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The 2010 World Cup
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I hope my sarcasm detector is off, because really that was a regulation save.
Watching a bit of Algeria/Slovenia, my there's a lot of empty seats for this one. Not a great game either.
nah, it's not off. i about half agree. still the ball was hit harder than it looked. as a keeper i know whence i speak. his body should have been behind the ball but he didn't have time to get into position becausethe ball was hit harder than it looked! ...
lol i'm starting to like this guy ...
You .... is, then I'm more then happy for you to keep your American sports as your favoured sports.
Anyway, a very shocking and poor show by England today, but a good omen is that the USA drew with Italy in their first group game in 2006 and Italy went onto win the World Cup.
agreed. don't muck up the beautiful game... before you know it the MLS will have a bonus ball portion of the game...
There's far too much 'non-football' talk going on.
Well, despite me winning a few £££ after predicting a draw, I do feel kind of robbed. I guess if Rob Green ever applies for US citizenship he's on a winner
agreed and well done fizz!
HUZZAH!!!
HEAR HEAR! love that orange kit.
nah, it's not off. i about half agree. still the ball was hit harder than it looked. as a keeper i know whence i speak. his body should have been behind the ball but he didn't have time to get into position becausethe ball was hit harder than it looked! ...
Clint Dempsey is not Socrates. A shot straight at you from 25 yards should be easy to deal with, regardless of how hard it was kicked. He didn't even have to move! He was already standing right behind the ball...
Anyway, we can argue about this all day. Let's both hope that Algeria and Slovenia play out this bore draw to make it easier for us to get out of the group...
By the way, this page from the Daily Mail web site:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...roops-send-good-luck-video-England-squad.html
Sums up the reaction of the fans to yesterday's game the best, in my humble opinion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...roops-send-good-luck-video-England-squad.html
Sums up the reaction of the fans to yesterday's game the best, in my humble opinion.
25 yards is close enough and the ball was hit hard! lol. i'm trying to make you feel better and save green a little grief. he attempted to make the save from more or less a 3/4 qtr angle. he wasn't set up with his body completely behind the ball...
Well, Green isn't alone anymore. Algeria's keeper just made an equally goofy move and Slovenia is leading the group...
I don't think this blunder should affect Greens place in the team to be honest. The past games he has played with England have all been played with a more than decent performance. The Robert Green after half time did not look like one that was lacking confidence or who would make another mistake. Robert Green will want to put this behind him and I think everyone else should as well. This isn't to say that the blunder wasn't his fault, as it was due to his bad technique.
Also, I dont think just him should be blamed for the draw. Heskey, Wright-Philips and Lennon all had quality chances to score. Heskey and Philips shot straight at the goalkeeper and Lennon decided to go for the cowards way out and cross instead of shooting.
Also, I dont think just him should be blamed for the draw. Heskey, Wright-Philips and Lennon all had quality chances to score. Heskey and Philips shot straight at the goalkeeper and Lennon decided to go for the cowards way out and cross instead of shooting.
25 yards is close enough and the ball was hit hard! lol. i'm trying to make you feel better and save green a little grief. he attempted to make the save from more or less a 3/4 qtr angle. he wasn't set up with his body completely behind the ball...
it was low shot pretty much on the center of the goal: a goalkeppers has to have such a ball
if a high ball into the corner slipepd through his hands: no problem ... but this ? entirly his fault
That game was rough...
Interesting stat...of the 8 goals scored so far (super low total) none have been scored by a true forward (unless you count Clint Dempsey)...
-J.-
Interesting stat...of the 8 goals scored so far (super low total) none have been scored by a true forward (unless you count Clint Dempsey)...
-J.-
What a bad game Algeria - Slovenia was...
Had to be decided by another huge error.
TBO, worst World Cup (or any other large international tournament) I have seen so far.
Below par games, lots of empty seats, irritating noises....
Had to be decided by another huge error.
TBO, worst World Cup (or any other large international tournament) I have seen so far.
Below par games, lots of empty seats, irritating noises....
i agree
and while a lot of people talk about the great team argentina has ... they are way weaker than 2006 it seems
in 2006 there were 8 goals after the first _2_ games ...
the good thing: it can only get better
I thought I was the only one not impressed...my god the cult of Messi drives me nuts...wake me up when he scores in the World Cup...yes he's definitely top 10 material...his team makes him look better than he is...Argentina is weak and the announcers pump them up too much...those 3 old defenders in the back will get burnt...they do have quite the roster of forwards...when Milito comes off the bench or Kun Aguero to replace Tevez or Higuain...that's impressive...
-J.-
Messi sure is a great player but the argentina system is way to focused on him :"give the ball messi and look what happens" .. simply doesn't work
true their offensive has a lot of names but higuain and tevez haven't really shown anything so far .. especially higuain was been rather bad in the first game
and not to forget the biggest disaster in the first game: the right midfielder "jonas" who was always late and constantly making mistakes ... but don't worry he get's covered by demichelis in the back
The problem for 'keepers is this a striker can spend a whole match missing chances, but if they get it right just once then they're the big hero, the match-winning goalscorer.
For 'keepers though the opposite is true, you can do everything right for 89 minutes but make one error and you're the clueless idiot who has cost the country dearly. I feel quite sorry for them sometimes, yes Green could and should have done better but it's happened, casting him as the national villain serves little purpose and changes nothing.
Still, at least the press has found their scapegoat early and we've at least got a break from the non-stop 'we're gonna win the World Cup' gumph while they're busy pointing fingers.
For 'keepers though the opposite is true, you can do everything right for 89 minutes but make one error and you're the clueless idiot who has cost the country dearly. I feel quite sorry for them sometimes, yes Green could and should have done better but it's happened, casting him as the national villain serves little purpose and changes nothing.
Still, at least the press has found their scapegoat early and we've at least got a break from the non-stop 'we're gonna win the World Cup' gumph while they're busy pointing fingers.
Serbia much like Greece has some discipline problems...and their much talked about defensive game wasn't really there (just like Greece again)...Ghana should've had 3-4 goals...
-J.-
-J.-
Ghana very solid game but not really effective enough up front .. against serbia it was enough because of their defense being not really disciplinary enough but against better teams it might not be enough
Serbia: what can i say.. again a massive dissapointment up front considering their talent pool... and to make it worse their defense was also error prone
how they won their qualification group against France ,Romania and us pitiful austrians is beyond me after this game
Serbia: what can i say.. again a massive dissapointment up front considering their talent pool... and to make it worse their defense was also error prone
how they won their qualification group against France ,Romania and us pitiful austrians is beyond me after this game
Or you can be like our keeper in the Euro 2004 who made the winning shot in the penalties against England.
Ricardo took his gloves off for said penalty shootout. I've no time for 'keepers who take their gloves off.
No, what's he come up with this time? Better free kicks in today's games, i.e. on target.
anjinhamarota - cheering Portugal - hope they win, have them in a sweepstake and there is a small % of Portuguese blood in my veins.
ethical - England reaction - the worry for me is how stubborn is Capello? Is he prepared to change to 1/3 up front?
theITGuy and takao - Messi - having Di Maria in my fantasy team I was frustrated to see him ignored when in good positions, the ball being played to the centre/Messi instead.
Cheers,
OW
