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Hey it's true.
England get easy groups pretty much all the time, despite having done precious little to justify their seeding since, well, 1966 (42 years of hurt, never stopped them bloody going on about it, despite having achieved sod all since).
Take the last Euro qualifiers. Scotland get France and Ital in their group, England get morons.
Ah well, here's to Rooney once again proving himself to be a spoil, ugly scouse brat and ruin Englands chances with an ill timed Gonad Stamping.
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No, the FIFA rankings, which is determined by results, is fairly clear about which country's do well. If you look at England's overall progression and placings in international tournaments that's about right for us.
But seeing as you've previously stated to knowing less than Helen Kelle about football I'll let you off.
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Yeah, he seems kind of bitter about not being selected in 2002 though.
I don't think that it should be replayed, but I think that instant video replays should exist. I also say France seems to get more breaks than most squads.
I also think Keane is naive when he says that nobody wants to cheat.
Somnicide wrote:I also think Keane is naive when he says that nobody wants to cheat.
Very much so. Look at most examples of benefiting from fouls and its always them cheating. I can understand it deflecting of your arm and down in front of you, but pushing the ball where you want it and such with the 'inside' of your hand is just blatantly obvious. It will always be easy to tell (in a replay) if someone was intentionally doing it.
This is the thing I don't quite get about World cup soccer. I do love watching soccer when the world cup comes around, but whats the deal with all the acting? The only close thing to that we have in America is the acting in basketball to draw fouls. But we don't have people drop and roll around in supposed agony, it's a real turnoff to a lot of Americans.
That acting job by the Italian in 2006 when Zidane "chest butted" him was rediculous. He acted like he got shot by a 12 gauge. And that kid from spain(portugal?) I forget his name he's the worst one.
generalgrog wrote:This is the thing I don't quite get about World cup soccer. I do love watching soccer when the world cup comes around, but whats the deal with all the acting? The only close thing to that we have in America is the acting in basketball to draw fouls. But we don't have people drop and roll around in supposed agony, it's a real turnoff to a lot of Americans.
That acting job by the Italian in 2006 when Zidane "chest butted" him was rediculous. He acted like he got shot by a 12 gauge. And that kid from spain(portugal?) I forget his name he's the worst one.
GG
Rolling around on the ground post contact is primarily the reserve of Latin players. You won't see it from Northern European or African teams (with the obvious exception of Drogba who rolls around with the best of them).
My favourite rolling around on the ground moment was when Deco (then Barcelona) was fouled by a Chelsea midfielder. Cue rolling around on the ground, clutching knee and crying like a girl. Terry then kicked the ball at him and Deco sprung to his feet in anger, evidently not injured at all. Terry received a yellow card for that, but it had to be the most satisfying yellow card of his career.
@Flashman - I love the Fact that Drogba is 6'5" and looks like he could bite my mother's head off, but goes down like a knackered lift when he gets a tap on the ankle. It's what makes him fun to watch.
Group G is gonna be the most interesting, I predict an upset - Ivory Coast will go through I reckon. Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't often perform well 'on the big stage', and given their group I'd say Portugal will definitely struggle.
What's with all the naysayers? We have the best manager we've had in years (ever?) and a team packed with world-class players, yet people are still saying England won't do well. We will absolutely gak our group. No offence Yanks.
Im tired of arguing with bitter and twisted Scottish FRISPS like yourself.
Im not even that into football, but i always love to fight with our northern neighbours.
Lets cut the BS and get right down to business, please vote for the SNP, please vote for independance, and when you are finished, i will happily drive up from Middlesbrough and lay some explosives on the border, then hopefully we can just push you away with a big stick.
Jesus.. im sick of listening to you lot whinge, its like watching the football with my mother in law.
We are arming Syrian rebels who support ISIS, who is fighting Iran, who is fighting Iraq who we also support against ISIS, while fighting Kurds who we support while they are fighting Syrian rebels.
There should not be instant replay reviews in football. It would disrupt the flow of the game and quickly dismantle any beauty from the game. Baseball, basketball, and american football can all use instant replay effective due to so much down time during the game.
youngblood wrote:Baseball, basketball, and american football can all use instant replay effective due to so much down time during the game.
Oh god, tell me about it. My only American Football game was The 49ers vs The Eagles at Monster Park. I was told beforehand that the game consisted of 4 quarters, each of 10 minutes in length (is that right?). Well this won't take long I mused as I watched the 49ers kick the ball high into the air to start the match. Said ball immediately went out of play and the game stopped for 30 secs having been going for less than 5! Found it all very boring
Yeah flash i watched the superbowl round my missus house in California last year, fething hell.. it lasted about 3 hours!
We are arming Syrian rebels who support ISIS, who is fighting Iran, who is fighting Iraq who we also support against ISIS, while fighting Kurds who we support while they are fighting Syrian rebels.
