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The Official World Cup 2006 Thread

billyboy said:
Would those two good players be called Wilkinson and Johnson?!!!! And thew sissies, delalio and back? Ooops, I do believe they were in another competition the English whipped you at against all the odds 🙂
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You know that old saying "you're only as good as your last game?"

Australia 43 England 18. 😛
 
Chundles said:
You know that old saying "you're only as good as your last game?"

Australia 43 England 18. 😛
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Come on the aussies..... frikken hate rugby and english rugby boys too.... carn aussies
 
Don't panic said:
the swiss scored, looks like france are in trouble now.
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Not really, France "just" needs a win with two goals in front which is completely possible (although they need to shoot more goals in one game than they did in both World Cups 2002 and 2006 yet 😉).
 
Veldek said:
Not really, France "just" needs a win with two goals in front which is completely possible (although they need to shoot more goals in one game than they did in both World Cups 2002 and 2006 yet 😉).
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You're right (or any win if korea and switzerland don't tie), but given their offensive sterility and the fact that zidane will not play, it's not so sure.

Just the idea that France would face a 'must' win against togo after being handed one of the easiest groups in the competition (with brazil) is pretty weird.
 
FIFA Refs - Which Card?

*This is not a hi-jacking attempt. Just didn't see the need to start another thread.
It usually starts sometime during a World Cup, but with the flurry of yellows and reds and missed calls, FIFA refs are being criticized. Justifiable? Which card would you pull out for the officiating up to this point?
“Yellow” = You are too trigger happy. Please cool it
“Red” = No excuses for your poor performance. You’re out.
“Peace” = All you coaches, players and fans, quit your whining you cry-babies.

The 23 men who give nightmares or sweet dreams.
 

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Don't panic said:
that's some trekking there! those are thousands of miles form cape town!
edit: here you go shard: http://zimbabwe.safari.co.za/56-day-nairobi-cape-map.html
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Haha, thanks but I'm well aware. 🙂 We'd be going to Africa for 4-5 weeks and are used to backpacking over great distances, so it's no surprise. You should have seen how much land we covered in Australia over 7 weeks! 😉 The World Cup would only be one part of our trip, and that's why if tickets don't work out, it wouldn't be a big deal, but it would definitely be icing on the cake. Just being there for the festivities though and the overall environment will be good on its own. 😎
 
xsedrinam said:
*This is not a hi-jacking attempt. Just didn't see the need to start another thread.
It usually starts sometime during a World Cup, but with the flurry of yellows and reds and missed calls, FIFA refs are being criticized. Justifiable? Which card would you pull out for the officiating up to this point?
“Yellow” = You are too trigger happy. Please cool it
“Red” = No excuses for your poor performance. You’re out.
“Peace” = All you coaches, players and fans, quit your whining you cry-babies.

The 23 men who give nightmares or sweet dreams.
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overall pretty good, way better than 2002.
the disallowed french goal with korea, the penalty to the japanese with australia are the two main blunders that come to mind (curious coincidence, maybe the refs thought we were still in 2002 🙂 )

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shard said:
We'd be going to Africa for 4-5 weeks and are used to backpacking over great distances
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that sounds awesome. i went to botswana and namibia and they are spectacular
 
BakedBeans said:
4-5-1 is my favored formation when you have fast wingers but england really only have one in lennon so a 4-4-1-1 seems the best bet with carrick giving gerrard the attacking freedom he deserves.
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I'd be tempted with the slightly different 4-1-4-1 myself – play Carrick behind the four man midfield, a little further back than in the 4-5-1. He can then move forward to cover for Gerrard and Lampard when they bomb forward to support Rooney, and when the opposition are on the attack he's better placed to mop up.

I think I mentioned in another thread, I thought Sven might be thinking about a 4-1-4-1 style formation based on the fact he selected a higher number of midfielders and a reduced number of strikers. He seems more than happy to continue with his 4-4-2 though.
 
Don't panic said:
that sounds awesome. i went to botswana and namibia and they are spectacular
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I don't want to steer the thread off-topic, so if you have any tips, places to see, things to do, etc., please pass them along to me in a PM if you don't mind - I'd really appreciate it. 🙂 I know it's not for another 4 years, but it's never too early to start planning and researching things. 😉
 
haha.. yep, true!

Spain have equalized.
I wonder if Spain can go on now to win it quite easily.

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Looks like it. Error from the goalie though.
 
I change the channel to the College World Series and Spain is down 1-0. After just an inning, I switch back and they're up 2-1. They score fast!
 
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