Author Topic: World Cup Thread (Read 14982 times)

JeepMonkey · « **Reply #40 on:** June 15, 2010, 01:40:16 pm »

Soccer isn't even the best World Cup, or the second best for that matter.

Rugby
Cricket
Soccer

That being said, I will be rooting for the USA team to win it all.

patrickl · « **Reply #41 on:** June 15, 2010, 04:18:10 pm »

Quote from: JeepMonkey on June 15, 2010, 01:40:16 pm

Soccer isn't even the best World Cup, or the second best for that matter.

Rugby
Cricket
Soccer

Is there even such a thing as a rugby or cricket world cup? Only countries in the British commonwealth play those sport right?

JeepMonkey · « **Reply #42 on:** June 15, 2010, 04:58:57 pm »

Quote from: patrickl on June 15, 2010, 04:18:10 pm

]Is there even such a thing as a rugby or cricket world cup? Only countries in the British commonwealth play those sport right?

They have British commonwealth only tournys, but the world cups are open to non commonwealth teams.

Blanka · « **Reply #43 on:** June 15, 2010, 05:30:04 pm »

Poor Dutch girls. Tortured by FIFA because they were wearing a orange minidress.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #44 on:** June 15, 2010, 08:57:09 pm »

I actually had an older couple come up to the house today, after taking pictures of my flags, and talk to me in Portugese about the game. After realizing that my Portugese isn't as strong as it perhaps should be (hey, I can order a wide variety of beverages, as well as beef and chicken ... anything else is superflous!), the gentleman suggested that perhaps I wasn't actually Brazilian, but thought it was totally cool that I love the Selecao.

Level42 · « **Reply #45 on:** June 16, 2010, 04:30:04 am »

Waha !

The French are pretty good in rugby too.

But CRICKET !?!?!?! I mean, I've never seen anything more boring and tedious than that.......zzzzzzzzzz.....

patrickl · « **Reply #46 on:** June 16, 2010, 06:32:00 am »

Quote from: Level42 on June 16, 2010, 04:30:04 am

Waha !

The French are pretty good in rugby too.

But CRICKET !?!?!?! I mean, I've never seen anything more boring and tedious than that.......zzzzzzzzzz.....

Only American Football maybe ...

jamesjones626 · « **Reply #47 on:** June 16, 2010, 12:20:42 pm »

Quote from: patrickl on June 16, 2010, 06:32:00 am

Quote from: Level42 on June 16, 2010, 04:30:04 am
Waha !

The French are pretty good in rugby too.

But CRICKET !?!?!?! I mean, I've never seen anything more boring and tedious than that.......zzzzzzzzzz.....
Only American Football maybe ...

You don't know how much crap i take when i tell people that Our (I'm American) football is boring as hell. Bunch of dudes in like 50 pounds of padding, the quarterback throws or hands off the ball, guy get hits, they stop for like 1 or 2 minutes till the next play, repeat repeat repeat.

thatitalian · « **Reply #48 on:** June 16, 2010, 01:00:04 pm »

Quote from: Ninten-doh on June 11, 2010, 12:25:12 pm

*************
Forza Azzurri !!!
*************

+1

Fratelli d'Italia,
l'Italia s'è desta,
dell'elmo di Scipio
s'è cinta la testa.
Dov'è la Vittoria?
Le porga la chioma,
ché schiava di Roma
Iddio la creò... bobobo, bobobo, bobobobobobobo...

ohhhh, and btw.............. bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

hypernova · « **Reply #49 on:** June 16, 2010, 05:39:23 pm »

Quote

The NFL is so penalty heavy it's not even funny, and the refs could honestly throw a flag on every single play.

It's because they've let things get out of hand. The only way possible to fix it is to slowly start penalizing more and more so players learn they can't do something.

What always gets me is the amount of drama anymore in all sports. Soccer is just flat-out notorious for it. I remember last WC or the one before, one guy just suddenly jerked his head back and flopped like he'd just gotten leveled by a Xiaou death punch. And nothing actually happened. Nothing even remotely eventful happened that should've elicited that kind of reaction.

It happens in the NBA. Now the announcer was over-the-top in his opinion, but that Laker did somewhat embellish when (Robinson?) pushed him away.

Happens in baseball all the time on pitches. Batter sways his hips and moves like he's about to be hit. Yet the ball is two feet away, never coming close. No curve, nothing.

All sports are subject to the drama. They REALLY need to start penalizing players after the fact, even if it's after the game. If you're going to flop, it better be justified.

Level42 · « **Reply #50 on:** June 16, 2010, 07:27:46 pm »

I HATE SUAREZ. I HATE HIM I HATE HIM I HATE HIM.

He should be banned from the football fields forever.....yugh !

Benevolance · « **Reply #51 on:** June 18, 2010, 05:57:39 pm »

So, hey. If I were American, I would be pretty mad about that disallowed goal right now. I've watched the replays and I can see three Slovenia fouls, but no USA fouls. I don't get it. But the US has made a pretty good showing at the tournament so far. Kudos on that.

wp34 · « **Reply #52 on:** June 18, 2010, 09:15:05 pm »

I was watching it with the sound off and could not tell what happened. They kept showing the replay of the "goal" but the score never changed.

