Author Topic: USA Does Not Lose In World Cup! (Read 10533 times)

ricercar · « **Reply #50 on:** Thu, 24 June 2010, 23:36:27 »

"The French give up, the Americans decide to turn up at the last minute
and England are left to face the Germans. Familiar?"

- seen on Twitter

Quote from: ch_123;195953

And you misspelled racist.=)

He's irascible?

gr1m · « **Reply #51 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 00:54:23 »

I am SO glad at Italy's early exit. My dad summed it up well after the game. When I posed the general question, "How the **** do champs get owned so bad?", he replied, "Bull**** only works once. Or in the Italians' case, 4 times."

noctua · « **Reply #52 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 02:58:58 »

Quote from: ricercar;196131

"The French give up, the Americans decide to turn up at the last minute
and England are left to face the Germans. Familiar?" ..

Heh, England vs. Germany this is the main reason why the World Cup exist ;-)

gr1m · « **Reply #53 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 04:01:09 »

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Heh, England vs. Germany this is the main reason why the World Cup exist ;-)

Wish I could agree but England has an abysmal World Cup record. I'd say the point of the World Cup is "Brazil vs. Everybody".

zerocool · « **Reply #54 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 07:34:45 »

but thats the greatness of it
we as English beleive we can beat German, thats what all believe on the radio and this year we kind of have a point as both of havnt not played the greatest and thats not really german like

Mental Hobbit · « **Reply #55 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 09:25:44 »

Quote from: zerocool;196229

we as English beleive we can beat German

Tss, Gary Lineker explained it so well, but you just don't get it:

Quote

Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.

;P

Mental Hobbit · « **Reply #56 on:** Sat, 26 June 2010, 16:16:51 »

Classy match! I started watching as a neutral observer, finished as a new fan of Ghana.

noctua · « **Reply #57 on:** Sat, 26 June 2010, 17:25:44 »

Whether we are win or lose, in any case we have seen exciting soccer matches
and this is the essential point. One has voted for US, another for GHA, not that
I care, but i have waited until the end for an "headed" equalizing goal..

gr1m · « **Reply #58 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 05:06:23 »

I'm an atheist but today, I'm praying for Germany. However, England do the job of losing well enough for me not to have to pray too hard for Germany to make them lose. Seriously. What makes a good team for me this their delivery:hype* ratio. Germany has a MASSIVE d:h ratio, about 4. England has a puny one; 0.3 at best. Brazil has a hefty amount of hype but an infinite amount of delivery by default. Italy, although I dislike them and they just got owned in 2010, have a d:h of > 1 because they have delivered. I'll give France an even 1 because when they had Zidane, they wrecked.

Last but not least, Ghana just achieved a d:h of 24.

*Disclaimer: all the d:h numbers I list are subjective and based on my opinions

gr1m · « **Reply #59 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 10:54:52 »

Honestly, the only thing England has brought to the past few World Cups has been beautiful slow-mo shots of Rooney yelling after he failed to score over and over. I feel bad for Gerrard and Lampard because they deserve a better team.

That call was complete bull**** from the linesman, Lampard's goal should have been allowed, but the Germans erased all doubts with style (as opposed to letting the game end 2-1). Beautiful counter-attack work from Ozil.

noctua · « **Reply #60 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 11:44:27 »

Yep, 2 : 2 at end of halftime would be the correct result. This classical
match was gripping to the very last and a must-see for english|german
fan!

gr1m · « **Reply #61 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 19:48:33 »

Too many refs this year deserve to get their licenses revoked, it's becoming bull****.

gr1m · « **Reply #62 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 21:45:48 »

I still am a firm believer that if a team deserves a win, they'll overcome all the odds (like, England beating Germany 3-2 even with that disallowed goal). However, referee blunders also affect players psychologically and the team morale and that's a factor nobody can anticipate or calculate.

hyperlinked · « **Reply #63 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 21:58:37 »

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I still am a firm believer that if a team deserves a win, they'll overcome all the odds (like, England beating Germany 3-2 even with that disallowed goal). However, referee blunders also affect players psychologically and the team morale and that's a factor nobody can anticipate or calculate.

I think it depends on the kind of blunder we're talking about and the style of tournament. If we're talking about a goal, then I'd have to disagree when we're talking about a sport in which goals are so hard to come by and so many games (especially at the elite level) end in ties. In a points based tournment, I could see a case for a better team being able to overcome the odds, but in an elimination tournment, luck can overpower skill because at this level of the game, the difference between the great teams and the average teams isn't overwhelming.

gr1m · « **Reply #64 on:** Mon, 28 June 2010, 03:56:01 »

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I think it depends on the kind of blunder we're talking about and the style of tournament. If we're talking about a goal, then I'd have to disagree when we're talking about a sport in which goals are so hard to come by and so many games (especially at the elite level) end in ties. In a points based tournment, I could see a case for a better team being able to overcome the odds, but in an elimination tournment, luck can overpower skill because at this level of the game, the difference between the great teams and the average teams isn't overwhelming.

I still think that if it was Germany down 2-1 and they had a disallowed equalizer before the second half, they would still win the game because of how well they play.

noctua · « **Reply #65 on:** Mon, 28 June 2010, 04:50:45 »

Yeah, referee the ball wasn't behind the line..

vils · « **Reply #66 on:** Mon, 28 June 2010, 06:08:45 »

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Author Topic: USA Does Not Lose In World Cup! (Read 10533 times)