The Official World Cup 2010 thread

[MartyMoffatt]

Oh don't get gettin' all pissy on me.

OK that's enough from me. It's way past my bedtime and I need some sleep to psych myself up for the England / USA game tomorrow.

[portland]

Oh don't get gettin' all pissy on me.

OK that's enough from me. It's way past my bedtime and I need some sleep to psych myself up for the England / USA game tomorrow.

Sweet Dreams!

GO USA!

[Rockindeano]

Oh don't get gettin' all pissy on me.

OK that's enough from me. It's way past my bedtime and I need some sleep to psych myself up for the England / USA game tomorrow.

I hope the Yanks beat the scurvy out of the English!

However, that being said, who wants to bet that the over/under on goals will be 1, and the over/under on shots on goal will be 5 for BOTH teams?

[Behshad]

Oh don't get gettin' all pissy on me.

OK that's enough from me. It's way past my bedtime and I need some sleep to psych myself up for the England / USA game tomorrow.

I hope the Yanks beat the scurvy off the English!

Me too. Wish we could watch it together with a case of beer

[treetopovskaya]

USA! USA! USA! }:C))

[Triple S]

Not much of a soccer fan but I do love the 'hype' of the World Cup. I'm supporting Ghana this year (I have my reasons )

[parfait]

The quality in the US sucks compared to Europe. It's like comparing a Vietnamese ladyboy with a real girl; they might look the same, but one of 'em got a dick duct taped between to leg. No way in hell are the US going to beat England - it's not going to happen! It's common knowledge that the teams that start out real good, never gets to the final - but France isn't going to win with Domenech onboard either though.

Oh, and Deano:


We've had the soccer discussion before, and we get it. You hate: euros, traveling past your local KFC, changing your underwear etc. A soccer player runs round 8,8 KM per match (that's around 5,5 miles) - when was the last time you ever ran further than to the ice cream van?

[S2M]

Another lame thing about World Cup 'futbol'....there's a guy named HEINZE on Argentina. Kinda messes up the purpose of countries. If anyone can just go play on a country's national team...what's the point? I've noticed every country doing this, so I'm not picking on Argentina....

[S2M]

The quality in the US sucks compared to Europe. It's like comparing a Vietnamese ladyboy with a real girl; they might look the same, but one of 'em got a dick duct taped between to leg. No way in hell are the US going to beat England - it's not going to happen! It's common knowledge that the teams that start out real good, never gets to the final - but France isn't going to win with Domenech onboard either though.

Oh, and Deano:


We've had the soccer discussion before, and we get it. You hate: euros, traveling past your local KFC, changing your underwear etc.A soccer player runs round 8,8 KM per match (that's around 55 miles) - when was the last time you ever ran further than to the ice cream van?

You DO know the definition of insanity, right?

Doing something over and over and over again, expecting different results....

[Saint John]

A soccer player runs round 8,8 KM per match (that's around 55 miles)

I think you meant 5.5 miles ... which isn't really shit, considering you don't use your arms, brain or upper body.

[StevePerryHair]

A soccer player runs round 8,8 KM per match (that's around 55 miles)

I think you meant 5.5 miles ... which isn't really shit, considering you don't use your arms, brain or upper body.

I think most sports have the same use of brain Some less than others if you consider boxers let people beat on their brains

[Michigan Girl]

A basketball player runs just as much as a soccer player~ if not more (between 7 and 8 miles), NBA rules!!

And soccer players do use their brains to knock the ball around sometimes, don't they ...the head
butt!!

[parfait]

A soccer player runs round 8,8 KM per match (that's around 55 miles)

I think you meant 5.5 miles ... which isn't really shit, considering you don't use your arms, brain or upper body.

That's just ridiculous. They use their arms (the arms is a part of the upper body) as well as their brain. I'd love to see one of you donut shaped, frostied faggots do what these guys do. It's the world's most popular and loved sport for a reason. Another point is that it's far more than a sport. It brings people together, gives billion of dollars to poor communities and is a forefront in fighting racism and injustice.

