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| Author: | Kioto [ Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:26 am ] |
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Ironically i'm actually interested to know your thoughts on the world cup; as to who you think will win and why. I'm not much of a soccer person myself, but when it comes to a sport of which i grew up playing and is no less then in my bloodline's i can't help myself not to be extremely excited about this upcomming event. I'm favoring my home country Brazil for two reasons.
I don't think Brazil will take the trophy home; not because of lack of skills, but because of over-confidence. A few Teams Brazil has to watch out for: In order, most dangerous first:
But who knows, its hard to predict these games. So, what do you think? |
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| Author: | Mandos [ Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:42 am ] |
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I agree 100% with your assessment of the top five teams, but oviously I think england will walk away with the trophy. Ideally I'd like us to play Germany or Argentina in the final, because those are the two teams we have the biggest scores to settle with. With Wayne Rooney seemingly fit now, I think we will storm through the group stages undefeated, our last warm up watch before the world cup we demolished the opposition 6-0, although perhaps you might argue that Jamacia aren't the strongest team in the world. Terry, Gerrard, Beckham, Crouch, Owen & Rooney are a fantastic group of players who will terrorise the opposition Like you I'm not that interested in soccer, but I do care a lot and get exited about the world cup, the climate will suit Englands players much better this time than in Japan, Germany is pretty similar to England. Although one thing I'm really angry about is politically correct mfers going round trying to ban not only some of the best terrace songs (namely "The Great Escape", - because they have vague connections to WW2 but also now the flag of St George on the grounds its offensive to Muslims wtf, I've seen muslims themselves parading it round on tatoos/clothes/flags out their car windows in support of the football team |
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| Author: | Mintsy [ Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:50 am ] |
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I could careless who wins.. all I know is that the party will be crazy and that I will be there. haha. |
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| Author: | Kioto [ Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:18 am ] |
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Statistically, i don't think England will be the problem. Brazil - England 11 Played 11 5 Won 1 5 Drawn 5 1 Lost 5 14 Goals 8 My worry is Argentina to be honest. Brazil - Argentina 26 Played 26 11 Won 6 9 Drawn 9 6 Lost 11 43 Goals 32 Very good players on both sides of either teams. |
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| Author: | Mandos [ Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:20 am ] |
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I've never paid much attentention to stats like that, games played 5-10 years ago have no bearing at all on who will win next week. Yes you can say Brazil have always had a good team, and England have always had a somewhat medium team but teams change according to the players and this year I think Englands players are amongst the best they've ever produced. Out of the "top 5" we agree on tho, I would say Brazil would be the team i want to win if England don't just because it's my patriotic duty to hate Germany and Argentina (football wise, leave the Falklands out of this!) And lol, sky news is showing live footage of the out side of the hospital where Wayne Rooney is having his scan on the broken metatarsil done, instead of covering Tsunami warnings and bombs in jerusalem. |
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| Author: | Kioto [ Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:41 am ] |
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Yeah i do agree, England has a kickass team. |
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| Author: | Ponuh [ Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:03 pm ] |
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Fuck, I KNEW Mandos would be the first person to reply to this lol. Crazy Brits. I want Germany to win. I don't know anything about soccer (I'm American and I'll call it what I like, Rumsfeld 4 King) but Germany is awesome anyways. My friend is actually going to Germany to watch this thing as I hear. He's rich. Really goddamn rich. |
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| Author: | Ryuuji [ Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:38 pm ] |
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Go Croatia! :D Go Ecuador!
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| Author: | Mythiras [ Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:02 am ] |
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T_T Frankfurt is getting ready for the world cup....I am sooo not taking the trams when a football match just finished... |
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| Author: | Mandos [ Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:40 am ] |
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Ponuh wrote: Fuck, I KNEW Mandos would be the first person to reply to this lol. Crazy Brits.
