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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #90 on: June 17, 2010, 02:13:08 am »
I don't think I've ever rooted for a team of my ancestry in any international sport ever.

I've been to Italy once for a week. I've never even been to Belorus or Slovenia.

I don't speak a word of any of the languages and have no particular talent in any of those cuisines.

I don't know. I wasn't raised with much of a sense of ethnic identity, I guess, other than when I was a little kid and my dad told me "you can be anything in the world, Mike, except for the president. well, you could even BE the president but as a Catholic they'd blow your head off if you set foot in The South if the pattern holds."

My dad's a weird/awesome guy.
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #91 on: June 17, 2010, 01:39:55 pm »
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #92 on: June 17, 2010, 02:47:18 pm »
Nice Aug-dog.

Argentina looked really convincing today. 4-1 win against South Korea is nowt to sniff at. Higuain on his way to be tournament top scorer, bagged a hat trick.

Greece currently drawing 1-1 with Nigeria. Nigeria looked v. comfortable until a really, really stupid sending off
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #93 on: June 17, 2010, 07:53:00 pm »
BWAHAHAHA FUCK OFF FRANCE

Mexico 1 - 0 France, 25 minutes left
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #94 on: June 17, 2010, 11:07:28 pm »
Quote from: Drygioni on June 17, 2010, 07:53:00 pm
BWAHAHAHA FUCK OFF FRANCE

Mexico 1 - 0 France, 25 minutes left

Oh God that was so satisfying. 1) North American pride! 2) To quote a wise man "FUCK OFF FRANCE"

Turns out I can stream the matches at work so I've been able to watch quite a bit more than I had anticipated. I was actually working most of today so I only caught the last 15 min. or so of this match, but yeah. So good.
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #95 on: June 18, 2010, 12:07:10 am »
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #96 on: June 18, 2010, 01:40:10 am »
Quote from: miles on June 18, 2010, 12:07:10 am
Jesus

STAY OUT OF FOOTBALL, RELIGION. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME

In all seriousness, that's pretty fucked up. Poor bloke.
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #97 on: June 18, 2010, 02:45:51 pm »
Quote from: Drygioni on June 16, 2010, 06:23:26 pm
Do many of you US lot support the national team or do you look towards your ancestry? Seems to be a theme with quite a few US soccer fans I know

I would do both, but my ancestors were from Scotland.
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #98 on: June 18, 2010, 03:20:59 pm »
This ref is terrible.
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #99 on: June 18, 2010, 03:43:50 pm »
Christ this is bullshit
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #100 on: June 18, 2010, 03:53:00 pm »
We was robbed!
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #101 on: June 18, 2010, 04:31:19 pm »
I need to find a replay of that one collision. It looked like the one guy go straight up DDTd. Even the announcers said it looked like pro-wrestling.
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #102 on: June 18, 2010, 11:24:19 pm »
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/usa-foul-call-controversi_n_617364.html

Maybe Judy will have better insight, but to me it's bullshit. Can't believe it.

A crazy day in soccer. England draws, Germany loses, and this bullshit.
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #103 on: June 20, 2010, 02:15:27 pm »
Quote from: miles on June 18, 2010, 11:24:19 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/usa-foul-call-controversi_n_617364.html

Maybe Judy will have better insight, but to me it's bullshit. Can't believe it.

A crazy day in soccer. England draws, Germany loses, and this bullshit.

A terrible decision, but it's not unusual. When the stakes are high it's understandably galling but it's not uncommon for free-kicks to be disallowed for something only the ref has seen.

However, in this situation it's hard to see any rationale. Shame, quality comeback.

Anyway, I haven't been here past few days, some thoughts:

- France are a disgrace. All kinds of stuff emerging about dressing room cliques, bullying, a shame to see a team of talented players that should be playing good football implode so pathetically.

- England will suffer as long as Rooney remains devoid of inspiration. The attitude emanating from the team is disinterested, and the tactics desperately need to change. Joe Cole/Gerrard behind Rooney, as we desperately need an extra midfielder to counter our lack of inspiration and movement. Possession and relying on a spark from Cole/Gerrard is the only solution for the next game I fear.

- The South American teams have been uniformly impressive. All interesting tactically, all attacking, all playing intense high pressure games looking for quick counter-attacks. Can they keep it up? Hope so. Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay all cementing 'dark hoss' claims with their recent performances.

- FUCK OFF ITALY. Currently losing 1-0 to New Zealand. What the fuck is going on in this World Cup?
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Re: The World Cup 2010 Thread
« Reply #104 on: June 20, 2010, 03:52:18 pm »
NEW ZEALAND HELD ITALY TO A 1-1 DRAW!

This is absolutely bloody mental.
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