Football (Soccer) World Cup, South Africa 2010

[Revvy]

From this;

To this????

Oh...My....god.....

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I think he looks quite hot in the second pic. Green suits him.

 

[Revvy]

*snicker*

Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Like a 50/50 cross between a confrontational “I’M FAT **** OFF” Millie Tant-esque
dyke, and an actress hamming it up as an aunt in the sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding.


From the site;
Footballers who look like lesbians.

 

[Pappers_]

OMG, what a great game! US draws with England 1-1! We watched it in a bar here inStockholm with a Swedish man and his Irish father-in-law, who inexplicably was rooting for England.

Drank some Eriksburg and Falcon (Swedish beers) and enjoyed taking a point from the English.

 

[Pappers_]

Wow, that Germany v. Australia game was ugly. I hope it was that Australia was really bad, not that Germany is so dominant - the US (if it makes out of its group) will likely have to play Germay. That was a real shellacking.

On a good note, though, we were in a pub in the Old Town section of Stockholm, surrounded by hordes of young, drunk German women, cheering on their team. We sat next to and chatted with a couple of them - they are in Sweden working, one had been here two years and the other 8 months. They all looked really young, like my son's age or only a year or two older, no more than 21.

We drank Biska cider mainly.

 

[Homercidal]

Watched the first half of the US/Germany game and MAN WAS THAT SOUND ANNOYING!

And Germany looked in total control. Thought about watching some more, but we decided to watch Willy Wonka instead. The old one, not the crappy new one.

 

[Bru]

Hey Bosum, the vibe here is unreal, everyone is going crazy.
I went to a "fan park" on Friday to watch SA vs Mexico. It was cool. We did well to draw 1-1 considering SA is ranked 83rd and Mexico 17th. Hopefully we play well on Wednesday.
As for the vuvuzela - you can hear them all the time now regardless of whether there is a game on or not. Like some sort of weird bird call
A local conductor is composing a "symphony" using the vuvu.

 

[Bosium]

Hi bru (hah, that was weird)

Well, the way I look at it is this: We do not deserve to be ranked 83rd. I watch a lot of football and I was shocked at how well SA played against Mexico. The first half was a bit nervy (opening game, 90K+ vuvu's and the pressure of hosting), and I think we were wrong to let our guard down in the second half with the likes of Vela running around, but I didn't see anything from mexico to compare with the quality of that pass to, and the goal from Tshabalala. What an absolute cracker! Might well be the goal of the tournament.

Also Mphela's near miss when he hit the post had me almost in tears, it should have been 2-1 to us. I must admit that I expected a bit more from Pienaar though if you take into account what an excellent season he's had at Everton.

Khune was great in goal too. Still, the other teams in our group also drew so it's still on like Donkey Kong! Bring on Uruguay next...

 

[Bru]

Ja hopefully Steven Pienaar plays better next game. Hes one of the best players on the team. Maybe he just needs to settle a bit. I agree - thank goodness for Khune - he played really well, made some awesome saves.
I reckon we can beat France if we don't fall apart. Uraguay as well.
You should get out here man - Ive never seen SA going crazy like this. Almost every car has a flag attached to it.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

I tried to watch, I really did but I ended up taking two naps this weekend and I almost never take naps. I wonder if Americans can even fathom how much of a goat that goalie for England is? AFAIK, take a Bill Buckner and multiply it by a Scott Norwood, then raise it to the tenth power...and you're getting warm.

The opening concert rekindled my crush on Alicia Keys, that woman has the prettiest face evar.

 

[Pappers_]

Spanish, I picked up an English paper yesterday and there were *16* pages devoted to thrashing him . . .

 

[Pappers_]

I really enjoyed watching the Paraguay v Italy game - tough conditions in a torrential downpour, but Paraguay played much better than I expected. Their defense was the definition of staunch. Coming away with one point from that match is a real victory for them.

 

[Bosium]

Ya, it's such a shame it's being held in winter - Cape Town (my hometown) is cold, wet, windy and miserable in winter. At least the rest of the country still has pretty fair weather with clear skies etc, even if a little cold.

Re Green's mess up - a shocker but I feel for the guy. Still think they should have gone with Joe Hart but that's just my R0.02...

 

[Pappers_]

Well, the british press seem convinced Hart will start. I heard from someone that Arsenal is looking to sign him.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

RE: the vuvuzelas; apparently this is something they do in South Africa and the World Cup is in South Africa. So this is what you get. There has been some talk on US sports shows about trying to ban it but I don't like that idea. This is their World Cup.

This may be the only time where it's a slight advantage to have tinnitus. Adding a few more thousand vuvuzelas to the chorus of vuvuzelas constantly blasting in my head makes it not that big of a deal.

 

[Homercidal]

The noise from those horns is taking all of the attention away from the games. Is that what SA really wants?

I tried watching some soccer replays last night, but there was a Britney Spears special on FUSE. A whole bunch of her videos back to back.

 

[HoppyDaze]

Thank you!

I like to have sports on in the background while Im at my desk working. And, I guess I can sort of get into the world cup soccer thing because it is such a big deal and venues "buzz" which is pretty cool.

I take this back...I wish to god they would stop blowing the damn gazoos! I now have to silence the tv and find a radio broadcast.

 

[Bru]

VIVA THE VUVUZELA !!!!!!!!
BRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaappppppppppppp

 

[footballwc]

I know last year it was whatever you could get locally that wasn't available to winners region. But he'll I'd be happy with a bomber of fat tire if it's free. I'll be watching it on World Cup 2022

 

[footballwc]

thanks

 

[passedpawn]

thanks

homebrew much?