So you cowboys can suck it.

[Behshad]

A soccer player runs round 8,8 KM per match (that's around 55 miles)

I think you meant 5.5 miles ... which isn't really shit, considering you don't use your arms, brain or upper body.

That's just ridiculous. They use their arms (the arms is a part of the upper body) as well as their brain. I'd love to see one of you donut shaped, frostied faggots do what these guys do. It's the world's most popular and loved sport for a reason. Another point is that it's far more than a sport. It brings people together, gives billion of dollars to poor communities and is a forefront in fighting racism and injustice.

So you cowboys can suck it.

Well said buddyboy !
Its pointless to try to explain the excitement of soccer to people who enjoy thugs runing around on hardwood floor

[Saint John]

A soccer player runs round 8,8 KM per match (that's around 55 miles)

I think you meant 5.5 miles ... which isn't really shit, considering you don't use your arms, brain or upper body.

That's just ridiculous. They use their arms (the arms is a part of the upper body) as well as their brain. I'd love to see one of you donut shaped, frostied faggots do what these guys do. It's the world's most popular and loved sport for a reason. Another point is that it's far more than a sport. It brings people together, gives billion of dollars to poor communities and is a forefront in fighting racism and injustice.

So you cowboys can suck it.

I'll tell you what, Barfait ... when you bring your ass to the U.S., you and I can have a boxing match for everyone here to see. Hell, you're 20 years younger and should have no problem beating the shit out of a "doughnut shaped" old man. Soccer ... run, stop, smell up the area ... run, stop, smell up the area, etc.

[Behshad]

Thanks ya'll for the traffic to the world cup thread !
I beleive we did settle this a while back

http://forums.melodicrock.com/phpBB/vie ... 08#4079508

[parfait]

A soccer player runs round 8,8 KM per match (that's around 55 miles)

I think you meant 5.5 miles ... which isn't really shit, considering you don't use your arms, brain or upper body.

That's just ridiculous. They use their arms (the arms is a part of the upper body) as well as their brain. I'd love to see one of you donut shaped, frostied faggots do what these guys do. It's the world's most popular and loved sport for a reason. Another point is that it's far more than a sport. It brings people together, gives billion of dollars to poor communities and is a forefront in fighting racism and injustice.

So you cowboys can suck it.

I'll tell you what, Barfait ... when you bring your ass to the U.S., you and I can have a boxing match for everyone here to see. Hell, you're 20 years younger and should have no problem beating the shit out of a "doughnut shaped" old man. Soccer ... run, stop, smell up the area ... run, stop, smell up the area, etc.

You can't expect to bash soccer and not get served; cause the fact of the matter is that you, like Deano, how no idea what you're talking about. The equivalent of you talking about soccer, would be me talking about relationships - it's just not right! And John, don't start with the beating up thing. I've been doing savate on and off for 5 years, and I'm in the shape of my life - so don't dude. Don't.

Continuing on topic:

Argentina didn't do good today though; Nigeria put up a great match.

[Behshad]

JOHANNESBURG — Five things to watch for the U.S.’s World Cup opener against England in Rustenburg on Saturday (ABC, Univisión, 2:30 p.m. ET):

• Can World Cup history repeat itself? I know, I know, it happened 60 years ago. But the last time these two teams met at the World Cup, in 1950, the U.S. pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the history of the tournament, taking down mighty England 1-0 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It would be a milder shock this time if the Yanks prevailed, but it would still be huge global news. Two of the surviving players from that U.S. team, Frank Borghi and Harry Keough, will gather together in St. Louis to watch the game and hope for another glorious day in the history of American soccer.

