The Official 2010 World Cup Thread

there are alternatives, there are other versions of the offside rule, indoors soccer has the three line rule for instance, I'm not sure what would be the ideal, maybe scrap offside rule entirely when the ball is in the last quarters of the field or something like that.

it is just about goal hanging and nothing else.

yes of course the offside rule is a whole game changer for defense... duh.

anyway i'm not gonna repeat myself or keep discussing this, read the older posts in this subject, i just wanted to make clear that i'm not just saying this because i don't understand the rule.

I had watched the game in Spanish because DirectTV decided to block ESPN.

The most annoying piece of shit commentary ever.

Anyways , I enjoyed the game , SA looked pretty good , Mexico were shit.

you still have to take into account the line refs' mistakes; that's what bothers me the most...

  On 6/11/2010 at 5:21 PM, Dirty Protest said:

Fuck this off side bullshit. Football is very simple, 11 people try to kick a ball into a net, while another 11 try to do the same, and whoever scores most wins. Talking about off side is what chumps do to sound knowledgeable. It was off side, there will be at least another 200 off sides before its over.

 

  On 6/11/2010 at 5:15 PM, Joyrex said:

Fucking hell - Mexico better tighten up their shit if they expect to get any further in this cup...

 

I thought they looked ok, they defended well for the most and attacked with speed, i reckon theyll get out.

they do everything right except what's important.

it's weird, on paper this is probably the best team mexico's ever had, on the field however it's maybe one of the worsts of recent history. the strikers can't even score the clear shots, and the defenders screw up in the worst moment. yes they have great ball position and recuperation, but if you can't score or defend properly it's all gone to waste.

atdhe.net kicked me off a few times. then with 10mins to go it wouldnt let me back in. :(

it was down when mexico scored too but i knew because someone nearby went apeshit

south africa looked good but you could just see mexico scoring at any second

Please please please please please can France fail spectacularly

  On 6/11/2010 at 6:23 PM, Alex C said:

Please please please please please can France fail spectacularly

YESSSSSSS

I like Uruguay anyways...

always pick your teams according to the rules of astrology. Always.

  On 6/11/2010 at 6:26 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 6/11/2010 at 6:23 PM, Alex C said:

Please please please please please can France fail spectacularly

 

 

YESSSSSSS

 

I like Uruguay anyways...

No U R

lol, it's just my humour, guys. It's just my way.

whoopsie

:francepalm: :P

did anyone else lol at the referee-chasing-his-own-tail replay?

  On 6/11/2010 at 7:11 PM, Ominous said:

:francepalm: :P

 

did anyone else lol at the referee-chasing-his-own-tail replay?

I did. It was about the only entertaining thing from the first 45, except maybe Ribery's face as usual.

I liked Forlan's shot on goal. I wish he'd done more with it, but it was the best chance of the first half.

i love that uruguay has 5 in the back they're doing great

  On 6/11/2010 at 7:31 PM, petr said:

i love that uruguay has 5 in the back they're doing great

I hope they don't keep this up. My early prediction regarding this match is coming true.

i always loved a strong defense and then having outside backs cover the entire line. i was always a wide outside right back that covered the entire wing i think it is a great way to play

i am a bit drunk i was drinking at 6am during the mexico / sa game

i got hyponatremia from the marathon im banned fomr drinking water i need salt and beer im trying to dehydrate myself LOL

Eh, why would a guy with 30+ goals for club be taking free kicks? I know their midfielders are crap, but really, that's the best idea?

fuk i need at least 2 more games until i get used to DEEZE BEEZ

Ribery has been very disappointing. Miserable really...where's Malouda?

that red was deserved that was a nasty tackle

What a boring game.

We survived !

hail uruguay defense

Yeah, I didn't think it was boring. I like that sort of defending well enough, even though I would have liked a bit more opportunity for Forlan. However, let's be honest. He had the best chances of either team and came up short. I was shocked that he missed the volley off that throw-in. Wow. You'd have bet your house on Forlan there and he shanked it.

Once again, most villainous cunt award goes to Henry for trying to elicit the handball against the Uruguayan defender toward the end. That would have been a disastrous call and...let's stop and point this out...the officiating for the first two matches was just about superb.

Lodeiro's sending off of course was very deserved and he knew it right away.

The two first games were ok.

  On 6/11/2010 at 8:31 PM, The Overlook said:

the officiating for the first two matches was just about superb.

This is surprisingly true.

I quite enjoyed the time i spent with that game, just lying on the sofa watching a noisy screensaver, wouldnt want to watch it every day tho. Domenechs a clown.

Argentina Nigeria and England USA means the football should start tomorrow.

The first half of those world cup highlights - they span from 1984-1994

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=25970c9a9551f5e861d4646c62b381cb4a4145688010f648d6f20ee4ff677d52

these files have been split, so you will need to concatenate them.

for OS X you can use Split&Concat which can be found here: http://www.brothersoft.com/split--concat-241811.html

for windows it looks like ConcaDec should work...: http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/freeware/k-concatenate-t-free-concadec-freeware-wejjrmve.html

I'll put up 98-06 soon...

98-06 up now: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=25970c9a9551f5e861d4646c62b381cbc77f6f312a329163f88875faa4c6c51e

This is a self-extracting .rar file so you shouldn't need any special software.