vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
I am alternating between matches and The Wire. 6/4/2010 5:17:40 PM |
JTMONEYNCSU All American 24529 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "where is everyone watching the us game?" |
we will be at ruckus for the usa vs england game. any and all should come out6/4/2010 8:01:32 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
there's also a big party at tir na nog
should be plenty of trash talk 6/4/2010 8:14:40 PM |
elduderino All American 4343 Posts user info edit post |
I will most likely be here in Arlington, TX. I need to find a good bar for the game. Will bars even show soccer in Texas? I bet you 10/10 people here don't know who Clint Dempsey is and he's from here.
All I need is Guinness on tap.
ALSO
LOL at China 1 - 0 France. And LOL at goalkeepers for this World Cup. Watch this ball's path. So much for Adidas hyping true flight. Unless it hit Evra, and it doesn't look like it did to me, that ball moves like crazy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iPnB6vC80E
[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 8:31 PM. Reason : .] 6/4/2010 8:25:06 PM |
JTMONEYNCSU All American 24529 Posts user info edit post |
wtf. i would be livid if i were a keeper. that chinese dude hit it with the inside of his foot, he was going for upper 90 to the keepers left (from behind goal) but that ball swerved to the opposite side...you could tell it did some weird ass shit halfway through on the flight and it definitely didnt touch the wall...
shit, as a player i might not even like that cause if i was trying to curl the ball around the wall, im pretty sure id want it curl around the wall...
i know the keepers always complain before every world cup about the ball, but they might actually have a case this year...
edit: damn after i looked a few more times one angle looks like it couldve taken a deflection, but 2 other angles doesnt look like it. i have no idea what to think on this now...haha
[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 8:38 PM. Reason : f] 6/4/2010 8:36:15 PM |
AC Slater All American 9276 Posts user info edit post |
jesus
He didnt even knuckle ball it. I've played keeper for a long time and I always hate those knuckleball shots cause they make you look fucking stupid.
It didnt even look like he kicked it that hard either.
^i dont think it did cause the rotation of the ball stays the same throughout its flight.
[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 8:41 PM. Reason : flight] 6/4/2010 8:39:44 PM |
JTMONEYNCSU All American 24529 Posts user info edit post |
in any case...lol at france's A squad losing to china.... 6/4/2010 8:40:19 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
6/4/2010 8:44:30 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39304 Posts user info edit post |
if that doesn't get you ready...... 6/4/2010 9:04:28 PM |
JTMONEYNCSU All American 24529 Posts user info edit post |
^lol 6/4/2010 9:11:04 PM |
d7freestyler Sup, Brahms 23935 Posts user info edit post |
@ that commercial.
france. lol.
[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 9:19 PM. Reason : k] 6/4/2010 9:14:34 PM |
elduderino All American 4343 Posts user info edit post |
I might be seeing things, but were those the Gallaghers in that commercial?
Nevermind, should have watched the whole thing before posting - knew it was Noel once I saw Snoop. Who's the guy Noel's sitting next to? He looks vaguely familiar.
[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 10:55 PM. Reason : .]
6/4/2010 10:49:35 PM |
Big4Country All American 11914 Posts user info edit post |
espn3 is showing the USA vs Australia game at 8:30 am. 6/5/2010 12:00:31 AM |
NyM410 J-E-T-S 50085 Posts user info edit post |
Oh lord. Annoying horns again all game long...
I have a question. In the past didn't ESPN do a studio call over the International feed? Are they now having all their four broadcast teams and studio actually in South Africa?
I know the group today is actually at the game since Rob Stone was on the sidelines... 6/5/2010 8:55:19 AM |
ncstatetke All American 41128 Posts user info edit post |
6/5/2010 9:29:16 AM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ Just making sure, but the game is on ESPN 2 as well. 6/5/2010 9:43:17 AM |
elduderino All American 4343 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "In the past didn't ESPN do a studio call over the International feed?" |
Yeah, sometimes, but this* is the World Cup. They're not going to phone that one in.
*Obviously not this friendly, but I'm sure they'd have to head down there ahead of time anyway.
[Edited on June 5, 2010 at 9:46 AM. Reason : note]6/5/2010 9:45:32 AM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
For the WC they always send everyone over. God knows they'll need camera crews in SA to produce all those human interest packages they love so much.
Quote : | "Who's the guy Noel's sitting next to? He looks vaguely familiar." |
Ian Brown from the Stone Roses. ]6/5/2010 12:32:49 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "ESPN has been using five two-man broadcasting teams, with three of the five teams working from stadiums in Germany and two operating from Bristol. I can't figure out which announcing teams are on site, and which are not. " |
They didn't send all the announcing crews to Germany in '06 and I can't find anything on the '02 WC
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=solomon_george&id=2502521
I'm pretty sure they did Euro 2008 from Bristol though6/5/2010 4:45:04 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24E8q0vhRss 6/6/2010 8:24:45 PM |
heelfan All American 3268 Posts user info edit post |
^Robo-Crouch is back! 6/6/2010 8:28:16 PM |
guitarguy All American 8118 Posts user info edit post |
[b]join this as well, it's not a team pick em, but you pick your roster of players to create your team...we need more people
invite you to play in their McDonald's FIFA World Cup Fantasy league called Wolfpack
If you aren't already playing the game then you can register at http://en.mcdonalds.fantasy.fifa.com
Once you have logged in, click on the 'My leagues'
link you can find at the top of the page. Now enter the code
352810-83231 to join the private league. 6/7/2010 11:54:11 AM |
bclarke35 Veteran 211 Posts user info edit post |
USA England, I will be at Tir Na Nog with 25 of my buddies. We will be very geared up. 6/7/2010 12:05:13 PM |
ssjamind All American 30102 Posts user info edit post |
i'm damn excited about this. While i can't say we're "better" than usual per se, we look very very athletic. our forwards and defenders looked good against Turkey and i think they looked ok against a perenially underrated Australia -- people at work seemed to think we looked terrible against Australia. England looks shakier than usual, and i think we have a shot at winning our group.
