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The good looking ladies that have been plastered on this post.... which I am NOT complaining about.... because they are sexy. Are from the Sports Illustrated Swim Suit issue, and the clothing is air brushed on.... as in its paint. so they are actually naked.

Back to soccer (futbol),

Solvania is winning the group! Downside to the tie in the long run is it gave the two "lower" teams an opportunity to get some points and move ahead of the group, and thats what happened.
Thoughts on can USA and/or England make up the points difference and get out of group?? or has the tie handicapped both teams and we will see an unknown team move on to the group of 16??

this may need its own thread.

I thought that it helps England and the USA as I was under the impression that Slovenia were rated the weakest team in the group.

England and the USA should, in theory beat Slovenia.
My prediction is still that USA will lead the group, England second. Which will probably mean that we get Germany next round! YIKES

On a side issue, The Algerian keeper also made a gaff.
The balls being used have been used since January by Germany who are sponsered by Adidas, who just so happen to make the balls.

They have an advantage over the other nations as they have had time to get used to the ball. Certainly showed in the 4-0 win over Aussie.

They are the weakest teams in the Group, but what happends if our goal keepers gak it up, and they come out with another draw? Slovenia still is winning lol.
England and USA still have to play from behind Slovenia, and playing catch up is never good. at least IMHO

Take heed of thy Avatar hcordes old thing
Tha'll be reet lad as they say in these here parts!
I reckon your midfield and forward line will be too good for Slovenia. So a win puts you on 4 points to Slovenia's 3

Assuming England don't lose to Slovenia that should mean a draw should be good enough for you against Algeria.

The pressure is more on England on Friday.
(Just don't pin your hopes on England though )

playing behind in the standing always makes me nervous, because there is less wiggle room to make errors, we have to come out and win, no ifs ands or butts about it.
If we draw, or heaven forbid loose...... we still have to play from behind.

hcordes wrote:The good looking ladies that have been plastered on this post.... which I am NOT complaining about.... because they are sexy. Are from the Sports Illustrated Swim Suit issue, and the clothing is air brushed on.... as in its paint. so they are actually naked.

Back to soccer (futbol),

Solvania is winning the group! Downside to the tie in the long run is it gave the two "lower" teams an opportunity to get some points and move ahead of the group, and thats what happened.
Thoughts on can USA and/or England make up the points difference and get out of group?? or has the tie handicapped both teams and we will see an unknown team move on to the group of 16??

this may need its own thread.

I think that England and the USA will slap both Slovenia and Algeria. We'll end up with the same amount of points on the board and it will come down to goal-difference for the top spot. I fancy England to score more goals, but then I WOULD say that, wouldn't I?

Guess we are used to scrapping through to the next round having dropped points early on

Just remember that there will be more pressure on Algeria, who need to beat both England and the USA.

Slovenia looked okay but nothing special.
I like your pessimism though hcordes, something us Brits have in abundance. We can relate to that.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Guess we are used to scrapping through to the next round having dropped points early on

Well, if you didn't have a utter moron for keeper, you wouldn't be in this situation, would you...

Hmm
Firstly I doubt if Green is a moron.
Secondly the Algerian goalie did the same thing which helps us both as suggested.

Thirdly and more pertinently to the point I was trying to make, is that England seem to have a habit of making life difficult by dropping points in the first match, then scraping through to the next stage.

It is too easy to blame Green because it was such a glaring error.
There were 13 outfield players that were equally culpable for the draw. eg If the strikers had taken their chances then the keeping error would be seen as a minor blip.

And here I thought En-ger-lan had better soccer players than Algeria? Sorry.

JohnHwangDD wrote:And here I thought En-ger-lan had better soccer players than Algeria? Sorry.

Nope. England suck at Football.

In any case, it's pretty clear now the Ball is having a major impact.

The fact is, if you wanna win the fether, your gonna have to beat the best teams, so who cares if you come first or second in the group anyway? Seems pretty irrelevant to me. If England or the USA win the cup ill eat hay with a donkey, so you lot arguing about it seems pretty pointless, neither team will reach the final, and second place is the first loser! :-)

Who's arguing?
Most of us are agreeing that England are gakk. We can still take an interest.

Second place means meeting Germany next round so instant bye-byes. At least there is a slim chance of progressing one round more if you can avoid that.

Algeria won't be push overs but if the players decide to be a team for once England should get a result from the Algeria game John.
On paper.
In theory.
With luck
and a fair wind...

we'll scrape a 1-1 draw

The only thing we are any good at is drinking, fighting, dealing with inclement weather and whinging. Lets get all this sporting nonsense out of our systems right now. :-)

Go Germany! You saw the bloodbath vs the Australians. Serbia.... your next.

Nope
no good at drinking or fighting
Whinging I can manage and am ok on the inclement weather which is just as well living in South Yorks.
Still, 2 out of four ain't bad

In any case, you forgot cream teas. We do a lovely cream tea in England.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Nope
no good at drinking or fighting
Whinging I can manage and am ok on the inclement weather which is just as well living in South Yorks.
Still, 2 out of four ain't bad

In any case, you forgot cream teas. We do a lovely cream tea in England.

Its alright mate, i can drink and fight like ten men so ill cover you on this one.

Oh yeah i like cream tea as well..

Cheers Matty. You do the bashing while I pour.

More tea Vicar?

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Cheers Matty. You do the bashing while I pour.

More tea Vicar?

Splendid old chap!

mattyrm wrote:The only thing we are any good at is drinking, fighting, dealing with inclement weather and whinging.

So, you're actually walking Irish stereotypes?

:rimshot:

JohnHwangDD wrote:

mattyrm wrote:The only thing we are any good at is drinking, fighting, dealing with inclement weather and whinging.

So, you're actually walking Irish stereotypes?

:rimshot:

Pshh they wish!

Honestly! You Yanks know nothing about Anglo-Irish stereotypes!

The Irish don't whinge.

They're too busy drinking and fighting

They do everything else you said though! And next time you think about calling me a yank remember your keeper Mr. Green vs Dempsy

Btw, I dont have anything against English people at all... Just their soccer team

Btw, I dont have anything against English people at all... Just their soccer team

That makes two of us

Haha well I'm glad an Englishmen doesn't hate their race!