Flashman wrote:My favourite rolling around on the ground moment was when Deco (then Barcelona) was fouled by a Chelsea midfielder. Cue rolling around on the ground, clutching knee and crying like a girl. Terry then kicked the ball at him and Deco sprung to his feet in anger, evidently not injured at all. Terry received a yellow card for that, but it had to be the most satisfying yellow card of his career.
Yeah I think I saw this on a youtube compilation. The guy flopped(we call it flopping when you pretend to be fouled) after barely being being touched, and the guy on the other team kicked the ball and hit thte flopper in the nuts. The floppy then IMMEDIATELY got up to get in the face of the kicker. Totally fake.
Albatross wrote:@Flashman - I love the Fact that Drogba is 6'5" and looks like he could bite my mother's head off, but goes down like a knackered lift when he gets a tap on the ankle. It's what makes him fun to watch.
Group G is gonna be the most interesting, I predict an upset - Ivory Coast will go through I reckon. Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't often perform well 'on the big stage', and given their group I'd say Portugal will definitely struggle.
I know we don't rate that well outside, and honestly we lack the leadership Figo once gave, but saying we'll struggle is a bit neither here nor there. The real opposition there is Brazil, not to offend anyone. Though we did lose to Greece twice... after beating Spain, England and Holland in 2004.
But I guess I'm used to seeing other countries stating that Pepe, Deco, Bozingwa, Ricardo Carvalho et al aren't even worthy of mention. The team's solid, and in my opinion the only thing we'd need to win an event like this was solid leadership from the likes of Mourinho.
Let's hope for a good World Cup, hopefully this will help somehow South Africa and provide nice entertainment.
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You guys should just support Australia and spare yourselves the humilation.
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generalgrog wrote:This is the thing I don't quite get about World cup soccer. I do love watching soccer when the world cup comes around, but whats the deal with all the acting? The only close thing to that we have in America is the acting in basketball to draw fouls. But we don't have people drop and roll around in supposed agony, it's a real turnoff to a lot of Americans.
That acting job by the Italian in 2006 when Zidane "chest butted" him was rediculous. He acted like he got shot by a 12 gauge. And that kid from spain(portugal?) I forget his name he's the worst one.
As an American athlete I can say that acting is a big part of professional sports in America. Hockey and Basketball are probably the worst 'offenders', but football is pretty bad as well (especially with respect to the quarterback).
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generalgrog wrote:This is the thing I don't quite get about World cup soccer. I do love watching soccer when the world cup comes around, but whats the deal with all the acting? The only close thing to that we have in America is the acting in basketball to draw fouls. But we don't have people drop and roll around in supposed agony, it's a real turnoff to a lot of Americans.
That acting job by the Italian in 2006 when Zidane "chest butted" him was rediculous. He acted like he got shot by a 12 gauge. And that kid from spain(portugal?) I forget his name he's the worst one.
As an American athlete I can say that acting is a big part of professional sports in America. Hockey and Basketball are probably the worst 'offenders', but football is pretty bad as well (especially with respect to the quarterback).
In basketball you have the flop, where people will pretend to be knocked down to draw an offensive foul. This happens a lot more than it used to. But when they flop they don't roll around the floor as though they had just had their leg cut off. The celtics are masters at acting to draw fouls. Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce being two excellent examples of the kind of player that will wildly swing their hands in the air, pretending to be bumped.
I haven't watched hockey in a while, so can't speak to it.
I don't watch a lot of NFL, but I do watch college football fanatically and I haven't seen much acting by college football quarterbacks. Only the punters act, to draw a running into the kicker penalty.(which is rare anyway)
But yeah your point is taken. I just don't think we have reached the level of sophistication with our acting yet. (and hopefully don't ever)
generalgrog wrote:This is the thing I don't quite get about World cup soccer. I do love watching soccer when the world cup comes around, but whats the deal with all the acting? The only close thing to that we have in America is the acting in basketball to draw fouls. But we don't have people drop and roll around in supposed agony, it's a real turnoff to a lot of Americans.
That acting job by the Italian in 2006 when Zidane "chest butted" him was rediculous. He acted like he got shot by a 12 gauge. And that kid from spain(portugal?) I forget his name he's the worst one.
As an American athlete I can say that acting is a big part of professional sports in America. Hockey and Basketball are probably the worst 'offenders', but football is pretty bad as well (especially with respect to the quarterback).
In basketball you have the flop, where people will pretend to be knocked down to draw an offensive foul. This happens a lot more than it used to. But when they flop they don't roll around the floor as though they had just had their leg cut off. The celtics are masters at acting to draw fouls. Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce being two excellent examples of the kind of player that will wildly swing their hands in the air, pretending to be bumped.
I haven't watched hockey in a while, so can't speak to it.
I don't watch a lot of NFL, but I do watch college football fanatically and I haven't seen much acting by college football quarterbacks. Only the punters act, to draw a running into the kicker penalty.(which is rare anyway)
But yeah your point is taken. I just don't think we have reached the level of sophistication with our acting yet. (and hopefully don't ever)
GG
It also seems linked to particular regions. Latin/South America has a huge "diving" problem. American players, for the most part, don't participate in the fakin.
