The World Cup Approacheth

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

R..really? Seems a bit fruity to me. You English-types have offensive and insulting chants/songs... we have brotherhood and God and $hit... not quite the same effect

It doesn't matter what you sing as long as the players and the fans can identify with it. the idea is to form a bond and stand out as individual from the opposition. USA USA USA just doesn't cut it like a good rousing vocal rendition of a nationally treasured song can. It reeks of effort and pride.

 

[ChshreCat]

USA USA USA just doesn't cut it like a good rousing vocal rendition of a nationally treasured song can. It reeks of effort and pride.

All right. I vote for Louie Louie. Who's with me?

 

[JayInJersey]

# 1 worst rule is the tuck rule.


As for the USA chant...it could be worse, look at the JETS (that would be the other football to you foreigners)

 

[Styles]

NZ out. Oh well, at least we didn't lose a single game. And besides, if we'd gone through we would've just got spanked by the Dutch!
I'm going to be tired today, getting up at 2am to watch a game is not conducent to resreshing sleep. Bring on the coffee!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

All right. I vote for Louie Louie. Who's with me?

That would also work great!

English chant: (Clears throat)

Vindaloo Vindaloo Vindaloo
Vindaloo Vindaloo Vindaloooooooo

Vindaloo Vindaloo Vindaloo
Vindaloo Vindaloooooooooooooo

Vindaloo Vindaloo Vindaloo
Vindaloo Vindaloo Vindaloooooooo

Vindaloo Vindaloo Vindaloo
Vindaloo Vindaloooooooooooooo


It's individual, so it works!

Another:

Who ate all the pies?
Who ate all the pies?
YOU fat bastard
YOU fat bastard
YOU ate all the pies!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

NZ out. Oh well, at least we didn't lose a single game. And besides, if we'd gone through we would've just got spanked by the Dutch!
I'm going to be tired today, getting up at 2am to watch a game is not conducent to resreshing sleep. Bring on the coffee!

The Kiwis did great, it did not go without notice.

 

[bob1852]

I started a Yahoo group for the elimination rounds....

http://us.wc.fantasysports.yahoo.com/world-cup/group/38845

Group Name: Tap Room
password: gnome

game on!

 

[arturo7]

Come to think of it, America the Beautiful would be the perfect fan song. Every body knows it, moderate tempo so the crowd can stay together, starts on lower notes then reaches a crescendo at "A-maaaare-ih-cah, A-maaaare-ih-cah"

I wish I was there. I'd hand out copies of the lyrics before the game with the instruction to sing at the 15:00 mark.

 

[ChshreCat]

The only problem is that Mexico, Argentina, Canada are all as much American as we are.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Come to think of it, America the Beautiful would be the perfect fan song. Every body knows it, moderate tempo so the crowd can stay together, starts on lower notes then reaches a crescendo at "A-maaaare-ih-cah, A-maaaare-ih-cah"

I wish I was there. I'd hand out copies of the lyrics before the game with the instruction to sing at the 15:00 mark.

It's a good song to sway to as well. You gotta remember to sway.

 

[arturo7]

The only problem is that Mexico, Argentina, Canada are all as much American as we are.

Perhaps, but they never adopted the moniker.

 

[user 40839]

R..really? Seems a bit fruity to me. You English-types have offensive and insulting chants/songs... we have brotherhood and God and $hit... not quite the same effect

It's a showtune. A bloody showtune!! But God, it means so much to us, that song...

 

[user 40839]

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Never on a par with liverpool, but even my poxy little home town club can manage a decent song (Even if we had to steal it from New Orleans)

 

[Reno_eNVy]

ubermick, that's hilarious

 

[Palefire]

I started a Yahoo group for the elimination rounds....

http://us.wc.fantasysports.yahoo.com/world-cup/group/38845

Group Name: Tap Room
password: gnome

game on!

Oh hell yes. Because I f'in ROCKED that NCAA tournament group ...

 

[user 40839]

Never on a par with liverpool, but even my poxy little home town club can manage a decent song (Even if we had to steal it from New Orleans)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvDSKWrn7QE

Yeah, but you had Tiss.

