World Cup 2010 - Page 4

BeardofPants · 07-09-2010, 05:32 PM

Paul also chose Germany over Uruguay!

***Jonathan*** · 07-10-2010, 02:31 AM

Apparently poor Paul has received death threats in the likes of "we want Paul for the pan" and the Spanish Prime Minister said he considered "sending him a protective team"

Link

Grey_Wolf · 07-10-2010, 03:24 AM

Perhaps we should Pay Paul, the soothsaying Octopus To Rob Pete, the precognitive Kookaburra, of the honour of being correct.

GrayMouser · 07-11-2010, 06:47 AM

Problem with this game is nobody to root against.

I've been a fan of Holland since the days of "total football" and it would be great to see them finally win, even if that style is long gone.

OTOH Spain have been perennial underperformers, and are playing a nice style themselves.

Maybe I can root for the Barca players and against the Real Madrid ones

Coffeehouse · 07-11-2010, 07:38 AM

In 1568 the Netherlands revolted from the clutches of Spain, and ushered into a Golden Age of prosperity

The Spanish expanded their grasp over the Americas!

Not so in Africa. In 1652 Van Riebeeck and a group of Dutch fellowmen landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Hundreds of years later their descendants performed the Great Trek northwards to the plains of Transvaal and Gauteng, to find a better place to live.

They established the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, and chose as their capital Pretoria. A few kilometers away lay the mineral fountain of wealth for the Boer-nation: Johannesburg.

In 2010 the Spanish once again descend on the Dutch and to rule the World (Cup)

On the rainwashed, green-glittering pitch of Soccer City Stadium a battle of the titans. A battle between Spanish Conquestadores hell-bent on dribbling the circumference of the Earth before scoring against the 11 labouring and light-footed Dutchmen. The winner takes glory and gold. The loser a medal of bitterness and defeat. Who will win???

And so history repeats itself...

...In 2010 the Netherlands revolted from the clutches of Spain, and ushered into a Golden Age of prosperity...

HUP HOLLAND HUP

Grey_Wolf · 07-11-2010, 08:46 AM

Heja Holland!! *Drum Drum Dra Drum Drum* Heja Holland!!

Heja Holland, Friskt Humör, Ni Gör Målen, Spanien "Dör!"

GrayMouser · 07-11-2010, 05:42 PM

Certainly no classic, but a deserved win by Spain- especially after Holland's brutal tactics. Any normal game they would have been playing from ten men early in the first half.

GrayMouser · 07-11-2010, 05:46 PM

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Not so in Africa. In 1652 Van Riebeeck and a group of Dutch fellowmen landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Hundreds of years later their descendants performed the Great Trek northwards to the plains of Transvaal and Gauteng, to find a better place to live.

A tad unfortunate there were already others living there, but these things happen

Coffeehouse · 07-12-2010, 06:00 AM

Poor Netherlands. Hard to come up with much when the opponent is determined to win several Oscars during the course of the match! And why would they ever choose the English referee. The man is synonymous for controversial decisions and yellow-card enthusiasm in the Premier League. Howard Webb should be kept far away from important games.

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Originally Posted by GrayMouser

A tad unfortunate there were already others living there, but these things happen

That's the history of mankind my friend!

Insidious Rex · 07-12-2010, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Insidious Rex

I love it. TWO sports threads going on the same day on the Moot. What are the odds!

Gaf, we are looking forward to that England - US match on Saturday! They are calling it "the most anticipated soccer match in US history", whatever that means. Kiind of like saying "the most anticipated steak at a vegetarians picnic.

Ill go 2-1 US. With Landon Donovan getting the winning score. Will the Brits cheer him out of the tunnel? I hear hes hugely popular over there since hes been with Everton. Im sure they wont like it if he scores though.

Ill take Spain to win it all.

Woo hoo! I believe that extends my world cup prediction string to... one... In fact I believe that makes me 1 for 5 since 1994.

Not too much of a shocker pick of course. Although I found most people shied away from them because of their cant-win-the-big-game rep.

Comic Book Guy · 07-12-2010, 01:17 PM

Holland were a disgrace, so was the referee. It was total anarchy out there.

Interesting to see that the British press today make Howard Webb the focus of the discussion, not the World Cup final played by the footballers and teams that the entire world is interested in. Not only that, but they also praise him! Damn Jingoism.

**Mari** · 07-13-2010, 05:31 AM

I quite liked Webb (yeah I watched, 't is a miracle). I think he was quite fair towards both sides and both sides had trouble playing a nice game. This was more like a match in gangfighting than soccer if you ask me and not just from the Dutch side.
Ah well, we're second and Spain deserved to win. Too bad the goal was such a controversial one.
Actually, I don't get what the fuss is about. We got a cup, we got prize money and we got to play in the finals. The only thing we didn't get was a bonus for winning for the team

BeardofPants · 07-13-2010, 06:03 AM

The goal was not controversial.

**Mari** · 07-13-2010, 08:21 AM

It was here

He was standing at the wrong spot and wasn't flagged. Then the second time he was standing correctly, but if he'd been flagged the first time, the goal wouldn't have been made.

**Mari** · 07-13-2010, 08:25 AM

NB: I know next to nothing about soccer, just repeating my cousins and driving instructor on the matter of that goal

BeardofPants · 07-13-2010, 05:17 PM

That's not a particularly compelling argument for the goal being controversial. If it was, it should be in the news?

