World Cup 2010

[TomCat84]

Bah humbug :frown1:

 

[TomCat84]

US shot themselves in the foot today. If they don't win today, it will make it VERY difficult to advance. I believe they would have to beat Algeria and have Slovenia lose their next game too.

 

[TomCat84]

Can anyone who watched the US/Slovenia match tell me why that 3rd goal was called off? I wasn't able to watch it on a TV- was tracking the score through ESPN.

 

[Pandora77]

Bad game Germany, bad bad bad game......

 

[shyguy1985]

boring, boring England...

 

[TomCat84]

So best case scenario for the US is an England-Algeria tie, then a win over Algeria in a few days?

 

[B_talltpaguy]

Wow... England's squad this year is coached and manned by a bunch of tossers!

A nil - nil draw versus Algeria???

 

[TomCat84]

^And the US was robbed by the ref against Slovenia. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[shyguy1985]

we are the most over rated international team ever.

 

[helgaleena]

^And the US was robbed by the ref against Slovenia. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Since they don't believe in using video replays, the refs simply can't see everything happening. The field was at that moment littered with player violations by both teams. Not that it makes the call hurt less. Just wish he'd been looking at a Slovenian at the time.

And England? Wayne Rooney was very sleepy!

 

[TomCat84]

Since they don't believe in using video replays, the refs simply can't see everything happening. The field was at that moment littered with player violations by both teams. Not that it makes the call hurt less. Just wish he'd been looking at a Slovenian at the time.

And England? Wayne Rooney was very sleepy!

If there are tons of violations by BOTH sides, why wouldn't he just let them play unless something was blatant? From what I've been reading- TV commentators in several countries were astounded- none could see what violations the ref was calling. Also, from what I read, this was the first world cup game this ref has called- which begs the question- why wasnt a more experienced ref on the field, and why in hell doesn't soccer have more than one ref? It's mind-boggling.

 

[TomCat84]

^Going on this same theme- the lack of ref accountability is probably a big reason why soccer is relatively unpopular in the US- all our major sports have more than one ref on the field/court/rink- and all have instant replay as part of the game.

 

[helgaleena]

^Going on this same theme- the lack of ref accountability is probably a big reason why soccer is relatively unpopular in the US- all our major sports have more than one ref on the field/court/rink- and all have instant replay as part of the game.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/
5302509/ce/us/us-suffers-law-wrestling-ring?cc=590
1&ver=us

 

[TomCat84]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/
5302509/ce/us/us-suffers-law-wrestling-ring?cc=590
1&ver=us

They should have shown more of shirtless Donovan :biggrin1:

 

[798686]

Wow... England's squad this year is coached and manned by a bunch of tossers!

A nil - nil draw versus Algeria???

Kinda seems Capello is feeling the heat more than his players - and turned very defensive/negative both in team selection and strategy. Neither of which you can afford to do in a major tournament. :redface:

What a rubbish result. :frown1:

 

[TomCat84]

Kinda seems Capello is feeling the heat more than his players - and turned very defensive/negative both in team selection and strategy. Neither of which you can afford to do in a major tournament. :redface:

What a rubbish result. :frown1:

As I said in the other thread in the Politics forum- this conclusively proves you live in a fading country. :tongue: Hahah- just kidding :wink:

 

[rbkwp]

When a Non like myself can suggest Lack Lustre
before the BBC say,s it .. describes full well the England Non Performance
dissapointing
GOOD on Algeria . for holding them at bay
enz

 

[mitchymo]

I only saw the second half of the game, it looked sloppy, it was a poor performance. Hopefully they might put on a better show in the next game on wednesday.

 

[D_Andreas Sukov]

I only saw the second half of the game, it looked sloppy, it was a poor performance. Hopefully they might put on a better show in the next game on wednesday.

they have to play better or we are out!

 

[mitchymo]

they have to play better or we are out!

It'll need to be a win for certain against Slovenia then.