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Now every team at the World Cup has played. Thoughts so far?: Senegal beating the holders & USA beating Portugal will rank as the shocks but what about the refs, star players, donkeys, fustrations, surprises and so on?
posted by i_cola to soccer at 12:12 PM on June 05, 2002 - 26 comments
England World Cup squad: - Goalkeepers: David Seaman, David James, Nigel Martyn, Defenders: Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Gareth Southgate, Wes Brown, Danny Mills, Ashley Cole, Wayne Bridge, Martin Keown, Midfielders: David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes, Kieron Dyer, Nicky Butt, Owen Hargreaves, Joe Cole, Strikers: Michael Owen, Emile Heskey, Teddy Sheringham, Robbie Fowler, Darius Vassell
Well?
[As requested, from MeFi]
posted by i_cola to soccer at 06:47 AM on May 09, 2002 - 8 comments
"(of which they then got outplayed all over the park)." Thats "pitch" Both are perfectly acceptable. Park is more of an English colloquialism rather than that defined in the rules. 'Goaltender' & 'benched' on the other hand make this Englishman's skin crawl. :-)
posted by i_cola at 04:15 AM on December 08, 2007
When I saw Marbury miss the 3 pointer at the end of the Miami game I knew this season was over. You get paid a dump truck full of money to make shots like that or make enough shots during a game not to have to try & scramble a tie in the last second. I'm with MrNix...everyone looks like an idiot and it ain't getting better. Meh.
posted by i_cola at 05:31 PM on November 14, 2007
He refers to Celtic as 'boys in green stripes'. What an idiot.
posted by i_cola at 04:36 PM on November 14, 2007
Go Raiders!
posted by i_cola at 05:22 PM on January 26, 2003
This is as good...if not better...and the aftermath was pretty good... The context...
posted by i_cola at 01:15 PM on January 26, 2003
elsontano: And Columbus Crew hold the honour of having the first purpose-built 'soccer' stadium in the US right? jbou: Go for the Revolution...they used to have the highest support & I've heard that the crowd are the most passionate in the MLS. Fox or ESPN used to show live Premiership matches on PPV and there was a really good 2 hour highlights show on a Monday somewhere along the way...no doubt NER fans could point the way.
posted by i_cola at 09:58 AM on June 21, 2002
Damn, damn, damn! Ah well. The better team lost by the sound of it...
posted by i_cola at 08:27 AM on June 21, 2002
Totti deserved it for cumulative infringements. He'd twatted a Korean defender & got away with it & had been going down like a porn star on piece rates throughout the game. More Italian hilarity here In answer to the original question...YES!
posted by i_cola at 09:23 AM on June 19, 2002
Bzzzz...bzzzzt....bzzzz! The best thing was that we won by playing football & working together, not kicking & diving our way to victory. Nicky Butt & Rio Ferdinand as star players out of 14 class acts. BTW, France, Germany & Argentina could all go out next week ;-)
posted by i_cola at 09:09 AM on June 07, 2002
posted by i_cola at 06:45 AM on June 06, 2002
One thing I forgot - the Uraguayan national anthem. Jaunty horse riding dictator music, goes on for ages & you think it's going to end 3 times before heading off at a tangent. A classic of the genre!
posted by i_cola at 06:35 AM on June 06, 2002
Ah yes...you have the ability to count the number of games & not groups, which I have not yet mastered ;-)
posted by i_cola at 12:49 PM on June 05, 2002
An average of 5.33 goals per game is pretty amazing for starters...even if you take out Germany v Saudis it's 5 Refs - generally excellent but the ref for Brazil v Turkey was so bad. Simple things like keeping players 10 yds back at free-kicks & then the whole penalty & Rivaldo incidents... And the balls. They're like sodding baloons!
posted by i_cola at 12:24 PM on June 05, 2002
Top of the World!
Anyone who plays with the skull-crushing intensity that KG does would have trouble keeping it together outside of game time. Add in the fact that he's just won the championship and I think he's entitled to go completely hatstand. Give him a couple of weeks to come back down to earth and them get him back in training to keep his mind off prowling round scaring children and TV interviewers.