| [_strat_] Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:34:14 AM | |
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Well, its true that in football a referee is a very independant figure, and rules are sometimes very lax just to give the ref space to make his own decisions. What you also have to take into consideration is that blaming the referee is a very common practice of sore loosers. Now, sometimes the ref really is biased, and they can change the game completely, but I dont think that that happend in this cup. Yet.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:37:44 AM)| |  | Deep Freeze wrote: | | Yes, strat. I do say a lot of things. Like to hear myself talk, I guess...HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! In all honesty, I believe I have finally figured out why this game has not caught on in the US. I mean, the officiating is god-awful! I still have NO idea what I am watching but the announcers are going on AGAIN about the ref making ANOTHER poor call!! It seems as though that is ALL I hear! Now then, there ARE poor calls in every sport but, by and large, the officiating is very good in OUR sports. NOTHING like this, anyway!
Perhaps they need to better review how they pick the officials for this game? I am not sure but I keep hearing this over and over and these announcers are NOT just Americans with a grudge. These are guys from all over the world! They are STILL going on about the "terrible" call that just cost the US a "goal"...??!??!!? Then they start in about 2002 and whatnot so, apparently, this is an ongoing issue? Certainly can see why this is not of much interest here in the States. Maybe they need "instant replay" or something? Maybe a test for referees? I have no idea. Just seems as though the real story continues to be the refs. THAT is sad.
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| [_strat_] Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:31:44 AM | |
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Well, pretentious pricks they may be... But US and England deserve to go on. Our team was an utter disapointment. I really think that they were too comfortable today, and went for a draw, then ended up losing everything. They didnt deserve to win after todays performance. Too bad.
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| [Deep Freeze] Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:37:44 AM | |
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Yes, strat. I do say a lot of things. Like to hear myself talk, I guess...HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! In all honesty, I believe I have finally figured out why this game has not caught on in the US. I mean, the officiating is god-awful! I still have NO idea what I am watching but the announcers are going on AGAIN about the ref making ANOTHER poor call!! It seems as though that is ALL I hear! Now then, there ARE poor calls in every sport but, by and large, the officiating is very good in OUR sports. NOTHING like this, anyway!
Perhaps they need to better review how they pick the officials for this game? I am not sure but I keep hearing this over and over and these announcers are NOT just Americans with a grudge. These are guys from all over the world! They are STILL going on about the "terrible" call that just cost the US a "goal"...??!??!!? Then they start in about 2002 and whatnot so, apparently, this is an ongoing issue? Certainly can see why this is not of much interest here in the States. Maybe they need "instant replay" or something? Maybe a test for referees? I have no idea. Just seems as though the real story continues to be the refs. THAT is sad.
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| [joedraper] Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:33:38 AM | |
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Strat! I'm watching with great expectations for your team today..So far England have thier first goal though.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:41:47 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Freeze says a lot of things. Including that a sport where players pass the ball with their hands is football.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Go Yanks................said meekly from underneath the table. HA!! I know we don't stand a chance in hell, or at least from my very limited football knowledge, I think we will get our asses kicked. Obviously the world does too.  I'm glad this isn't, as Freeze would put it, real football.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well, Im leaving for bed... As for tomorrow:
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| [_strat_] Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:41:47 AM | |
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Freeze says a lot of things. Including that a sport where players pass the ball with their hands is football.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:38:20 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | Go Yanks................said meekly from underneath the table. HA!! I know we don't stand a chance in hell, or at least from my very limited football knowledge, I think we will get our asses kicked. Obviously the world does too. I'm glad this isn't, as Freeze would put it, real football.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well, Im leaving for bed... As for tomorrow:
Time for the pretentious pricks to go home. |
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| [_strat_] Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:40:51 AM | |
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Well, if they got all the cards that they earned, they would have been down to ten by halftime. I hope that the ref on the US - Algeria match wont tolerate such dirty playing.
