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Chat => Sports, Hobbies & Motors => Topic started by: Eagle on June 23, 2010, 23:08:19 PM
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Onwards and upwards three lions shall go... :cheers:
I am looking forward to it. I look forward to every match we play. Win or lose, it wont matter... We made it into the FINAL 16 IN THE WORLD! Not bad considering how close we were to going out after two shoddy performances.
If the team keeps in good spirits and Capello makes the right choices, I think Germany will be surprised when we beat them.. Especially if we beat them in penalties.. Thats my prediction by the way 8-)
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Shouldnt get carried away, we only beat slovinia and stuggled through the easiest group in the competition.
There was some nice play and movement in the game yesterday though but still alot of nerves.
The germans play well but that are beatable and it looked to me that Schweinsteiger and Ozil picked up slight injuries at the end of their game yesterday.
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Theres less chance of England winning than there is me getting the PHD tomorrow. And when youve pretty much been told by the boss not to get your hopes up, thats a slim chance indeed.
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Theres less chance of England winning than there is me getting the PHD tomorrow. And when youve pretty much been told by the boss not to get your hopes up, thats a slim chance indeed.
Couldnt have looked more stupid if you tried really.
Yes England are not favorites but in football anything can happen. England played very well against Slovenia and Germany played terrible against Serbia. Plus Klose is out I believe.
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Its not hard for me to look stupid.
Anything can happen in football, but at the same time our team isnt the best, and hasnt been for a long time, hence why I find it delusional to expect England to win. As to the PHD thing, thats to do with the lack of a masters and the unis unwritten policies of not taking people on PHDs without masters.
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Yes England are not favorites but in football anything can happen. England played very well against Slovenia and Germany played terrible against Serbia. Plus Klose is out I believe.
Wow, did you actually watch the game? The ref robbed them of that game - even the commentators said they felt sorry for the Germans...
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Anyhoo - should be a cracker of a game.
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Drrrrrrr Drrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrr Drrrrrrrrrrr kaboooom :rock:
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Dear oh dear... :disappointed:
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that Ozil is an ugly bugger isnt he. But what he lacks in looks, he more than makes up in flair and creativity. The germans rate him really highly, their new number 10.
Their game against Ghana was good, their attacks looked pretty nice, lots of nice passing interchanges and whatnot
Also the game against Serbia was pretty shocking too, the Klose sending off was a joke
Another thing is that while im not scared about losing the germany game, im not sure well win it either. I think its evens on whether we win or not. Either way itll be a good game.
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I agree that its gonna be close. Im really pissed we finished 2nd in the group as it means all our games are now at 9am here instead of 13:30
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Its not hard for me to look stupid.
Anything can happen in football, but at the same time our team isnt the best, and hasnt been for a long time, hence why I find it delusional to expect England to win. As to the PHD thing, thats to do with the lack of a masters and the unis unwritten policies of not taking people on PHDs without masters.
Chances of PHD tomorrow == 0.
Chances of England winning on Sunday are less than 0 then ?
Thats my only point. Silly math.
England chances = 40% IMHO.
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Thats my only point. Silly math.
England chances = 40% IMHO.
maths*
Too long out of the country imho.
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Its not hard for me to look stupid.
Anything can happen in football, but at the same time our team isnt the best, and hasnt been for a long time, hence why I find it delusional to expect England to win. As to the PHD thing, thats to do with the lack of a masters and the unis unwritten policies of not taking people on PHDs without masters.
Chances of PHD tomorrow == 0.
Chances of England winning on Sunday are less than 0 then ?
Thats my only point. Silly math.
England chances = 40% IMHO.
I wasnt referring to Sunday, I was referring to the World cup finals. Its delusional to think well win the whole shebang imo. Apologies for not specifying between Sundays game and the world cup, the thread is about Sundays game I guess!
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I wasnt referring to Sunday, I was referring to the World cup finals. Its delusional to think well win the whole shebang imo. Apologies for not specifying between Sundays game and the world cup, the thread is about Sundays game I guess!
I dont agree. I think its highly unlikely that we will win the world cup, but as this world cup has seemed to prove, upsets can happen. So I wouldnt completely write off England.
I can also see slovakia maybe causing another upset down the road
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Drrrrrrr Drrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrr Drrrrrrrrrrr kaboooom :rock:
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Dont mention the war!... err, too late :mutley:
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Its all gone a bit quiet...
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We got stuffed, good and proper.
Im supporting Holland from now on :mutley:
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Its all gone a bit quiet...
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Putting so much effort into making that just makes you look like a dick tbh. :drama:
...We were shocking tho! :rofl:
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Effort? Pfft. 2min job. In my sleep.
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Fair enough I shall rephrase it then! ....Spending 2 minutes making it, uploading it to photobucket and then posting it here makes you look like a dick! ...is that ok?
