Impression of the World cup so far

[Gottaa]

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On the plus side I spent the whole time playing on the iPad at the other end of the office

 

[Zeus]

my thoughts on the world cup so far:

are nigeria any good? is there any chance at all of me getting my �5 back?

 

[Requiel]

my thoughts on the world cup so far:

are nigeria any good? is there any chance at all of me getting my �5 back?

I am the chief financial officer of the Nigerian football team and I am contacting you as you seem like a trustworthy and Christian person. I wish to return your GBP5 (FIVE POUNDS) but first I need your bank details, address, creditcard number, PIN, CVN, national insurance number, date of birth, mother's maiden name, full descriptions of all your pets and a naked photograph of your girlfriend.

Strict regards

Dr Requiel J Amangaya (Ph.D, LLC, GmbH)

 

[Swither]

lol

 

[Chick]

<-- Got Italy

 

[Janie]

<--- Greece and Serbia.

Just seen Greece have got beaten by South Korea. Hope Serbia do better!

 

[Requiel]

I have an American boss. My only hope is that Germany lose to Australia tomorrow to deflect some of the flak.

 

[Btone]

so, not the best start for England then, only taking 1 point from a team they should have beaten with ease, not that it matters that much due to the way the groups have been "fixed" all the major teams should go thu to the playoffs

 

[Cullhaven]

We didnt lose, if you discount the mistake we'd have won it 1-0, they are probably the stiffest competition we will face in this group and we got a point and We drew our first match in 66 so the result isnt that worying.

 

[Tempy]

Could Heskey have spent more time offside ?

 

[Janie]

Could Heskey have spent more time offside ?

It's one of his three talents. The others being - missing the target, and lying on the floor (or Rio).

It's good to know Capello wanted to make the American's feel at home though - introducing our very own WWE wrestler at half time in the form of Jamie Carregher who then spent 45 minutes clotheslining to America forward line (when he could catch them).
Oh and there is a obvisous clue in his name as to which wing SWP should play on...

We need to get alot better, at least the other two teams in our group look woeful.

 

[Chick]

We didnt lose, if you discount the mistake we'd have won it 1-0.

Sir - you have split my sides with your cutting wit!

 

[Requiel]

If you discount all the goals that Germany scored, Australia held them to a draw.

 

[Btone]

as a none football person (what i know about football wouldn't fill a postage stamp) what the big deal about the world cup is, i could understand the fuss if it was the best teams in the world coming together for a display of the best football we will see, but it not.
from what i understand about reading about it, it the best teams from different regions playing each other with a bias to the major footballing teams of the world which means a better team from one region may not get thu to the final simply because that region has used up all it slots

 

[Janie]

as a none football person (what i know about football wouldn't fill a postage stamp) what the big deal about the world cup is, i could understand the fuss if it was the best teams in the world coming together for a display of the best football we will see, but it not.
from what i understand about reading about it, it the best teams from different regions playing each other with a bias to the major footballing teams of the world which means a better team from one region may not get thu to the final simply because that region has used up all it slots

I don't really understand. But i think you mean for example Russia should be at the World Cup instead of say Honduras or New Zealand - because clearly Russia are the better team? But Russia missed out on one of the 12 available European slots.
But you have to remenber this is the 'World' cup and I think it's only fair each contient is represented - and if your not good enough to qualify as one of the 12 best teams in Europe then you probably aren't in any shape to win the competition anyway.

32 Teams get to the World Cup and really only 8 or so have a chance of winning (the World Cup has yet to be won by a surprise team) - the rest are there to make up the numbers hoping to cause some shock, getting further than expected.