The World Cup Approacheth

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Great result!! I'm so proud for SA, and sooooo pleased for the french!

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Well good for them to win, to bad they don't make it out of the group stage. I was really hopeful at half time...

Bummer, still cool to come away with a win though.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Now it doesn't matter how badly England screw it up tomorrow.......Because the French did worse!

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

hahaha

I hope the English win and the US wins by more points. You can play Germany, that's fine with me

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I fully expect England to get through. Not because they will suddenly stop playing like a bunch of 6 year old girls, but because it is always our destiny to be knocked out of tournaments in a penalty shoot out......Usually by Germany.

 

[Bru]

Thanks ! Beating the French and drawing with Mexico is much more than we expected. Pity to be knocked out though.

BTW - Bafana Bafana is a nickname for our side. It translates as "The Boys, The Boys".

Great result!! I'm so proud for SA, and sooooo pleased for the french!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

England score!!!!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

I cannot BELIEVE that USA got dicked out of another goal! THIS IS PURE EFFING SHENANIGANS!!

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I am almost ready to call shenanigans. One more awfully botched call in a situation where the benefit of the doubt goes to the attacker and all bets are off. Total crap.

I just hope our guys can keep their cool. It should be 2-0 and a nice easy atmosphere, instead it is rife with nerves.

Good for England.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Hate to piss on the parade, yes, it was the wrong call, but it was a matter of inches and fractions of a second. A wrong call, yes....Shenanigans, to call that would be a bit rough on such a tight decision.

Anyways, onwards and upwards USA!

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

My problem with that call, is that if it is too close to call, you aren't supposed to call it.

Mistakes are fine. Too many mistakes start to stink like rubbish.

All I am smelling now is a faint whiff of something foul. If I smell Satan's Anus, then I'll know something is rotten in the State of Denmark.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

My problem with that call, is that if it is too close to call, you aren't supposed to call it.

Mistakes are fine. Too many mistakes start to stink like rubbish.

All I am smelling now is a faint whiff of something foul. If I smell Satan's Anus, then I'll know something is rotten in the State of Denmark.

If the linesman was just a couple of feet of the incident it would affect his view dramatically in such a tight call. He doesn't have the benefit of freeze frame. What would you be saying if the goal stood, but was offside by an inch or two?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Ha! Now England had a goal offside!

 

[Hugh_Jass]

Gooooooaaaaaalllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

YEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!

Engalnd AND USA through!!!!

 

[Scooby_Brew]

Goooooaaaaalllll!!!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeesss!!!!!

 

[arturo7]

Ggooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaalllll!!!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Well, the group finished as I thought it would, but who the hell thought it would ever have been this crazy!

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Well done USA. This is what football (soccer) is all about.
I defy any non football (soccer) supporter that they haven`t been on the edge of their seats all afternoon.
This is why football (soccer) is better thatn any NFL, MLB, Basketball.
Many Congrats on finishing top of the group.
Down to the last 16
Squeaky Bum Time.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Wow... how do I go to work after that? 91st minute.

Best result possible England and US through with the U.S. winning its group for the first time since 1930! That is a long ass time.

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Was it a 91st minute goal ? Only heard the result. Rushing off to work.

 

[senorswiss]

Was it a 91st minute goal ? Only heard the result. Rushing off to work.

Yep. USA USA USA!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Was it a 91st minute goal ? Only heard the result. Rushing off to work.

90th minute. There was plenty of time, not like a 91st minute goal!

 

[johnnyboy1965]

It dont matter what time it was scored (though a last minute goal is always better)
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZeVLCCE2KY[/ame]

 

[IrregularPulse]

Well done USA. This is what football (soccer) is all about.
I defy any non football (soccer) supporter that they haven`t been on the edge of their seats all afternoon.
This is why football (soccer) is better thatn any NFL, MLB, Basketball.

Just got done explaining to co worker why 1 goal in 90+ minutes is far more exciting than a combined 300 points in the 48 minute basketball game. Some just don't understand.

90th minute. There was plenty of time, not like a 91st minute goal!

Still a solid 3 minutes left even with a 91st

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Just got done explaining to co worker why 1 goal in 90+ minutes is far more exciting than a combined 300 points in the 48 minute basketball game. Some just don't understand.

Sometimes (More often than you would think) A single goal is like snorting coke that just spent a night out jacking up on heroin while totally drunk.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Down to the last 16
Squeaky Bum Time.

As you already know, most teams that win the cup always have one match along the way that almost throws them out of the competition. I think that both USA and England have had their share of those already. Now it's all about taking chances and going for gold.

Best of luck to both of me!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I just think that this stupid old cow is taking her job too seriously!

 

[user 40839]

Jiminy Christmas.

Was starting to think that the missed opportunities were going to bite the States squarely on the arse. Jozy Altidore is far from international class talent - that game should've been put to bed long before Landon knocked that one in. No idea what Algeria was thinking - they had a chance to progress, but played like they already decided they weren't going to. Shocking stuff, awful negative football from them, and thrilled the Yanks got the win against them.

More iffy officiating (the red card for the Algerian at the end was inexplicable?) with another disallowed goal. That one falls squarely under the 'these things happen in football' category though, tight decision that the linesman had to make in a split second. Could have gone either way - although not to hear John Harkes and his mass conspiracy against the USA theories talk about it!

Games later on today are gonna be interesting - wonder who the US is going to get? Big chance it'll be zee Germans, and if so revenge will be on the minds, after 2002.

 

[user 40839]

I just think that this stupid old cow is taking her job too seriously!

LGI - you've gone way too far with that. Referring to the Queen of England as a "stupid old cow" is insulting, demeaning, and personally offensive.

(To cows)