Abyway, Im rooting that our team and the Algerians win today, and advance. England mustnt go through in any case.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:56:32 PM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Hey, ya never know. They did make a comeback and could have won against Slovenia had their third goal been counted. We'll see what happens tomorrow.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Go Yanks................said meekly from underneath the table. HA!! I know we don't stand a chance in hell, or at least from my very limited football knowledge, I think we will get our asses kicked. Obviously the world does too. I'm glad this isn't, as Freeze would put it, real football.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well, Im leaving for bed... As for tomorrow:
Time for the pretentious pricks to go home. |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:56:32 PM | |
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Hey, ya never know. They did make a comeback and could have won against Slovenia had their third goal been counted. We'll see what happens tomorrow.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:38:20 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | Go Yanks................said meekly from underneath the table. HA!! I know we don't stand a chance in hell, or at least from my very limited football knowledge, I think we will get our asses kicked. Obviously the world does too. I'm glad this isn't, as Freeze would put it, real football.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well, Im leaving for bed... As for tomorrow:
Time for the pretentious pricks to go home. |
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| [spapad] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:38:20 PM | |
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Go Yanks................said meekly from underneath the table. HA!! I know we don't stand a chance in hell, or at least from my very limited football knowledge, I think we will get our asses kicked. Obviously the world does too. I'm glad this isn't, as Freeze would put it, real football.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:33:48 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well, Im leaving for bed... As for tomorrow:
Time for the pretentious pricks to go home. |
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| [Becks] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:39:37 PM | |
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Bahahahaha!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:33:48 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well, Im leaving for bed... As for tomorrow:
Time for the pretentious pricks to go home. |
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| [_strat_] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:33:48 PM | |
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Well, Im leaving for bed... As for tomorrow:
Time for the pretentious pricks to go home. |
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| [_strat_] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:32:28 PM | |
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Yeah - considering the other match. I sure hope they dont.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:22:20 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | I think they have to beat Serbia by like 3 goals or something.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Lol... Yeah, I understand. Wouldnt root for Italy myself if they played against Mars.
Although, if Im not much mistaken, Aussies have pretty abysmal chances to get through.
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL! It's just the NZ/Oz rivalry. I wouldn't mind if they got through, but yeah
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yeah, I guess it is, lol.
But hang on a minute... How come a New Zealander is rooting against the Aussies? I thought you liked each other?
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL!!!!! It's all a part of the fun of the world cup.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well... Its one out of three. Could be worse.
| | | Becks wrote: | | I'm rooting for England, Germany and Serbia LOL!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Ok, tomorrow... Is the decision day! Im rooting for our boys to beat England, and the Algerians to beat the US. We need a draw or a win, or even a defeat (it then depends on the outcome of the US - Algeria game) to advance.
In group D, I will be rooting for Serbia (hopefully they can take out Australia) and Ghana (good luck against Germany). It would be great that if we go on, that Serbia finishes in the same place in their group as we will in ours, that way we wont meet in the round of 16.
First fixtures for the round of 16 too: South Korea vs. Urugvay (go Korea) and Mexico vs. Argentina (go Mexico). |
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| [Becks] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:22:20 PM | |
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I think they have to beat Serbia by like 3 goals or something.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:53:41 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Lol... Yeah, I understand. Wouldnt root for Italy myself if they played against Mars.
Although, if Im not much mistaken, Aussies have pretty abysmal chances to get through.
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL! It's just the NZ/Oz rivalry. I wouldn't mind if they got through, but yeah
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yeah, I guess it is, lol.
But hang on a minute... How come a New Zealander is rooting against the Aussies? I thought you liked each other?
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL!!!!! It's all a part of the fun of the world cup.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well... Its one out of three. Could be worse.
| | | Becks wrote: | | I'm rooting for England, Germany and Serbia LOL!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Ok, tomorrow... Is the decision day! Im rooting for our boys to beat England, and the Algerians to beat the US. We need a draw or a win, or even a defeat (it then depends on the outcome of the US - Algeria game) to advance.
In group D, I will be rooting for Serbia (hopefully they can take out Australia) and Ghana (good luck against Germany). It would be great that if we go on, that Serbia finishes in the same place in their group as we will in ours, that way we wont meet in the round of 16.
First fixtures for the round of 16 too: South Korea vs. Urugvay (go Korea) and Mexico vs. Argentina (go Mexico). |
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| [_strat_] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:53:41 PM | |
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Lol... Yeah, I understand. Wouldnt root for Italy myself if they played against Mars.
Although, if Im not much mistaken, Aussies have pretty abysmal chances to get through.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:48:27 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL! It's just the NZ/Oz rivalry. I wouldn't mind if they got through, but yeah
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yeah, I guess it is, lol.
But hang on a minute... How come a New Zealander is rooting against the Aussies? I thought you liked each other?
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL!!!!! It's all a part of the fun of the world cup.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well... Its one out of three. Could be worse.
| | | Becks wrote: | | I'm rooting for England, Germany and Serbia LOL!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Ok, tomorrow... Is the decision day! Im rooting for our boys to beat England, and the Algerians to beat the US. We need a draw or a win, or even a defeat (it then depends on the outcome of the US - Algeria game) to advance.
In group D, I will be rooting for Serbia (hopefully they can take out Australia) and Ghana (good luck against Germany). It would be great that if we go on, that Serbia finishes in the same place in their group as we will in ours, that way we wont meet in the round of 16.
First fixtures for the round of 16 too: South Korea vs. Urugvay (go Korea) and Mexico vs. Argentina (go Mexico). |
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| [Becks] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:48:27 PM | |
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LOL! It's just the NZ/Oz rivalry. I wouldn't mind if they got through, but yeah
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:32:58 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yeah, I guess it is, lol.
But hang on a minute... How come a New Zealander is rooting against the Aussies? I thought you liked each other?
