Football: WORLD CUP 06 and close season/transfer discussion.

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No Name wrote:I have a feeling the booing was by England fans who'd bought tickets for the semis in anticipation of us beating Portugal. But I'd love to be wrong, and know that football fans worldwide appreciate the sheer knobness that is Cristiano Ronaldo.

That first-half dive of his in the penalty area was worthy of Klinsmann.
The Swedish commentators thought that was the reason as well.

Portugal were just disgraceful tonight. Credit to the referee for not giving in to them but he could have done with passing a few bookings around, there were at least three woeful obvious dives in the penalty area with Ronaldo's, where he seemed to launch himself like Superman, being the highlight.

Anyway, I've been putting my support behind France and Germany in the semis. Who was it that said that England fans bear stupid grudges for years and years about things that happened before they were even born?
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I like T&T v Sweden. Not technically great but hugely entertaining.

Seems like years ago.

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Rev. Stuart Campbell wrote:THRILLING TRIVIA!

England are now the only World Cup winners not to have reached another final
THRILLING TRIVIA!

England are one of only four European teams to ever win the World Cup.

Isn't amazing how your point of view and/or bias can change how a simple fact is perceived?
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goldfish wrote:I like T&T v Sweden. Not technically great but hugely entertaining.

Seems like years ago.
Ahhh, I remember it well! I'm feeling all nostalgic now!
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I guess we're out. :( :cry: :cry: :cry: :( At least we kept trying even if not very successfully.

Congratulations to France. They did play better overall.

Ow Cristiano! You're a very good and talented player. You're young and have a great career ahead of you. We really like you but the nxt time try to be just a tiny bit less individualistic. Just pass the ball a bit more often. Good luck with the Real contract.

Now it's time to see what has been going on in the World.
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amanset wrote:Who was it that said that England fans bear stupid grudges for years and years about things that happened before they were even born?
I still haven't forgiven the USA for beating us 1-0 in 1950.
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Henry wanted to go to ground, but the less cheaty side won. Still, the final is the divers against the match fixers.

Champi-o-nies! Champions! For goodness' sake, the USA got stiffed against Italy. Any side could have won this World Cup, it's halfway to a lottery.
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Acronym wrote: Champi-o-nies! Champions! For goodness' sake, the USA got stiffed against Italy. Any side could have won this World Cup, it's halfway to a lottery.
I still get all pointy and shouty when I see the Italians due to that Australia game.
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Acronym wrote:the less cheaty side won.
How to succinctly sum up a game in five words there ;)
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PFVA wrote: Now it's time to see what has been going on in the World.
:( :cry: :x :( :cry:

On second though i'll continue my intermission from the World and just enjoy the nxt 2 games.
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Acronym wrote:the final is the divers against the match fixers.
I think that's a bit cynical. Germany did plenty of diving against Italy; and Portugal were far worse than France. To be fair to Henry, he just capitalised on what was plainly a foul, just like Owen did against Argentina in 2002. For me, this is the best possible final from the four teams available. Italy have reached peak form just at the right time, and Portugal would have made it walk-over for them on Sunday. At least there's a chance France might recapture some of the form they showed against Brazil.
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GeeZa wrote:
Dio wrote:Portugal couldn't score in a brothel. That's two games they've turned up to play for penalties.
I'm not sure they did (maybe I'm being generous), I just thought they were shit.
I think they did, but they wanted the penalties in normal time :)
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<rant>2006 WC coverage on America's ABC/ESPN has been absolutely consistently shite.

There's the ex-MLS color commentary nob who talks complete bollocks. The almost endless popups of stats and trivia during the game (often blocking out most of the screen) -such as telling us which teams are wearing which color shirts. I'm not exaggerating.

But worst was the Eng vs Por game. I was lucky enough to see it on a 20' HD theater screen from the ABC Hi-Def feed. Great! But not.

Every few minutes ABC would run a giant scrolling message across the bottom 1/4 of the screen to let the kids know Lilo and Stitch would be on after the match. Then in overtime, they did it again -to say Lilo and Stitch would be on next week. But most crap of all, every time they ran the message the picture would drop from Hi-Def to regular definition.

Disney -what a bunch of clueless twats! :x </rant>
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An American at the pub got cheers and applauses from all sides when he shouted to the ESPN screen. "Take the fucking message boxes out of the screen." :lol: Quite a few people were asking to switch to the Spanish Station who doesn't do that.
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Geenius wrote:
GeeZa wrote:
Dio wrote:Portugal couldn't score in a brothel. That's two games they've turned up to play for penalties.
I'm not sure they did (maybe I'm being generous), I just thought they were shit.
I think they did, but they wanted the penalties in normal time :)
That was Portugal's secret plan. Close the goal and win by penalties. :wink: Unfortunately we managed to get one against ourselves. :oops: Well... next time.
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