120 replies to this topic

[Veteran]

[Nevermind]

Oh my fucking gosh. This Mexican referee can suck on my balls. When he's done doing it for every single German player. >.<


I think there's gonna be some trouble in the streets of Durban tonight...

*steps into a soundproof booth*

Edited by Lazurukeel, 13 June 2010 - 02:54 PM.

[Veteran]

And that useless-Mexican-ref-assisted whalloping has sent Calatia into the lead. Ouch.

[Crimson Lego]

VICTORY!

[Nevermind]

I'm a good sport. I hope China does well.

[Sir Deimos]

Go Germany!

[Ransom]

A handball and a pussy red card! Damn these mexicans! We might have only lost by 2!

He probably pulled the red out by accident and then didn't want to back down.

[Nevermind]

Gotta give him credit for having stones. 37,000 out of 50,000 something spectators were Aussies. I would not have been adverse to seeing a hooligan-styled riot.


Update: Nice going, Kitten. You did well. XD

Edited by Lazurukeel, 14 June 2010 - 10:54 AM.

[Showsni]

Just saw Japan win their first ever World Cup finals match that wasn't held in Japan. Against Cameroon, no less.

[Veteran]

Italy 1 - 1 Paraguay. Calatia and Koridai locked at 9 goals apiece.

[Crimson Lego]

I'm a good sport. I hope China does well.

Thanks; unfortunately, they didn't make it in, so I'll be cheering primarily for a different country.

[Veteran]

Today's results:

New Zealand 1 - 1 Slovakia

Ivory Coast 0 - 0 Portugal

Brazil 2 - 1 North Korea.



Nothing between Portugal and Ivory Coast is a bad result for Calatia. Brazil failing to whoop the North Koreans, bad for Koridai. Only two more matches left in the 1st round so if you're gonna bet some posts they'll have to be in before 7.30 pm my time tomorrow.

[ninja kitten]

whoo! my team is doing well without me! go Japan!!

[~~*Blondie*~~]

ok so really?? WTF Spain and South Africa? WTF!!!

[Veteran]

Yeah, mad couple of days.

Honduras 0 - 1 Chile

Spain 0 - 1 Switzerland

South Africa 0 - 3 Uruguay

Argentina 4 - 1 South Korea

Nigeria 1 - 2 Greece

France 0 - 2 Mexico

[Showsni]

Man, that was pathetic. Well, a few decent moments, but overall... Now we pretty much have to beat Slovenia.

[Crimson Lego]

Anyone watch the Japan-Holland game this morning (EST time)? It probably would have been tied had the Japanese goalkeeper not punched it into the net.

[Nevermind]

I missed the Australian game but have just managed to watch some highlights. Some of these WC referees are nothing but a fucking joke. He just absolutely would not take a second opinion from the video referees, even though the players challenging were pointing right at it. Harry Kewell had every right to tell him to fuck off. Now we're without Kewell when we go against Serbia. Why? Because of an arrogant prick who damn well needs to come under review for not only a horribly-bad, blind call but also not even wanting to review it at all. Jam a vuvuzela up his arsehole.

[Ransom]

I watched it.

Epic shit. Such a great effort from the Aussie's though. Ghana were the ones that looked like they had ten men by the end of it.

Have to say I disagree with you though Laz. Yes it was a harsh call but it was different from other handballs because even if it wasn't intentional, it still directly stopped a goal from being scored. Giving Ghana just a penalty kick (a "chance" to score) is not a fair trade off. So in the end, I don't begrudge the ref... just more pissed about how fucking bad our luck has been this World Cup.

Now we just need to beat Serbia 5 - nil!

Or Ghana somehow defeat Germany...

[Nevermind]

Yeah but you don't give them a numbers advantage because their goal was blocked by someone other than the keeper. If he'd have been six inches further, it wouldn't have been a handball. They took one shot at goal, surrounded by defenders, it was blocked but the guy blocking it happened to do it illegally, by accident. In return they get to take a replacement shot, minus any other defenders. That's the pay-off. The yellow and red cards are used as a punishment for player conduct and sportsmanship, not to even the odds for the other team.

[Veteran]

Yeah but you don't give them a numbers advantage because their goal was blocked by someone other than the keeper.

Yes you do. It's the rules. Just like if the keeper accidentally handles the ball outside his area, he's off. No debate.

Kewell leaned his shoulder towards the ball, definite reflex and not a conscious effort at cheating, but he leaned in and the ball hit his arm. Red. Goodbye. No debate. Sorry.

Welcome to football.

[Nevermind]

I saw his shoulders pulled back in an attempted chest hit. o___o

I've watched football and these refs are being heavy-handed across the board on rules that FIFA itself is considering changing because the triple penalty illegality rule is an overkill response and a contradiction to players' legal objectives.

Penalty kick + withdrawal + suspension is not how you respond to accidental illegal moves whilst trying to defend. Yeah, he blocked an obvious shot but stopping an opponent from scoring is the key objective of any player in a defensive position. The refs have already handed out 4 or 5 red cards, a few for ball-to-hand (like Kewell) and then they give out two yellow cards for hand-to-ball. It's a joke.

I know no amount of challenging will have it reversed and FIFA is standing behind its referees but it would be nice if they at least lifted the match suspension. Or at least lift one of them, like they did Cahill, just in case we do make it to the 16s.



Plus, the ref was Italian.

www.conspiracytheories.com o____o

Edited by Lazurukeel, 20 June 2010 - 08:04 PM.

[Emiko]

Is Emi reading that correctly..in the point thread on the first page..

Did it say that Argentina is 5 to everyone else..sucking

man..I don't really watch foot ball (aka soccer) ....but I think I might..just to keep up with Argentina. lol

[Veteran]

Sorry Emi, but Argentina have been dethroned in the scoring charts today by a rampant (and Calatian) Portugal.

[Crimson Lego]

I cannot believe North Korea lost to Portugal 7-nil.

[Iron Knuckle]

I cannot believe North Korea lost to Portugal 7-nil.

The fact that North Korea placed Chinese actors dressed up as north Korean people for support seemed unbelievable to me too at first.

Still, the current results show that picking against the higher qualified teams improves your chances of winning most of the bets. France, Germany and Italia all had bizarre results... Well, France could have been expected seeing their poor qualfication, requiring hand ball to get them there in the first place.

[Showsni]

Woo, go Portugal!

Did you know, you can fit two regulation size football pitches inside one regulation size football pitch? With plenty of space to spare, too!

[Crimson Lego]

I cannot believe North Korea lost to Portugal 7-nil.

The fact that North Korea placed Chinese actors dressed up as north Korean people for support seemed unbelievable to me too at first.

Still, the current results show that picking against the higher qualified teams improves your chances of winning most of the bets. France, Germany and Italia all had bizarre results... Well, France could have been expected seeing their poor qualfication, requiring hand ball to get them there in the first place.

Personally, I'm not too surprised by this. China is one of North Korea's only allies, so it's reasonable that they would have requested some helpers.

[Veteran]

1st post updated with the 2nd round matches decided so far. Next 3 days will decide who else joins Mexico, Uruguay, South Korea and Argentina in the knockout stages.

We'll also find out who came dead last!

[Nevermind]

Cameroon. They're already knocked out.