The World Mug

scallopino - 17-6-2006 at 07:57

In an environment full of Europeans i can't believe there is no World Mug thread. :shocked:

So it takes an australian from a part of the world where football means:

... to start the official thread!

Here are my thoughts so far:

1. Go Australia! Currently at the top of their group. They were extremely unlucky to have that goal by Japan counted, then extremely lucky to score 3 at the end. Play Brazil next on Monday. I say the result will be Brazil 2 - Australia 0.

2. I watched the first Netherlands match where Robben scored twice. He was on fire but then he refused to pass off near goal for the next hour.

3. Ecuador is really kicking ass. They seem to work extremely hard in the attacking half to keep possession and are really great to watch. So is Spain.

4. England is one of the most boring teams to watch along with Ukraine. God damn. Lampard wasted a couple of simple opportunities against Trinidad/Tobago and so did Crouchy. Thank god for Rooney, Bekham (as much as i hate to say so), J. Cole and Terry (who played an outstanding match against T/T). Joe Cole is really entertaining.

DED - 17-6-2006 at 10:46

I must say I was positively suprised by Australia and Tjsechie.
The Dutch will come home after their match against Portugal in the next round. Australia can change European footbal(soccer) totally.
It's more robuust, I like that. England France and Brazil are minors in this cup. One thing is sure Australia has the best trainer in the world.

BBP - 17-6-2006 at 15:48

Def. Hiddink is the best! Kinda hope they'll go through to the next round...

Anyone see the offence of Kezman in Argentina vs Serbia/Montenegro (6-0)? I missed it, how bad was it?
Kezman used to play for PSV Eindhoven, in 4 seasons he became top scorer of the competition 3 times. In the European Championship in 2000 Kezman made his international debut, and was sent off after 40 seconds!

PS DED Tsjechië is called Czech Republic in English.

scallopino - 18-6-2006 at 07:42

Yep. Guus is probably the most loved man in the world for us at the moment! Czech Republic were embarrassed by Ghana who were great.

Does Holland play Portugal next? I would say that that Portugal were lucky to win against Iran. They played very selfishly and Iran should have used nuclear weapons.

BBP: i watched Argentina vs. S/M. Kezman got red carded but it wasn't so bad. It was funny seeing Maradonna going absolutely nuts in the stands.

Pappawas1975 - 18-6-2006 at 10:53

errr....thats not footbal scallop.
Australia vs Brazil today, should be a good game! I miss it though, unfortaunately. Im going to see JOHN ZORN in London instead.......Its gonna rock.....

aquagoat - 18-6-2006 at 10:57

Quote:

Originally posted by Gojira1975
errr....thats not footbal scallop.
Australia vs Brazil today, should be a good game! BUT I DON'T CARE though, CAUSE Im going to see JOHN ZORN in London instead.......Its gonna rock.....

This is what you should have written Goj, well, this is what I would have written.

[Edited on 18-6-2006 by aquabot]

Pappawas1975 - 18-6-2006 at 11:39

It was a stab at sarcasm aqua, but it didnt really come of.....thanks for the language input though bro!

BBP - 18-6-2006 at 12:22

Zorn! Great! That beats any soccer game!
France is playing South Korea tonight, that should also be a great game...

Holland Portugal? If that happens, Holland is out. The Dutch team tied Portugal once and lost to Portugal once during the qualification matches for WC 2002.

Anyone seen Italy vs States? I was watching a film on the other channel, but I did see the goals and red cards. That own goal was beautiful!

DED - 18-6-2006 at 15:34

Since you remind e that it is not jsechie I enjoy to tell you that it is a ungoal
not a own goal
hihi

aquagoat - 18-6-2006 at 19:07

Quote:

Originally posted by DED
Since you remind e that it is not jsechie I enjoy to tell you that it is a ungoal
not a own goal
hihi

AH the delights of vengeance.

aquagoat - 18-6-2006 at 19:11

Quote:

Originally posted by Gojira1975
It was a stab at sarcasm aqua, but it didnt really come of.....thanks for the language input though bro!

