He said, "Nice to see your home fans booing you."
To be honest, I thought he said "Boo you!"
(Not that it makes a big difference).
What did he expect the fans do? Congratulations for their lackluster, less than mediocre game?
:mad:
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He said, "Nice to see your home fans booing you."
To be honest, I thought he said "Boo you!"
(Not that it makes a big difference).
What did he expect the fans do? Congratulations for their lackluster, less than mediocre game?
:mad:
Rooney is our sacred cow. He'll never get dropped even though he was the poorest player on the field tonight.
Why is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
He does not even seem fit.
Like you lot I am totally disgusted with the result yes, but with the performance and attitude as well, this was nothing more than absolutely appalling.
The team will rightly get slaughted tomorrow in the press, the players and the manager deserve that, and top of the list will be Rooney who dared to slag off the fans over there. What the hell does he expect, applause? Well done you had one shot against Algeria at 30 yards. Algeria who are awful and were a 950/1 shot to win the cup at the start but still were better than England, hopeless. Not happy.
Tomorrow:
Holland vs Japan
Ghana vs Australia
Cameroon vs Denmark
HA!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Scher, I don't suppose you could sub a good looking and upset young fella a couple of Lit Net's could you? Scher? Scher? :svengo:
Kilted, I must admit that your predictions have been pretty good, didn't you have the draw here? I was following a chap on a betting forum and he claimed to have laid England for a grand tonight, so he'll be about 4/5 grand up after that result and bragging no doubt.
you should all feel lucky your team made it to the world cup. Yeah they are playing really badly, but at least they didnt loose out on a chance of being in the world cup because of a cheating french man and his "hand of frog", and looking at the way france are playing currently they shouldnt even be there. :)
Yeah, I had the draw. The problem with England is (and has been for the last 12 years since Gazza left the team) they have no one in the middle of the park who can put his foot on the ball and make good creative passes. Lampard and Gerard are good players but they are not creators - they are energy players who can get forward from midfield to run on to knock downs from headers and fire shots from the edge of the area, but neither are creators of the likes of Fabregas, van der vaart, xavi, who can spot where the ball should go and actually get it there. Barry is a defensive midfielder who makes short simple passes ("water carrier" anyone?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
All right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
I can lend you some coins... Say, 10... And you can pay me back 15 as soon as you reach 30.
Do we have a deal?
:D
Oh, thank you, thank you. I'll pay you back no worries, I've got a couple of certs lined up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Scher is the best...:angelsad2:
They've done relatively well in the second half in both games I've seen. The first half.... That's a bit of an embarassment, but come one. They're holding their own and when we think of footbal as American Football, not soccer, not half bad I suppose :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I was expecting a lot better from England, only Gerrard was trying to create chances for his team while rest of the team was invisible.
Wow, I'm nealy wiped out. Back to back o for 3 days. Should I bet it all on one game or divide it? Problem is that none of today's three seem like sure things. What exactly is a sure thing in this world cup?
I bet on sure things and was wiped out in the first week.!:sad:
Aside from the football, it is entertaining watching neely embarking upon the slippery slope of virtual debt and ruination.:lol: I see a cautionary tale emerging.
I put 5 on Holland. I'm back to taking small risks.
Hey there, newbie. It is the exclamation point at the end that really stings, and it just keeps on stinging as the days pass. Hardly necessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Neely early on offered to lend me some of his riches, btw. Imagine how I could have leveraged my suffering with that... For the record, I'd just like everyone to know: I am the only one that has managed perfection in making wrong predictions. Just me.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Think it's easy?
ok
60 on holland
30 on ghana
10 on Denmark
I'm picking Japan to win.
(just a warning)
Maybe the moderator can be so kind as to give every one 50 additional coins across the board, including those out, and maybe we can all continue to play?
:nopity:
EDIT: mis-typed!
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Originally Posted by Virgil
Ooo that smacks of socialism, welfare handouts and a denial of personal responsibility.
Instead we could go the good old western capitalist route and go into debt. so I would be -14 Hardy's at the moment.
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Originally Posted by billl
I'm running you close, with just two correct predictions.
:lol: Ok, debt would be good too. You're are quite convincving in your argumentation, at least to my sensibilities. :wink5:Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Edit: Or she could put us to work for those 50 coins. I'd be willing to clean up around here. :D
10 on Holland
5 on Australia
5 on Denmark
How I'd line up if I was Capello to play Slovenia:
................Defoe................
Cole.........Gerrard......Lennon
........................................
.......Barry.........Lampard......
........................................
Cole....Terry..Dawson.Johnson
........................................
................James................
Well, I have to bet.
