding up England football fans when it goes tits up as much as anyone but your sanctimonious posting and reference to colonies just makes you look like a bit of a cock.

[LDB]

Why the need to mock the american interest in "soccer" ?

Some pretty smug posting from two users above...

And that was due to some quite frequent piss-taking of our nation.

True, because after all there is nothing but respectful comments for England on this thread/forum..

[Leyton Gooner]

Why the need to mock the american interest in "soccer" ?

Some pretty smug posting from two users above...

And that was due to some quite frequent piss-taking of our nation.

True, because after all there is nothing but respectful comments for England on this thread/forum..

Yeah. They started it. So there!

[OneBardGooner]

The American fans at the world cup seem very passionate, hard to judge how knowledgeable they are..if their President is anything to go by then not very... Their team is in the world Cup on merit, albeit from a weak qualifying group/area.

When we in Ireland qualified for our first major tournament in 1988 there was a hardcore of a "soccer" public in the country, within a few months we were infested with experts. a nation was conned by the media and drink companies and publicans into believing Jack Charlton was God and played football properly. it seems there is a similar bandwagon effect catching on in USA..Their league and supporters seem a bit in your face types but that to an extent is the American way..I love hearing Oireland football fans describe other nations as "footballing backwaters " or "emerging nations" ..Ireland has no players from their domestic league within an country mile of playing for the national team , the same domestic ;league is poorly attended and of a very low standard...The few that turn up are often ridiculed by the mmasses that follow football in Ireland by flying to Glasgow , Manchester, Liverpool or London to support their teams..At least USA have a half decent league structure and support. If New York only get 25,000 crowds from a population of six or seven million , then so be it.

Aka: LOUD.

[OneBardGooner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxU-cQvmi-k

[northbank123]

The Uruguayans are almost making the Scousers seem reasonable in comparison.

Almost.

[augie]

The Uruguayans are almost making the Scousers seem reasonable in comparison.

Almost.

I'm sorry but the reaction to the ban the cannibal received is farcical

What type of society are we living in, where grown men defend a dispicable act and a dispicable man like suarez ? Are we saying that there should be no moral standards expected of people (not just footballers) anymore ? The uruguayan fa and players defending him I can understand (but not agree with) but for people outside of that tiny shithole to defend the cannibal is absolute madness
Chellini's statement yesterday sums up modern day football......suspension harsh and feeling sorry for the cannibal's family - excuse me but isnt it suarez's responsibility to consider his family before he acts in this way ? How many agents do you think were involved in getting the italian defender to publicly support suarez ? I dont normally go along with the old line about "image of the game" or "bad example to kids" but in this case it is totally apt - this little scumbag has fans everywhere (if liverpool supporting kids over here are anything to go by) and it is a shocking example to them of how pro footballers behave, but it is an even worse (much worse) message to kids if he is allowed to do it and still get away with a paltry slap on the wrists. If one of spains massive clubs still comes in and buys him then it is another statement saying that football doesnt care about how it's players behave.

I get the argument about how a dangerous leg breaking tackle carries more implications on a players future career prospects than if he got bit on the shoulder but why is that even being brought into the conversation ? The cannibal actions were still disgraceful so not punishing the dan smith/shawcross's severely enough does not, and should not mean that suarez should also be dealt with in a lenient way - two wrongs never made a right in my book anyway. Football is OUR game and we should not allow behaviour from suarez, his team-mates, his national fa or the victims fans, to disgrace and undermine our game

Btw where the fcuk does c.unts like cascarino get off demanding that fifa do more to "get help" for the cannibal - this is a player earning almost 200k per week and yet football should pay to get a shrink to "help him" ? A guy that has done this twice previously, should know before now that he needs help and if he doesnt then all the shrinks in the world wont help him

[Bradywasking]

The Uruguayans are almost making the Scousers seem reasonable in comparison.

Almost.

They all got degrees in Victimology in The University of Liverpool ..

I agree with Augie , the defence of Suarez is unbelievable.. I can accept people having a view that the ban is excessive or even unfair on his club.. I would not agree with either point but if reasonably made it is their entitlement to make it. I cannot understand how once again the reality of the actions of this man are being airbrushed out of the story. Suarez bit an opponent on the playing field at a World Cup game. To listen to his defenders that is the least important part of the story. They have once again beaten the drum for a man who has taken football, himself, his family and the teams he players for (club and country) to a new low. This is Dalglish and Evra all over again except on a global scale.
I had the Sky/FA/ British media had an input into the conspiracy argument thrown at me yesterday. My reply was that these "conspirators" were excellent as they managed to get Suarez to play his part by biting an opponent. The point seemed lost, but the bottom line is The Pope, Obama, Cameron and the Dali Lama could have it in for Suarez but if Suarez didn't bite (pun intended) they couldn't touch him.

[northbank123]

I see that Valcke bellend from FIFA has piped up saying he needs psychological help. That was tenuously trotted out after last time, and Liverpool bleated on about how he was actively seeking help. If that hasn't worked and on a more fundamental scale if he can't remotely weigh up that his actions have consequences after this many incidents, the next step is to fucking section him.

The 'British media vendetta' excuse wears particularly thin given the constant plaudits that were raining down on him (including Writers' Player of the Year) all season. The reality is if he had tried to take a chunk out of somebody's arm again in a PL match, we would be debating prosecution. What the run-up and aftermath to the 2018/22 World Cup bids have shown is that nobody - least of all FIFA - give a single shit about what the British media have to say, so to suggest they wield this global influence is nonsense. And why would Sky want the PL's most marketable player to be missing for 9 games??

The bloke is an absolute cock who is immensely talented and therefore thinks he is untouchable. End of.

[arseofacrow]

I think you're all as bad as each other.