No sarcasm intended, just what I would have said if I'd been in your position.

I hope that Zorn show was great.

[Edited on 18-6-2006 by aquabot]

BBP - 18-6-2006 at 22:25

France ties South Korea! That was a surprise!
Shame the Aussies lost... though I kinda expected it...

aquagoat - 20-6-2006 at 07:22

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Originally posted by BBP
France ties South Korea! That was a surprise!

It didn't surprise me at all, actually. We stopped playing after scoring the first goal.

BBP - 20-6-2006 at 10:00

Only started watching from when South Korea scored. I was sitting outside and could hear the neighbor's TV.

scallopino - 20-6-2006 at 14:23

Spain certainly didn't look so dazzling against Tunisia. Argentina are certainly the best performing team going into the next round.

And Harry Kewell was spared a suspension after going off at the ref after the Brazil game. Thank goodness. He was really angry. Australia was fouled 25 times to Brazil 9 times. And then the ref. blew the final whistle more than a minute too early... in the words of Napoleon Dynamite "IDIOT!".

I was really proud of how Aus played against Brazil. It was a pretty even match except Aus wasted opportunities. Guus really went for it in the second half.

BBP - 20-6-2006 at 18:13

Yeah, Guus is brilliant... Shame he won't be coaching PSV next year. He's going to Russia.
Sweden will be playing England tonight... should be pretty good!

Pappawas1975 - 21-6-2006 at 10:33

Quote:

Originally posted by aquabot

Quote:

Originally posted by Gojira1975
It was a stab at sarcasm aqua, but it didnt really come of.....thanks for the language input though bro!

No sarcasm intended, just what I would have said if I'd been in your position.

I hope that Zorn show was great.

[Edited on 18-6-2006 by aquabot]

Yes man, it was a great show. Both pieces rocked, but Moonchild was the killer. Outstanding, but the show was on the short side. However, this enabled us to hit a bar afterwards and catch the tail end of France screwing up yet again against S. Korea!

BBP - 21-6-2006 at 16:02

South Korea did hit the semifinals 4 years ago...

Say how's Michael Owen? I saw him groaning on the ground before the first minute was over, poor fella.

vivien_o_blivion - 21-6-2006 at 20:54

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Originally posted by BBP
South Korea did hit the semifinals 4 years ago...

Say how's Michael Owen? I saw him groaning on the ground before the first minute was over, poor fella.

owen not good-out for at least 5 months possibly a hole year-crutiate ligaments ruptured--ooouch!!!!!

england now screwed!!!!!!!!!!!-----only 4 strikers in squad
1 now injured
1 just returning from broken toe
1 never played for his club let anlone his country
and 1- 6 foot 7 bean pole

ooooh i bet argentina and the dutch are quaking now-lol

Pappawas1975 - 22-6-2006 at 16:20

The perfect time for Theo Walcott to come on was when Owen went off injured. A potential "Roy Of The Rovers" moment for him, but Sven put on Crouch and Gerrard instead, and he was lucky neither got carded, or we wouldve truly been fucked.
I think we will be ok, with Lennon and Walcott there, they can scare the shit out of teams. Ok, they are relatively untried, but they are THERE, so USE THEM. We all could be pleasantly surprised.
I see us going out in the Quarters, or possibly Semis. Cant really see England beating truly massive opposition.

BBP - 22-6-2006 at 17:17

England will play Ecuador on June 25th in Stuttgart, and I don't think they'll lose that. So they'll be in the quarter finals.

Holland vs Argentina: 0-0. About the most boring match of the tournament.
Czech Republic has just been knocked out the tournament by the Italians unfortunately. If Netherlands meets the Itis (fat chance, Portugal is next), the orange lions are out.