Malenko · « **Reply #53 on:** June 19, 2010, 12:48:03 pm »

Quote from: Benevolance on June 18, 2010, 05:57:39 pm

So, hey. If I were American, I would be pretty mad about that disallowed goal right now. I've watched the replays and I can see three Slovenia fouls, but no USA fouls. I don't get it. But the US has made a pretty good showing at the tournament so far. Kudos on that.

if you were american, you probably wouldnt be watching it in the first place.

wp34 · « **Reply #54 on:** June 19, 2010, 02:14:29 pm »

Quote from: Malenko on June 19, 2010, 12:48:03 pm

Quote from: Benevolance on June 18, 2010, 05:57:39 pm
So, hey. If I were American, I would be pretty mad about that disallowed goal right now. I've watched the replays and I can see three Slovenia fouls, but no USA fouls. I don't get it. But the US has made a pretty good showing at the tournament so far. Kudos on that.

if you were american, you probably wouldnt be watching it in the first place.

I'm an American and was watching it. Just didn't know what the heck was going on.

Benevolance · « **Reply #55 on:** June 19, 2010, 02:53:07 pm »

I'm not that familiar with the rules of football/soccer, so I figured I was missing some obscure rule. Like, it's a penalty to try and break out of a bear hug when you attack the net while playing Slovenia. Or that maybe in doing so the player was putting himself offside. I dunno.

Since Canada never qualifies for anything soccer related, I actually enjoy the World Cup because I can just cheer for whichever teams I feel like. If soccer were only a little more exciting to watch, it would be the perfect set up. As it is, it makes for really good background noise while I do something useful, like reading about Mame Machines in Antique Buffets. And CBC has done a pretty good job of screening the vuvuleza sound from the background.

hypernova · « **Reply #56 on:** June 19, 2010, 03:03:16 pm »

Thanks to the rules of FIFA, this idiot ref NEVER has to disclose what the call was.

That's a great rule, isn't it? Never have to justify your decisions. He could've called it because something from the USPS got lost in the mail. We'll never know.

Now it looks like he'll be removed from officiating this WC. Damage already done. But the US is still master of their own fate. Win = In.

Benevolance · « **Reply #57 on:** June 19, 2010, 06:26:15 pm »

Or more accurately, the Brits are the architects of their own demise and the US profits for it.

patrickl · « **Reply #58 on:** June 19, 2010, 06:31:22 pm »

Did you guys see the video of the faceplant of the USA player (Dempsey)? He tripped over the ball and snacked on some grass.

Can't find a good clip of it on youbtube unfortunately.

Benevolance · « **Reply #59 on:** June 19, 2010, 06:49:29 pm »

edit: Darn, can't get it to embed the video so I'll just link.

What? Now it works?

TOK · « **Reply #60 on:** June 19, 2010, 10:35:09 pm »

That needs some diving airplane then a crash sound effects.

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #61 on:** June 22, 2010, 03:59:36 pm »

This thread should be moved to the Knitting Forum.

Soccer Officially Announces It Is Gay

Blanka · « **Reply #62 on:** June 23, 2010, 05:35:10 pm »

Is Spain and Italy going to be kicked out next few days? Amazing!

Benevolance · « **Reply #63 on:** June 24, 2010, 04:35:30 pm »

Italy is gone!

I decided to cheer for my surrogate homes (USA and Japan) since Canada never qualifies for any sport that isn't hockey. And since neither country could really be expected to advance, I figured I could stop watching football after the round robin. But both countries beat the long odds and advanced to the final 16.

Level42 · « **Reply #64 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:34:07 pm »

~~France~~
~~Italy~~

They both deserved it, incredible weak play by both teams and the French......shame on you !

So, here we are, the full 9 points (2nd team to reach that) and now Slovakia better starts packing their bags....

Oh, about soccer being gay, at least they don't wear all this protection like in American "Foot"ball (Can somebody PLEASE explain me for once and for always, WHY it is that a game where the "ball" is handled with the HANDS 99% of the time is called FOOTball there ? I mean, that says enough. It is also GAY to have a game that runs for, what 7 seconds and then is stopped for 4 minutes (to show the commercials) and then start the game again for another, what 9 seconds ?

Oh, and in case you missed it, the gay American team also qualified, and they well deserved it as they showed the true American spirit....

Zakk · « **Reply #65 on:** June 26, 2010, 10:23:00 pm »

Quote from: Level42 on June 24, 2010, 06:34:07 pm

~~France~~
~~Italy~~

They both deserved it, incredible weak play by both teams and the French......shame on you !

So, here we are, the full 9 points (2nd team to reach that) and now Slovakia better starts packing their bags....

Oh, about soccer being gay, at least they don't wear all this protection like in American "Foot"ball (Can somebody PLEASE explain me for once and for always, WHY it is that a game where the "ball" is handled with the HANDS 99% of the time is called FOOTball there ? I mean, that says enough. It is also GAY to have a game that runs for, what 7 seconds and then is stopped for 4 minutes (to show the commercials) and then start the game again for another, what 9 seconds ?

