The World Cup Thread

Drogba back in tournament!! Ivory Coast ecstatic as injured Drogba returns to training

 

Hey, even I can run around and kick a ball after fracturing my arm/elbow! I really wouldn't read too much into his return to practice. He is a big guy and when you go up to win the ball or back into a player, you need your arms. Its a very physical game - if he does play, he certainly won't be as physical as he usually is, and Portugal will certainly be physical against him.

 

can't see him diving either...LOL...

 

what the latest now, am missing the action due to work and kidney stones rush me to the hospital business, again ..........dang

 

France and Uruguay playing right now and 0-0 after 54 minutes

 

0 - 0 final, Uruguay with a man rightly sent off with 10 minutes left. A pretty decent game and Uruguay looks like it has a chance of beating mexico.

 

Two Big Goose Eggs for the last Match of the Day. A total of 8 I think Yellow Cards handed out and one Big Red. That must of hurt, France needs seriously to win the next one and add some Points Up they might be need to get into the next round.

Mañana Is a big Day 3 Games.

South Korea vs. Greece - 1:30pm
Argentina vs. Nigeria - 4:00pm
England vs. United States - 8:30pm


South K VS Greece 2-1 For SK

Argentina VS Nigeria 2-2 T

England VS USA 4-0 USA

 

I say

South Korea VS Greece
0:2

Argentina VS Nigeria
1:1

England VS USA
3:1

 

England 0 Usa 0 .. after my 1st two predictions??.. 3rd time lucky? LOL

 

South Korea - Greece 1-1
Argentina - Nigeria 4-2
England - USA 4-0

 

you think we'll get a good result! jaeger..confident! only if we can play a 90 min game? and not slump like usual? 1st half good, 2nd half poor?

 

I'm not sure why I did it, but I'm glad I had picked S Korea over Greece. Todays picks I went 2 for 2 on espn's pick 'em.
US-2 England-1 is my prediction for the final match today. I really think England has been over hyped, and the US team underestimated.

 

half time report, england Usa... Half-Time: England 1-1 USA: Robert Green howler cancels out Steven Gerrard's early opener - Goal.com-

 

Well It was looking bad for USA with in 7 minutes of the Game. But USA dug in their Heels and raised a little hell of their own, in the 54 minute mark if it wasn't for the Post USA would of been leading the Game. A total of 35 shot on goal for both teams combined. USA should be proud they held Mighty Britannia to a 1-1 T.

GOOoooooooooooo USAaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

P.S. I was at a Italian Cafe & Bar they all cheered for USA In the Euro I went to a Portuguese Cafe and every one was Booing Italy, Just an observation.

GermanyPreview VS Australia

SRBPreview VS GHA

AlgeriaPreview VS Slovenia

 

I'd hardly call 'England' a 'great' team. They failed to qualify for the Euro-cup and haven't had a real goalkeeper since David Seaman all those years ago. The squad selection showed its flaws once again - Lennon and WP had little effect on the game (missing Walcotts speed aren't you now?). An entertaining game, typical English goalkeeping, and a lack of a 'general' in the midfield to control the game for the Brits.

Things COULD get hairy, but the rest of the group is pretty weak.

Argentina failed to impress me in their 1 - 0 win over Nigeria. I mean, Nigeria is missing one of their best players and the game could have easily gone either way.

The games for sunday aren't too appealing and i'll miss all of them (out for the day). Monday has some teasers though...Netherlands vs Denmark should be fun, as should Italy vs Paraguay.

 

oh dear, the world cup has begun, prepare for rioting in one European country or another XD

 

same England, a game of two halves! poor! is the best I can say for that performance! heskey? wright-phillips? cole staying back? We gotta do a lot better...or ELSE!!!!!!!!!! usa were never gonna score! and yet they made us look at times! as bad as them...that is just not good enough to start your world cup..

 

What was needed was a Clough touch. A bottle of brandy before the match would have calmed them down. The Three lions looked like nervous kittens. Ha-well better to get it out of the system in the first match.

Argentina did their stuff against the best African team, S.Korea looked impressive, Greece was but a shadow of the disciplined organised side that won the Euro cup 6 years ago.

BUT the worst about the WC is the bloody noise those trumpets are making. It is ruins the experience. A thousand pipers is needed methinks.

 

Too bad for Green. Not sure if David James is better as he is known for his fumbles...

Interesting to see if Germany is any good tonight.

 

When I watched that "slow roller" dribble out of Green's grasp last night, I couldn't quite believe it. Odd how each team views a tie differently. For the USA a tie against a reputed "world power" team is almost as good as a win, and for the English a tie to the lowly Americans is seen as a loss.

Ahhh, relativity strikes again.