• Will Wayne Rooney run rampant? He’s one of the world’s top five players, and while there’s no way for the U.S. to necessarily stop Rooney, you can be sure the Americans will make every effort to slow him down. It’s unlikely that the U.S. will strictly man-mark Rooney, but I expect center back Jay DeMerit will be on the Manchester United striker the majority of the time. If Rooney is able to find gaps in the U.S. defense, all he needs is a split-second to unleash a fearsome shot. The not-exactly-speedy U.S. defenders will have to help each other out on Rooney while not forgetting to account for a big English target forward (Peter Crouch or Emile Heskey) and the blazing speed of Aaron Lennon moving down the right wing.

• Can Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey get behind England’s outside backs? England’s left back (Ashley Cole) and right back (Glen Johnson) like to push forward on the attack. It’s part of what makes England so dangerous, but that could also leave space for Donovan and Dempsey—the U.S.’s two most creative attackers—to cause problems down the flanks and cutting into the middle. Donovan has been playing more on the right side for the U.S. lately (he played more on the left through World Cup qualifying), and coach Bob Bradley may well leave him there to take on Cole, whom Donovan played well against in Everton’s victory over Chelsea during the Premiership season.

• Which team will win the set-piece battle? Both teams will threaten anytime they win a corner kick or a free kick within striking range, so the side that avoids giving many of those chances will be better off. Even without David Beckham, England (through Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard) has a better chance of scoring on a direct free-kick than the Americans. But the U.S. does have several players who can get their heads on balls into the box (Carlos Bocanegra, Oguchi Onyewu, Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore), as does England (Crouch/Heskey, John Terry, Ledley King). It’s amazing how often games are decided by set-pieces. Will it happen again here?

• Which lineup options will Bob Bradley choose? In 2006 it was easy to predict the U.S.’s starting lineup for the first game of the World Cup. This time nobody is so sure. Who will start alongside Jozy Altidore at forward: Robbie Findley, Edson Buddle or Herculez Gómez? (I’m leaning toward the speedster Findley, even though Buddle scored twice on Saturday against Australia.) Who will start next to Michael Bradley in the central midfield: Ricardo Clark, Maurice Edu or José Torres? (I’m leaning toward the more defensive-minded Clark by a hair over Edu, but only if the knock that Clark suffered against Austrlia has healed.) And who will start next to DeMerit in the central defense: Onyewu or Clarence Goodson? (I’m leaning toward Onyewu, even though he hasn’t played a full 90 minutes in more than seven months.)

[bluejeangirl76]

I'll tell you what, Barfait ... when you bring your ass to the U.S., you and I can have a boxing match for everyone here to see. Hell, you're 20 years younger and should have no problem beating the shit out of a "doughnut shaped" old man. Soccer ... run, stop, smell up the area ... run, stop, smell up the area, etc.

And John, don't start with the beating up thing. I've been doing savate on and off for 5 years, and I'm in the shape of my life - so don't dude. Don't.

Oh will you two little bitches knock it off with the pussy ass threats. I wish I got paid every time I watched all the little girls around here go at each other with all their big tough talk and then meet up in person... where it's a whole different story. So, Peefait, you can put away your fighting credentials, ok?

[parfait]

I'll tell you what, Barfait ... when you bring your ass to the U.S., you and I can have a boxing match for everyone here to see. Hell, you're 20 years younger and should have no problem beating the shit out of a "doughnut shaped" old man. Soccer ... run, stop, smell up the area ... run, stop, smell up the area, etc.

And John, don't start with the beating up thing. I've been doing savate on and off for 5 years, and I'm in the shape of my life - so don't dude. Don't.

Oh will you two little bitches knock it off with the pussy ass threats. I wish I got paid every time I watched all the little girls around here go at each other with all their big tough talk and then meet up in person... where it's a whole different story. So, Peefait, you can put away your fighting credentials, ok?

I'll kick your ass too, bitch - so you better watch it!

[bluejeangirl76]

I'll tell you what, Barfait ... when you bring your ass to the U.S., you and I can have a boxing match for everyone here to see. Hell, you're 20 years younger and should have no problem beating the shit out of a "doughnut shaped" old man. Soccer ... run, stop, smell up the area ... run, stop, smell up the area, etc.

