World cup

[Tahoose]

Yeah, the general consensus with my mates was that Lecky was best on for Australia.

Wouldn't be surprised if he gets looked at by some bigger clubs over the summer.

 

[bradsbrew]

We made some poor decisions and quite a few poor executions but for 60 minutes we performed better. How good did the Dutch look?

 

[kalbarluke]

The Dutch smashed the Spanish so hard. That diving header from Robin van Persie was amazing. Spain were shell shocked and fell to bits because the Dutch were just too fast, too clinical, too good.
Australia played well today but if they give the Dutch any sort of head start, they will be punished severely.

 

[manticle]

Italy vs england at 7.30 tomorrow

Brewing esb, eating cacciatore

 

[surly]

Should be an interesting game.
I wonder of the poms are going to perform for once?

 

[Tahoose]

Think that was quite a good match, England should have had a couple more goals.

 

[Donske]

Yeah, it was pretty entertaining, Rooney bottled it though, if he'd got his head up before releasing that shot he would have seen that he could have dribbled the bloody ball in and equalised.

 

[Donske]

Really looking forward to the Ivory Coast v Japan game about to kick off, I really enjoy watching Japan play (teams that aren't Australia anyway).

 

[surly]

England looked better for the whole game. Just didn't get the ball in the net.
Similar feeling with the Japan game except Japan are currently up.

 

[Josh]

If you've got a smart phone, I recommend the SBS App. Live streaming of games to your mobile device. No fee. Pretty handy when you're stuck at work on a Sunday morning.

I thought we pooped our pants in the first half hour. Then finished all over them, but couldn't jag that second goal. Happy enough to go down 3-1 trying for the equaliser.

I think we might get Spain B, given it's their third game and I'm tipping Chile to beat them in the next one.

 

[Bribie G]

Why does this man with one leg have such large balls? Couldn't Medicare help this poor soul?

 

[davedoran]

Think Spain will bounce back. Plenty of experience on that side.
Holland have set the mark but winning 1 game well doesnt win you a world cup. They were the same last world cup, v good up to the final changed their tactics in the final and paid for it.
Chile werent that good. More a case of 2 v soft goals let in. Australia should have got a draw in the game anyway though.
England were decent but lacked the final creative piece to create chance other than their goal.
Will be interesting to see if Brasil get any more soft decisions. Well known fact that Fifa is massively corrupt but the standard of poor ref decisions against Croatia was ridiculous.

Rant over

 

[kalbarluke]

Think Spain will bounce back. Plenty of experience on that side.
Holland have set the mark but winning 1 game well doesnt win you a world cup.

So true. Anything can happen. Remember last World Cup when ze Germans spanked everyone (including us) by 4 goals? Even mighty Argentina got a touch up. They looked like they were going to win the cup by a mile but didn't make the final.

I still think Spain will get through to the next round.

 

[Kalthor]

Germany vs Portugal tonight.... hopefully we get to see Ronaldo doing one of his trademark crying sessions again

 

[Donske]

Germany vs Portugal tonight.... hopefully we get to see Ronaldo doing one of his trademark crying sessions again

He did indeed cry.

 

[shaunous]

Haha.

I dont gamble on Football, but I did throw a bet at Germany to beat Portugal.

 

[Donske]

Betting on cup games is silly, too damn unpredictable, I only ever bet on league games, and then only if I am 90% sure of the result.

 

[sponge]

Betting on cup games is silly, too damn unpredictable, I only ever bet on league games, and then only if I am 90% sure of the result.

Makes it more enjoyable throwing some hard-earned onto the underdogs though as anything really can happen in the WC. I wonder what prices were paying for the 5-1 and 4-0 wins by holland and germany, respectively, were?

 

[Tahoose]

I'd dare say the holland game would have payed big.

 

[Donske]

Makes it more enjoyable throwing some hard-earned onto the underdogs though as anything really can happen in the WC. I wonder what prices were paying for the 5-1 and 4-0 wins by holland and germany, respectively, were?

I get that, I just can't bring myself to bet on cup games, I've been watching the FA cup, world cups and what little I could catch of the Euros since I was a kid, there are always major upsets along with the expected thrashings, too unpredictable to put money on for my tastes.