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el dingo 
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 Posted: September 10 2009 at 01:34 |
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2 pages and comments from: Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, USA, Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Finland, Hungary and... Vatican City!
This is really a WORLD Cup!  |
Sure is!
My lot got through in style beating Croatia (who were quite poor) 5-1 so  for me.
Being English I cannot contemplate a WC finals without Argentina. It will seem very strange.
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 23:32 |
I'm depressed, we have the best players in 20 years, Pizarro will be the biggest foreign scorer in the history of Germany, Farfán and Guerrero key members also in Germany, we have scorers in all Europe, Acasiete is captain of Almería, Johan Fano one of the scorers in Colombia, 2 of the 3 best goalies in our history, but still we are lasts in South America, it's terrible.
The problem is that we have the worst trainer ever and without any experience, who has baned Pizarro, Farfán, Acasiete and Mendoza (scorer in Turkey) despite they have been declared innocent of any misconduct by the Sports Court.
If that wasn't enough, we have the worst President of any Federation, accused of bribery but defended by FIFA despite nobody wants him in Perú.
When you are last with bad players, can be understood, but being last with excellent players, it's simply a shame, today with Venezuela there was simply no idea, they played as amateurs, not as proffesionals who earn millions.
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memowakeman
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 23:25 |
Some interesting results today!
Mexico won and they are almost there , and the CONMEBOL eliminatory is really tough, only Bolivia and Peru are out, the other ones are still in the chase.
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Atkingani
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 22:31 |
2 pages and comments from: Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, USA, Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Finland, Hungary and... Vatican City!
This is really a WORLD Cup! |
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 22:10 |
Ecuador 3 Bolivia 1
It still can be done
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Tony R
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 20:02 |
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Paraguay win 1-0 and qualify for the Finals.
Maradona? He'll be out of a job by the weekend. 1-0 down and about 10 minutes left he brings a 36 yr old defender on for his debut! Clueless. The idea that you can just throw together a bunch of highly-skilled players and leave them to get on with it is about 30 yrs out of date. So is Diego.
Very poor performance, shambolic even.
And so to bed.
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Tony R
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 19:56 |
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johnobvious
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 19:45 |
US has scored in the 62nd minute to go up 1-nil. Edit: Game over. The one goal holds up for US. Big 3 points on the road. 
Edited by johnobvious - September 09 2009 at 20:08
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Atkingani
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 18:52 |
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Ha! Paraguay lead 1-0
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And Paraguay is playing finely. Halftime now and a well deserved advantage up to now!
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Tony R
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 18:38 |
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Ha! Paraguay lead 1-0
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Tony R
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 18:34 |
Will Argentina fail again tonight?
We all raised an eyebrow when Maradona was given the Coach's job, maybe they meant to call Madonna. It wouldn't have been any worse an appointment!
Hey Jimbo, maybe Finland should dig up Jari Litmanen. 
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Atkingani
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 17:59 |
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Spain goes to South Africa too... the list is getting broad and the number of seats are narrowing.
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Jimbo
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 17:54 |
Tony R wrote:
Jimbo wrote:
Liechtenstein - Finland 1-1. Please excuse my language, but seriously....f**kin' pathetic. 
We almost made it to EURO 2008, but this is just ridiculous. The worst game I've seen in AGES.
England looks pretty strong though. Could it finally be their turn?
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Sorry Jimbo but I laughed when I saw that score! Finland are really struggling these days. It doesnt seem that long ago when your team could give anyone a run for their money.
Could be worse, you could be Lithuanian:
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True enough.  Yup, we're lacking proper strikers, but instead of bringing some new blood to the team, our coach insists on using the same ol' beaten warhorses who haven't scored any goals since 2004... Like Mikael Forssell, he had a good season with Birmingham some years ago, scoring 17 goals in the league, but what has he done since then? Absolutely nothing. And yet, he's always the one we turn to. Supposedly the others lack international experience, but how the f**k are you going to acquire it if you never get to play in the big games... I just don't get it.
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Any Colour You Like
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 17:40 |
C'mon New Zealand!
Don't laugh, we should be a lot better than we are, given our country is basically sports crazy.
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Tony R
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 17:32 |
Jimbo wrote:
Liechtenstein - Finland 1-1. Please excuse my language, but seriously....f**kin' pathetic.
We almost made it to EURO 2008, but this is just ridiculous. The worst game I've seen in AGES.
England looks pretty strong though. Could it finally be their turn?
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Sorry Jimbo but I laughed when I saw that score! Finland are really struggling these days. It doesnt seem that long ago when your team could give anyone a run for their money. Could be worse, you could be Lithuanian: | Faroe Islands |
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Jimbo
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 16:36 |
Liechtenstein - Finland 1-1. Please excuse my language, but seriously....f**kin' pathetic. We almost made it to EURO 2008, but this is just ridiculous. The worst game I've seen in AGES. England looks pretty strong though. Could it finally be their turn?
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Atkingani
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 16:03 |
Hey, England is there... and Slovakia too. 
Today, we'll probably know other finalists.  |
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crimhead
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 12:56 |
The 2010 World Cup is so next year.
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memowakeman
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 11:48 |
johnobvious wrote:
The US is in a fight to qualify between Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica. Needs a big win tonight at Trinidad & Tobago. |
I'm almost sure that the US team will have a victory today, and they'll qualify to the WC.
Today's matches are very important, I believe they will determine which teams are directly qualifying and which one will have a last chance against a CONMEBOL team.
Mexico vs Honduras will be tough, but I trust Mexican team will have a satisfactory result.
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johnobvious
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Posted: September 09 2009 at 11:21 |
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I was in college in 86 and probably didn't even know the WC existed. I didn't get into it until we hosted in '94. That was when soccer went from being derided by 98% of the population here to somewhat less now. It is still a losing battle.
Funny story was when we played Mexico about a month ago. I was traveling and got to my hotel room and put on ESPN and they were running pregame and I got all exited that I would be able to watch it before dinner. I called my traveling companions and told them to tune in since they are fans as well. The game is about to start and ESPN goes to an NFL show. I had forgotten that Telemundo (Mexican station in the States) had exclusive rights and refused to let ESPN carry the match. No Telemundo in the hotel room. I guess if I would have been in Miami instead of Connecticut, I might have had a chance. Just goes to show how soccer still gets no respect here.
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Biggles was in rehab last Saturday
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