DED - 22-6-2006 at 19:16

Hmm, Italy and Ghana instead of Chech Rep.
Tonight the Austrians of Melbourne will write history

BBP - 22-6-2006 at 20:51

Actually the Aussies are 1-0 behind...

Wait! they just tied! Japan-Brazil is now 1-1 as well...

Well. 2-2... Hope that ref will never be at the WCs again.
Aussies are through! Now they'll have to face Italy on June 26th.

[Edited on 22-6-06 by BBP]

scallopino - 23-6-2006 at 07:16

Quote:

Originally posted by BBP
Actually the Aussies are 1-0 behind...

Wait! they just tied! Japan-Brazil is now 1-1 as well...

Well. 2-2... Hope that ref will never be at the WCs again.
Aussies are through! Now they'll have to face Italy on June 26th.

[Edited on 22-6-06 by BBP]

:rsvd::rsvd: :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncing: :biggrin:

:grin:

What an outrageous match! My favourite part was when a Croatian guy was given his second yellow card but just stayed on the pitch anyway for 20 minutes or so. Then in the last minute he got his third yellow card and then was sent off!

Australia was both very unlucky and very lucky. The goalkeeper has officially played his last game. If they lost, he would probably have hanged himself.

It was interesting that about half of the Aussie team come from Croatian backgrounds, and the Croatian team have several players who were born in Australia.

Now play Italy on Tuesday. . . All pressure is on the Italians and we have nothing to lose.

The funny thing about this world cup for Australia is that a huge part of the population come from countries that we are up against! In Melbourne alone there are gigantic Japanese, Croatian and Italian populations who are all slightly confused right now.

DED - 23-6-2006 at 10:18

But it was fun to see
Looked like ladies soccer sometimes, but it was great fun
The funny mistakes by everyone.
Though the hands actions by Croatia are so unfair that I am glad that they are off. Good for Australia is the problem Italy faces in their own country now that at least 4 clubs will be punished including ACMilan and Juve. Juve will be set back to the latest place and therefore will be playing in the series b next year instaed of champions league Also no European competition for AC Milan. That will be horrible for them. Great, the strongest competition in Europe degreased into almost zero.

BBP - 25-6-2006 at 22:14

Certainly no ladies soccer from Portugal - Netherlands: 1-0, 16 yellow cards, 4 people sent off.

aquagoat - 26-6-2006 at 07:49

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Originally posted by BBP
Certainly no ladies soccer from Portugal - Netherlands: 1-0, 16 yellow cards, 4 people sent off.

Crappiest match I've ever seen.

Pappawas1975 - 26-6-2006 at 10:31

On that display, I think that England are capable of beating them in the next round.
...especially with no Ronaldo or Deco, we have a great chance....

BBP - 26-6-2006 at 16:49

Maybe... Two years ago, I predicted the result exactly: 2-2 and Britain lose penalties because of Beckham. We were joking about he might be Dutch cos he missed 2 penalties in the tournament.

Funny to see him puke :regan:

vivien_o_blivion - 26-6-2006 at 21:57

Quote:

Originally posted by BBP
Maybe... Two years ago, I predicted the result exactly: 2-2 and Britain lose penalties because of Beckham. We were joking about he might be Dutch cos he missed 2 penalties in the tournament.

Funny to see him puke :regan:

w/t/f britian-----ENGLAND (if you please) lol-it was funny seeing our captain puke every where though
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006290326,00.html
tried to print the picture but it wont let me use it -so here's the link for becks puking pictures-lol----just scroll down the article a bit!!!!

i wonder if he'll shit himself if we get to the final!!!!-lol

[Edited on 26-6-06 by vivien_o_blivion]

BBP - 26-6-2006 at 22:35

YUCK!

Ukraine vs Switzerland is another bore. 0-0, and the first two penalties were missed. Ukraine has just kicked one in.

scallopino - 27-6-2006 at 11:09

And Australia beats Italy 1 - 0 with a controversial penalty in the last minute!

