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#5641 |
World Class Raconteur
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Australia are giving Germany a run for their money. Tim Cahill looks like a "wog" even though he has an Irish name. Must be a scum bag.
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#5642 | |
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#5643 |
All Part Of The Plan
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He scored 16 last season, and he picked up some knocks here and there and didn't have a full pre-season from what I remember. Plus he got god knows how many assists from knock downs, flicks etc.
If he and Miller stay fit all season and the team clicks he'll bag 20 next year, at least. |
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#5644 |
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
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hahahaha Birmingham City fans organised a petition against signing Lee Bowyer and now Bowyer doesn't want to join a club where he doesn't feel wanted so their dickhead chairman has got all pissy about it.
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#5645 | |
BAY BAY
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#5646 |
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Bowyer will be at one of the new teams or in the Championship next year.
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#5647 |
VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT
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Not here, he won't. Tommy Miller looks set to sign for us.
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#5648 | |
R.I.P Latino Heat
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#5649 |
Theo Zagorakis
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His wages are far too high for any Championship side. He'll stay in the premiership but i'm not sure who with, he's not a bad player by any means.
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#5650 |
All Part Of The Plan
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Wouldn't be surprised if he went back to West Ham
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#5651 |
LAKE SHOW HOES
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Brazil- Greece 2-0
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#5652 |
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3-0 now. Brazil are ridiculously good.
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#5653 |
LAKE SHOW HOES
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Fucking Brazilians. Greece better step it up, they needed a good result here to get their confidence back up. It will be an embarassment if they dont make the world cup, from european champs to not making the world up would suck ass. I know the confederations cup isnt that huge of a tourney, but its good for confidence
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#5654 |
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Its a friendly tournament really. Did Ronaldo play I'd heard they were going to drop him in favour of another midfeidler and have Adriano on his own.
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#5655 |
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Ronaldo didn't play. They had Kaka, Ronaldinho, Robinho and Adriano playing basically in a genius attacking circle up front. Brilliant movement, bags of skill. They had two full backs bombing on like crazy as well. Robinho is a genius. Real Madrid are signing him.
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#5656 |
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The goals were brilliant too. Adriano's was basically a cheat goal. He picked it up on the right wing, cut back inside, looking innocuous, like he was going to spread it across to someone, then he just fucking blasts it on his left foot from 30 odd yards into the net. He wasn't even facing the goal, he never even looked at it. He just fucking smacked it. Incredible. It was the sort of goal you'd have disallowed in the playground because of the no "no blasters" rule. Just a great big cheat goal.
Robinho's was pretty much a far post tap in, but he still made it look great. Third goal was a beautiful free kick from Juninho (the Lyon one). He just took a couple of steps, walked up to the ball and clipped it right into the top corner. Keeper didn't even move. He didn't sprint up and whack it, just give it a clip, but the power and bend was astonishing. Fucking love him. |
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#5657 |
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Gonna take a miracle for them not to win the World Cup. Can't beat an attack like that. Cafu must be nearly fucked by now mind.
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#5658 |
All Part Of The Plan
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Any team can be stopped. In theory a team playing say the Chelsea system, with the right players (and with some luck admittedly) could counterattack the hell out of a team like Brazil.
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#5659 |
All Part Of The Plan
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Also let's not forget they lost 3-1 to Argentina not all that long ago.
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#5660 |
FOC
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lol Brazil absolutely ran riot in that game...they are too good. In fairness though we had pretty much all of our Euro 2004 defence (our best defence obviously) out of this game except for Nikopolidis in goals and I believe that would have definately prevented their second goal. Having said that Brazil weren't 100% either which is fucking scary. Those other 2 goals were just class...although technically speaking as a keeper Nikopolidis should always never be beaten at his near post, like he was against Adriano for the 1-0. Having said that, tell me many keepers in the world would have stopped that shot.
![]() Australia did well against Germany, coming from behind twice but losing 4-3. We have a good team but our defence is just fucking shit. Same with Germany's. They were actually all quite stunned with Australia's performance, in fact not wrapping the game up til the last 10 minutes. Even then John Aloisi pulled a goal back (his second for the game) in the 92nd minute and with an extra few minutes could have pulled an equaliser...I rate him, he's never been given a chance to shine in Australia's forward line but he finally was against Germany and proved himself with 2 goals. |
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#5661 |
Crows Before Hoes
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I watched a little bit of the live coverage, got bored and watched something else before any of the goals. I don't know like any of the Brazil or Argentina squad nowadays, whatever happened to Ariel Ortega
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#5662 |
FOC
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That's because it IS George Clooney.
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#5663 |
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Germany had two 19 year olds playing in their central defence, so I wouldn't read too much into them conceding 3 goals. They had a fairly young side out overall.
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#5664 |
Theo Zagorakis
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Well Greece were pretty much battered there, bit disappointing really but Brazil were awesome. Super Stevie Claridge knew the score though, they're not unbeatable. If you get a bit physical against them, not over the top mind, it knocks them out of their stride. Then again there were a few times last night when Greece players closed them down and were made to look like fools through pieces of skill or whatever.
They've also not won a World Cup staged in Europe since 1958 i think it was, the one which Sweden hosted and got to the final in anyway. Juninho is ace though, that free-kick was beautiful, right in the corner. Can't be doing badly if he can't get in the first team. |
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#5665 |
FOC
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I'm not. Sad thing is Australia's defence was almost full strength.
![]() However on a positive, Australia's attack was well under full-strength and they managed 3 goals. |
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#5667 | |
FOC
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Just noticed this a few pages back:
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Any bets Blatter will change his mind again though. |
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#5669 |
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I want a Premiership team to sign Peguy Luyindula, so I can start this song.
http://oohoooohohohluyindula.ytmnd.com/ |
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#5670 | |
IRREPLACEABLE
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#5671 |
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
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Yes he was and the stupid, fat, useless Nazi bastard gave away a freekick right at the beginning that they scored from.
ZOOOOOOOOOO > HUUUUUUUUUUUTH |
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#5672 |
IRREPLACEABLE
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So erm, since when was Huth not 20, 21 in 2 months time?
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#5673 |
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The commentators said two 19 year olds. I don't really care. You obviously do, probably because you want to get married to him.
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#5674 |
That Entenbrot, The Mask
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#5675 |
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
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Darwen, didn't they win the FA cup like back in the 1800's and hold the record for the longest ever run without a win that Sunderland came dangerously close to beating the season before last?
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#5676 |
Part time poster
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Once again, we are in the papers linked with Michael Owen. As much as I'd like to have him, we need midfielders (a spare right winger and a strong defensive midfielder) and a defender before we sign strikers. I'd rather have Forlan back ahead of any striker.
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#5677 |
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Blackpool - that's where William Regal is from.
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#5678 |
All Part Of The Plan
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#5679 |
Part time poster
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Is this Park chink any good?
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#5680 |
Smashing Blouse
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From what I've seen of him, he's a good player, has a lot of flair and can go past people, but doesn't pass very much
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