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Another piece of news from the Arg-Eng match on Friday - As England Defender Danny Mills was being interviewed by the press in the tunnel after the game, he was struck on the back of the head by an unnamed Argentinian player. Mills has decided not to press charges.
Nothing lke losing graciously... :rolleyes:
apparently Scholes was called a 'bastardo' by some argies behind him during an interview as he came off the field
I didn't know "bastardo" was Argintinian for "Ginger"... :p
learn something new everyday ;)
:D
Funny old football game eh ...
GOt an updated spread sheet that jamie posted, so you can play around with all the final results to see who qualifies :)
Ian
well I would post it, but eh upload doesn't seem to work.
at last :D
the interesting groups are A and G, everyone in group A can finish on 4 points and Mexico can go out on 6 :eek:
THIS is an interetsing group...
http://www.arstrio.com.tw/pic/CD/kings%20singer.jpg
*chucks maradona's belly at gaffer*
4-0,:D :D :D Go Portugal, go Tugas...
be afraid, be very afraid...
fluke.........;)
You blokes are just lucky Australia didn't qualify ... hopeless pack of losers ..... :(Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
fluke.........;)
Ireland are up tonite ... they need the result....
But your greatest Australian footballer is playing ;)
Quote:
Originally posted by Gaffer
But your greatest Australian footballer is playing ;)
Hey the ref had a good game and almost got Bell jam up:rolleyes:
There has been a lot of debate while I was out!
The first goal against England in 1986 was undoubtly mad by hand. But the second goal, was voted the best goal in history.
And don't talk about cheating, the penalty against Aymar wasn't seen by the referee?
See you in semi-finals!
Which penalty against Aimar would that be? I don't remember anything that would have been a penalty.
I'm not denying the second goal in 86 - but when the rest of the world concedes that while Argentina have a true natural football ability, they also see them as a team that embarassingly bend the rules.
Now, that obviously sits comfortably with the Argentinian nation, but how do you feel about the abuse suffered by the England players during and after the game on Friday?
I for one would be very happy for Danny Mills, harder than Veron's skull, to show his true Leeds form and beat the bejeesus out of the scum that spat at him during the match and hit him after the match.
I can talk about cheating, because I support a team that rarely bends the rule - ie are sporting.
Which team is that then Gaffs ? Iceland ?
In your dreams...... Swedes 2 Argies 0 :pQuote:
Originally posted by Juan Carlos Rey
See you in semi-finals!
Go New Zealand!!!
What!? They're not competing? Oh dang
Au revoir France :D :D :D :D go home...
Goodbye Argentina...... come on ENGLAND!!!! :D :p ;)
Fair play wins for once :D
Woohoo . . . . Argentina... Your boys took a HELL ova beating....
Don´t cry for me Argentina...:D :D
Italy you are next, i hope...:confused:
Is mexico any good?
It looks like USA (remember us, we were in last place last year..
kinda like the french, only we were not defending champs. )
has a good chance to take 2nd in D group, which means Mexico
in the 2nd round... They are way on top of their G group, are they
that good, or did they get lucky with the rest of the G group?
or am I being WAY too optimistic about the US ever doing anything
good in a soccer game?
I would suggest the latter.
We're doing fairly well for a country where soccer is a little known and under-developed sport! We have a good goal keeper and quite a few players. I've really been enjoying watching the games! If we keep improving every year due to the kids who have been exposed to soccer on a more regular basis, the US could surprise you!
:confused: I dont think so, we just had a very bad day, in 100 games against Portugal you win 1...bad luck it was in the WorldCup...Quote:
Originally posted by barrk
We're doing fairly well for a country where soccer is a little known and under-developed sport! We have a good goal keeper and quite a few players. I've really been enjoying watching the games! If we keep improving every year due to the kids who have been exposed to soccer on a more regular basis, the US could surprise you!
Lets go Portugal...Lets go Tugas...
we are gonna teach that small yellow guys with eyes in beak how to play... Make us pride...
You don't think that we are playing well or you don't think that we are improving every year? IMHO you are wrong on both counts!Quote:
Originally posted by zuperman
:confused: I dont think so, we just had a very bad day, in 100 games against Portugal you win 1...bad luck it was in the WorldCup...
Yeah, and the Curse of the Bambino is VooDoo, too.
Zuper, I'm not sure I'd continue to support the team that
plays good and then chokes when it really counts...
course I still go to cub games. :D
I'm betting that we make it to round two and then get trounced by Italy or Mexico.
I have no doubt that we will eventually get trounced. My point was that we are playing well and are improving every year! Good for us!
You do seem to have a pretty decent keeper. I've been mildly impressed so far :) Playing much better overall than you were too. Kind of surprising, really, but it probably shouldn't be ;)
I'm sure the US fans will never surpass the Europeans though!
At least I hope not! ;)
I think the US team has done well and deserve a place in the second round definately
SShhhh! Don't jinx us! We are playing well and if they keep it up with a little luck we'll get there!
[whisper] Sorry! [/whisper]
Originally posted by Gaffer:
Ther quotes didn't mean irony, only reinforcement.Quote:
1. No brackets required - we created it
Now that you mention it...
We are a Spanish speaking country, but our main football clubs have names with English words in them: "Boca Juniors" - River Plate - Racing Club - Newell's Old Boys .
It's due to the fact that the football game was introduced by English inmigrants, in the middle of 19 century.
Phew, that was a mistake! ;)Quote:
It's due to the fact that the football game was introduced by English inmigrants, in the middle of 19 century.
US is doing reasonably well IMO. They can get to the second round but don't expect them to go a long way :)
That'll be for next world cup. If Arena's boys make it to the Quarters it'll be a huge boost for the sport in the US which in turn means that the pool of possible talents expands and that the US may be able to put a world class squad on the pitch within 8 years.
Not pessimistic, just realistic.
But in the meantime : Go US !
I am extremely worried about Football ever really taking off in the US. They could be very good indeed and I could foresee them dominating the game if it became too big.
It's all ready tough enough without any more good teams... :(
Someone fears the Danes :p
Don't worry, they'll be in time at Heathrow for the celebrations. Next week :D
GO USA GO, Oh God, please dont make us 1st...we dont want to play with Italy, so... Go USA, go...:D
YOU CAN NOW! MUWAHAHAHAHAQuote:
Originally posted by zuperman
Add England in favour of Portugal ???
*Ahem....Quote:
Originally posted by zuperman
Lets go Portugal...Lets go Tugas...
we are gonna teach that small yellow guys with eyes in beak how to play... Make us pride...
I suspect they considered themselves colonists back then :pQuote:
Originally posted by Juan Carlos Rey
English inmigrants
Ugh :(:(Quote:
Originally posted by zuperman
small yellow guys
To the Portuguese:
Adeus do copo que do mundo meus amigos portuguese... bons você não esperou realmente qualificar depois que perder aos americanos o fêz?
What ????????????Quote:
Originally posted by simonm
To the Portuguese:
Adeus do copo que do mundo meus amigos portuguese... bons você não esperou realmente qualificar depois que perder aos americanos o fêz?
thats not portuguese for sure :confused: :confused:
well, bad luck...we did our best, but 9 against 11 was very hard, but we had 3 or 4 chances to score...
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS...
wait for your time...you dont go far also...Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
YOU CAN NOW! MUWAHAHAHAHA
further than you ;)
I think Italy will win.
Agg agg.
The worst Germany of the last 50 years will take it
Ehhh, no we did not. We made it to the finals, but lost to Brazil.