Official World Cup 2006 Thread
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- tkmeister0
wc has been disapointing for a while. i get a lot kick out of watching tour de france. now, those guys are tough.
- k0na_an0k0
Totally agree tommy. Yesterday I was watching and a guy got grazed across the face with a shoe. Grazed. They carted him off the field. Wtf!?! Half are pussies and the other half are taking dives to draw a penalty. Case in point the USA match just a few minutes ago with the penalty kick that cost the US a goal. Complete bullshit call but the guy sold it so well. Pathetic. I can't bring myself to watch this shit.
- joyride0
actaully i like when the medics come out an spray the ankle with chilled air (or whatever it is). I think that's hilarious. But that's been part of the game for a while now.
- tommyo0
WF,
I'm talking out of my ass? How so? My grandmother takes bigger hits than some of these players and doesn't roll around on the ground crying.
- ********0
futbol is the best
- mattyd040
i was tread on.
- tommyo0
Kona I'm with you man. Even our own Reyna gets carted off the field in a stretcher...then he's back 1 minute later? In any other sport if you get carried off in a stretcher, you're done. At least you're done for more than 1 fucking minute.
- tommyo0
Don't get me wrong I love the sport, but this stuff kills it for me. Maybe they need a few more refs out there so they can yellow card more fakers?
- mattyd040
i tried to get my friend mike into the game (slippy writer) but he was staunchly against watching soccer. so, it lead to this conversation via our myspace pages...
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me: to make the world cup more interesting, you should watch the game on mute and make up pet names for the players and then do your own commentary. so, for instance, a particular play would go a little something like this:
"big man passes it back to long dong. long dong gives it to diarreah. diarreah makes a run down the left side and crosses it to foreskin. foreskin peels off the defenders... shoots... GOAAALLL!!!!"
it's what i do at least.
mike: (after the game) Yes, I played the nickname game, only the ones I came up with were "Lackadaisical, " "Mr. Casual, " "Unpatriotic Fuck, " and, this one was special for Claudio Reyna, "Big Suckass Pussyfart." Also, whats up with the clock running in soccer when someone's faking injury? So you get to roll around on the ground and act like your hammy hurts for as long as you want while the clock runs out? I give a yellow card to FIFA. and that's my take. Have a pleasent afternoon.
- ********0
first of all the shin area is one of the most sensitive and exposed areas on the body, now take a kick at full force on there and tell me that shit dont hurt, shin guard or not!! and any one who runds full speed and gets a small push in any direction is bound to fall , what do you guys know ... u just hate the game
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- magma0
soccer needs to institute some kind of review system for the refs - they too often make stupid calls & ruin the game - like the penalty in the us v ghana game -- worst call ever!!! and some lame ref just snatched the game away from them just like that after they got some momentum going.
if they had some sort of review system, maybe the players could focus less on the acting lessons & concentrate on playing the game.
- ********0
anyway, the stretcher was some stupid directive Fifa brought in. If a player is down, then he has to be taken off the pitch IMMEDIATELY to let the play carry on with as little interruption as possible.
- tommyo0
Of course some of the inuries are real, I'm not saying they aren't...but are you guys watching the same clips I am?? Because some of these guys are faking it up and down the pitch. If you aren't embarrassed FOR the game, I'll go ahead and be embarrassed for you.
- ********0
dont get me wrong dives and making time is part of the game , but thats not what it comes down too ,
there is flops in the NBA ,
NFL has taking a knee
MLB has juice and that new drug going around , and hockey well who watches that
- Jaline0
Of course some of the inuries are real, I'm not saying they aren't...but are you guys watching the same clips I am?? Because some of these guys are faking it up and down the pitch. If you aren't embarrassed FOR the game, I'll go ahead and be embarrassed for you.
tommyo
(Jun 22 06, 08:37)ugh, I hate that
- mrdobolina0
I realize this is completely impossible for a million reasons, but could you imagine the worldwide shitstorm if the US actually won the world cup?
- ********0
you should thank fifa for that too tommy, since USA 94 they went about turning this into practically a non-contact sport as possible. Tackles from behind were banned. Apparently to protect expensive players who were having careers ruined by bad tackles. And seriously, you should see some of the career destroying injuries top players were suffering pre 94.
But, obviously once you come down on tackling like that, players take advantage and diving is rampant in the game. Just the way it is.
- unfittoprint0
people really do not know what they're talking about.
flashback to 1966
broken limbs were 'plat du jour' in almost every game.
ie. Portugal x Brazil: that game was a total carnage.
and
the World Cup is much more strict that national competitions.
ie. yesterday A Mexico player got a red card for faking a fall near our goal.
and that's a good thing.
better luck next time.
- tommyo0
there is flops in the NBA ,
NFL has taking a knee
MLB has juice and that new drug going around , and hockey well who watches that
cruz_azul
(Jun 22 06, 08:37)None of those examples can sway the entire course of their game. Faking an injury in football can change the whole outcome. People are getting redcarded for opponents faking injuries, goal kicks...I can see how doing this really pays off because the outcome of 'acting' in soccer could mean you win or lose, but IMO it really hurts the sport.