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very true plus the possibilty of facing the greeks or sth koreans for a place in the quarters....real motivationQuote:
Originally Posted by Sullivinho
God Lads............what a waste of a world cup place ...........im sorry for going old over old wounds..........but we shud be there...........our boys wud have represented our nation with pride unlike those spineless lot.
Ireland Forever.
It'd be great if they did blatantly favour a draw against each other though. France put South Africa away only to be denied by something not entirely in line with the spirit of the game.. :D
Wow great stuff. World cup came alive today, was EXCELLENT
Mexico are a joy to watch, not a negative bone in their bodies at all. Two centre backs were great. Hope they can go on now to win the group................
absolutely agree benno on mexicoQuote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
luv watching them, real mix of youth and experience,
Even in 2006 they were great and very underated.
Stuck a bit of cash on them pre W.C on them to get to the semis...so heres hoping
either way -im delighted for them.
How good was their left back in the first half? I don't think the BBC commentators even noticed how well he was playing. They need to start Hernandez from now on.
Anyone get free pizzas last night?
Yep, Mexico really are pleasing on the eye. They mullered England at Wembley, yet lost 3-1 though. You've got to be effective as well as pretty and I'm not sure they are. I'd like to see them do well, and Chile too.
Strangely enough I didn't take any pleasure in seeing France being beaten because they didn't seem to care or feel the hurt. Perhaps in their hearts they believed they shouldn't really have been there or is that a bit Freudian. As for the 10 French supporters who turned up....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. We would have had at least 5k.
Well done to Mexico on 3 counts. 1. Winning the game. 2. Playing attcking football to try and win the game and 3. Their fans who were the first that could be heard over the vuvuvelas or whatever they are called.
Hopefully germany play well again and serbia need to win so it should be an open game :D
As much as i like richardson on Mns, i find it very hard to listen to him for 90 mins
I agree he talks too much.He comments on every thing that happens in the match and over-analyses everthing.But the problem is if you change over to the BBC Mick McCarthy is hard to listen to aswell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ciaran W
What are u talking about. Mick is AWESOME. The ref is a "clown", the goalie a "tart" LOLOLOL. And he is rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Cuyahoga
Anyone else think metselder looks a bit like Paul McShane ?
Ahh podolski :(
That group is getting interesting now. Germany very poor in front of goal. Yellow card count was crazy.
Referee ruined the first half with a flurry of cards, and then failed to give cards for the same offences in the second half.
Serbia rarely got out of their own half, and were content to pack the last third of the pitch to limit the German attacking options
Gives Australia the encouragement to try and get a result against Ghana tomorrow, and sets up the last games in this group this coming wednesday nicely.
How the **** was that a yellow card for Klose? I read somewhere that the ref in charge had sent off 11 players in 17 games in La Liga last season.
Terrible refereeing performance and Podolski's confidence is always suspect, but I was still very impressed by the Germans. Tremendous response when up against it. There's a lot to admire in that team.
1-0 slovenia. . Great goal and i love the celebration Haha
2-0 HT. Predictable poorly researched fare from BBC pundits at half time. Very surprising blah blah blah. Hang on, Slovenia qualified ahead of Poland and Czechs (and NI). They beat Slovakia home and away. They beat Russia over 2 legs. They even passed England off the pitch at Wembley last year, losing 2-1 after a ludicrous penalty decision that England were embarrased to be given. You'd at least think the pundits would recall that much.
If they'd done any research they'd have noticed that Slovenia can play a bit.
Probably a good result for England though, if Slovenia have qualified ahead of the last game. I was hoping for a draw or narrow USA win.
Donavan. Quality player. Must be the Irish in him.
Wow great goal from Donavon, he should not have scored from there though, but it was a great effort.
Can see Slovenia beating England.
A loss here would put the States as good as out. Should England defeat Algeria, a draw between England and Slovenia in the last game will see them both through
No Slovenians playing in the premier league y'see, not even a token youngster trying to make the grade at Wigan or the like. Fortunately, Algeria are gracious enough to provide two and the Americans bless 'em, honoured Fulham when choosing Robert Green's executioner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Ditto for Dempsey. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Fair point, the order of play does matter, however there may be something to play for regarding the next round, however the team to avoid, Germany lost to SerbiaQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
so maybe there will be little to play for, or indeed lose the match!!
I wonder if that ref is a muslim?
Dont know about that but I would say the Spanish ref must have been from Guernica!Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Don't mention the war! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sullivinho
I wouldn't dare. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
I predict England will do to Algeria what Germany did to Saudi Arabia in 2002.
Have to disagree Stuttgart. Algeria looked woeful against us and in their first match in SA. But I still feel they have enough reasonable players to give England a scare. I can't believe Carragher kept his place. Big weak link and I expect to see him exposed again in this game.
Algeria are looking fairly decent so far, it may not be the stroll in the park England are expecting - lol.
Rooney up front with the donkey and Gerrard on the wing, England may find this a tough match.
10 man Germany played better against the Serbs than this lot are doing against Algeria.
I think they'll eventually do enough though.
Fantastic performance from England, lulling Algeria into a false sense of security like this is very smart. ;)
0:0 half time.
Oh dear.
I still England to grind out the win, despite that first half. But it's set up for the States to qualify now with a win over Algeria in their final game, while Slovenia and England basically play off for the other spot in the second round.
All the teams are looking pretty even.
It could end up with all the remaining games drawn.
Please algeria, please :D
Absolutely shocking. England looked collectively stoned.