Official World Cup 2010 Thread

Orale Holmes · Post by **Orale Holmes** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:08 pm

...and here comes crouch.

Stoned Starks · Post by **Stoned Starks** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:08 pm

That's why I don't gamble.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:15 pm

Altidore looks beat, good sub imo.

Mark 563 · Post by **Mark 563** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:24 pm

Positive A · Post by **Positive A** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:24 pm

Great result for US. They will advance from this group no problem. No jinx.

Panama · Post by **Panama** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:24 pm

Just beautiful !!!!!!!

That's what we needed

Orale Holmes · Post by **Orale Holmes** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:24 pm

good outcome.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:26 pm

The U.S. played really really well today. They were probably the better team on the field. A well deserved draw.

Howard and the defense were fantastic after the first few minutes. Cherundolo and Onyewu deserved a special mention.

England needs to get their shit together.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:48 pm

Ruud Gullit is fucking awful for ESPN. Lalas sons him at every turn. Dude needs to go away.

Positive A · Post by **Positive A** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:50 pm

jamrage wrote:Ruud Gullit is fucking awful for ESPN. Lalas sons him at every turn. Dude needs to go away.

Don't knock the Dutch Gawd.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:57 pm

Positive A wrote:
jamrage wrote:Ruud Gullit is fucking awful for ESPN. Lalas sons him at every turn. Dude needs to go away.
Don't knock the Dutch Gawd.

Great player, terrible commentator.

Positive A · Post by **Positive A** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:58 pm

jamrage wrote:
Positive A wrote:
jamrage wrote:Ruud Gullit is fucking awful for ESPN. Lalas sons him at every turn. Dude needs to go away.
Don't knock the Dutch Gawd.
Great player, terrible commentator.

I was semi kidding. He is brutal and Llalas looks like a cat ready to pounce whenever Gullit is talking.

HomieDontPlayDat · Post by **HomieDontPlayDat** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:01 pm

jamrage wrote:They were probably the better team on the field.

They played well, but slow down there, let's not get carried away. They created a couple of good chances but the draw was down to a terrible goalkeeping error and the sheer resilience of the American defence. Besides that, England were the much better team and were unfortunate to draw. But hey, that's football. Congrats to the Americans.

Req · Post by **Req** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:14 pm

Once Altidore figures out how to maximize his talents he could be scary good. I see him getting a Drogba-esque skill spurt during his mid 20s

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:16 pm

HomieDontPlayDat wrote:
jamrage wrote:They were probably the better team on the field.
They played well, but slow down there, let's not get carried away. They created a couple of good chances but the draw was down to a terrible goalkeeping error and the sheer resilience of the American defence. Besides that, England were the much better team and were unfortunate to draw. But hey, that's football. Congrats to the Americans.

I was talking today, not in general.

England clearly has more talent than the U.S., but in terms of team cohesiveness I thought the U.S. was better. England wasn't unfortunate to draw, the U.S. played well enough to draw. U.S. could have stolen the win actually if the Altidore chance had gone in instead of off the post. The U.S. has a good team. Not one of the world's absolute best or anything, but they have the talent to beat almost any team on the right day. They've proven that.

HomieDontPlayDat · Post by **HomieDontPlayDat** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:22 pm

I was talking about today too. America had only two shots on target and didn't create too many chances that really endangered England. I know about their team and I respect them, but there's no way that one could consider them the better team today, and that's not even considering the nature of their goal.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:36 pm

HomieDontPlayDat wrote:I was talking about today too. America had only two shots on target and didn't create too many chances that really endangered England. I know about their team and I respect them, but there's no way that one could consider them the better team today, and that's not even considering the nature of their goal.

We'll agree to disagree.

HomieDontPlayDat · Post by **HomieDontPlayDat** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:54 pm

Cool. If you re-watch it though, I think you may change your mind. I'm watching it now and it really is ridiculous the amount of chances England created in the second half without converting them.

