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oldtype

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  1. Deeply unimpressed with both "Guay"s I have to say.
  2. This is blatantly going to pens. Japanese have gained the uncanny ability to reduce whoever they're playing to shit.
  3. The Japanese have fancied themselves as a "passing side" since the early ninties, and have systematically made passing the focus over all else in the development of their players. This has made them very good technically but has had very detrimental effects in other areas (ie, having 500 decent midfield distributors and not a single reliable finisher.) Ironically enough, the success of this year's NT came only after they gave up their pretty wide-open passing and adopted a more tenacious, narrow approach to the game.
  4. Don't know why people like Uruguay so much. They're a poor side with a bit of quality up front that lets them get away with it. (No, that's not me being bitter ) Would much rather see Ghana advance to the semis if for no other reason than to have an African team go further in the competition. Ghana - Brazil and Argentina - Spain would be interesting semis.
  5. fits the bill...out of contract from what i've read... EDIT: just read he will sign for Celtic 2 year contract with celtic confirmed. Shame,would have loved him here for a lot of reasons Also Celtic now has two Korean players. How random.
  6. Funny really, I would be on my hands and knees to have any of Englands outfield players playing for Newcastle, but put them all together and...
  7. Should all be punished by being forced to play for Newcastle.
  8. Germany are amazing. Ref is a cunt though.
  9. By the way, the ref for our match yesterday was German. The ref for yours today is Uruguayan. Get on with the conspiracy theories
  10. Best fucking match ever. I knew the World Cup would become more enjoyable once we were out
  11. Upson scores This is brilliant
  12. Playing well and losing at a World Cup is a new feeling for me. It will take some getting used to. Drinking myself to sleep now, see you tomorrow.
  13. South Korea has played against Jonas, Martins so far. Nacho today. Hopefully we'll get to meet the US in the quarters and keep the streak going with Gooch.
  14. Who would they give it to? There's only 10 teams in CONMEBOL, 5 already in the Cup. I'd say that's pretty impressive representation already. Doing an incredible job this WC. It was a bit tongue in cheek, but COMNEBOL and Asia will be demanding more spots from FIFA. Asia are obviously not that good, but with South Korea and Japan advancing countries like China will be pushing the population argument, whereas South America will be pushing the quality argument. Both will be saying that Europe and Africa don't deserve the representation they already have. South Americans have an argument. Asia, not much. CONMEBOL 5/5 advance CONCACAF 3/2 AFC 4/2 UEFA 13/6 CAF 6/1 OFC 0/1 As happy as I am to see the South Koreans and Japanese progress, the idea of Asia getting another slot is nonsense. New Zealand got to South Africa by beating Bahrain. Costa Rica missed out by losing to Uruguay. I reckon that Costa Rica would take Bahrain as well. Still I'm not about to argue for another place for North America, there's dropoff between our top four (Mex, USA, Costa Rica, and Honduras) and the rest. I miss the Ticos. Also anyone notice that all six of the European teams that advanced play European competion in the round of 16? That means 3 of the last 8 will be from UEFA. I figure CONMEBOL will have 4. I think the current allocation is spot on really. No need to change it.
  15. My knockout predictions. Uruguay beats Korea Ghana beats USA Netherlands beats Slovakia Brazil beats Chile England beats Germany Argentina beats Mexico Paraguay beats Japan Spain beats Portugal Ghana beats Uruguay Brazil beats Netherlands Argentina beats England Spain beats Paraguay Brazil beats Ghana Spain beats Argentina Brazil beats Spain
  16. The People's Rooney looks like a man who's just realized that he only has 30 minutes of World Cup football left in his life. He's not going to pass for the rest of the match.
  17. Not a bad idea considering our level of desparation
  18. Commentator just reminded me that Drogba broke his arm just three weeks ago. That's actually kind of ridiculous.
  19. Commies are pushing up, if the Portugal match is any indication this is a prelude to lots of goals.
  20. Cote D'Ivoire have 92% posession
  21. God Drogba's first touch and shots are so beautiful. They almost make me want to sometimes.
  22. 2-0 Okay, this might actually happen
  23. They need a goal every ten minutes, so they've got a full three minutes to put the next one in
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