World Cup 2010
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don_quixote
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gutted im out on sunday, hoped we'd come top to avoid this scenario. reckon we could probably paste them personally.
scottdisco
rip this joint please
Denmark have to win tomorrow; superior Japanese GD means they only need draw.
don_quixote
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arguably ghana have a really good chance to be the first african side ever to make a world cup semi
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
If it hadn't been for THAT NIGHT in Barcelona, that game would never have even happened, because football would have ended in May 1999.
So Ghana play the US, and then the winners of Uruguay/SK - yep, that seems like the easiest ride you could hope for to a World Cup semi. Can't see them getting past Uruguay though. There will be one unlikely semi-finalist, whatever happens though.
Second round looks cracking already, and with probable Holland-Italy and possible Spain-Portugal/Brazil, gonna just get better.
computer_rock
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ashley cole is looking really fucking sharp at the moment - that's about the only thing that gives me confidence going into the game on sunady
well that and this i guess...
well that and this i guess...
More importantly, are the BBC showing it and are England wearing red?
The attempted block is fantastic. Predictably there is already a facebook group dedicated to it.
Also, anyone else agree that the highlights on the BBC site are quite poor? Basically no replays and the highlights don't even seem that extensive. I only got to listen to the game on the radio so would like to see replays of a few things like Rooney's chance and Upson's tackle but the BBC highlights didn't show them (realise I can probably find them on Youtube but it would be more convenient and there's no reason why they couldn't include them).
The attempted block is fantastic. Predictably there is already a facebook group dedicated to it.
Also, anyone else agree that the highlights on the BBC site are quite poor? Basically no replays and the highlights don't even seem that extensive. I only got to listen to the game on the radio so would like to see replays of a few things like Rooney's chance and Upson's tackle but the BBC highlights didn't show them (realise I can probably find them on Youtube but it would be more convenient and there's no reason why they couldn't include them).
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Dr Awesome
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Local (shit) news website today:
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
In the pub I was in, Terry's face dive got a bigger cheer/jeer than almost anything else. The sheer desperation of the England defending was hilariouswhenever Slovenia got near the box. Effective, but totally dignity-destroying.
I think the BBC Match of the Day highlights are usually alright. Weird that they should fall short for an England match. Rooney's scuffed shot onto the post wasn't all that great, rest assured, although IIRC, the save was.
hucks
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It's not dignity destroying - it's hugely exciting! And from a player's personal perspective, very satisfying. See also Lahm v Ghana last night. And Upson's tackle in injury time was just a very, very good tackle.
In England we do, tho, appreciate the last ditch block much more than in other countries. Conversely, we disdain things such as positioning and reading the game that make a last ditch block unnecessary.
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baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
It's completely dignity destroying*, which is why it's so exciting! Reminds me of me diving round a squash court to save a point, cos I'm too rubbish to be in the right place at the right time.
*in a manner of speaking - what I mean is that the calm veneer of 'we've got this all under control' is so hilariously exposed, and the desperation to not 'let England down' against a tiny nation few in England knew anything about before the World Cup draw, in itself is hysterical. England really are shite, but yesterday it was charming, because they showed they actually cared, in a rather desperate, rubbish way. Aww.
*in a manner of speaking - what I mean is that the calm veneer of 'we've got this all under control' is so hilariously exposed, and the desperation to not 'let England down' against a tiny nation few in England knew anything about before the World Cup draw, in itself is hysterical. England really are shite, but yesterday it was charming, because they showed they actually cared, in a rather desperate, rubbish way. Aww.
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crackerjack
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Incidentally Kevin-Prince Boateng was brilliant* last night, I thought. what's his story? How come he's only at Pompey?
*it's possible he wasn't as good as I thought, cos i only twigged near the end that were two Boatengs - brothers, in fact - in Ghana's team. But he was at least, ooh, very, very good.
*it's possible he wasn't as good as I thought, cos i only twigged near the end that were two Boatengs - brothers, in fact - in Ghana's team. But he was at least, ooh, very, very good.
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I thought there was a Boateng on each team? Brothers from a different mother
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crackerjack
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crackerjack
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Local (shit) news website today:
Lucky it wasn't straight down the keeper's throat