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL!!!!! It's all a part of the fun of the world cup.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well... Its one out of three. Could be worse.
| | | Becks wrote: | | I'm rooting for England, Germany and Serbia LOL!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Ok, tomorrow... Is the decision day! Im rooting for our boys to beat England, and the Algerians to beat the US. We need a draw or a win, or even a defeat (it then depends on the outcome of the US - Algeria game) to advance.
In group D, I will be rooting for Serbia (hopefully they can take out Australia) and Ghana (good luck against Germany). It would be great that if we go on, that Serbia finishes in the same place in their group as we will in ours, that way we wont meet in the round of 16.
First fixtures for the round of 16 too: South Korea vs. Urugvay (go Korea) and Mexico vs. Argentina (go Mexico). |
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| [_strat_] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:32:58 PM | |
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Yeah, I guess it is, lol.
But hang on a minute... How come a New Zealander is rooting against the Aussies? I thought you liked each other?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:27:43 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL!!!!! It's all a part of the fun of the world cup.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well... Its one out of three. Could be worse.
| | | Becks wrote: | | I'm rooting for England, Germany and Serbia LOL!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Ok, tomorrow... Is the decision day! Im rooting for our boys to beat England, and the Algerians to beat the US. We need a draw or a win, or even a defeat (it then depends on the outcome of the US - Algeria game) to advance.
In group D, I will be rooting for Serbia (hopefully they can take out Australia) and Ghana (good luck against Germany). It would be great that if we go on, that Serbia finishes in the same place in their group as we will in ours, that way we wont meet in the round of 16.
First fixtures for the round of 16 too: South Korea vs. Urugvay (go Korea) and Mexico vs. Argentina (go Mexico). |
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| [Becks] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:27:43 PM | |
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LOL!!!!! It's all a part of the fun of the world cup.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:26:35 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well... Its one out of three. Could be worse.
| | | Becks wrote: | | I'm rooting for England, Germany and Serbia LOL!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Ok, tomorrow... Is the decision day! Im rooting for our boys to beat England, and the Algerians to beat the US. We need a draw or a win, or even a defeat (it then depends on the outcome of the US - Algeria game) to advance.
In group D, I will be rooting for Serbia (hopefully they can take out Australia) and Ghana (good luck against Germany). It would be great that if we go on, that Serbia finishes in the same place in their group as we will in ours, that way we wont meet in the round of 16.
First fixtures for the round of 16 too: South Korea vs. Urugvay (go Korea) and Mexico vs. Argentina (go Mexico). |
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| [_strat_] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:26:35 PM | |
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Well... Its one out of three. Could be worse.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:25:21 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | I'm rooting for England, Germany and Serbia LOL!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Ok, tomorrow... Is the decision day! Im rooting for our boys to beat England, and the Algerians to beat the US. We need a draw or a win, or even a defeat (it then depends on the outcome of the US - Algeria game) to advance.
In group D, I will be rooting for Serbia (hopefully they can take out Australia) and Ghana (good luck against Germany). It would be great that if we go on, that Serbia finishes in the same place in their group as we will in ours, that way we wont meet in the round of 16.
First fixtures for the round of 16 too: South Korea vs. Urugvay (go Korea) and Mexico vs. Argentina (go Mexico). |
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| [Becks] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:25:21 PM | |
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I'm rooting for England, Germany and Serbia LOL!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:22:37 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Ok, tomorrow... Is the decision day! Im rooting for our boys to beat England, and the Algerians to beat the US. We need a draw or a win, or even a defeat (it then depends on the outcome of the US - Algeria game) to advance.
In group D, I will be rooting for Serbia (hopefully they can take out Australia) and Ghana (good luck against Germany). It would be great that if we go on, that Serbia finishes in the same place in their group as we will in ours, that way we wont meet in the round of 16.
First fixtures for the round of 16 too: South Korea vs. Urugvay (go Korea) and Mexico vs. Argentina (go Mexico). |
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| [_strat_] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:24:33 PM | |
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Thats what they get for hiring a prick to be their coach. Tho I do feel sorry for the players a bit. They will be lynched when they get back home.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:27:43 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Oooh South Africa won! That's so cool! Bye bye France! Hahahaha!
Stupid tv showing a replay of the game they just showed live, Greece vs Argentina. I want to see the SA vs France game! |
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| [_strat_] Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:22:37 PM | |
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Ok, tomorrow... Is the decision day! Im rooting for our boys to beat England, and the Algerians to beat the US. We need a draw or a win, or even a defeat (it then depends on the outcome of the US - Algeria game) to advance.
In group D, I will be rooting for Serbia (hopefully they can take out Australia) and Ghana (good luck against Germany). It would be great that if we go on, that Serbia finishes in the same place in their group as we will in ours, that way we wont meet in the round of 16.
First fixtures for the round of 16 too: South Korea vs. Urugvay (go Korea) and Mexico vs. Argentina (go Mexico). |
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