Brougham33 · Post by **Brougham33** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:28 pm

jamrage wrote:
HomieDontPlayDat wrote:I was talking about today too. America had only two shots on target and didn't create too many chances that really endangered England. I know about their team and I respect them, but there's no way that one could consider them the better team today, and that's not even considering the nature of their goal.
We'll agree to disagree.

Which part do you disagree with? US played decent and I'm happy with the result, but England had more chances and should have won this game.

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:19 pm

Um let's not pretend like englands goal was some overpowering show of talent. Yes the English brain fart at goal was bigger, but the Americans let a pretty routine defensive stop slide by as well.

H.E. · Post by **H.E.** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:23 pm

Both these teams need to improve a lot if they want to reach a quarter final.

VideoKilledThe · Post by **VideoKilledThe** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:39 pm

at Green, even the kids know you don't reach, you get your body in front of the ball. Of course, it was Dempsey

Couldn't be happier about the draw.

John Cross, London Daily Mirror wrote:גGreen faces a lifetime of ridicule. Everywhere he goes, every time he plays, every time he tries to make a save, people will make fun of him, and remind him of this night.ג

Markshot · Post by **Markshot** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:45 pm

a friend of my placed a 100 euros bet on england win and im happy he lost, cause he didnt wanted to listen me when i was telling him like half an hour that usa squad is something that should not be underestimated.

and da fak rehagel is still forcing poor charisteas, when salpingidis is way much better.

tommorow i expect nothing but win against ghana.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:22 pm

Brougham33 wrote:
jamrage wrote:
HomieDontPlayDat wrote:I was talking about today too. America had only two shots on target and didn't create too many chances that really endangered England. I know about their team and I respect them, but there's no way that one could consider them the better team today, and that's not even considering the nature of their goal.
We'll agree to disagree.
Which part do you disagree with? US played decent and I'm happy with the result, but England had more chances and should have won this game.

That was sorta my point. The U.S. just seemed like a more cohesive unit than the English. Sure England had chances, but I never felt like they were on the same page with one another. The U.S. is much closer to playing its best game than the English. If the English play their absolute best they probably win 2 or 3 to nothing today.

I'm English by blood so I want them to do well, I'm just reporting what I felt watching the match.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:23 pm

It will be interesting to see how Slovenia and Algeria look tomorrow. I'm hoping for a nil - nil draw.

Stoop Kid · Post by **Stoop Kid** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:35 am

dont give a fuck about soccer but ill leave this here

Chale Holmes · Post by **Chale Holmes** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:37 am

jamrage wrote:The U.S. played really really well today. They were probably the better team on the field. A well deserved draw.

Howard and the defense were fantastic after the first few minutes. Cherundolo and Onyewu deserved a special mention.

England needs to get their shit together.

are u kidding?! Usa's defense is fucking terrible and got exposed big time! Their defense has been suspect for a long time.

I thought they played sloppy. Tim Howard is a fucking beast!!

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:56 am

Chale Holmes wrote:
jamrage wrote:The U.S. played really really well today. They were probably the better team on the field. A well deserved draw.

Howard and the defense were fantastic after the first few minutes. Cherundolo and Onyewu deserved a special mention.

England needs to get their shit together.
are u kidding?! Usa's defense is fucking terrible and got exposed big time! Their defense has been suspect for a long time.

I thought they played sloppy. Tim Howard is a fucking beast!!

Yeah their defense was suspect but not exposed. Argentina would have eaten us alive. England exposed themselves if anybody. How do you get exposed tying a team that was a 3-0 favorite in some circles? Englands mental game was exposed as well as their apathetic attitude.

elohim · Post by **elohim** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:06 am

I finally have a day off work tmmo (today, I guess) so I can watch full games other than briefly on my Palm Pre when I'm supposed to be working. I went off the clock to go to a bar to watch the last 20 mins of the game. Some 40 something white guys asked me "hey man, are we supposed to be cheering for the white or the blue?" Bar was dead, this is Jesusland.

thryle · Post by **thryle** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:59 am

You Yanks finally started playing some real football, not that armoured egg ball shit :)

US deserved the draw.

@ the guy talking about Salpingidis - I think Otto wants to play with a towering striker, that's why Charisteas is playing