Don't watch much football do you? Argentina have the best team, but their organisation is a shambles. Italy are an aging team who were very lucky to win last time, they won on penalties, won the semi in extra time and were even lucky to beat Australia in the first knockout round. Since then, people have retired and I'm not convinced by them in the slightest.rt052192 said:I thought the game was great and neither team will win. The winner of the 2010 World Cup will either be Argentina or the reigning champs:Italy.
England, The individual countries that make up the UK have their own teams. Ireland (I can't remember which one) almost qualified themselves but the French are cheating bastards.Aylaine said:A lot of people I know are mad about this. More then the people who are happy anyways. Everyone was sure that Britain was going to pound the US too...
That was the most embarrassing thing that could've happened, the entire pub I was in collectively facepalmed. Apart from that one table of USA fans who got booed back to their seats as soon as they had the gall to cheer.Thunderhorse94 said:![]()
I was pretty pissed when that happened, I was anticipating that England would obliterate them. Ah well it was still a good match.
Mate, forget all that...Demon ID said:-snip-
Yeah watching it by yourself isn't that great. I watched the opening match by myself and it was eh, but I was talking to a few people on MSN who were watching it so it wasn't that bad. We had some people over for the Greece vs Korea game and that was pretty good. I couldn't be noisy and stuff for the England vs USA match because it didn't start till 4am here. I have a few friends staying over tonight to watch the Australia vs Germany match so we are gonna be yelling like idiots even though this match doesn't start till 4am either.daz_O_O said:That was the most embarrassing thing that could've happened, the entire pub I was in collectively facepalmed. Apart from that one table of USA fans who got booed back to their seats as soon as they had the gall to cheer.Thunderhorse94 said:![]()
I was pretty pissed when that happened, I was anticipating that England would obliterate them. Ah well it was still a good match.
I really enjoyed watching it in my Uni's pub, the atmosphere was great, everyone was cheering, booing and chanting together and that one table of USA fans just added to the banter.
No, he was going by the facts (and facts have the annoying tendancy of being biased toward the truth)... England are a better team. You said it yourself... the only goal you got was because of major fluke and America was playing well. So America was playing well and England was playing poorly, you only got a goal from a fluke... and America didnt win. So how was the announcer being arrogant? He was doing his job by making the assumptions he made, he couldnt have expected that goal to go in... you cant predict luck, so minusing the luck factor from the game it would have ended 1-0 to England. He did his job to the best of his ability, dont get pissy because he didnt side with your team and couldnt see how luck was on your side for this match.rt052192 said:Hellyeah the US tied England and as an American I am pumped. Granted the goal was a major fluke, but the US played well enough. For all of those who watched the match on ABC the British announcer was a biased, arrogant ass. Take that!
Actually, USA didn't show much potential at all. I'm surprised they even qualified. Compared to pretty much all of the other teams they suck.rt052192 said:Granted the goal was a major fluke, but the US played well enough.
Certainly not your English teacher, thats for sure.wrecker77 said:ITS SOCCER! ITS ALWAYS A TIE BECAUSE THEIR IS NO WINNER!
No we're not decent and you don't suck. On paper we kick ass but football is played on grass, and our team rarely gels. As for the USA you don't suck any more, you're just mediocre now!Kharloth said:Bwuh?
Alright I'll admit that I have zero knowledge of soccer (or football for you brits) But isn't the USA supposed to kinda suck at the game? And isn't England supposed to be somewhat decent?
Its the suspense of waiting for a goal that drives people crazyspectrenihlus said:Honestly I don't understand soccer (football for you annoying non Americans =P) you play one and a half hours for 1 point? Talk about a snooze fest. That's just my opinion.
For me its a tie between Italy, Brazil, and Argentina. But its anyone's game.rt052192 said:The winner of the 2010 World Cup will either be Argentina or the reigning champs:Italy.
Bwahaha!!flamingjimmy said:We [England] were pretty poor yesterday it wasn't good to watch, the only reason we scored in the first 10 minutes was because the match kicked off at 1930 and the yanks didn't turn up until 1941!
the entire match he whined about how the US didn't deserve to even be tied with God's gift to the soccer world: England. Announcers are supposed to be objective if it's broadcasted on a national level. Had it been a British announcer in England he can say whatever, but he was completely biased towards england and gave no credit to the fact that the US actually played alright whereas England played like shit. He was a terrible announcer and whined and complained the entire match, but what else can one expect from the Brits?Kinguendo said:No, he was going by the facts (and facts have the annoying tendancy of being biased toward the truth)... England are a better team. You said it yourself... the only goal you got was because of major fluke and America was playing well. So America was playing well and England was playing poorly, you only got a goal from a fluke... and America didnt win. So how was the announcer being arrogant? He was doing his job by making the assumptions he made, he couldnt have expected that goal to go in... you cant predict luck, so minusing the luck factor from the game it would have ended 1-0 to England. He did his job to the best of his ability, dont get pissy because he didnt side with your team and couldnt see how luck was on your side for this match.rt052192 said:Hellyeah the US tied England and as an American I am pumped. Granted the goal was a major fluke, but the US played well enough. For all of those who watched the match on ABC the British announcer was a biased, arrogant ass. Take that!
Never did, actually. Check my profile, I'm an American.Tidus53 said:And you call your self an englishmanAkJay said:Don't know really, I'm assuming England with prevail. I actually watched Doctor Who instead... it was a good episode...
Fixed that E-group for you ;-)Penguinness said:I'm english, so I expect dissapointment. I never put USA into the winning equation, I still don't. I don't really know much about the quality of the teams, but it seems (to me) like the way the teams were organised into groups was to seperate the good teams and put 1 in each group.
My list being:
Group A - France
Group B - Argentina
Group C - England
Group D - Germany
Group E - Denmark
Group F - Italy
Group G - Brazil
Group H - Spain
I'll be watching the final, and maybe some england matches later on.. but I'm not that into it.