Guest The Three Lions Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Good. See all these axis countries, they were cunts 60 and 70 years ago, and they still are to this day, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey etc. even if the modern confrontations are now on a football field. England embody our heritage and spirit, we drift along, struggling to achieve against minnows, look at our struggles in Ireland, yet when we have our backs to the wall against an equal or perceived bigger opponent we come in to our own and fight like lions. Looking further ahead the QF's could easily look like this.... Uruguay v USA Argentina v England Brazil v Holland Portugal v Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 Brazil won't win it. Way too fragile as a team. He'll start those two defensive Dm's all tournament and most of it will come down the middle. Not enough variation. Kaka and Robinho aren't a patch on what they used to be. I know he got a couple the other day but I don't rate the striker either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Three Lions Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Brazil are shite. Worst Brazil I've ever seen tbh. Argentina or Spain have the best play but have vulnerable defences, it truly is anyones WC, but look at it like this in the last 50 years there's never been a final without Brazil or Germany in regardless how shit they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Good. See all these axis countries, they were cunts 60 and 70 years ago, and they still are to this day, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey etc. even if the modern confrontations are now on a football field. England embody our heritage and spirit, we drift along, struggling to achieve against minnows, look at our struggles in Ireland, yet when we have our backs to the wall against an equal or perceived bigger opponent we come in to our own and fight like lions. Looking further ahead the QF's could easily look like this.... Uruguay v USA Argentina v England Brazil v Holland Portugal v Japan Obviously the really sad truth is the exact opposite and we usually lose to bigger opposition. In fact Germany and Italy (of those you quoted) have much more strength in battle than us on a football pitch. Fact is we need a reversal of history...and hopefully thats exactly what we'll see this time around. Our biggest hope might just be Germany's inexperience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 2006 - Italy vs France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Three Lions Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Good. See all these axis countries, they were cunts 60 and 70 years ago, and they still are to this day, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey etc. even if the modern confrontations are now on a football field. England embody our heritage and spirit, we drift along, struggling to achieve against minnows, look at our struggles in Ireland, yet when we have our backs to the wall against an equal or perceived bigger opponent we come in to our own and fight like lions. Looking further ahead the QF's could easily look like this.... Uruguay v USA Argentina v England Brazil v Holland Portugal v Japan Obviously the really sad truth is the exact opposite and we usually lose to bigger opposition. In fact Germany and Italy (of those you quoted) have much more strength in battle than us on a football pitch. Fact is we need a reversal of history...and hopefully thats exactly what we'll see this time around. Our biggest hope might just be Germany's inexperience. Do we? I don't really regard anyone as bigger than England, but I'd hardly say Portugal are bigger, and we never actually lose to Germany we usually end up drawing with them and going out. Brazil are our nemesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15467 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 any idea why throughout the world cup the BBC website has had no football headlines on the home page? Instead it's all wimbledon this rugby/F1 that. You'd think it wasn't even happening. It does for me. Have you paid your licence fee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15467 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I know it's wrong to laugh... I know it is... but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Good. See all these axis countries, they were cunts 60 and 70 years ago, and they still are to this day, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey etc. even if the modern confrontations are now on a football field. England embody our heritage and spirit, we drift along, struggling to achieve against minnows, look at our struggles in Ireland, yet when we have our backs to the wall against an equal or perceived bigger opponent we come in to our own and fight like lions. Looking further ahead the QF's could easily look like this.... Uruguay v USA Argentina v England Brazil v Holland Portugal v Japan Obviously the really sad truth is the exact opposite and we usually lose to bigger opposition. In fact Germany and Italy (of those you quoted) have much more strength in battle than us on a football pitch. Fact is we need a reversal of history...and hopefully thats exactly what we'll see this time around. Our biggest hope might just be Germany's inexperience. Do we? I don't really regard anyone as bigger than England, but I'd hardly say Portugal are bigger, and we never actually lose to Germany we usually end up drawing with them and going out. Brazil are our nemesis. Thats one way of looking at it I spose! You're always top value during an international comp Stevie! Just hope we get through and you can rouse us again for battle in the next round! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Three Lions Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I believe Portugal will win today, I think they're just as well organised as Brazil, but this is Ronaldo's time to show on the big stage of all he's as good as anyone, and I think he will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Brazil are shite. Worst Brazil I've ever seen tbh. Argentina or Spain have the best play but have vulnerable defences, it truly is anyones WC, but look at it like this in the last 50 years there's never been a final without Brazil or Germany in regardless how shit they are. What about 1978 and 2006? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Three Lions Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 (edited) Brazil are shite. Worst Brazil I've ever seen tbh. Argentina or Spain have the best play but have vulnerable defences, it truly is anyones WC, but look at it like this in the last 50 years there's never been a final without Brazil or Germany in regardless how shit they are. What about 1978 and 2006? Apart from when the World Cup is in countries we've been to war with I meant. Edited June 25, 2010 by The Three Lions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Or hadn't been to war with but were going to go to war with in the future? Aye, I'm sure you meant that. I've told you before about drinking on school nights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Three Lions Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Or hadn't been to war with but were going to go to war with in the future? Aye, I'm sure you meant that. I've told you before about drinking on school nights In hindsight has any fucka hosted a WC we technically haven't had some military contact with.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cid_MCDP 0 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Brazil not starting Robinho against Portugal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Come on Brazil you bastards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Liquid football this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44561 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 7 yellows in the first half. Canny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Commentators and pundits saying how disappointing the first half was. It's proper niggly like but the technical passing is lush. We're right mongs sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21451 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Commentators and pundits saying how disappointing the first half was. It's proper niggly like but the technical passing is lush. We're right mongs sometimes. I saw about half of the half and my impressions are England have NO chance against these teams. That's not being pessimistic either because in reality I couldn't give a shit about England either way, it's just realism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Should have been a goal, was just thinking that Brazil often come forward in two banks of 4 and leave themselves open at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Commentators and pundits saying how disappointing the first half was. It's proper niggly like but the technical passing is lush. We're right mongs sometimes. I saw about half of the half and my impressions are England have NO chance against these teams. That's not being pessimistic either because in reality I couldn't give a shit about England either way, it's just realism. I've always got that in mind when watching the top teams and I struggled to see where we'd have got a touch at all to be totally honest. Unless it was in a fundementally niggly game, in which case the studio should have been jizzing over the fact this one was at all niggly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiespaws 0 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I was watching the Germany - Ghana game and noticed how well the Germans pass the ball. They might be a young team, but we really need to get a grip of the midfield or I fear they'll just pass it round us. We need to sort our shape and our tactics and run at them. They are more methodical, a bit like Germany of old but I think we are a bit quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Grafite on now. The writings on the wall tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44561 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Worst game of the tournament according to Waddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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