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Fair enough I shall rephrase it then! ....Spending 2 minutes making it, uploading it to photobucket and then posting it here makes you look like a dick! ...is that ok?
Still beleaving in England and these comments makes you no better :p
They were crap and you could see it from th very first game.
When your national team comes to the world cup and every aspect of them shows there is no national pride or passion there, then there is no hope. They also played like tired old men.
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The most annoying thing is that my local chinese takeaway is doing a promo where for every goal we got in todays game wed get £5 off the next order, up to a max of 4 goals. Im thinking they wont want to count the 2nd goal!
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Then there was the booing of the German National Anthem. England fans need to take a look at themselves. The whole world was watching. Disgraceful. :disappointed:
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Your problem Eagle is that you dont appear to have a sense of humour.
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Your problem Eagle is that you dont appear to have a sense of humour.
Typical bloody German! -)
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Your problem Eagle is that you dont appear to have a sense of humour.
Anyone booing anyones national Anthem is not on though.
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Your problem Eagle is that you dont appear to have a sense of humour.
Typical bloody German! -)
Im not German.
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Then there was the booing of the German National Anthem. England fans need to take a look at themselves. The whole world was watching. Disgraceful. :disappointed:
Agreed. Despite this though I still live in hope that one day England can compete against Germany without lagered up chavs and other assorted neanderthals making war references.
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It is pretty appaling, especially considering Germany dont really consider it a grudge match and have considerable respect for England.
It just seems that that respect is in no way reciprocated and I feel thats a great shame.
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It is pretty appaling, especially considering Germany dont really consider it a grudge match and have considerable respect for England.
It just seems that that respect is in no way reciprocated and I feel thats a great shame.
That is the key Edd, Respect. All the war talk etc is to much.
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:stupid: :stupid: They deserved the win.
CBA to rant now but hey:
James
A Cole
Terry
Ferdinand
Carragher
King
Gerrard
Lampard
J Cole
Barry
SWP
Carrick
Crouch
Defoe
Heskey
- will all be too old to play next time so at least it wont be the same old same old.
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Do you think England will now field a younger team?
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Well probably end up fielding Arsenal Under 19s at the next world cup
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Google says Ghana has the youngest squad, Germany 3rd youngest.
England had the oldest with a avg. age of 28.7, just ahead of Brazil.
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Google says Ghana has the youngest squad, Germany 3rd youngest.
England had the oldest with a avg. age of 28.7, just ahead of Brazil.
Italy, France, England, Brazil all have or will have issues of players now/next few years.
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I think spain will have a problem too, Xavi is 30 now, Iniesta is like 27, Villa is also around 27. In fact I think the bulk of their midfield bar busquets (who I dont think is that good) and fabregas will be getting old for the next world cup
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Golden generation my nuts for England tbh - all bottlers.
Painful to say, but fair play to the germans, convincing winners on the night.
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EDIT: hmm, dp banter.
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Then there was the booing of the German National Anthem. England fans need to take a look at themselves. The whole world was watching. Disgraceful. :disappointed:
Agreed. Despite this though I still live in hope that one day England can compete against Germany without lagered up chavs and other assorted neanderthals making war references.
Would be interesting to know if the British Troops booed the Germans during the christmas truce nearly 100 years ago now :disappointed:
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Would you like us to take Argentina apart for you?
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Would you like us to take Argentina apart for you?
:cheers:
Who is this "us" you speak about?
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Der Nationalmannschaft
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So youre german then?
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[sigh]
We as in Germanys National Football Team. I support them and have done since 1998 (long story).
I was born in Britain and have a British passport, if youre implying the opposite.
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I still believe England will win!
I should get Believe! on the back of my new England shirt. Now that all of the sales on them have started...
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The Octopus has spoken
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-germany-octopusoracle-worldcup
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So long as Wesley Sneijder doesnt get the golden boot I will be pleased. I had the chance to bet on him when he was 15/1 and didnt :(
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The Octopus has spoken
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-germany-octopusoracle-worldcup
Apparently, its received death threats. Seriously.
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The Octopus has spoken
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-germany-octopusoracle-worldcup
Apparently, its received death threats. Seriously.
There have been several almost identical articles over the competition so far.
Remember though, if they win they are just a bunch of damn lucky cheating Krauts, and if they lose they were just plain rubbish! :P
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Youre mistaking Germany for any South American team. -)
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Youre mistaking Germany for any South American team. -)
No mate, I was mistaking them for Spain. Germany? Bunch of losers, always was, always will be ;)
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Youre mistaking Germany for any South American team. -)
No mate, I was mistaking them for Spain. Germany? Bunch of losers, always was, always will be ;)
Whats with all the hate for Germany? If youre trying to be sarcastic or funny then please excuse me, Ive obviously got the wrong end of the stick. However, if youre not I just dont understand where all this hatred is coming from, or why.
