[WC] World Cup 2010 - General Talk Thread (42 Viewers)

[Seven]

He choked big time on that one. Just had to slide it in.

It's a shame, because, in all fairness, at that point you really did deserve the equaliser.

 

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[Bjerknes]

Why not? You're only 2-0 down at halftime? I'd get a beer and shout insults to the Slovenians, who are "so poor they can't beat us properly".

I already have a beer. And I'm going to need many more.

The Slovenians don't deserve any insults. They've played perfectly.

 

[giovanotti]

Nobody is celebrating you idiot.

The Azzurri fans are.

 

[Seven]

I already have a beer. And I'm going to need many more.

The Slovenians don't deserve any insults. They've played perfectly.

I kind of disagree with you there. There were ten minutes in which they were clearly the lesser side and they could have suffered an equaliser that would have changed the game dramatically.

They're pretty good going forward though. Clinical finish from Ljublijankic too.

 

[juventus1897]

US fans gotta celebrate being part of the World Cup, not much more to expect tbh.

 

[Zé Tahir]

I said that would be a very tense game. And it was. You can look it up if you want. It's not because Germany are inherently weaker or anything, but you can tell that Germany is a team that does not like teams such as Serbia.

Tis still an upset, 'shock' was probably not the right word.

 

[Mohad]

Typical USA. Good performances against the traditional big sides and poor against other average sides.

Slovenia is playing great football and it looks like they'll advance. Oh and their celebration dance is amazing.

 

[Henry]

@ juventus1987: bloody condescending, wake up, it's not 1980 anymore


Everyone I spoke to said we'd have no trouble with Slovenia, I insisted that in the right circumstances they can beat us. I hate being right

 

[Red]

The US have been very poor.

The way some of the players are strolling around, it looks like they thought they'd already done the hard bit of the group by drawing with England and just took this game for granted.

 

[juventus1897]

The Azzurri fans are.

Plus I got money riding on Slovenia

 

[Seven]

The US have been very poor.

The way some of the players are strolling around, it looks like they thought they'd already done the hard bit of the group by drawing with England and just took this game for granted.

I'm telling you, they celebrated a 1-1 draw which in the grand scheme of things means nothing.

And they were good in the Confederations Cup too!!!

 

[swag]

Tis still an upset, 'shock' was probably not the right word.

Yeah, but way too many people here were ready to hand over the Cup to Germany after one match against (a Hiddink-less) Australia -- as if they were Argentina.

 

[pitbull]

And USA is better than Bosnia.

Jeez, if Slovenia is giving you an ass whopping, just imagine what Dzeko, Pjanic and Misimovic would do.

It's hard to judge by few matches, but it's probably USA's real level, somewhere in the end of TOP15 in Europe, maybe a bit lower.

 

[Bisco]

The US have been very poor.

The way some of the players are strolling around, it looks like they thought they'd already done the hard bit of the group by drawing with England and just took this game for granted.

true, and add that they r playing the game very wrong tonight. there mid field should'nt wander off waaaaay to forward the way the did in the first half.

findley should be subbed in the second half and there midfielder should hold there line instead of wandering forward and leaving spaces behind them.

 

[giovanotti]

Plus I got money riding on Slovenia

How much you're gonna get?

 

[Henry]

I'm telling you, they celebrated a 1-1 draw which in the grand scheme of things means nothing.

And they were good in the Confederations Cup too!!!

so typical, we play our hearts out against England, and then don't show up for a must-win match that we're favourites for.

 

[juventus1897]

How much you're gonna get?

Not much, trying to spread out my gambling money on bets throughout the WC. But I've bet on Switzerland, Serbia and Mexico, so all in all I'm doing pretty well

 

[Seven]

It's hard to judge by few matches, but it's probably USA's real level, somewhere in the end of TOP15 in Europe, maybe a bit lower.

True. They would have a very hard time qualifying in Europe. However, they would perhaps be able to have a better team simply by playing quality sides every once in a while.

 

[Seven]

so typical, we play our hearts out against England, and then don't show up for a must-win match that we're favourites for.

And to make things much much worse, England will qualify for the second round too.

 

[Henry]

True. They would have a very hard time qualifying in Europe. However, they would perhaps be able to have a better team simply by playing quality sides every once in a while.

we're definitely hurt by playing in CONCAF, where mexico is the only other decent team.