The One & Only 2010 World Cup Topic

Kris wrote:

14 hours to go till the big game. Im off to the pub with the boys. .

You sure you will have enough time enjoy mate

Worst game imaginable, how on earth those two put out Russia and Egypt is beyond me! If you are a smaller nation with nothing to lose and little chance of making it very far, why not just go and play some attacking and daring football - take a chance for goodness sake, go for it a bit. I reckon a 1st division side in England would have beaten those two...

Lets hope Serbia and Ghana give us some more entertainment, if not then I would worry about the quality of teams excluding the "big" nations.

Oh and Sile, put a sausage in that damn horn mate!!

It seems that Jabulani ball is suitable enough for Kolarov to shoot from 50meters!

Kolarov will be starting for Serbia. I'll still support him while he's a Lazio player so come on the Serbs!

Australia kick off at 4am. It's currently just past 11pm. So spare a thought for those of us who don't live in a decent time zone for this fantastic month.

Less than fantastic so far Caput, terrible football and those obnoxious horns don't make for good entertainment.

Ed wrote:

Oh and Sile, put a sausage in that damn horn mate!!

SPEAK UP ED i CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE VUVUZELAS!!!

another boring half of football. Kolarov had a chance from a free kick but this time he decided to use more technique than power. nothing happened

i don't really understand antic ! Not starting Lazovic? prefering Lukovic ahead of Subotic ! Who's seen Subotic with Dortmund would say that he's one of the top defenders in the world at the moment ! weird decision by Antic !

bravo Slovenia!!!

zoran wrote:

bravo Slovenia!!!

bravo that Algerian goalie

pazke wrote:

zoran wrote:

bravo Slovenia!!!

bravo that Algerian goalie

I think that he made worse mistake than Green. Green atleast tried to catch the ball. The Algerian dude had made a wrong approach to the ball.

Well Ed, there was a lot of pressure on our team, given that Algeria seems to be the only beatable team for us and the only chance to achieve something. Slovenia played the worst game in the last year, they were just too nervous... so it's understandable. And the field was very difficult, the artificial grass is very quick and the Jabulani doesn't help either. And don't tell me Uruguay and France showed more...

Historic win for us... SLOVENIA!!!

Haha, should have expected that Sile! I'LL YELL LOUDER NEXT TIME!

Sorry to slate your team Edi, it was obviously a big occasion for you and the Slovenia team, I just wish that they had gone out and shown some skill and decent play to get the win. It was not as if Algeria were playing much better than you were so I'd have hoped for more - especially from Novakovic up front, and why did Khrin not get on, he at least would have added some skill.

France were certainly miserable, awful considering where they once were and that game will quickly fade (actually it has already, who did they play? ) from memory too. Serbia were as bad, slow, poor passing, no intelligent attacking moves - so far no European team has impressed.

Lets see what Kris and Chris's Aussie boys do against the new-look Germans, if they get something out of that then it really will be looking a poor showing from Europe.

Ed wrote:

Haha, should have expected that Sile! I'LL YELL LOUDER NEXT TIME!

Sorry to slate your team Edi, it was obviously a big occasion for you and the Slovenia team, I just wish that they had gone out and shown some skill and decent play to get the win. It was not as if Algeria were playing much better than you were so I'd have hoped for more - especially from Novakovic up front, and why did Khrin not get on, he at least would have added some skill.

France were certainly miserable, awful considering where they once were and that game will quickly fade (actually it has already, who did they play? ) from memory too. Serbia were as bad, slow, poor passing, no intelligent attacking moves - so far no European team has impressed.

Lets see what Kris and Chris's Aussie boys do against the new-look Germans, if they get something out of that then it really will be looking a poor showing from Europe.

Australia are set to lineup without a recognised striker so expect the bus to be parked.

Fucking boring, but I watch the games without sound...seriously contemplating not watching anything until I am sure there are no fuckin african dancing community joining for a jungle trumpet fair inside the stadiums. The games have been fairly dull so far, and the motherfucking vuvuzelas make things even worse. It would be sort of ok if they blew their horns while their own tribes (read: ghana,rsa,nigeria, cameroon, ivory coast) went out to play, but when I hear this annoying sh1t when germany is playing australia it just becomes too much.

Cash wrote:

Fucking boring, but I watch the games without sound...seriously contemplating not watching anything until I am sure there are no fuckin african dancing community joining for a jungle trumpet fair inside the stadiums. The games have been fairly dull so far, and the motherfucking vuvuzelas make things even worse. It would be sort of ok if they blew their horns while their own tribes (read: ghana,rsa,nigeria, cameroon, ivory coast) went out to play, but when I hear this annoying sh1t when germany is playing australia it just becomes too much.

+1 x 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 to the power of vuvuzillion

Roman_Eagle wrote:

pazke wrote:

zoran wrote:

bravo Slovenia!!!

bravo that Algerian goalie

I think that he made worse mistake than Green. Green atleast tried to catch the ball. The Algerian dude had made a wrong approach to the ball.

...but Green looked more like an idiot than the algerian keeper, as Green actually had the ball but lost it.

Nice start for the germans.

Cash wrote:

Roman_Eagle wrote:

pazke wrote:

zoran wrote:

bravo Slovenia!!!

bravo that Algerian goalie

I think that he made worse mistake than Green. Green atleast tried to catch the ball. The Algerian dude had made a wrong approach to the ball.

...but Green looked more like an idiot than the algerian keeper, as Green actually had the ball but lost it.

look at the slow-mo and you'll see the algerian doesn't look too serious anyway the sub keeper of algeria plays in Bulgaria. He's awesome. Some ppl even predicted he'll start cause this guy (don't know his name) is well know for his shaky performances. Mboli ( the reserve) was in Man U 2-3 weeks before the WC for 5 day training. Van der Saar said he's a great keeper.

zi germans won.....

from what ive seen until now i think that Germany is playing great and most offensive football

Fantastic performance and result for Germany. Attacked from the first minute. Well done! The Aussies took a real pounding. Will be difficult to progress now, especially with Cahill's ridiculous sending off ruling him out for the next 2 matches (?). He did not deserve a red for that tackle.

Glad to see Ghana winning as well. Hope they advance to the knock out stages. Serbia were awful.

As for Algeria - Slovenia it was an uneventful match but understandably so as both sides were nervous and did not want to risk much. Feel bad for the goalie, more unfortunate than Robert Green IMO. That group has become interesting.

Interesting fact, all 3 matches produced a red card!

Let's wait for Aussie members!!

Nah I reckon the red on Cahill is fair. They were warned in the prematch friendlies that their tackles would result in red cards in the World Cup, by Pim Verbeek no less! He tried to pull out and but when you go in late, from behind with two feet you're risking a lot. I believe they're appealing the decision though so hopefully he avoids a ban somehow.

Seriously though, that was to be expected. The lack of quality in the Aussie team means that they were never going to get anything off the Germans and will be lucky to get many points off the other teams either.

Pim Verbeek's inability to coach turned it from a respectable loss to the most embarrassing performance Australia has put in on the world stage.

The Germans look really good. I like the attacking style they play and Mezut Ozil is a fantastic player. Could've been more than 4.