Oh, and in case you missed it, the gay American team also qualified, and they well deserved it as they showed the true American spirit....

football and soccer is gay. Hope that clarifies things for you

protokatie · « **Reply #66 on:** June 27, 2010, 02:08:42 am »

The bars around here have been showing the world cup every night that the US is playing, or if the sox aren't playing...

As per the term "soccer", it is actually a British (no longer used) slang term for Association Football. From what I can gather, there was a trend in British universities to shorten certain oft used phrases and add an "er" at the end. Ass+er wouldnt work, so they went with soccer. It must have just stuck in some nations (well certain English speaking nations) but not in the land where the name was invented.

shateredsoul · « **Reply #67 on:** June 27, 2010, 05:31:48 am »

Vamos Mexico!

Silas (son of Silas) · « **Reply #68 on:** June 27, 2010, 12:05:53 pm »

WooHoo! Go Germany!!!!

Does these mean everyone will take down all those bloody England flags now?

Grasshopper · « **Reply #69 on:** June 27, 2010, 04:16:27 pm »

Quote from: Silas (son of Silas) on June 27, 2010, 12:05:53 pm

WooHoo! Go Germany!!!!

Does these mean everyone will take down all those bloody England flags now?

Indeed. I hate all those silly plastic flags sticking out of people's car windows.

Did you see the match? God what an embarrassingly inept performance. It's just staggering how poorly England played.

Silas (son of Silas) · « **Reply #70 on:** June 27, 2010, 04:32:00 pm »

I didn't see the match, I took the opportunity to go shopping as I knew the supermarket would be completely dead. I heard it was a shameful show on our part though.

The crescent I live in is festooned in England flags. Hanging from the bedroom windows, roofs of cars they've hung England bunting and for weeks all I have been able to here are bloody air can horns and vuvuzelas. I'm hoping that it will all quieten down now and we can get back to normality.

Benevolance · « **Reply #71 on:** June 29, 2010, 12:42:44 pm »

I hate shootouts in hockey and I hate them even more in soccer. It's a stupid way to decide the victory in a team-based game. Basically, it's random luck. There is no way the goalie can guess the correct shot location on a net that big, with a shot that close. He's just guessing. Eventually, one goalie guesses correctly and the game is over. Why not just flip a coin?

Edit: Japan lost.

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #72 on:** June 29, 2010, 02:27:09 pm »

Quote from: Grasshopper on June 27, 2010, 04:16:27 pm

Did you see the match? God what an embarrassingly inept performance. It's just staggering how poorly England played.

That US match was frustrating to watch. Once a team got the upper hand they just played keep away with the ball and the US tired out and just gave up.

That Mexico game on the other hand was incredible. Mexico was playing a team they knew they couldn't beat but never gave up trying and Argentina wasn't satisfied with just having the lead, they were playing as though they were losing and needed another point. Both teams were playing at 100% the whole time.

On the other hand, neither team missed an opportunity to fake an injury by falling to the ground assuming the fetal position and crying like a little girl to get the penalty call.

In American football a player only cries when a bone is protruding from his flesh.

Soccer is a game where crying like a little girl is a requirement to win. That is why it is the gay sport.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #73 on:** July 02, 2010, 12:21:08 pm »

Congrats to Level42 -- a well-played game and the one I was most worried about for Brazil.

Level42 · « **Reply #74 on:** July 02, 2010, 12:44:08 pm »

JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!

Brazilie ciao, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, TOT ZIENS !!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I LOVE IT. What a bunch of WANKERS those Brazilians are, kicking and kicking and kicking (especially Robben !) and the Red Card was WAY too late.
What a bunch of ARROGANT A-HOLES !!!! GOODBYE !!!!!

Ully, I agree with you , it's going to bee Germany-Holland.....but if you beat Brazil, you can beat EVERYONE !!!!!

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #75 on:** July 02, 2010, 02:14:46 pm »

Well, the Netherlands had some pretty big wankers too with some crappy kicks at Robinho and Alves. The red card was for the specific stomping and was totally appropriate -- there were some yellows that should have been thrown at both sides and I would say that they would have been about evenly distributed.

At the end of the second half, though, I would have to agree that the wankers were, sadly, predominantly Brazilian.

Bloody great defense from l'Oranje.

Malenko · « **Reply #76 on:** July 02, 2010, 03:34:31 pm »

level42, thanks for making this thread look as retarded as it is. big letters and wide text lines dont play well together.

If your goal (PUN!) was to make it so no one could read your reply, congrats!

Level42 · « **Reply #77 on:** July 02, 2010, 06:29:16 pm »

I'm really sorry man, It fits fine on my 27" iMac.

And I had a few beers....

Revenge after so many years is simply sweet....

Level42 · « **Reply #78 on:** July 02, 2010, 06:36:16 pm »

Cheffo, if you think the cards were distributed evenly, think again:

The referee wasn't terrible, but he gave the cards WAY easier to the Dutch than to the Brazilians.

Zakk · « **Reply #79 on:** July 02, 2010, 06:37:09 pm »

Cheffo, if you think soccer is a sport, think again.


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