OT: World Cup Thread!

CrazyKnicks · Post #161 » by **CrazyKnicks** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:22 pm

Pharmcat wrote:cant believe spain lost

Aren't they the favorite to win it all?
Seemed like they had the ball the whole game, plenty of opportunities but not goal. Swiz goes on a counterattack with two players on the offensive side of the field and score :lol:

nyk2423 · Post #162 » by **nyk2423** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:04 am

URUGUAY CARAJO!!!!!!!

cgf · Post #163 » by **cgf** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:11 am

Crazyknicks wrote:Don't follow soccer besides the world cup, so why isn't Ronaldinho playing for Brazil?

Because he's following the Ronaldo career path, burst onto the scene and be the best player in the world for a couple of years, then start partying and getting fat until you have to seriously consider playing in the MLS. Plus he'd disrupt the chemistry of the team as he wouldn't play a major role and thus would start sulking or just partying, highly unlikely he'd play the good soldier.

eviL wrote:Why so much hype behind Danny? He's looked terrible so far. Subbing him out for Simao was way overdue

I have no **** clue why they played him out wide. Danny's a really talented play in the middle, he's like Xavi and Pirlo, a guy who needs to play in the middle and hang kinda deep. He's just a bad fit being stuck out on a wing.

Perdido/BR wrote:
cgf wrote:I would love nothing more than for us to beat Brazil in Brazil, my dream is actually for us to win this year so we can go to Brazil and try and tie their World Cup total on their home soil.

Keep dreaming, bub.

With the way we looked in that first game after that early corner I will. 8-)

Pharmcat wrote:cant believe spain lost

Really? You're surprised that a team playing with no width lost to a very disciplined and well organized team that could just cluster up the middle of the field and had a stud in net? I know spain has all of the best players from Fifa 10, but unlike Brazil all of that talent is poorly organized into a team and they are playing guys in bad spots.

Pharmcat · Post #164 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:20 am

spain had their chances to score, one of the bar if i recall...just wasnt their day

cgf · Post #165 » by **cgf** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:34 am

Pharmcat wrote:spain had their chances to score, one of the bar if i recall...just wasnt their day

Meh, spain took a lot of long shots but did nothing to spread out the swiss defense to create a genuinely good chance close to the net. That's because of the lineup they go with which is so strong up the middle, but everyone drifts inside to clog things up which is why they had to take so many long shots which just won't beat a good keeper like Benaglio on most days.

waya · Post #166 » by **waya** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:22 pm

Domination by Argentina...and then Demichelis makes a noob mistake right before halftime to let Korea pull one back. :lol:

Aguero will have to wait a little longer to debut.

eviL · Post #167 » by **eviL** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:46 pm

Noob mistake is right.. That was awful!

Post #168 » by **j4remi** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:07 pm

Messi closed it out, even without getting the goal...he's been brilliant thus far.

waya · Post #169 » by **waya** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:13 pm

j4remi wrote:Messi closed it out, even without getting the goal...he's been brilliant thus far.

Its only a matter of time before he gets off the mark. The Argentinian attack is pretty as hell to watch when they got it going.

nyczlegacy · Post #170 » by **nyczlegacy** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:22 pm

pathetic showing by south korea today

god damnit

i feel ashamed

waya · Post #171 » by **waya** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:29 pm

nyczlegacy wrote:pathetic showing by south korea today

god damnit

i feel ashamed

Nothing to feel ashamed about, brother. The majority of the WC teams would have trouble against an on-form Argentina. Plus, you guys still have a good chance to advance out of the group.

I really like Ki Sung-Yeung, kid looks like he has a lot of potential. I was disappointing we only got 45 minutes of PT

Post #172 » by **j4remi** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:44 pm

waya wrote:
nyczlegacy wrote:pathetic showing by south korea today

god damnit

i feel ashamed

Nothing to feel ashamed about, brother. The majority of the WC teams would have trouble against an on-form Argentina. Plus, you guys still have a good chance to advance out of the group.

I really like Ki Sung-Yeung, kid looks like he has a lot of potential. I was disappointing we only got 45 minutes of PT

Yep, if Messi plays like that (and Tevez as well actually), that team is going deep. Maradona was questioned a lot, but he's made good decisions so far and could be the calming presence Messi needed to step up on this stage.

nyczlegacy · Post #173 » by **nyczlegacy** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:50 pm

waya wrote:
nyczlegacy wrote:pathetic showing by south korea today

god damnit

i feel ashamed

Nothing to feel ashamed about, brother. The majority of the WC teams would have trouble against an on-form Argentina. Plus, you guys still have a good chance to advance out of the group.

I really like Ki Sung-Yeung, kid looks like he has a lot of potential. I was disappointing we only got 45 minutes of PT

yeah we have a shot at advancing.. Park Chu Young was supposed to be our emerging star this WC, so far nothing

Post #174 » by **mrpoetryNmotion** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:39 pm

It took a man being sent off for Nigeria to make this a game. Greece with the lead so far, pretty good game though.

South Korea letting me down. Looking for a US victory tomorrow and Germany to dominate as well.

Pharmcat · Post #175 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:46 pm

terrible showing by S Korea

StarH2O · Post #176 » by **StarH2O** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:26 pm

wow, Argentina kicked ass.

cgf · Post #177 » by **cgf** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:28 pm

j4remi wrote:
waya wrote:
nyczlegacy wrote:pathetic showing by south korea today

god damnit

i feel ashamed

Nothing to feel ashamed about, brother. The majority of the WC teams would have trouble against an on-form Argentina. Plus, you guys still have a good chance to advance out of the group.

I really like Ki Sung-Yeung, kid looks like he has a lot of potential. I was disappointing we only got 45 minutes of PT

Yep, if Messi plays like that (and Tevez as well actually), that team is going deep. Maradona was questioned a lot, but he's made good decisions so far and could be the calming presence Messi needed to step up on this stage.

Meh, Diego's insistence on playing Veron instead of a more creative player like Pastore means that the Argentinians are way too dependent on Messi, plus Higuain has been pretty bad so far and why he plays over Milito is far more baffling than Maradona not bringing Cambiasso or Zanetti along. That first game against nigeria was ugly and while things looked better against South Korea, the koreans also have a **** defense. If Argentina are to beat the top teams with their current lineup they'll need Messi to do it single-handedly which is why I don't like their set up. Have Pastore play next to Mascherano in a more advanced position and stick Milito up top in Higuain's spot while getting rid of Heinze and that team is suddenly very scary and on par with Brazil and Germany.

eviL · Post #178 » by **eviL** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:42 pm

So disappointed in Nigeria.. I had them at least getting to the round of 16, what a let down.. Kaita red card really screwed it up for them

cgf · Post #179 » by **cgf** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:15 pm

eviL wrote:So disappointed in Nigeria.. I had them at least getting to the round of 16, what a let down.. Kaita red card really screwed it up for them

Mikel's injury really cost them. He was by far their most creative player and the guy who'd need to organize and create the offense and without him they just seem kinda lost and idea-less.

Pharmcat · Post #180 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:17 pm

the african teams have been really bad, its kind of sad