Unofficial Pre FIFA World Cup 2010 Thread

[jjbrr]

vuvuzelas are the obvious culprit. How can one stay organized with the incessant buzzing?

[hotShot]

Is it only my subjective feeling that the level of play in this WC is lower comparing it with the previous two editions?

I think it's subjective.

Most games were boring in any WC, but you don't remember the bad games 4 * n years later.

[gwnn]

hows this game? I didn't see the first half but I should go to school now

[shyams]

After 13 matches, we have 20 goals scored.

 

Boring, boring World Cup!

[Fluffy]

do not worry dudes, brazil and spain are about to play next B)

[pooltuna]

After 13 matches, we have 20 goals scored.

 

Boring, boring World Cup!

Boring??? That is 260 goals total. Some of those 10-10 tie games must be real nail biters B)

[Gerardo]

Do not click here

[gwnn]

Go Nuclear Nazis, members of the Axis of Evil!!

[jjbrr]

Do not click here

i lol'd at the url. I did not click it though.

[gwnn]

brazil sucks. I agree with hanoi5, 1998 2002 and 2006 were all better than 2010. I am not sure about 1994, I was too little.

[Aberlour10]

Is this broadcasted in slow motion by mistake or the Brazilians are really so slow? :o

[gwnn]

♣ vuvuzelas, ♥ communist nuclear engineers running around

[matmat]

Is this broadcasted in slow motion by mistake or the Brazilians are really so slow? :o

is ronaldo playing?

[Aberlour10]

♣ vuvuzelas, ♥

Vuvuzelas are the only "living elements" in many of this boring matches.

[gwnn]

it would be nicer if you could make some music from them. not just 1 stupid neverending note.

[gwnn]

:o

[jjbrr]

i wish i could watch the games :o work is so brutal

 

i enjoy experiencing the world cup vicariously through obscure water cooler posts, however.

[cherdanno]

Justice served. Another out of zone goal.

I don't particularly feel like either goal was offside, but I might not have seen very many replays.

The goal by slovakia was clearly offside.

(I don't know whether you can watch it from the US but the replay on

http://www.sportschau.de/sp/layout/jsp/kom...99514#mbContent shows it clearly.)

[gwnn]

what's the definition of offsides? I don't remember. I remember someone saying once that a ray of light needs to fit between the defender and the attacker...

 

aha wikipedia:

"nearer to an opponent's goal line" meant that "any part of his head, body or feet is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (the last opponent typically being the goalkeeper). The arms are not included in this definition."

 

so it was offside!

[cherdanno]

I agree though that generally the officiating has been great (I think I didn't like the USA-England referee but don't remember why).

[junyi_zhu]

Good news: a Dainsh player scored first

bad news.... wrong direction...

 

Good news: Australias next games will be easier.

Bad news: They looked horrible yesterday.

 

Good news: 4-0

Bad news: we need 6 more wins and the opponents may improve...

Netherlands looked quite like traditional Germany and Germany looked quite like traditional Netherlands....

 

Still, anybody else here root for N Korea? I'll support N Korea, then if it got eliminated, I'll probably try Argentina...

[gwnn]

I like N Korea, N Zealand, USA and Germany. at least one of them is bound to win the world cup ;)

[Cascade]

I like N Korea, N Zealand, USA and Germany. at least one of them is bound to win the world cup ;)

And I was telling my friend before the game last night that I wasn't sure that NZ had a team that could go all the way.

[helene_t]

http://www.legofussball.eu/

[vuroth]

I voted with my head, but ♥ Chile.