BBP - 27-6-2006 at 19:03

Brazil beats Ghana 3-0 in a boring match. Surprise...

DED - 28-6-2006 at 09:25

With all those camera's nowadays you can clearly see that referees often make mistakes. In the past red and yellow cards were introduced in order to keep the game clean. In the past few years the system of cards is missused in order to keep soccer a sport and not a show. We now see that that just works the other way round. Its a big show with 22 actors. If you have not brushed your teeth and your opponent is falling down to earth by the smell of your breath it will be punished with a yellow card. Soccer is no longer a serious sport. More and more it became a show, something like free wrestling.
If a real attack on your legs occure, do not try to avoid that, if you are jumping away and accidently fall by that action, they call it a Schwalbe. For me now soccer as a sport is dead. When we want to continue to see soccer as a sport a few things must change. No more sending off, no more childisch red and yellow cards and most of all no more penalties. Only free kicks, direct and indirect.
The "weltmeisterkampf" as seen these days are horrible. At least Holland must be punished hard for fooling around. They have not send their best players, it all was a training for young players for getting international exprience in order to perform good in 2008 and 2010. A lot of players in the Dutch team have no more experience than playing in the Dutch competition against laughable teams as RBC Roosendaal. In Germany they were performing badly and used too many time the emergencybrake by attacking other players. Their nationalised Maroccan player fits in a Belgian Bus but not in a soccer stadium. The Dutch declassed soccer as something dirty and declassed the championships as a training for theirselves. I truly am sorry to be Dutch these days.

BBP - 1-7-2006 at 19:05

Portugal - England 0-0
after penalties 3-1

Sorry Brits!

Pappawas1975 - 1-7-2006 at 19:09

Absolute bastards the lot of them.

BBP - 1-7-2006 at 19:23

Who are? I was at my mothers, so I missed the match (but from the "glasses" result I assume I didn't miss much).

DED - 2-7-2006 at 12:39

Brasil out.
They forgot to play socccer
and to be honest Zidane is very good.

vivien_o_blivion - 2-7-2006 at 20:46

today beckham steped down as englang captain

[Edited on 2-7-06 by vivien_o_blivion]

DED - 3-7-2006 at 10:48

Pity,
Worse is that vanBasten stays until 2010.
Soccer is dying bit by bit

BBP - 5-7-2006 at 18:39

Actually I'm glad Beckham is out. I can't stand him.

Germany's out, pity. Now it'll be Italy in the finale.

scallopino - 6-7-2006 at 04:51

Italy v. France.

I'm going for France only because i (and every non-Italian Australian in the world) would love to see Italy lose. The more heart breaking the better.

BBP - 6-7-2006 at 18:19

I'd love to see Italy lose. Any match with Italy is a drag to watch, the way they block up the goal. Besides they beat Netherlands on penalties in the EC 2000 semi-final in The Netherlands after a 0-0 match (and NL was awarded 2 penalties during the game).

Speaking of France, who's watching the Tour? Not a big fan of cycling, but took my sister to Valkenburg last Tuesday, to watch the arrival of the cyclists. We found a spot some 50 metres from the finish, at the top of the Cauberg (which was quite a climb at 30+ degrees Celsius). We waited there, in the sun, for 4 and a half hours to watch the cyclists race past in a few seconds.

polydigm - 7-7-2006 at 03:44

Well, I'm half French so I hope they win, and even if I had no interest in France, after the way in which Italy beat Australia, I would still be going for France. My family will be getting up at 4:00AM to watch the final.

aquagoat - 7-7-2006 at 07:33

No no no no you all MUST wish Italy to win, when everybody wanted Spain to win, we won, when everybody wanted Brazil to win, we won, when most poeple wanted Potugal to win, we won (though it was a bit more difficult), so keep on supporting the opposite team, please.