"Dutch defenders protested heavily that Iniesta was offside, earning Joris Mathijsen the Netherlands' ninth booking of the final. Replays showed Iniesta was onside when the pass was played."

http://www.sbnation.com/2010/7/11/15...s-iniesta-goal

**Mari** · 07-15-2010, 02:37 AM

Is 'booking' receiving a yellow card? I'm not too familiar with soccerterms in English

And it WAS in the news here. As I said, here in Dutchland it was controversial, but people seem to have come to terms with it *shrugs*
It was the 'talk of the town' though.

BeardofPants · 07-15-2010, 04:43 PM

Well, ok that makes sense. Of course it was controversial for the dutch.

I WAS going to root for them since I'm 1/2 dutch, but they were so bad-tempered in both the semi and the final, I ended up rooting for Spain.

**Mari** · 07-16-2010, 05:03 PM

I rooted for Webb

BeardofPants · 07-16-2010, 07:59 PM

Ugh, I did not envy that man's job. *shudder*

07-09-2010, 05:32 PM	#61
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07-10-2010, 02:31 AM	#62
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Apparently poor Paul has received death threats in the likes of "we want Paul for the pan" and the Spanish Prime Minister said he considered "sending him a protective team" Link __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

07-11-2010, 06:47 AM	#64
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Problem with this game is nobody to root against. I've been a fan of Holland since the days of "total football" and it would be great to see them finally win, even if that style is long gone. OTOH Spain have been perennial underperformers, and are playing a nice style themselves. Maybe I can root for the Barca players and against the Real Madrid ones __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

07-11-2010, 07:38 AM	#65
Coffeehouse Entmoot Minister of Foreign Affairs Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 2,145	In 1568 the Netherlands revolted from the clutches of Spain, and ushered into a Golden Age of prosperity The Spanish expanded their grasp over the Americas! Not so in Africa. In 1652 Van Riebeeck and a group of Dutch fellowmen landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Hundreds of years later their descendants performed the Great Trek northwards to the plains of Transvaal and Gauteng, to find a better place to live. They established the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, and chose as their capital Pretoria. A few kilometers away lay the mineral fountain of wealth for the Boer-nation: Johannesburg. In 2010 the Spanish once again descend on the Dutch and to rule the World (Cup) On the rainwashed, green-glittering pitch of Soccer City Stadium a battle of the titans. A battle between Spanish Conquestadores hell-bent on dribbling the circumference of the Earth before scoring against the 11 labouring and light-footed Dutchmen. The winner takes glory and gold. The loser a medal of bitterness and defeat. Who will win??? And so history repeats itself... ...In 2010 the Netherlands revolted from the clutches of Spain, and ushered into a Golden Age of prosperity... HUP HOLLAND HUP __________________ "Well, thief! I smell you and I feel your air. I hear your breath. Come along! Help yourself again, there is plenty and to spare." Last edited by Coffeehouse : 07-11-2010 at 07:41 AM.

07-11-2010, 05:42 PM	#67
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Certainly no classic, but a deserved win by Spain- especially after Holland's brutal tactics. Any normal game they would have been playing from ten men early in the first half. __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

07-10-2010, 03:24 AM	#63
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Perhaps we should Pay Paul, the soothsaying Octopus To Rob Pete, the precognitive Kookaburra, of the honour of being correct.

07-11-2010, 08:46 AM	#66
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Heja Holland!! Drum Drum Dra Drum Drum Heja Holland!! Heja Holland, Friskt Humör, Ni Gör Målen, Spanien "Dör!"

07-12-2010, 01:17 PM	#71
Comic Book Guy Best Ex-Administrator ever Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 60,547	Holland were a disgrace, so was the referee. It was total anarchy out there. Interesting to see that the British press today make Howard Webb the focus of the discussion, not the World Cup final played by the footballers and teams that the entire world is interested in. Not only that, but they also praise him! Damn Jingoism.

07-13-2010, 05:31 AM	#72
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	I quite liked Webb (yeah I watched, 't is a miracle). I think he was quite fair towards both sides and both sides had trouble playing a nice game. This was more like a match in gangfighting than soccer if you ask me and not just from the Dutch side. Ah well, we're second and Spain deserved to win. Too bad the goal was such a controversial one. Actually, I don't get what the fuss is about. We got a cup, we got prize money and we got to play in the finals. The only thing we didn't get was a bonus for winning for the team __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

07-13-2010, 06:03 AM	#73
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	The goal was not controversial. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

07-13-2010, 08:21 AM	#74
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	It was here He was standing at the wrong spot and wasn't flagged. Then the second time he was standing correctly, but if he'd been flagged the first time, the goal wouldn't have been made. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

07-13-2010, 08:25 AM	#75
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	NB: I know next to nothing about soccer, just repeating my cousins and driving instructor on the matter of that goal __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

07-13-2010, 05:17 PM	#76
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	That's not a particularly compelling argument for the goal being controversial. If it was, it should be in the news? "Dutch defenders protested heavily that Iniesta was offside, earning Joris Mathijsen the Netherlands' ninth booking of the final. Replays showed Iniesta was onside when the pass was played." http://www.sbnation.com/2010/7/11/15...s-iniesta-goal __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 07-13-2010 at 05:20 PM.

07-15-2010, 02:37 AM	#77
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Is 'booking' receiving a yellow card? I'm not too familiar with soccerterms in English And it WAS in the news here. As I said, here in Dutchland it was controversial, but people seem to have come to terms with it shrugs It was the 'talk of the town' though. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

07-15-2010, 04:43 PM	#78
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Well, ok that makes sense. Of course it was controversial for the dutch. I WAS going to root for them since I'm 1/2 dutch, but they were so bad-tempered in both the semi and the final, I ended up rooting for Spain. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

07-16-2010, 05:03 PM	#79
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	I rooted for Webb __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

07-16-2010, 07:59 PM	#80
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Ugh, I did not envy that man's job. shudder __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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