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13-06.-2002, 10:57 AM
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Re: World Cup thread
...and SA join the French and Argentines at the airport. Oh well... :
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13-06.-2002, 02:55 PM
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Vo2 Don't me greedy - You national sides can't be good at Rugby and Football.
In work they held a world cup sweep and I drew out Mexico, whilst they haven't yet made it to the next round. The way the big boys are dropping out there's hope still. Any chance you could shout for Wales on Saturday  |
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13-06.-2002, 05:25 PM
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Hey Laz, welcome back! Mexico isn't such a bad draw. I would hold on to that ticket if I were you.
Regarding Wales...hmmm...all I can say is: good luck! ;D
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14-06.-2002, 12:12 AM
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Mexico are doing OK. At least they're still there! At the rate the big names are dropping, they may yet end up playing Senegal in the final!
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14-06.-2002, 02:25 PM
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C'mon Mexico.
 Now I wonder who they play next ? |
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18-06.-2002, 05:44 PM
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What a great World Cup so far, and looks to get even more exciting. I've felt that Germany was strong all along, with Italy being my pick, but who knows.
Our USA side has exceeded all expectations while not playing that well. Senegal has been great fun to watch and Spain looks great. The quarter finals are going to be truly exceptional. However, the lack of sleep is killing me. I awoke at 1:30 AM to watch USA vs. Mexico this morning. |
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19-06.-2002, 12:27 AM
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Oh well, now you know how we felt in the past world cups over here! I was quite impressed with England the other day too. England v Brazil should be very interesting... |
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19-06.-2002, 05:09 AM
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The US lads have surprised me, altho I think their bid for the trophy will end soon. All in all, they can go home feeling good about their show.
Brazil vs. England - it's probably gonna end in a penalty shootout. I'm hoping for England, but Brazil are playing an excellent game @ the moment.
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19-06.-2002, 10:48 AM
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It has been a good show by the USA and Germany may prove too much, however we've thought that about each game. I do agree that the Brazil England game may be the match of the Cup. Brazil just seems to play as hard as they need too and their best may be yet to come.
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19-06.-2002, 11:36 AM
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True. Another surprise today..Italy out!
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19-06.-2002, 12:42 PM
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Ah jeez...
Now that all the quarter finalists are in we had a £/person lottery at work. I drew Turkey! Sheesh!
And I had such big plans for that £8 - touring europe and retiring to a small indonesian island.... I was well impressed with S Korea - Italy join my list of ankle clutching stage divers! |
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19-06.-2002, 03:03 PM
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Agree on the diving. Maybe they (FIFA) should look into incorporating the 3rd referee system. It'll take 15 seconds to rat out if it was a real foul or a dive. Matches have been won/lost coz of dives.
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19-06.-2002, 04:37 PM
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The Diving is disgusting. I can only imagine the youth players will be falling all over the pitch when my daughters fall season starts.
However, Italy was robbed when Totti was sent off. The replay shows that there was clear contact. The referee must have been reacting to earlier dives and over reacted to Totti's fall. |
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21-06.-2002, 12:14 AM
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I too was impressed with S Korea - mind you, I live outside of Italy, so that seems to get me an exemption from all the conspiracy theories that are doing the rounds. And to think that Perugia have now sacked Ahn Jung-Hwan too! Talk about sour grapes. As far as diving goes, I thought FIFA lost the real chance to do something about it when they gave Rivaldo a slap on the wrist fine after his Oscar-Winning effort against Turkey. A two-game suspension there might have made people re-think diving just a little bit. |
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21-06.-2002, 07:24 AM
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I agree on the 3rd ref idea - maybe not for all fouls (too much stop/start but definitely fouls involving red card offences and fouls inside the box. They use the 3rd ump in cricket, rugby etc so why not footy?
How can a ref be expected to judge fouls where players try to 'win' fouls for the chance at a free kick or penalty when it happens 30 or 40m from him and sometimes his vision is obscured by players? I also like the terminology 'win' a foul....it shows how play acting and faking has become a part of football. I remember when Rio Ferdinand shoved a Danish player and the commentator said 'if the Danish player had gone down then Rio would have been sent off'....so it's not about the foul? It's about the reaction of the fouled player? Ridiculous.... |
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