OT: World Cup Thread!

seren · Post #281 » by **seren** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:22 pm

Rasho Brezec wrote:England had one good game this tournament because they needed it. They had the most talented team in this group and they could demolish all the teams if their coach wasn't stubborn. It just happened to be that the last game was against Slovenia. They'll go back to underperforming in the next round and losing against Germany.

Slovenia sucks. Just as Greece did. I hate teams that refuse to play attack. Slovenia had zero sense of urgency today. They were cowards.

guardplay320 · Post #282 » by **guardplay320** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:23 pm

Rasho Brezec wrote:England had one good game this tournament because they needed it. They had the most talented team in this group and they could demolish all the teams if their coach wasn't stubborn. It just happened to be that the last game was against Slovenia. They'll go back to underperforming in the next round and losing against Germany.

Or Slovenia played like dogs and made them look better. USA>Slovenia.

Rasho Brezec · Post #283 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:25 pm

They didn't refuse to play attack, they just don't have the talent or the skill England possesses. They got by with work ethic and team spirit. Look at the talent pool we have to choose from, it is the only way they can play.

Clincher · Post #284 » by **Clincher** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:41 pm

Rasho Brezec wrote:They didn't refuse to play attack, they just don't have the talent or the skill England possesses. They got by with work ethic and team spirit. Look at the talent pool we have to choose from, it is the only way they can play.

Slovenia was a tale of 2 sides vs USA. 1st half they looked brilliant and were unstoppable the way they were playing but the 2nd half they were getting exposed badly.

I don't know if the potential to clinch a round of 16 berth that faded away vs the US draw carried over today but it doesn't look like they were playing for the lives

Rasho Brezec · Post #285 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:43 pm

It is called choking. It is something every Slovenian is born with.

Clincher · Post #286 » by **Clincher** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:46 pm

Rasho Brezec wrote:It is called choking. It is something every Slovenian is born with.

Rasho Brezec · Post #287 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:49 pm

Persona non grata and enemy of the state here. There were also rumours he wants to play for Serbia so he doesn't count.

czoneny · Post #288 » by **czoneny** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:07 pm

Landon Donovan is a man among boys, that was nuts

Post #289 » by **mjhp911** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:00 pm

czoneny wrote:Landon Donovan is a man among boys, that was nuts

You know what, he went from goat to hero in the blink of an eye. I thought he looked slow and listless for most of the game. Dempsey got tired fast too (or maybe discouraged, from the disallowed goal). It was Altidore, Demerit, and Howard who played big. They certainly deserved that win though. It was so frustrating to watch though... I couldn't even jump out of my seat, I was feeling so numb...

Post #290 » by **mjhp911** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:27 pm

US vs.Ghana on Saturday!

:cowboy:

Post #291 » by **mrpoetryNmotion** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:30 pm

Rematch from 2006.

Clincher · Post #292 » by **Clincher** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:32 pm

Winnable game. Home field advantage may be tough but US could possibly win a 1-0 game.

This is going to be wild though....

The winner of USA/Ghana will get the winner of Korea/Uruguay......meaning that US has a realistic shot to make it to the final 4. Uruguay is undefeated though and are no slouch and we cannot look past Ghana but there is a chance of reaching the final 4 without facing Spain, Germany, Argentina, Holland, England, Italy, and Brazil. Amazing.

CrazyKnicks · Post #293 » by **CrazyKnicks** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:58 pm

Italy is eliminated

seren · Post #294 » by **seren** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:59 pm

Crazyknicks wrote:Itay is eliminated

Haha. I am enjoying this world cup a lot. I hate the Italian team. They are another anti-football bunch.

Rasho Brezec · Post #295 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:01 pm

seren wrote:
Crazyknicks wrote:Itay is eliminated

Haha. I am enjoying this world cup a lot. I hate the Italian team. They are another anti-football bunch.

+1

This makes me feel so much better about Slovenia not advancing.

CrazyKnicks · Post #296 » by **CrazyKnicks** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:03 pm

Japan is amazing with these free kicks, executed to perfection. And why was Denmark's goalie on one side of the goal instead of the middle?

bringinhinkie · Post #297 » by **bringinhinkie** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:07 pm

one of the commentators i believe of the italy game said arsene wenger is really looking at landon donovan.. thatd be nuts

St Knick · Post #298 » by **St Knick** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:24 pm

thank god italy lost! no more fake italianos waving their italy flags on US soil!

Ray Williams · Post #299 » by **Ray Williams** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:41 pm

Italy should have lost the New Zealand game and this game was supposed to have 4 minutes of added time I shut it off after 6. I am so glad they're out. Guisseppe Rossi is probably kicking himself in the arse right now.

cgf · Post #300 » by **cgf** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:25 pm

What's sad about italy is that for 15 minutes they played some really nice attacking football and created some awesome chances. I'm glad to see them go out but if they had a coach like Loew or Dunga who pushed them to be more fluid and free-floating offensively and a healthy Pirlo they'd be a joy to watch. Unfortunately Italy always plays for the 1-0 win.

Anyways I'm getting excited for Sunday, nothing like knocking England out of the cup to make a German ecstatic and I wish you guys luck, Ghana are the favorites and I think the US will have a very hard time cracking that Ghanian defense, but if Ghana keeps relying on 40 yard shots the US will be able to keep it close and if you can get that defense out of position you could even earn the right to get trounced by Uruguay in the quarters.