And Tiss was God!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

I started a Yahoo group for the elimination rounds....

http://us.wc.fantasysports.yahoo.com/world-cup/group/38845

Group Name: Tap Room
password: gnome

game on!

For some reason I can't join. When I click your link it says "You are not a member of this group." So then I try to join it manually by entering the group name and password correctly and it said "This is not a private group." Soooooo then I browsed the public groups and couldn't find "Tap Room." Grrrrrrrr

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Yeah, but you had Tiss.

And Tiss was God!

Yup! He was Le God alright! Maybe, until the match on Saturday, i'll just post random videos of awesome s#ccer boring moments.

 

[Fatgodzilla]

You want to know true football passion, Australia gets eliminated from the World Cup, so we go straight to the top and sack our Prime Minister. No mucking about with sacking coaches or managers or whatever they call them.

The ride is over, we can all get back to concentrating on real football now. The Tri-Nations Rugby Union series (go Wallabies) the Australian Football League (AFL) go St Kilda and the rugby league (NRL) - the mighty St George Illawarra Dragons.

 

[Gremlyn]

For some reason I can't join. When I click your link it says "You are not a member of this group." So then I try to join it manually by entering the group name and password correctly and it said "This is not a private group." Soooooo then I browsed the public groups and couldn't find "Tap Room." Grrrrrrrr

Have to join with the group number, not name: 38845

 

[MeatyPortion]

Give us a break, we're new to this American soccer fans only really started coming out of their protective burrows of pretending to be baseball fans when we hosted the 1994 finals. "U-S-A" is handy, it's easily recognizable and when people start it up it spreads through an American crowd like wild fire. I mean seriously, what are we going to sing? "O beautiful for spacious skies / For amber waves of grain / For purple mountain majesties / Above the fruited plains!..." Kinda ridiculous

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Is it just me or does it look like Portugal dipped their boots in lead this morning? No touch on the passing so far...

COME ON PORTUGAL!!!!!

 

[arturo7]

They're in, they didn't give a rats about winning this game. Just not giving up a bunch of goals.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

What a let down game. Oh well, Spain and Chile have something to play for!

 

[HoppyDaze]

so after reading these last few pages....

Americans don't like soccer because we don't understand it. True. It's so hard to comprehend the rules and figure out what is even going on. Why can the one guy wearing a different colored shirt touch the ball with his hands? Why does it take so long to score? Its all so hard to figure out....I mean you have to be scholar to figure it out I guess? And with all the sophisticated fans in the seat blowing kazoos...it makes my head spin. Truly an elite sport.

OR ...its the only sport where all you need is a ball. The only sport where third world chirldren can participate and they can easily relate because its the only game they've ever played? In fact, you don't even need a ball. I highly doubt kids all over the world would still choose soccer if they(their parents, their parent's parents...etc) had the access to the equipment needed for other sports. Nothing more laughable than someone telling me I don't like soccer because I don't understand it. Um, look...its really not that radical. They run plays...offsides is easily understandable and just like any other sport the team who play more aggresively and wins the non-statistical hustle-type plays are gonna win.

Oh and americans lack knowledge and passion because we don't sing rad songs...nice try on that one.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Not needing any equipment to play s#ccer is HUGE in the world. You don't even need a ball. A tin can and two random objects placed a few feet apart, and you have a s#ccer game that anyone can play (Apart from Legless Norman, he always gets picked last for the team)

 

[IrregularPulse]

Not needing any equipment to play s#ccer is HUGE in the world. You don't even need a ball. A tin can and two random objects placed a few feet apart, and you have a s#ccer game that anyone can play (Apart from Legless Norman, he always gets picked last for the team)

Ditto, probably why basketball never took off. Empty cans don't bounce for sh!t.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Ditto, probably why basketball never took off. Empty cans don't bounce for sh!t.

AND you have to be ten feet tall to play it.

 

[MeatyPortion]

soccer is fun to play if my hockey skates are dull.