So tomorrow is doomsday, or not. Denmark v Cameroun. Win or leave. I hope coach Olsen will be able to come up with something brilliant because we don't have anyone extraordinary on the team. Or at least they have been hiding their extraordinarity extraordinarily well.

Germany kaput. Hehe. About time too.

Nice comeback by the US, still a bit of time to play.

Nice comeback by the US, still a bit of time to play.

 

I'm livid about them calling off that goal. absolute BS, we should be up 3-2 right now.

The referees killed ze football today.

Well-spirited match. They fought well.

 

BTW, has Sawyer gone to sleep?

Germany played very well at the start of the second half, but Podolski alone can't make up for a missing man on the field. At the end they were too tired and too rushed to put anything together.

 

Podolski can't score a penalty.

With him missing the penalty kick, I can't really feel sorry for Germany.

 

But the cards dealt (to Klose especially) was waaaay off. That's how football is sometimes though, but yeah... it sucks.

Not really. Serbia got 4 cards, Germans got 5. The ref was very strict, almost any physical contact resulted in a yellow card - but fair. We got to play with a player more, they got a free penalty. Plenty of shots at the goal from both sides. It was an even thing, down to the end.

You got any inside gen for us on Serbia, Boo?

Podolski must have some English roots as well, how he missed that penalty...

Nothing too revealing. Most players are from good or excellent european clubs, morale is a huge factor (which makes this win very important), excellent defense, good midfield and lack of really powerful offensive players.

The reason for the success against Germany is the similarities in playing style combined with an all or nothing approach following the loss against Ghana.

 

Australia is the final group opponent and although on paper Serbia has better players, most feel that the weak Aussie performance against Germany doesn't necessarily mean that they will be an easy opponent. The results are tight in the group D and even a victory might not be enough to go further.

The game will enormously depend on the confidence of the players, if they play to their potential a win can be expected.

 

Overall Serbia can play any of the best European teams and stand an equal chance of winning and losing. That's the playing style they're familiar with and that's where they can perform well.

Lots of chances for England so far but the ball just won't go into the goal.

Hehe, I just read that North Korea might have problems dressing a full team the next time they play. Apparently several players have gone missing in the last couple of days!

 

Go NK!!

Hahahaha, oh man. International embarrassment for Mr. Jong-Il.

I was wondering how many were going to defect.

I read that NK's star player, the one that wept when NK's national anthem was played, actually lives and plays in Japan.

The average pay of the English national team footballers, in the English domestic Premiership, is on average

It's not failure when even your defeats move millions and millions of pounds.

It's not failure when even your defeats move millions and millions of pounds.

 

Point.

 

Nonetheless I have to agree with Monte in as much as I think the England team have perhaps too much of a good thing money wise. In fact I've been thinking for some time now that you can ALWAYS have too much of a good thing. It destabilizes efforts to control the system in question. In this case the money and the lifestyle is a distraction. On the other hand they earn their bosses squillions more so why shouldn't they get a share?

 

Not that this changes my impression of the useless hoofers.

 

On teh other hand I thoght Algeria played greatly to their own credit. Well done.

 

:lol:

 

How about...

 

Intimated

Rooney

Overated

Nervous

Yanked

 

Also: CapeLOL

I guess Holland's game got the job done, but it was pretty crappy.

 

Actually, it was crappy for the first half, then fantastic for ten minutes into the second half, then complete ****e for the rest of it. I thought Japan actually played better than us.

Holland is starting to look like a contender. Theoretical quality, underwhelming performance, wins nevertheless. All the markings of a World Cup winner.

Unfair penalty against Australia, the guy definitely didn't play with his hand intentionally. Regardless group D looks tight. If Germany beats Ghana, and we beat Australia, both reasonable to expect, Ger and Serbia qualify further.

 

England. I've never seen worse* play by a major team.

 

* I forgot France.

At least England had a good game of rugby against Australia today, like I say the real world cup takes place in New Zealand next year.