soldier of fortune Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 Matt Holland celebrating another important goal!! Who needs Roy Keane!! btw. Come on England, hope they win today!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 Nope, instead we fucked up severely. :plain: Personally I don't think we have a chance. What has happened to the superpowers this year. France lose, Argentina only scrape past, England fuck up. Are only Germany gonna be impressive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 Well in all fairness, Argentina, were all over Nigeria, they just didn't convert their chances and they had plenty!! Veron was superb, why couln't he play like that for Man U!? :dissappointed: England, what happened in the second half!!? Personally Owen wasn't in the game, Heskey out of position, Beckham wrecked, still at least they didn't lose!! As for Germany being the only impressive superpower, you forget Brazil still have to play, they play tomorrow, and Spain were pretty good today!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Well I didn't see Spain play today so I don't know, but I'll take your word for it. Looking forward to seeing Brazil in action, wouldn't suprise me if they're a bit shit as well though. As for England today, I dunno what to say. THe second half was just horrible to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Well also Italy have to play, they play today, then all of the big guns would have played!! Brazil will find it hard against Turkey. As for England, i think Sven will go for Dyer on the left, and Heskey and Owen up front, that works!!! Ireland have to play the Germans on wednesday, it will be very hard, but on Irelands 2nd half performance i think we can get a result if we play the same!! "Mick McCarthy doesn't send players home, but if he did, they'd probably be the best in the world!" Carlsberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 I don't know, it looks like we're in for some excitiment, lots of upsets, and even more surprises this year. This is what soccer and movies about soccer are all about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Ah i meant to reply earlier, well seeing as all the big guns have played their first games, indications are this is going to be no predictable world cup!! Brazil scrapped a draw outta Turkey, but Italy were strong today, so who knows? Just as JMT said, i think it will be interesting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Snake Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 Brazil beat Turkey today SoF, but it was by a dodgy penalty. The Turks didn't look bad, at times they outskilled the Brazilians, but as an attacking force, Brazil will be hard to stop. They've won what was probably thei toughest group match and should have no problems topping their group now. Italy, Germany, Spain and Argentina are looking good, this should be one of the most contested World Cups in a while with some upsets in the group games, and most matches close enough to go either way. Oh, and COME ON IRELAND!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted June 4, 2002 Author Share Posted June 4, 2002 Vive Le France! Vive Le France! HAHAHAHAHAH. I am sooo laughing my ass off. England are definitley feeling it. Too many injuries. Now my #1 and #2 rated (and #3 and #1 liked) teams are playing on Friday... England VS Argentina. It seems like every four years the Falklands war comes back to haunt us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 Dude, were gonna get whooped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Snake Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Well I was wrong in my earlier post, the Pollacks are merely bollacks! South Korea beat em 2-0 and they could have had at least 5! Just 9 and a half hours away from the kick off of Ireland vs Germany, they've got a TV in where I work, I'll be able to see this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Every time you think to yourself "Well, there have been alot of upsets so far, but there's no way this team is losign to this team", boom! More reason to believe this thing could be the most impossible to call sporting event of all time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Yes!! We did it we got a point against the Krauts!!! You may have won three world cups but you lost two world wars!!! Come on you boys in green!!! Ireland's Robbie Keane celebrates after scoring against Germany in their Group E match at the World Cup Finals in Ibaraki June 5, 2002. Keane scored an equaliser deep into injury time to keep Ireland's World Cup hopes still alive in a 1-1 draw with Germany on Wednesday Oh and two of my three surprise packages won!! so 66% is pretty good going!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Uhm...we won, go America! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 You silly Americans, try to sound a little more enthusiastic :plain: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Yeah you guys should be happy you beat Portugal, who finished second in the European Championships in 2000. On their day they're great!! Well England have a tough one tomorrow, will see what happens there!! COME ON IRELAND!! We only need to score 2 goals against the Saudi's and we go through!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Snake Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Very surprised about the lack of enthusiasm too, Portugal have the players and ability to win the Cup, and you guys took em down! Still buzzing from the latest of late goals that puts Ireland a cunthair from the next round, what a fucking goal!! England-Argentina should be a great match especially since England NEED a result to have any real chance of progression, me and SoF are off to the pub in half an hour to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Well thats a great result for England, it throws that group wide open!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Varley Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 I take it all back, England can win it, Ossie Ardiles (even though the man is a god in my house) got it wrong. What price an England v Eire final? Fifa World Cup Website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Snake Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 What a turnaround for England, note my last post - "England NEED a result to have any real chance of progression"!! Funny how the two favorites' chances of getting to the next round are tough. Argentina need to beat an in-form Sweden to ensure getting thru, France need to beat Denmark by 2 clear goals to get thru as well. Not that this is undoable, it's just unexpected to see em struggle. England and Ireland have easier prospects, England need a draw against Nigeria and Ireland need to beat the Saudis by 2 goals to book their last 16 spots. An England - Ireland final? I'll drink to that (but then I'd drink to anything)!!! :wineo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 On todays showing Argentina were very ordinary!! Not a world cup winning team! But having watched the Nigeria, Sweden highlights, it would seem that it'll be hard to get a result there, although all England really need is a draw, but Nigeria will be playing for pride. They'll want at least one scalp!! Well England - Ireland final, it might happen, but i doubt it seriously!! I'd say that you'd get insane odds at the bookies for that tho!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Varley Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Just think of it, 22 men on the pitch, 4 Irish and 18 english, where would their loyalties lie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 AV, when you are selected to play for the Republic of Ireland, you undergo an intense "Mental Conditioning" program, where they are taught to despise the English national team!! Any way the current squad Given - Donegal Ireland Harte - Drogheda Ireland Breen - Dublin Staunton - Dundalk Kelly - Drogheda Kinsella - Dublin Quinn - Dublin Cunningham - Dublin Robbie Keane - Dublin Duff - Dublin Richard Dunne - Dublin Kiely - Dublin So that kinda shits on your theory!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Varley Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Point taken... But then I qualify to play for the republic. but then, only 12 out of 23 in the squad!!!! But we do have Owen Hargraves, the only England player NEVER to have played club football in the UK at ANY level. Born in Canadia, plays in Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Snake Posted June 9, 2002 Share Posted June 9, 2002 We've only 22 in the squad, Roy Keane (Cork) woulda been another. Alan Kelly, I don't think he was born in Ireland but his father is a former Irish international goalkeeper. Oh and Steve Finnan was born in Limerick. And England can keep Kevin Kilbane, so that makes 15/22! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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