going to be in Minneapolis, so will likely go to this: http://nomadpub.com/ 6/7/2010 12:22:31 PM |
ndmetcal All American 9012 Posts user info edit post |
when does this thing start up again? 6/7/2010 12:27:48 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
friday at 10
mexico v. south africa 6/7/2010 12:48:39 PM |
God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
My only qualm is that the HD versions of the games take up like 12% of my DVR space. I mean, I'm going to watch them asap, but it really puts the pressure on when this weekends games will fill up my DVR entirely. 6/7/2010 1:30:48 PM |
Yao Ming All American 866 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.theonion.com/articles/nations-soccer-fan-becoming-insufferable,17553/ 6/7/2010 1:38:07 PM |
heelfan All American 3268 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Quote : | "FIRST
WORLD
PROBLEM" |
6/7/2010 3:44:55 PM |
cyrion All American 27139 Posts user info edit post |
gonna be rolling in at our local irish pub. most of my soccer buddies are out of town (work mostly so can't get out of it), but I'm gonna bring a few people to take on the 150 englishmen that have already got reservations. 6/7/2010 7:45:15 PM |
Bullet All American 28414 Posts user info edit post |
sorry to screw-up this thread, but all this talk about USA and South Africa got me remembering this little satirical apartheid commercial from back in '86:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZbQkgZoYHY 6/7/2010 7:52:33 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39304 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "you're invited to play in the McDonald's FIFA World Cup Fantasy league called
Wolfpack
If you aren't already playing the game then you can register at
http://en.mcdonalds.fantasy.fifa.com
Once you have logged in, click on the 'My leagues'
link you can find at the top of the page. Now enter the code
352810-83231 to join the private league.
" |
come on dudes, we need more people to join, ASAP
[Edited on June 7, 2010 at 8:52 PM. Reason : whoops]6/7/2010 8:52:08 PM |
OmarBadu zidik 25071 Posts user info edit post |
my vuvuzela arrived today 6/7/2010 8:57:49 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Someone at ESPN should invent a vuvuzela phase cancellation filter for their audio feed. 6/7/2010 9:04:48 PM |
OmarBadu zidik 25071 Posts user info edit post |
i'm going to buy a better one over there but my cheap plastic one has already scared my wife 3x today - i'm glad they aren't banned 6/7/2010 9:07:54 PM |
jcs1283 All American 694 Posts user info edit post |
^^ damn right. can't be that hard. espn has $Texas, right? 6/7/2010 9:32:49 PM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
lol
Quote : | "According to frontman Rivers Cuomo, Weezer are in the process of recording a song in support the United States soccerball team ahead of this month's FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
The United States will kick off their campaign against England on Saturday in Rustenburg.
Cuomo tweeted: "Weezer is recording a new song this week for the U.S. soccer team...hopefully to be released before Saturday's game. It's called Reprazent!"
http://twitter.com/RiversCuomo " |
6/7/2010 9:49:09 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39304 Posts user info edit post |
I love soccerball 6/7/2010 9:50:03 PM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
6/7/2010 9:53:26 PM |
NyM410 J-E-T-S 50085 Posts user info edit post |
I think I'm going to Tobacco Road for the USA-England game. I want to go someplace with the sound so I can hear Harkes' drivel... Plus they have big TVs... 6/7/2010 9:57:02 PM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
^ We reserved the private room at Tobacco Road for the England game. Wear your special TWW MOD badge and you can join us. 6/7/2010 10:16:01 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39304 Posts user info edit post |
that room is sweet, we sat in it the only time I've ever been there 6/7/2010 10:18:55 PM |
elduderino All American 4343 Posts user info edit post |
Joined the league as the Blikkiesdorp Ballers. 6/7/2010 10:32:35 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
So Barry's not going to play Saturday? Good news for us. Dempsey/Donovan can exploit that space in front of Engerland's defense if Fabio goes with Gerrard/Lampard 6/7/2010 10:54:17 PM |
Bullet All American 28414 Posts user info edit post |
so i guess there's no tww DK fans? 6/7/2010 11:20:05 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "According to frontman Rivers Cuomo, Weezer are in the process of recording a song in support the United States soccerball team ahead of this month's FIFA World Cup in South Africa." |
Again? He did one in 2006 called "My Day is Coming."6/8/2010 3:09:47 AM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
Nani out for Portugal?
evens it up a bit for Ivory Coast 6/8/2010 8:28:38 AM |
kiljadn All American 44690 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/08/world-cup-2010-rio-ferdinand-wayne-rooney
Quote : | "Rio Ferdinand says the referee abused by Wayne Rooney during England's warm-up match with Platinum Stars got off lightly." |
Rio might be an excellent football player, but he's a fucking moron.
Why would you say something like that? Now referees are looking for something, after an already blown out of proportion reaction.6/8/2010 8:50:32 AM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
well what about Rooney doing it in the first place? In a meaningless friendly against some scrubs?
I'd hate to see Rooney miss some games in the WC for something stupid like that 6/8/2010 8:56:43 AM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
^IKR
Capello needs to put a muzzle over his mouth or something. If Rooney gets a red card for cussing out a ref everyone in England will hate him. 6/8/2010 9:08:36 AM |