Holland to win ~ 5 Conrads
Ghana to win ~ 5 Conrads
Cameroon/Denmark Draw ~ 5 Conrads
As to that USA goal that was disallowed, the referee is under review:
http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/wor...ree061810.htmlQuote:
JOHANNESBURG – The referee who disallowed a potential game-winning goal for the United States will face an expedited performance review from FIFA and is likely to be excluded from the rest of the World Cup, according to a FIFA source.
Koman Coulibaly from Mali disallowed Maurice Edu’s 86th-minute strike that would have given the USA a 3-2 lead over Slovenia at Ellis Park and likely would have led to a thrilling comeback victory Friday. Coulibaly appeared to rule that American midfielder Michael Bradley had impeded a Slovenian defender, even though video replays showed no infringement.
What a horrible call that really cost the US a victory.
I am not sure if that would be fair at this stage in the game; however, what we can do is that at the end of this round, when the teams move up, we can give everyone another 100 coins to refresh the game. So, those who are still in the game would get their reward and those who are out get a chance to rejoin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I am betting for today:
Holland vs Japan: Draw (5)
Ghana vs Australia: Ghana (5)
Cameroon vs Denmark: Cameroon (5)
ATM:
Bill: Out!
Jester: Out!
Kilted: 150
Lulim: 20
Mark: Out!
Neely: 10 (borrowed 10)
Niamh: 80
Papaya: Out!
Paul : 28
Pren: Out!
Scher: 40 (Lending 10 to Neely)
Snowqueen: 110
Turquoise: 25
Virgil: 20
Holland vs Japan
Scher: Draw (5)
Virgil: Holland (10)
Paul: Holland (10)
Kilted: Holland (60)
Niamh: Holland (5)
Great idea!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
OK, I'm going for 7 Angels on a Netherlands win.
Holland vs Japan: Draw, 5 Austens
Ghana vs Australia: Ghana, 5 Austens
Cameroon vs Denmark: Draw, 5 Austens
Ok, that's fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
stuck in work so here are my other noms
Ghana- 10
Draw between Denmark and cameroon- 10
Oh my God, do the Dutch always play such a boring game? What is it with passing backwards for that often? I saw they had a 79% posession at one point, and I bet 66% was back and forth in the backfied between the defenders and the goalie. That had to be the most boring half of the world cup to date. At least Japan tried at times. I bet on the Dutch but frankly I hope they lose.
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Originally Posted by Virgil
Virgil,
You most certainly know more about football than I do as I am not paticularly interested in it. However, I did see that disallowed US goal and was amazed that it was ruled out. The Slovenian players would be better off playing rugby by the way they literally grappled US players to the ground. I am astounded that their behaviour was allowed by the referee. The US should have the goal allowed and the tournament proceed from thereon in.
As your video clip implies, the referee may have had his own reasons to fix the game in favour of a draw.
Yes it is certaily the worst decision of the world cup so far.
Virgil, the dutch are famed for their fast flowing attacking style, they usually push forward relentlessly and are often extremely good to watch. However, this side for whatever reason seem pretty dull. Surely they must come out stronger in the second half though? I've been disappointed in the European teams this world cup, though to be fair the records show that European sides outside of Europe do not perform well in the world cup.
Oh yes the first half of the game was very boring indeed.
Hey Virgil I can lend you some coins. Do you really want it?
Now moving on to the next games,
Ghana to win - 5
Cameroon v Denmark, Draw - 5
I'm going for Ghana win 3 coins.
Edit: Even though I'm hearing rumours of match fixing. Apparently a lot of money has gone on Australia from an Asian syndicate, I don't know, we'll see - look out for any dodgy stuff.
Thank you Snowqueen. Let's see what happens after today. I did win with the Dutch. So I'm not going to be scrapped I think. Maybe tomorrow I'll take you up on it. Thank you. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
OK, bear with me, I'm taking over for Scher for the weekend so please make sure I didn't miss anybody:
ATM:
Bill: Out!
Jester: Out!
Kilted: 210
Lulim: 20
Mark: Out!
Neely: 17 (borrowed 10)
Niamh: 85
Papaya: Out!
Paul : 38
Pren: Out!
Scher: 35 (Lending 10 to Neely)
Snowqueen: 110
Turquoise: 25
Virgil: 30
Ghana vs Australia:
Kilted 30 on ghana
Paul 5 on Australia
Virgil 5 on Ghana
Scher 5 on Ghana
Lulim 5 on Ghana
Niamh 10 on Ghana
Snowqueen 5 on Ghana
Neely 3 on Ghana
@papayahed, my guess with the draw between Netherlands and Japan went apparently wrong, meaning I'm down to 20 Austens by now.
I told you, the rumours were spot on, that keeper was paid. FIX.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Someone forgot to tell the penalty taker