[Edited on 7-7-2006 by aquabot]

scallopino - 7-7-2006 at 09:50

aqua, i saw on a documentary about France's last World Cup win a couple of weeks ago. There was footage of a hundred thousand or so people in Paris partying in the streets at night next to a building that had a gigantic electronic image of ZZ with ZIDANE written in huge letters underneath it. It must have been a great moment. It reminded me of that scene in Citizen Kane.

scallopino - 7-7-2006 at 09:54

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Originally posted by BBP
I'd love to see Italy lose. Any match with Italy is a drag to watch, the way they block up the goal. Besides they beat Netherlands on penalties in the EC 2000 semi-final in The Netherlands after a 0-0 match (and NL was awarded 2 penalties during the game).

Speaking of France, who's watching the Tour? Not a big fan of cycling, but took my sister to Valkenburg last Tuesday, to watch the arrival of the cyclists. We found a spot some 50 metres from the finish, at the top of the Cauberg (which was quite a climb at 30+ degrees Celsius). We waited there, in the sun, for 4 and a half hours to watch the cyclists race past in a few seconds.

I can sort of understand the mystique and legend of Le Tour but road cycling must be the most boring sport in the world to watch on TV. My grandpa watches it for the scenery in the background.

aquagoat - 7-7-2006 at 10:07

I can't stand Le tour de France, it's boring to me. Hours and hours of guys on their bicycle, well... not for me.

aquagoat - 7-7-2006 at 10:10

Quote:

Originally posted by scallopino
aqua, i saw on a documentary about France's last World Cup win a couple of weeks ago. There was footage of a hundred thousand or so people in Paris partying in the streets at night next to a building that had a gigantic electronic image of ZZ with ZIDANE written in huge letters underneath it. It must have been a great moment. It reminded me of that scene in Citizen Kane.

Yeah, I remember that. It will happen again if we win.

[Edited on 7-7-2006 by aquabot]

BBP - 7-7-2006 at 13:39

Agree! Cycling's boring! Unless somebody falls over.

Most entertaining of the whole tour experience in Valkenburg was the advertising entourage, and a guy who did stunts with his bicycle. The promotional campaigns were handing out lotsa stuff. We got a lot of Le Credit Lyonnais caps, some caps from a television channel, caps from Skoda, La Vache Qui Rit fridge magnets, and price cut coupons for Ristorante pizzas which can only be used in French supermarkets. There was a lot of ads for stuff which very few people in the audience would be able to use, or understand since most of it was in French anyway.

aquagoat - 7-7-2006 at 13:44

Quote:

Originally posted by BBP
Agree! Cycling's boring! Unless somebody falls over.

Most entertaining of the whole tour experience in Valkenburg was the advertising entourage, and a guy who did stunts with his bicycle. The promotional campaigns were handing out lotsa stuff. We got a lot of Le Credit Lyonnais caps, some caps from a television channel, caps from Skoda, La Vache Qui Rit fridge magnets, and price cut coupons for Ristorante pizzas which can only be used in French supermarkets. There was a lot of ads for stuff which very few people in the audience would be able to use, or understand since most of it was in French anyway.

scallopino - 11-7-2006 at 02:28

Aqua? Are you ok?

aquagoat - 11-7-2006 at 07:32

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Originally posted by scallopino
Aqua? Are you ok?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, don't worry, even if it's nice of you to care about my health though.

BBP - 11-7-2006 at 19:50

Good to hear you're OK...
Been to the local junk store, where they were selling out on all kinds of orange muck. 12 cans of Bavaria beer + Leeuwenhose at E 4,99!

aquagoat - 11-7-2006 at 19:55

so how many did you buy ? I'd like to see a pic of you wearing that.

[Edited on 11-7-2006 by aquabot]

BBP - 11-7-2006 at 20:52

None... didn't want to buy 12 beers... Was contemplating on purchasing a capone-style orange hat at 0,89 E...