World Cup 2010

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BareBones

wheezy
grizzleb said:
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Ha ha!!!
 
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scottdisco

rip this joint please
crackerjack said:
Reina is better than either.
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really?
hmm. i don't doubt he had a top season for his club and i trust hucks when he says Casillas hasn't (i don't watch Liga, though not for want of interest).

paolo said:
Robinho and Landon Donovan have been the best Premier League players

Kuyt and Carvalho have been decent
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co-sign. i think Kuyt in particular deserves a mention as Carvalho and Donovan have had arguably better press in recent years.

crackerjack said:
Kevin-Prince Boateng.
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co-sign.

Tevez been OK (lovely strike the other night too).

as everyone is saying, Brazilian steel + flair definitely best equipment thus far but who knows.

Germany were a bit flattered w their Aussie scoreline (and that Cahill red?!), then sputtered against the team who finished bottom of their group, then had the fortune to meet a self-destructing schoolboy England. i know everyone's rightly saying Argentina haven't really been tested so far (although a positive Mexico are a joy to watch) and are suspect at the back (plus this keeper is no Pumpido in '86), but it's not like the Germans have been up against it yet either. all this said, no doubt it could be a cracker, and both will step up. Schweinsteiger could have far more impact on the game than Messi, i expect.
 
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scottdisco

rip this joint please
BBC Sport said:
Nigeria's president has suspended his nation's football team from international competition for two years after a poor showing at the World Cup.
Special presidential adviser Ima Niboro told reporters the decision by Goodluck Jonathan will "enable Nigeria to reorganise its football".
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ahem, interesting move, whether it sticks is another matter.
Kaita shot himself, and his team, in the foot against the Greeks and then it all went downhill in that match. they could have taken them, i'm convinced.

dunno when qualifying starts for the next Nations, but that's that out of the window then.

incidentally, the next is being hosted by Eq Guinea & Gabon.

if British broadsheets liked handwringing about inequality in RSA pre-this WC, they'd love Eq' Guinea; though given it's 'only' African teams involved, i'm sure they'll be less interested given the ultimately 'it's all about us' prism at least some of this sort of reportage seemed to be about...
 
IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
"ahem, interesting move, whether it sticks is another matter."
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Why would they do this? Is it an attempt to make them play better (and if so what's the rationale behind it) or is it just a punishment for being shit? If the latter why not just ban everyone involved in the current squad and give someone else a chance?
 
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crackerjack

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baboon2004 said:
that's brilliant/mental. Will the FA follow suit?
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definitely the second one

the FA are already doing their best to appear very, very concerned. Not often I'd lean on Gary neville for support, but sometimes he's not as thick as he acts.

"England are out of the World Cup and, surprise, surprise, we are talking about sacking the manager. If that was a reaction I expected from some fans and pundits, I was disappointed - although not exactly shocked - to hear wavering coming out of the FA.

Two weeks to decide Fabio Capello's future, says Adrian Bevington, the Club England managing director.

"This is the same Club England (whatever that is) that trumpeted so proudly 28 days ago that it had taken the release clause out of the manager's contract.

"One minute these guys are talking about Capello as world-class, now they need a fortnight to decide if he is the man for them after all.

"What are they waiting for - to see what's in the newspapers? Where is the backbone?
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It's government by 'something must be done' innit.
 
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crackerjack

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baboon2004 said:
Difference with France - at least they can admit it, and their exit was down to pure old-fashioned Dutch-type dissent. Anyway, they've a good record - I'd take being World Cup finalists in two of the last four World Cups, with two first round exits.
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But isn't the rumour alluded to upthread the cause of dissent in the ranks as a certain ex-armband feels other armband's got off free for something he was sacked over? And it's not fair cos he wants his armband back, as befits a captain, leader, legend and the camp is divided between his followers and the rest.

I can't actually believe I'm typing this about grown men. What a shower of cunts. I'm gonna cheer myself up by watching the recording of Ghana beating the Yanks.
 
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baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
crackerjack said:
But isn't the rumour alluded to upthread the cause of dissent in the ranks as a certain ex-armband feels other armband's got off free for something he was sacked over? And it's not fair cos he wants his armband back, as befits a captain, leader, legend and the camp is divided between his followers and the rest.

I can't actually believe I'm typing this about grown men. What a shower of cunts. I'm gonna cheer myself up by watching the recording of Ghana beating the Yanks.
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Ah really? - I think I missed reading about that rumour. This thread is huge! If so, the fact that it's suppressed in the English camp, whereas the French just let it all spill out, is what gives me affection for the French in comparison.

Ghana still 40/1 to win the World Cup, as against Uruguay at 16/1. That can't be right.
 
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don_quixote

Trent End
ive heard the alleged rumour about an alleged estranged, fat fake scot shagging wags sister coercing with a certain 16 yr old impregnating armbanded footballer as well.
 
IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
Is it this by any chance?

"Courts held a further 2 week gagging order on st*ve g*rrards private life, turns out he got his wife’s sister pregnantWill hit the newspaper in 14 days, the judge held the gagging order to protect FA while they decide on c*pello, and the future of English footy..j*hn t*rry and the england boys all know about it and JT had a argument with c*pello because g*rrard got to keep the captains armband. the tension in the camp was down to JT and half the team saying g*rrard was a disgrace and the other half of the squad backing g*rrard..The press conference was related to the tension and JT wanted G*rrard exposed - they hate each other..13:48:35
Just spoke with one of our PM’s – he’s backed up this story. He got word from someone in B*ckham’s entourage that R**ney and JT had massive blow up at training and went for each other. G*rrard went to break it up but then him and JT got stuck into each other.Before the Germany game, players could barely look at each other and didn’t hide it at final whistle when half of team followed G*rrard and T*rry’s clique went in separate directions. Hence why squad didn’t go as one and acknowledge the supporters."
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baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
crackerjack said:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/30/world-cup-2010-player-ratings

I didn't even know Heskey came on for the England Germany game. But then I spent the last 20 minutes out in the sunshine in Ostuni's Parco Remembranza. So does that mean England were even worse at the end than the beginning?
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That's presumably the point at which most people finally lost faith in Capello. Say what you like about the players' attitudes, but bringing on a striker who's scored 3 goals all season when you're 3 goals down, smacks of stupid, dogmatic behaviour on Capello's part.

The last 20 minutes were shameful - be glad you missed them. I only stayed because I wanted to see Germany get five, so that I never have to hear delusional bleatings about 5-1 in a World Cup qualifier ever again (yes, that was the World Cup where Germany, again, got to the final, and England didn't).
 
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