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

mofobaru · Post by **mofobaru** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:03 pm 0

Ely wrote:Saw this on the BBC Website;
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Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said his side's inability to score was the reason for their World Cup semi-final exit at the hands of France in Munich. 
No shit Shelock

Luiz Felipe Scolari should have listened to ESPN's color commentary guy during the match. I remember him saying Portugal needed to score more goals and not get goals scored against them. If only people would listen!

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:18 am 0

Odd noises on the news this morning about Shepherd leaving the same hotel as Victoria Beckham prompting feverish tabloid speculation about a Beckham move...

Now that would be.... unusual.

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:36 am 0

..i know, really don't think Becks will move to Newcastle, he said himself the only two big clubs to him are Manu & Real.

Can't see it myself.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:39 am 0

Newcastle United: Where failed England players go to end their careers?

Says the Forest fan. Heh.

No Name · Post by **No Name** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:36 am 0

Dio wrote:Odd noises on the news this morning about Shepherd leaving the same hotel as Victoria Beckham

Maybe they're having an affair. That Freddy, he's a bit of a looker, y'know.

PFVA · Post by **PFVA** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:02 pm 0

Thinking of collating all the technical opinions fm this forum on why Portugal lost and sent them to Scolari.

Maybe i should wait till is done hearing 10 million ones fm the Portuguese.

I agree with him. We lost because we couldn't score a goal and on top of that we managed to get a penalty against us. The details will probably be discussed for years and years to come untill another cup in which we manage to get to the semi-finals. Hopefully it won't take another 40 years, or by 2046 people back home will still be remembering 1996 and 2006 cups.

Applauses to Scolari. At least he got us in the semi-finals and he almost had us believing that we could actually win a Cup. From the great job he did in terms of conficence maybe we'll get there soon.

amanset · Post by **amanset** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:13 pm 0

So is anyone going to defend Portugal in this 3rd/4th game? Christ the diving has gone way beyond the "taking the piss" point and is firmly in "someone has to come down on this" territory.

Thank God the Germans just scored. I really want to see Ronaldo cry again. Three times in a World Cup, who could ask for more?

No Name · Post by **No Name** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:31 pm 0

I think this is Portugal's best performance of the tournament.

But other than that, you're right. Some of Ronaldo's diving is bordering on artistic.

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:35 pm 0

No Name wrote:I think this is Portugal's best performance of the tournament.

And yet, rather poetically, they're getting a kicking

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No Name · Post by **No Name** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:43 pm 0

Beautfiul to watch, isn't it?

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:55 pm 0

And they nearly still couldn't score in a brothel.

One slightly interesting point though: Ricardo managed to take a huge step the wrong way for both Schweinsteiger's goals - the swervy, light ball, or hints of Bruce Grobelaar?

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:14 pm 0

Dio wrote:One slightly interesting point though: Ricardo managed to take a huge step the wrong way for both Schweinsteiger's goals - the swervy, light ball, or hints of Bruce Grobelaar?

I think I'd be tempted to put it down to the Woolworth's Penny Floaters, myself.

I enjoyed that a lot. Mainly because Portugal got the thrashing they've deserved for a good couple of weeks now. And yet, I think people would appreciate them a lot more if they would just STOP FUCKING DIVING!!!

Ahem.

Rev. Stuart Campbell · Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:18 pm 0

Pshah. Portugal fell over about three times in the whole 90 minutes. Take those blinkers off, bitter England fans...

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:19 pm 0

PaulEMoz wrote:And yet, I think people would appreciate them a lot more if they would just STOP FUCKING DIVING!!!

Ahem.

The TV producers appreciated them quite a bit. Almost endless ultra slow-mo replays of Ronaldo's repeated Superman auditions.

The crowd seemed to enjoy themselves, too. The were having a whale of a time jeering, whistling and booing everytime he got near the ball. It sounded more like a pantomime than a football match at times.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:20 pm 0

Rev. Stuart Campbell wrote:Pshah. Portugal fell over about three times in the whole 90 minutes. Take those blinkers off, bitter England fans...

Nowt to do with the England thing. Three times in a game is still three times too much, but I'm certain it was considerably more than that. Although, I will say that they do it more at the start of the game, and tend to do it a bit less when they realise they're going to get fuck all for it.