Official 2006 World Cup Thread

Post by **Chupacabra** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:40 am

Captain Mazda wrote:Why has Brazil been playing a shitty first half against weak teams then scoring 2 or 3 goals in the second?

are you kidding me? they looked very strong in the first half. they were winning nearly every ball and created some great scoring chances.

offensively they were superb. kaka as good as he was, didnt play as well as he usually does, but ronaldinho played marginally better as did ronaldo. robinho was awesome as was juninho p. cicinho had some great runs but his crosses seemed to be too high. still though, he was doing swell.

defense was also strong. they were winning everything and kept japan from passing well. let me ask you this: how many good chances did japan get on brazil's goal? i can only count two: (1) the low cross/shot towards goal that Juan I believe knocked out of play (close to being an own goal) and (2) the goal that japan scored.

japan was efficient in the first half, but that's not to say that brazil played poorly on the defensive end. every team gets a few chances no matter how good or bad they are. efficiency means a lot. good for japan for getting a goal but too bad for them that they couldnt keep it up.

Post by **4days** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:41 am

Captain Mazda wrote:Why has Brazil been playing a shitty first half against weak teams then scoring 2 or 3 goals in the second?

ronaldo has to finish digesting the 12 happy meals he scoffs before each game.

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:19 am

he *was* looking a bit tubby

Post by **Captain** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:56 am

seremtan wrote:

he *was* looking a bit tubby

Sure beats the "rabbit" look in '98

Post by **SplishSplash** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:29 am

seremtan wrote:In what sport? Surely not football, cause Germany got to the finals and only lost to Brazil in 2002.

the 5-1 was in the qualifiers

jeez i'd have thought you'd remember that hiding, mate :icon25:[/quote]

qualifiers =|= finals

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:37 am

SplishSplash wrote:qualifiers =|= finals

no shit :icon26:

Post by **diego** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:45 am

Ronaldo has got 11% bodyfat and it is very tiring to read that sort of crap all over the place.

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:18 pm

hes so cute and pudgy :lub:

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:58 pm

so, groups G & H today

predictions:

G: switzerland & SK to go thru. france out again

H: spain have already won the group with 6 pts and +6 GD, so unless ukraine (3 pts, 0 GD) give tunisia the mother of all hidings they'll be in 2nd place

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:59 pm

btw there have been 111 goals so far in 44 games

/trivia

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:23 pm

Post by **Fjoggs** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:46 pm

You forgot MacGuyver

Post by **Captain** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:47 pm

Where am I? I'm a much better goalie than Jack Bauer

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:14 pm

lol i heard on ESPN that an avg of 5.X yellows have been given out each match during the Cup so far. wouldn't be so bad if they were issuing them for the massive amount of dives.

Post by **Fjoggs** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:19 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:lol i heard on ESPN that an avg of 5.X yellows have been given out each match during the Cup so far. wouldn't be so bad if they were issuing them for the massive amount of dives.

you like swimming?

Post by **SplishSplash** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:59 pm

I don't understand why people are complaining about dives so much. There was no notable increase of dives in this World Cup.

Post by **Ryoki** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:59 pm

Probably people watching football for the first time or something, heheh.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:02 pm

Yeah, I'm seriously glad the US are going home now, all this complaining about refs and the "european conspiracy" to hold them back was getting really annoying.

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:19 pm

euro conspiracy

thats great

Post by **losCHUNK** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:28 pm

5th in the world ?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:12 pm

Fjoggs wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:lol i heard on ESPN that an avg of 5.X yellows have been given out each match during the Cup so far. wouldn't be so bad if they were issuing them for the massive amount of dives.
you like swimming?

you guys are so used to it. how sad.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:12 pm

SplishSplash wrote:Yeah, I'm seriously glad the US are going home now, all this complaining about refs and the "european conspiracy" to hold them back was getting really annoying.

conspiracy? LOL no.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:12 pm

Ryoki wrote:Probably people watching football for the first time or something, heheh.

i know you're not talking to me, kid.

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:40 pm

SplishSplash wrote:Yeah, I'm seriously glad the US are going home now, all this complaining about refs and the "european conspiracy" to hold them back was getting really annoying.

"european conspiracy"

is there really talk like this in the US?

truth is, the USA team is strictly average, and their position in the FIFA rankings is undeserved. ffs argentina are ranked lower than USA, and on the strength of what we've seen so far argentina would smash the USA into the ground

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:42 pm

no, there's NO such talk in the US. the team that represents the US just plain sucks.