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[Ayatollah Hermione 14047]

Bellamy's face last night  The little prick.

[rogerbarton 24]

Syria leading Australia in Sydney. En route to a final play-off against Honduras or Panama.

[Howmanheyman 33829]

4 hours ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Bellamy's face last night  The little prick.

I watched the game via RTE. Arghhh!!! Would've loved to have seen his dial.

[Alex 35571]

Did he blame the Newcastle fans for Wales' loss?

[OTF 7485]

12 hours ago, rogerbarton said:

Syria leading Australia in Sydney. En route to a final play-off against Honduras or Panama.

Sorry to disappoint.

[RobinRobin 11550]

4 hours ago, OTF said:

Sorry to disappoint.

 

Thickness of the post though - phew 

[ohhh_yeah 2991]

 

Gulati needs to box up his belongings, making sure to put Arena back in his purse, and GTFO!

 

[ewerk 31195]

Gosh darn it, that soccer ball sure does get me hot under the collar.

[Meenzer 15716]

Frick that soccer ball

[The Fish 10963]

Soccerball Chat For the Win!

[ewerk 31195]

 

 

Ooops.

[The Fish 10963]

I don't get it?

[ewerk 31195]

It was an indirect free kick. If Ospina doesn't touch it then the goal doesn't stand. He should've just watched it sail by him.

[rogerbarton 24]

Why was the free kick awarded? As I best understand it, indirect free kicks are awarded for technical infringements rather than 'on the ball' type offences. Correct me if I've missed something.

[rogerbarton 24]

Just catching up. So the US are out after losing to bottom side Trinidad & Tobago - who had nothing to play for. Yet they still only crashed out entirely because Panama beat Costa Rica via a phantom goal. Panama make it for their first World Cup ever!  

[Ayatollah Hermione 14047]

Thank fuck. Like we need another World Cup worth of Americans going “HEY MAN, ITS OUR TIME, WE LOVE SOCCER, MAN. I’VE BEEN WATCHING THE MERSEYSIDE BLUES FOR 18 MONTHS NOW! USA! USA! USA!”

[Alex 35571]

Concacaf must be the easiest confederation to qualify from as well

[Alex 35571]

Apparently Fox paid $400m to cover the tournament as well.

[The Fish 10963]

49 minutes ago, Alex said:

Concacaf must be the easiest confederation to qualify from as well

 

Didn't Arena basically say that the highfalutin Eurpoean teams would struggle to get out of the CONCACAF group?

[Alex 35571]

It's that tough USA haven't failed to qualify since 1986 (albeit they were hosts in '94). They get 3 1/2 places and that 4th placed team plays the 5th best Asian team. Basically they had to finish above Panama (ranked 60th in the world) to qualify automatically (or ahead of Honduras - 74th - to get into the playoffs). Sounds like he was getting his excuses ready to be honest. Also the bloke's an ex-goalie who never played (and has never coached / managed a side) oustide the USA. Probably think European sides are shit based on washed up stars going to play in their poxy pub league.

[Howay 12496]

I’ve still no idea why they re-appointed Arena, the bloke is a complete knacker. 

[Ayatollah Hermione 14047]

Because he’s called BRUCE ARENA. That’s a proper American name. The next one will probably be called Chad Gatorade.

[The Fish 10963]

4 minutes ago, Howay said:

I’ve still no idea why they re-appointed Arena, the bloke is a complete knacker. 

 

America have a proud history of great coaches as well; Boon, D'Amato, Carter, Bombay.

[Howay 12496]

4 minutes ago, The Fish said:

 

America have a proud history of great coaches as well; Boon, D'Amato, Carter, Bombay.

 It’s more getting rid of Klinnsmann for Bruce Arena that I don’t get. Even if they had to chuck Klinnsmann (they didn’t) surely they could have got better than going back to Arena, the bloke is a fucking joke. 

[Dr Gloom 22143]

bruce arena