WORLD CUP 2010

[onemoretime]

France looks like a one-legged trainwreck

 

[ragashree]

France looks like a one-legged trainwreck

I thought they were just boring and unambitious, as were their opponents, though they had slightly more excuse. Clearly neither team wanted to risk losing to the other, so they just ended up going through the motions. Apparently it got better the last few minutes after Uruguay were down to ten men, but I'd long since given up in boredom. I don't think I've ever seen two strong international sides displaying such mutually leaden midfield inactivity before.

France didn't look so bad really though. If they'd pushed up more in attack instead of being so static and uncommitted to actually trying to do anything, they looked like they had enough skill to cause anyone problems. Finishing power is another matter, but that scarcely gets tested when you don't push more than two men into attacking positions against your opponents' 7 man defense very often.

 

[Malice]

Is Canada even in this thing?
Sorry for the n00b comment, not a big soccer/football fan. But I haven't heard anyone say anything about us so I'm curious.

 

[ragashree]

Nope, they didn't make it. But they're in good company

 

[Blackmail!]

I thought they were just boring and unambitious, as were their opponents, though they had slightly more excuse. Clearly neither team wanted to risk losing to the other, so they just ended up going through the motions. Apparently it got better the last few minutes after Uruguay were down to ten men, but I'd long since given up in boredom. I don't think I've ever seen two strong international sides displaying such mutually leaden midfield inactivity before.

France didn't look so bad really though. If they'd pushed up more in attack instead of being so static and uncommitted to actually trying to do anything, they looked like they had enough skill to cause anyone problems. Finishing power is another matter, but that scarcely gets tested when you don't push more than two men into attacking positions against your opponents' 7 man defense very often.

+1

You should tell that to Raymond Domenec'h.

 

[Malice]

Nope, they didn't make it. But they're in good company

Boourns. Thanks for the heads up though.

 

[Riva]

I really don't care who wins as long as the dirty Italians don't.

Lolz...

The way they won the semi finals and the finals the last time was quite unfair.

And the finals... What that ass hole did/said to the french captain was racism.

 

[AOA]

Not a surprising start for France - they should do better eventually.

 

[tcda]

Vamos Argentina!

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeXUFlxgR5Q"]YouTube - Vamos Vamos.. Argentina...[/YOUTUBE]

</very nervous>

 

[Riva]

^ Good thing Maradona is their coach. He would have taught them a trick or two on cheating.

 

[tcda]

^^^unfortunately not about defending though.

but it's not called "cheating" it's just called being "lively"

 

[Haphazard]

USA versus England.

I have no idea what's going on.

 

[EffEmDoubleyou]

Well that sucks.

 

[Haphazard]

I just learned I hate soccer.

Games that you can call by the first fifteen minutes are boring. Just make it a fifteen minute game, it wastes less of our lives.

 

[Phantonym]

I just learned I hate soccer.

Games that you can call by the first fifteen minutes are boring. Just make it a fifteen minute game, it wastes less of our lives.

Oh come on. What about the half time when the coach gives an awesome pep talk, the team is completely changed and the hero comes and saves the day and it's all exciting and stuff? Oh, wait, that only happens in movies. Yeah. Soccer, boo.

 

[Haphazard]

Oh come on. What about the half time when the coach gives an awesome pep talk, the team is completely changed and the hero comes and saves the day and it's all exciting and stuff? Oh, wait, that only happens in movies. Yeah. Soccer, boo.

In baseball there's always time to catch up, that's what makes it awesome. In Hockey, overtime is a godsend.

No, I'm not watching a game where "70% of winners are determined by who makes the score first", that's boring, I can waste my time doing something more fun.

 

[slowriot]

Yeah. Soccer, boo.

 

[Vasilisa]

Do you have any opinions on those noisemakers?

 

[Phantonym]

No, I'm not watching a game where "70% of winners are determined by who makes the score first", that's boring, I can waste my time doing something more fun.

The game isn't over until the game is over.

Hey, HEY!!! I happen to like soccer FOOTBALL (as it is rightfully called)!!!!

 

[Haphazard]

The game isn't over until the game is over.

It's over, I turned the TV off.

Do you have any opinions on those noisemakers?

That's the other reason I turned off the TV, I don't want to listen to hordes of angry bees.