World Cup Discussion

yeah. n korea are in for a long tournament

Discopants wrote:

So basically it's whoever manages to hump Korea the most will go through out of these two??

should make good attacking football though

What's attacking football

ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK

Forgotten what that was like

did southgate just use the word powderpuff to describe something

hmm I have watched every game so far: this WC is not a patch on Germany 4 years ago. the stadia is just as good but the teams seem worse and the production looks terrible if games are not sold out

2002 was my favoruite our school when tehre were matches put tv's in the room and england v nigeria game started when school started instead of assembly we had big porjection in hall i loved primary school

2002 was an okay world cup: the rise of ronaldinho and the revenge of ronaldo

but 06 was immense for me

the only thing i remember about 98 was the final as i was only 6

its the first fucking games, cant judge the world cup till atleast the knockouts have started and they are set out to be classics too with some bigger teams maybe going through 2nd

2006 first games : argentina 2 ivory coast 1; costa rica 2 germany 4; italy 2 ghana 0 ( awesome game) spain 4 ukraine 0 ; tunisia 2 saudi 2

what about the third ones though?

this year they will all matter ALOT to more teams

well I will judge the 3rd games when they come along but there were some crackers in 06 foe example ivory coast 3 serbia 2

Sexton Hardcastle wrote:

england are wank though and we can all agree on that, bar junior and leak or rocky or whoever thinks we have devine right over the world

Well, I think you are wrong on both counts there. England aren't "wank" and I don't think we have "divine rights over the world", whatever the hell that means. I presume that means you think I think Eng-er-lund can batter Spain 10-0.

i didnt say england are wank i was shwoing patronism and idiotic pride bellend!

i think its unfair to compare the wc so far to previous ones, weve not even had the 2 best teams play yet

Junior wrote:

i didnt say england are wank i was shwoing patronism and idiotic pride bellend!

Look at who I quoted...I expect an apology for the bellend comment .

i was calling sexton a end

Discopants wrote:

To be fair our World Cup record isn't too much different from Spain's.

From 98, they were knocked out in Round 1, Quarter Final, Round of 16.

From 98, we were round of 16, Quarter Final and Quarter Final. And at least two were on pennas

Still, up the Kiwi's, love a last gasp goal, but still think all this confirms is that Italy + Paraguay are going through.

And Spain are known as typical chokers, they have at least managed to win something lately though that backs up peoples claims that they could be contenders

Also though Spain don't have as big an expectation on the National team because half the national side freely admit they don't class themselves as Spanish and consider themselves Basque

Junior wrote:

i was calling sexton a end

Oh in that case, I apologize lol.

I agree with Jac in that this World Cup is nowhere near the standard of 4 years ago at this stage. You had goals galore, good attacking and good defending. Not to mention no noise of vevulas or whatever they are called for 90 minutes. The stadia was perfect and the production from both ITV and BBC were second to none and miles better than this year.

not every teams played yet ffs ;p;

Not every team played at this stage 4 years ago either.

The Spanish and the French hadn't played at this stage 4 years ago similar to spain and brazil this time - 2 big teams

Okay fair enough I just think at the same stage 4 years ago that the German one was better, I hope I am wrong by the end of the tournament.