Missy Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Damn, that was a fine goal by David Villa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Damn, that was a fine goal by David Villa! I leave for five minutes and all the replays are done. And now I'm watching a Carlsberg advert that appears to invoke Aslan as part of a team talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 The only thing that still confuses me is when offsides is called, but that's only because I don't know the positions yet. Its when the ball is played to a player who is beyond the last defender, or if not directly to them then the player is actively involved in play. Its pretty easy to pick up all around. And actually, as much issue as you might have with your coverage at least your guys have the excuse of unfamiliarity. ITV's coverage over here is just poor. They split the whole tournament with the BBC 50/50, and the BBC stuff is just great, they've got a nice group of analysts and coverage lead by Gary Lineker, hall of fame England striker and broadcasting veteran. ITV poached 'likable' everyman Adrian Chiles from the BBC to do the job, and he's thoroughly shit. Beautiful second from Villa too. Dude is on tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 I really enjoy the coverage over here in Australia. The two main guys hosting the coverage, while Australian through and through, have a real passion for the sport as a whole, so every match is important to them, they don't treat them like filler games between Aussie matches, which I really like. The producers of the games need some work though, as the replays go for too long, missing some live game time which annoys me. Apparently Fifa read my post above about the triple threat penalty, as it is something they are going to 'review' for future world cups. As much as the decisions have been annoying me, I love the World Cup, there is so much drama and upsets in the group stage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 I am disgusted by ho many bullshit fake pussy falls these "athletes" take. It's fucking distgusting. I'd rather watch and hour of the Blackhawks skating around celebrating their Stanley Cup win than a minute of fucking soccer. Ugh. I'd rather watch baseball. Now I feel dirty. I'll leave the WC thread alone now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 I am disgusted by ho many bullshit fake pussy falls these "athletes" take. It's fucking distgusting. I'd rather watch and hour of the Blackhawks skating around celebrating their Stanley Cup win than a minute of fucking soccer. Ugh. I'd rather watch baseball. Now I feel dirty. I'll leave the WC thread alone now. Yeah, but you like Nickelback, so how much can your opinion be worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 I am disgusted by ho many bullshit fake pussy falls these "athletes" take. It's fucking distgusting. I'd rather watch and hour of the Blackhawks skating around celebrating their Stanley Cup win than a minute of fucking soccer. Ugh. I'd rather watch baseball. Now I feel dirty. I'll leave the WC thread alone now. Yeah, but you like Nickelback, so how much can your opinion be worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Glad the USA could overcome another utterly stupid offsides call to win. I turned it on just a couple minutes before the Donovan goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Donovan is the USA's best player by far, and he deserved the goal at the end, as did the whole team. Still not sure that offside call was a bad one though. Its feather-thin whether he's level or ahead of the last defender. Still, props to the US, it'll be interesting to see what happens tonight as we find out our next round opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Samples of my American soccer friends' tweets: Not Safe For Work PUT IT IN, AMERICA and now I am trying to think of an appropriate sexual metaphor for offsides THIS IS FUCKING AGONYYYYYYY Why do the goddamn refs fucking hate us jesus. D: FUCK THEM ALL WITH CORKSCREEEEWS. FUCKING WHORE SONS OF BITCHES REFEREES I HOPE THEY ARE ALL TAKEN OUT BACK AND FLOGGED YOU SHITS WHY DO OUR GOALS ALWAYS GET FUCKING DISALLOWED SON OF A WHORE This is far more amusing than watching the games themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Between the US and Germany winning, I am very happy. This is going to be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Germany could have won by a few more goals to help us Aussies out Great game by Australia against Serbia though, Timmy Cahill does it again for us. Amazing what we can do when we're not down a man! I'll be going for Portugal now that we're out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I saw a guy punch another player in the face. That's all I need to tell me I need to start watching it. Video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Back hand slap actually. They're still pussies. Though it is shocking the player he slapped didn't pretend that his head fell off like most would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 And now word comes that a player slapped a female reporter, and then she decked him. It's like the whole World Cup is a giant episode of Punked. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/23/rafik-saifi-algerian-worl_n_623405.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 My friends' song about the World Cup, set to The Lion Sleeps Tonight. I love my friends, have I mentioned that lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 These fans they keep finding to interview all look like they raided Lady Gaga's closet. The one dressed like Mr. America(Hulk Hogan's version) with USA shaved into his chest hair is my favorite so far today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 I love how a guy from Ghana gets carried off on a stretcher after flopping on the field to waste time, and he IMMEDIATELY gets up after leaving the field of play. Fuck this worthless-ass officiating. If you have rules against that nonsense, why aren't you enforcing them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 I love how a guy from Ghana gets carried off on a stretcher after flopping on the field to waste time, and he IMMEDIATELY gets up after leaving the field of play. Fuck this worthless-ass officiating. If you have rules against that nonsense, why aren't you enforcing them? As I said over on the Oratory, that was enforcing them. The stretcher is there to remove an injured player from the field so play can continue. By removing him, they take his team down to ten men and force him to wait on the sidelines until the ref allows him back onto the pitch. It actually speeds up play more, and weeds the fakers from the actually injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Whilst I reckon that we would've still been in the game if our BLATANT equaliser had been given, England were terrible in defense and deserved the scoreline. Bloody krauts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 If we'd had the goal the whole complexion of the game might have changed, but as it stood we once again fell apart and completely deserved to lose as it stood. Gotta get some goaline tech in there though. I mean the guy says its expensive, but really all you need is a camera hooked up to a monitor that the 4th official can see. Its such blatant horse shit, Fifa blatantly just want a cut of whoever develops the tech's profit and until then they don't give a shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Makes me feel better as an Aussie with that scoreline. I'll admit to turning off the game after Germany's second goal (it was well after midnight here and I have to work) so I'm disapointed now that I didn't stay up for the rest of the game. This young German team are playing some pretty impressive football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Guess I'll be rooting for Germany from here on. My grandmother will be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 That was a nice header goal by Juan! And then some solid footwork by Luis Fabiano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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