And John, don't start with the beating up thing. I've been doing savate on and off for 5 years, and I'm in the shape of my life - so don't dude. Don't.

Oh will you two little bitches knock it off with the pussy ass threats. I wish I got paid every time I watched all the little girls around here go at each other with all their big tough talk and then meet up in person... where it's a whole different story. So, Peefait, you can put away your fighting credentials, ok?

I'll kick your ass too, bitch - so you better watch it!

I better see an edit and a smiley emoticon appear in there real quick little boy. You don't go calling women bitches around here unless you know that you're friendly enough with them that the joke is understood.

You might be the first one that actually does get pounded on here.

[Saint John]

You can't expect to bash soccer and not get served; cause the fact of the matter is that you, like Deano, how no idea what you're talking about. The equivalent of you talking about soccer, would be me talking about relationships - it's just not right! And John, don't start with the beating up thing. I've been doing savate on and off for 5 years, and I'm in the shape of my life - so don't dude. Don't.

Continuing on topic:

Argentina didn't do good today though; Nigeria put up a great match.

You just have to love it. Regardless of what the topic, Parkinson slides into it and is somewhere near the pinnacle of said topic. Savate ...

[Ehwmatt]

A soccer player runs round 8,8 KM per match (that's around 55 miles)

I think you meant 5.5 miles ... which isn't really shit, considering you don't use your arms, brain or upper body.

I think most sports have the same use of brain Some less than others if you consider boxers let people beat on their brains

Definitely not true... some sports are inherently much more mental and strategic in nature. All sports have a degree of strategy, but there are certain sports that require much more constant thinking, adjusting, and overall mental toughness

[StevePerryHair]

You can't tell me soccer does not have mental toughness!! Ever played a goalie position???? There are angles and geometry involved. And strength and endurance.

[Ehwmatt]

You can't tell me soccer does not have mental toughness!! Ever played a goalie position???? There are angles and geometry involved. And strength and endurance.

When did I say that? I don't know shit about soccer other than it doesn't entertain me in the least, World Cup or not. I was just saying that not all sports are created equally as far as mental toughness/strategy go.

[StevePerryHair]

You can't tell me soccer does not have mental toughness!! Ever played a goalie position???? There are angles and geometry involved. And strength and endurance.

When did I say that? I don't know shit about soccer other than it doesn't entertain me in the least, World Cup or not. I was just saying that not all sports are created equally as far as mental toughness/strategy go.

well it's sort of soccer that is the discussion at hand and what I was referring to...dan's comment about a brain not being used in the sport

[bluejeangirl76]

You can't tell me soccer does not have mental toughness!! Ever played a goalie position???? There are angles and geometry involved. And strength and endurance.

When did I say that? I don't know shit about soccer other than it doesn't entertain me in the least, World Cup or not. I was just saying that not all sports are created equally as far as mental toughness/strategy go.

You watch football, and you're telling me soccer doesn't entertain you?

Football has to be the most boring thing ever (well almost - there's always golf). I used to think it was because I didn't know the rules or what was going on... not the case. I learned the rules and I still hate it. Run 5 yards, stop, run 5 more yards, stop, tackle, fall down, time out, run 3 more yards, fall down some more, stop again, line up, yell random numbers, run 3 feet, tackle, fall down, rinse and repeat for two and a half hours.

I like sports where the action is constant and something is always going on and play is not being stopped every other minute or two.

[StevePerryHair]

My daughter in her soccer shorts and her soccer ball watching the game Go USA! A tie is better than a loss for sure

[S2M]

My daughter in her soccer shorts and her soccer ball watching the game Go USA! A tie is better than a loss for sure

Awe....Little Rizz...

[StevePerryHair]

My daughter in her soccer shorts and her soccer ball watching the game Go USA! A tie is better than a loss for sure

Awe....Little Rizz...

Yep, my mini-me!! Only I was not athletic like she is