loki679 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Kind of rooting for the Koreans in this world cup. No real reason, just seem to remember they play decent football and I made a bunch of money ages ago betting on Korean football. They're going to get annihilated. I thought that comes after the world cup when lil kim lets loose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I also found it enjoyable but I'm not sure if it was because it was entertaining or just that anything had to better than the Nigeria game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Poor defending or not there were 2 really good goals scored too, the Ghana one in particular is a contender for goal of the tournament so far. I thought the game was OK on the whole, Ghana are incredible frustrating to watch though, when it clicks they look brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Is Nigeria - Germany a possibility? Nig-Ger. Uh oh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I think the U.S. came out determined to deny Ghana the opportunity to counterattack. Content with sitting back, absorbing pressure, and letting Ghana hit 30-yard shots. Which is completely different to how the U.S. has played throughout Klinsmann's tenure, but I think they were banking on Ghana not being able to break down a compact defense. And it paid off this time. They'll have to be more proactive if they want to take any points from Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 It did look like we played a game to make them break us down versus use their usual counter attack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Is Nigeria - Germany a possibility? Nig-Ger. Uh oh. Are Nigeria not NGA? If so, we'll have to wait till Niger make it to a world cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Just watched Ghana/USA for the first time, thought it was excellent. Actually enjoyed Savage getting very carried away with everything too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Did anyone notice how John Boye () ran? Like the was doing the can-can, was hilariously weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Must've been the only one to enjoy Ghana-USA. 2nd half was quality, Ghana knocking on the door constantly, albeit with a total lack of any sort of intelligence whatsoever. Pure greed took over, some astronomically thick/selfish shots. But generally they were very energetic and USA were lucky to win. But win they did, thought the likes of Johnson and Cameron impressed. However... Robbie Savage being able to express any sort of opinion on football, let alone co-commentate at the World Cup. Nah it was a good game i thought, only helped by the late US winner and the scenes that followed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Did anyone notice how John Boye () ran? Like the was doing the can-can, was hilariously weird. I saw that near the end, was class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 First day where I'm not overly enthused for any of the games. Three uninspiring, comfortable wins me thinks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 First day where I'm not overly enthused for any of the games. Three uninspiring, comfortable wins me thinks. Hopefully there are a few surprises and teams going for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Looking forward to see if Belgium can live up to the hype, and Brazil v Mexico should be a good contest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Russia vs. South Korea is gonna have dat stank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Did anyone notice how John Boye () ran? Like the was doing the can-can, was hilariously weird. Definitely Even more mad than Tiote at full pelt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Really looking forward to Brazil-Mexico. The latter should've had 3 against Cameroon if not for some dodgy officiating. Both teams play pretty football, hopefully Mexico doesn't get overrun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 They were rank rotten but had to happen eventually. Worried Russia - S.Korea might stink the place out too. Think it might be a good game. Korea always do quite well (relatively) in the WC tournament. Plus they are my 4th seed. Germany, Holland & Spain have all won so far, want a clean sweep first round. We're pretty shit this year. Well, shit is a bit unfair but it is a transitional year. We have a very young team (basically just the 2012 London Bronze Medal team with a few more youngster stapled on) and a new coach. These aren't bad players but most are completely inexperienced at this level and it will take time for them to get used to the quality and shake off the jitters. There's a very prevalent tendency to make stupid mistakes and I think we'll see at least once defensive shocker between the three games. The fullbacks are the critical weakness. The "Korean style" requires very good overlapping fullbacks to function and all of our fullbacks this year are coming off injury or in terrible form. They have very poor positional sense in general and either leave the wingers isolated up front or fail to track back and leave massive gaping holes in the defense. The performance against Ghana a week ago wasn't pretty at all and I don't think things could have improved all that much in such a short time. By all accounts Russia and Algeria are pretty shit as well but our biggest enemy is ourselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Will Kim Shin-Wook play? I want to enjoy how tall he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Reckon we saw two of the worst individual performances yesterday from two right backs Ambrose and Opare Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Opare was offensively bad. At least Ambrose has the excuse of not being a right back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Will Kim Shin-Wook play? I want to enjoy how tall he is. Probably not, he's not favored by the coach and only shows up for 5~10 minute spells at the end of games. It's a shame because he'd be a very useful option by now if he was given more international experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 he looks like a big, massive, long idiot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Looking forward to see if Belgium can live up to the hype Tbf beating Algeria will hardly tell us much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 he looks like a big, massive, long idiot. He's actually quite good and has been ripping the Korean league to shreds for 2~3 years now. It's unfortunate that the FA/coach seem to basically ignore domestic-league performances for selection purposes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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