I wish I was going to Germany too, just to sing the songs that have been "banned". But Germany and Argentina are the two teams I definitley do not want to see win.......god |
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| Author: | Mintsy [ Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:17 am ] |
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Mythiras wrote: T_T Frankfurt is getting ready for the world cup....I am sooo not taking the trams when a football match just finished...
whoa your in frankfurt? didn't know we were so "close" |
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| Author: | Kioto [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:25 am ] |
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Ger 2 - Crc 1, 20 minutes into the worldcup... Fun. |
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| Author: | Mandos [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:27 am ] |
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Notice how 60% of the stats in the stadium are taken up by people in shirts/ties sponsors who probably don't even give a shit about the game. whereas the home fans only get 12k tickets, away get 1/3 of that. |
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| Author: | Mythiras [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:44 pm ] |
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Mintsy wrote: Mythiras wrote: T_T Frankfurt is getting ready for the world cup....I am sooo not taking the trams when a football match just finished... whoa your in frankfurt? didn't know we were so "close" O_O where are you lol |
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| Author: | Ryuuji [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:53 pm ] |
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ECUADOR WINS 2:0!!
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| Author: | Mandos [ Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:56 am ] |
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1 down. |
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| Author: | Mintsy [ Sat Jun 10, 2006 4:05 pm ] |
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Mythiras wrote: Mintsy wrote: Mythiras wrote: T_T Frankfurt is getting ready for the world cup....I am sooo not taking the trams when a football match just finished... whoa your in frankfurt? didn't know we were so "close" O_O where are you lol innsbruck, in the tirol. aha. kill me. back on topic: i'm rooting for holland. this world cup stuff is crazy, I had NO idea. aha. |
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| Author: | Mythiras [ Sat Jun 10, 2006 4:36 pm ] |
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Mintsy wrote: Mythiras wrote: Mintsy wrote: Mythiras wrote: T_T Frankfurt is getting ready for the world cup....I am sooo not taking the trams when a football match just finished... whoa your in frankfurt? didn't know we were so "close" O_O where are you lol innsbruck, in the tirol. aha. kill me. back on topic: i'm rooting for holland. this world cup stuff is crazy, I had NO idea. aha. XD The Germans kept me from sleeping last night...this night its the British....damnit....they are so loud! I am living in the center of the city so its not safe to go outside now XD |
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| Author: | Mandos [ Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:08 pm ] |
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I wouldn't say british..........doubt theres many scots or welshmen there :P |
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| Author: | Mythiras [ Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:30 pm ] |
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Mandos wrote: I wouldn't say british..........doubt theres many scots or welshmen there :P
whatever XD pale people :P |
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| Author: | JohnLocke [ Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:47 am ] |
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Dissapointing performence by England. 3 points thats all that matters but with that kind of game they wont make it far. Although yesterday we did have the worst referee I've ever seen, i mean what kind of ref disciplines a keeper for holding the ball for more than 6 seconds and why did he not let the players get drinks? doesn't he know that us english are not used to that kind of heat?!? We need to kick that big long streak of piss out the the squad a.k.a Peter Crouch and put Rooney in. RRROOOOOOOOONNNEEYYY !!! RRROOOOOOOOONNNEEYYY !!! RRROOOOOOOOONNNEEYYY !!! RRROOOOOOOOONNNEEYYY !!! RRROOOOOOOOONNNEEYYY !!! RRROOOOOOOOONNNEEYYY !!! |
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| Author: | Viruk [ Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:57 pm ] |
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I grew up playing soccer with a bunch of Argentinians, so naturally I'm a big fan. They did look sloppy at times vs Ivory Coast, but overall I think they have a great team. A team I think people really need to look out for is Mexico. If they move the ball well (which they've shown they can do), I believe they're one of the top 5 teams in the world, and they have an excellent goalie is Oswaldo Sanchez. |
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| Author: | Mandos [ Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:05 am ] |
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Iran were doing pretty good against them until that mistake gifted Mexico a goal, then they just seemed to give up and let the Sombreros walk all over them. USA vs Iran would be a fun match :D |
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| Author: | Kioto [ Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:57 pm ] |
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USA vs CHE 0 - 3 Both good teams, but i think the US needs a lot more team play to succeed. Experience > Skill. Team play > Solo play. I was expecting more of a neven match, but the checks are pretty good! |
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| Author: | Mandos [ Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:56 pm ] |
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That's about what I expected 2bh, any time I've seen the US play I got the opinion that they arent in the same league as most other big teams. Plus the Czech Republic are actually ranked I think 2nd in the rankings, not that that says too much, but they are recognized as a good time that came to prominence quite recently. |
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