Official World Cup Thread

Post by **flash gunner** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:14 pm

marcengels wrote:
augie wrote:Amazingly enough I was hoping the italians would go through but I have no idea why
years of watching eboue?

Racist

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:17 pm

marcengels · Post by **marcengels** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:18 pm

flash gunner wrote:
marcengels wrote:
augie wrote:Amazingly enough I was hoping the italians would go through but I have no idea why
years of watching eboue?

Racist

I just can't stop

Post by **flash gunner** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:20 pm

marcengels wrote:
flash gunner wrote:
marcengels wrote:
augie wrote:Amazingly enough I was hoping the italians would go through but I have no idea why
years of watching eboue?

Racist

I just can't stop

Your real name Marc Hitler by any chance?

Connolly55 · Post by **Connolly55** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:27 pm

Im so glad the Italians went out.

mrgnu1958 · Post by **mrgnu1958** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:35 pm

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:40 pm

i'm delighted. really hate that italian national team, defensive team with no other style of play.

augie · Post by **augie** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:43 pm

brazilianGOONER wrote:i'm delighted. really hate that italian national team, defensive team with no other style of play.

I like their attitude and mindset really and it reminds me of Arsenal teams of the past.....we might be playing teams that are better technically than us but they will not succeed against us

Of course another reason why I like them is that they won money for me when I backed them to win the last wc

Post by **REB** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:50 pm

brazilianGOONER wrote:i'm delighted. really hate that italian national team, defensive team with no other style of play.

a bit like the current brazilian team so. there not a patch on teams from the 80s early 90s. no flair and 2 defending defenders stuck in there own half for fear an attack will come

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:54 pm

augie wrote:
brazilianGOONER wrote:i'm delighted. really hate that italian national team, defensive team with no other style of play.

I like their attitude and mindset really and it reminds me of Arsenal teams of the past.....we might be playing teams that are better technically than us but they will not succeed against us Of course another reason why I like them is that they won money for me when I backed them to win the last wc

Zidane

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:55 pm

REBEL GOONER wrote:
brazilianGOONER wrote:i'm delighted. really hate that italian national team, defensive team with no other style of play.
a bit like the current brazilian team so. there not a patch on teams from the 80s early 90s. no flair and 2 defending defenders stuck in there own half for fear an attack will come

the difference is that brazil has kaka, while italy have nothing. there is not a robinho on their side as well, a small quick fella capable of dribbling past two or three players and a killer pass. also, luis fabiano is a much better finisher than gilardino and iaquinta will ever be (just look at the first goal against ivory coast).
brazil is a defensive side nowadays mostly because we have a few of the best defenders in the world (julio cesar, maicon, lucio, dani alves, juan) and not the same offensive quality we used to have before. it's about building your team to your strenghts...

it's not a good brazilian side as it used to be, but it is still a lot better and more capable of creating gols out of nothing than italy, who is a team who clearly doesn't have goals in them.

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:56 pm

Vince wrote:
augie wrote:
brazilianGOONER wrote:i'm delighted. really hate that italian national team, defensive team with no other style of play.

I like their attitude and mindset really and it reminds me of Arsenal teams of the past.....we might be playing teams that are better technically than us but they will not succeed against us Of course another reason why I like them is that they won money for me when I backed them to win the last wc

Zidane

exactly that, but the bricks were materazzi

Post by **g88ner** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:56 pm

I enjoyed the game and I was supporting Slovakia BUT on reflection, I'd rather see France vs. Argentina (instead of Mexico) and Italy vs. A N Other (rather than Slovakia) in the last 16.

Oh, well.

Was funny seeing France and Italy fall, though

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:11 pm

g88ner wrote:I enjoyed the game and I was supporting Slovakia BUT on reflection, I'd rather see France vs. Argentina (instead of Mexico) and Italy vs. A N Other (rather than Slovakia) in the last 16.

Oh, well.

Was funny seeing France and Italy fall, though

Especially Italy!!

RNTGOONER · Post by **RNTGOONER** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:16 pm

I only wanted France out because of Domanech.

Italy though, are like a slightly more technical Bolton

I am glad they are out.