Also, and this one is for Eagle, is that I really dont understand how you can "support" Germany and consider yourself "one of them" when it seems you have no ties to the fatherland in any shape or form and are in fact 100% English/British. This has come from one of your earlier posts.
Would you like us to take Argentina apart for you?
:cheers:
For a start it really confuses me, and secondly it really grinds my gears too. Youre English, you support your national team, thats how it works. Its not like club football where you can choose the team you support from a number of different factors; such as locality, style of play, good old glory hunting or even how good their away kit looks on your girlfriend.
I just do not understand how you can even come to that decision. I mean, national team is more than just supporting a club. Its the whole national identity. Do you hate the dutch? do you cheer on Germany in any other sports? If so do you completely ignore sportsmen from Great Britain? do you eat bratwurst, drink becks and go to oktoberfest wearing lederhosen?
If you dont, then Im not sure you can use the pronoun "us" when referring to the German national team
There is of course nothing wrong with supporting Germany. I myself wanted them to do well at the tournament, and after they had beaten England there was nothing really stopping me from wanting them to do well. It would have been wrong, however, to have wanted them to do well when playing against England.
I dont think they would have beaten spain in the final, had they not met in the semi finals that is. Spains style doesnt really leave them open to many pacy counterattacks that Germany seemed to favour.
I think the best game of the tournament was the Italy v Slovakia game. It felt almost like a semi final really, or at least a knockout match (thats because it was ;)) It was literally one end to the other in the final 20-30 mins. The officials had some tough calls in that game, but I feel they got it right (incidentally the ref in that game was Howard Webb). I remember ITV banging on about how good the linesman was, so good in fact that when someone was offside he gave it as offside.
I honestly don know how ITV got the coverage of the World Cup, it was just so f**king sh*t. They had a sh*t presenter in Chiles, then they had that wanker andy townsend, some black dude called lucas (never seen him before in my life) and edgar davids + gareth southgate. I left those two til last cause they were the only ones who I didnt think were c**ts.
The BBCs coverage, however, was excellent...........well apart from shearer and lee dixon, and maybe at times alan hansen for being too smug. But apart from that I think Seedorf was good, and so was Roy "Woy" Hodgson. Its just a shame that Lineker doesnt get to be a pundit himself, with him having to host it and all. I reckon hed knock the others into a cocked hat if he was allowed to analyse stuff after the game and what not. Hed just be so eloquent and correct!
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some black dude called lucas (never seen him before in my life)
i hope youre not trying to appear to know football well yet not know who lucas radebe is/was to south african/premiership football?
good work on eagles character assassination though, i can never work out why people will choose a foreign team over their national team. its almost taking to the extreme the pursuit of being the one down the pub they call quirky just to get the edgy lass with the ring through her nose into bed.
Matt
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some black dude called lucas (never seen him before in my life)
i hope youre not trying to appear to know football well yet not know who lucas radebe is/was to south african/premiership football?
Matt
Afraid I still dont know who that lucas fella is/was. Im kinda new to the football fan thing tho. Im 25 and for the first 18-19 years of my life wasnt really interested in football at all. So there are a lot of gaps in my knowledge and ive been trying to catch up, but never really looked into south african football
I wouldnt say Im that knowledgeable about football tho. I know what I know, but thats about it. Id like to think ive tried to find out more than the average casual fan has, but theres just so much info out there! I try not to come across as someone who claims to know football well but doesnt really, but as someone who is passionate about the game and all the subtle (and not so subtle) aspects of the sport.
I think its a difficult balancing act: On the one hand football is all about opinion and interpretation, but on the other hand I really dont want to come across as one of the turds in the pub that think they know everything about the game and will more often than not give you their opinion on every transfer/news article/tactical analysis/referee mistake. Theyre just grade A wankers.
But then I always give the people who are meant to know their stuff (pundits, managers etc) the benefit of the doubt, because they have done it and been there and Id wager that theyve forgotten more than Ill ever know about the game. There are of course some exceptions to this, Ian Wright being one of them.
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ha fair nough.
i only give a sh*t cos he was a masive player for leeds for a long time and im a massive leeds fan.
Matt
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Youre mistaking Germany for any South American team. -)
No mate, I was mistaking them for Spain. Germany? Bunch of losers, always was, always will be ;)
Whats with all the hate for Germany? If youre trying to be sarcastic or funny then please excuse me, Ive obviously got the wrong end of the stick. However, if youre not I just dont understand where all this hatred is coming from, or why.
I dont support any football team, havent watched a single game in the world cup. I happened to catch the result on yahoo while checking my mail.
As to hating Germany, I most certainly dont. Im just having a dig at Eagle for his comments about England.