Village Idiot

Yeah. MLS have been using it all season as welll apparently. If that's the case I'm surprised the Premier league didn't adopt the ball for the second half of the season. I'm sure Nike would have had something to say about that... Same in La Liga, Nike sponsors the ball. Pretty stupid when you think of it, a sponsor deal potentially harming the country's WC chances.

Heskey's international career is one of the big mysteries of modern football. Really, if you want some lump to play target man I'd rather pick Cole or, heck, even Kevin Davies. At least those two manage to be an actual threat.

It's a shame the tournament has been so terrible so far then. Aye, pity the tournament isn't being a good advert for the sport so far. Honestly, I have always thought that international football is overrated but now I really feel it's definitely falling under club football in terms of excitement and quality.

I don't know I'm quite surprised at how people here in the US is taking to the World Cup at least. The place where I watched the USA-England game was PACKED and it wasn't a popular football watching spot like, say, Nevada Smiths is. I see people in the streets in USA shirts and even the odd vuvuzela (sigh). The media coverage is pretty good and people around me seem to be at least curious about how the teams do. So far so good.

Come on? Really? s*** season? Maybe to his standards, but he's definetely had a better season than many at Real. Than Drenthe, maybe. Really, it's been pretty scandalous and most of my Real Madrid friends are up in arms since it looks he's pulling a Marcelino on them. The guy has only showed up for light training during most of the season with that mysterious groin injury, and practically stopped playing since they went out to Lyon until the very few games of La Liga.

Current Eire squad + Jonny Evans? That 3-2 win at Windsor Park was very enjoyable. NI went on to have a great Euro 2008 campaign too

Current Eire squad + Jonny Evans?

Ok, cutting down on the stakes: Spain Chile South Africa dnb 5 return 21

Imagine if we still had our SA colonies and never lost the Portuguese war of Independence in 1643. Julio César, Maicon, Lúcio, Mascherano, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Torres, Villa

Kaká has had a s*** season at Madrid, he has a chronic groin injury and barely trained for them. He's finished as a world class player in my opinion.

Since I remember seeing this debate at this place, Real Sociedad had an open-top bus celebration for winning the Second Division. http://www.marca.com/tv/?v=8fPgFFlLoTt

It was fun. I find myself hoping that NK grab some points, preferably against Portugal. That would be so amusing.

Wouldn't just make more sense to use you know, the actual ball you're going to play with?

They are playing Brazil, 90% of the teams in this world are going to play defensive against them.

This needs some Team America action

I'm still enjoying the World Cup of course, just not as much as I expected. Hopefully things will heat up in the following group matches as there's room to fuck around in the first one. And yes, Brazil are my favorites too.

Honestly, fully expecting Brazil-NK to finish 1-nil or something. Turboshit tournament so far.

Boubacar Barry keeps a clean sheet against Cristiano Ronaldo

Sorry Drog, Lampard wasn't in the box this time.

That skin tight fit will look stellar on Nolan.

Kolo Touré seems to be spending half the game lying on the grass.

Drog on

Honestly, for all our favoriteness we are probably looking at Portugal/CIV in second round, Italy on quarters, Argentina on semis... hardly an easy walk to the final.

Gutted seeing Drogba on that bench really. Such a miss.

Presumptuous f***er. Aye, first time in my fucking life that I go to an international tournament with justified feeling of arrogance, let me bask in it before I get thrown into the abyss of a customary quarter final exit