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July 10,
2006
at 14:48,
Bob B.
said:
Congrats to Lee Pepper,
winner of our league with
88 points. Although his
beloved French did lose
in pk's in the final, he
did get his flag back.
Honorable mention to
Austin Gray, who
correctly picked Italy to
take the cup. Any
post-WC thoughts before
we close it out?
July 9,
2006
at 18:19,
Bob B.
said:
Italy=2, France=1
July 7,
2006
at 05:56,
EV
said:
This one is for Doug, who
thought I had a
"passionate,
misled" view of
diving. Sorry mate, looks
like the experience is on
my side... :D
http://soccernet.espn.go.
com/news/story?id=373449&
amp;cc=5901
July 6,
2006
at 15:00,
Lee Pepper
said:
Thank you for the return
of my flag. See you back
here in four years.
July 4,
2006
at 17:32,
Bob B.
said:
After looking at the
video it's clear that the
stomp was intentional.
That, along with the
elbow to McBride's head,
are the dirties plays of
the cup. Ronaldo appealed
like any player should
given his team mate's
treatment. EV, what are
your thoughts?
July 3,
2006
at 06:47,
Michael Longenecker
said:
well... after looking at
video, i'm pretty
confident rooney got sent
off due to the pushing of
ronaldo, not the stomp he
gave carvalho. doubters,
check out
www.ihateronaldo.com...
yes, it actually exists.
i wonder what's going to
happen when man yoo start
training after the WC...
they'll probably need to
find a new winger... just
don't try to buy lennon,
he's off limits. spurs
need to keep some of
their good players.
July 1,
2006
at 20:08,
Bob B.
said:
England fans, I feel your
pain. Tough to lose on
penalties. I expected a
lot more from hot-head
Rooney and he hurt his
team's chances to win in
the 90 minutes.
June 28,
2006
at 22:18,
WHO's GOT IT (Brandon)
said:
How much will you pay for
information that may lead
to the recovery of your
Flag Pepper?
June 28,
2006
at 20:59,
Lee Pepper
said:
Where's my FLAG!!!!!
June 27,
2006
at 19:21,
Bob B.
said:
Ghana should have scored
in the first half.
Overall African soccer
has come a long way, but
they lack world class
strikers. At this level,
you can't win without it.
Brazil is the team to
beat.
June 27,
2006
at 16:55,
Travisio (Big Bubba Fred)
said:
ALLER l'Espagne!
L'enfoncer au français!
En bas avec Lee!
**
¡VAYA España! ¡Atásquelo
al francés! ¡Hacia abajo
con Lee!
**
Ole Ole Ole O-le!!
June 26,
2006
at 23:15,
Lee Pepper
said:
It's do or die time
tomorrow. Disparaissent
la France, coup-de-pied
Espagne dans les fesses.
June 25,
2006
at 22:37,
Josh Doyle
said:
Portugal v Holland - did
Deco get sent off for
being rugby tackled by
cocu?? If Holland would
have won that would have
been unfair. England v
Ecuador - I think England
played well, its how you
win tournaments, not
conceding goals. Would be
nice to see some more
support for Rooney
though.
P.S Saw England at Dan
McGuinesses downtown -
completely packed with
England fans - great
experience - seriously
either there or Two doors
down to watch some games
if you want the real
World Cup experience!!
June 23,
2006
at 19:43,
Bob B.
said:
Looks like Lee "Papa
Smurf" is still on
top the group.
June 22,
2006
at 23:12,
Bob B.
said:
Someone send the police
to Nuremberg stadium.
Word is that Landon
Donovan is still running
around the field looking
for the ball.
June 22,
2006
at 22:38,
Josh Doyle
said:
USA - poor refereeing
again, poor ghana
timewasting tactics, but
face it, poor finishing -
they needed to speed up
their play too and they
blew it by taking it too
slowly. Sack Arena, he's
done, get new blood in, a
big foreign coach like
guus hiddink...
June 22,
2006
at 14:27,
Bob B.
said:
Too far a drive for me.
I'll be watching it in
Franklin. I hope our
boys pull off an upset.
Mcbride needs to get a
goal early to set the
tone. Actually,
somebody, anybody, needs
to score a goal for the
US.
June 22,
2006
at 03:07,
Josh Doyle
said:
where are people watching
the usa game tomorrow
morning? anyone going to
two doors down?
June 21,
2006
at 22:13,
Mark Pfeffer
said:
Bob takes the
lead...cheers!!!
June 21,
2006
at 22:13,
Travisio (Big Bubba Fred)
said:
Lee- are you going to
take that from Bob??
C'mon- use those mental
powers of yours!!
June 20,
2006
at 23:30,
Mark Pfeffer
said:
Matt, you will fizzle
away soon...
June 20,
2006
at 22:59,
Bob B.
said:
Matt, wow. I bow humbly
in your general
direction....
June 20,
2006
at 22:16,
Matty
said:
Thanks B...I like to
attribute my picks to a
litte thing I call
"the book". A
few years back some old
man named Biff handed me
it and said it would make
me a fortune. He also
said some punk kid would
be coming around to look
for it eventually...go
Espana!
June 20,
2006
at 14:19,
Bob B.
said:
Another great line up
today. The
Germany/Ecuador game
should be close given
Ecuador's recent play.
England vs. Sweden is a
classic European clash.
I think Germany and
England will win.
June 19,
2006
at 23:09,
Michael Longenecker
said:
good thing they pulled it
off... i got 3 points ;)
June 19,
2006
at 22:14,
Bob B.
said:
Holy paella! Spain got
the scare of their lives.
June 19,
2006
at 17:27,
Matty
said:
That Swiss win was not
good for you Lee. You may
want to take down the
French flag now. French
fries are the only good
thing France produces any
more. No offense if
anyone if French, just
friendly banter.
June 19,
2006
at 14:50,
Lee Pepper
said:
Ok, I've got my French
flag, fresh from eBay up.
Where is the Argentine,
US, Portuguese and Brazil
flags?
June 19,
2006
at 14:48,
Lee Pepper
said:
The French, like the US
go robbed by poor
officiating. Did you see
the play where the Korean
goalie blocked while he
was standing behind the
line. And then Zidane
getting his second yellow
card. Oh well.
June 19,
2006
at 14:26,
Bob B.
said:
Lee, I'm not ready to
write you a check just
yet. Especially with
your faith in the French.
Peter, nice job moving
to the top position.
June 16,
2006
at 20:30,
Lee Pepper
said:
Aren't we chipping in $10
each into a pool for the
winner?
June 16,
2006
at 20:05,
Bob B.
said:
Both games today have
been great to watch. I
thought IC was going to
equalize. Mexico's game
should be equally
exciting.
June 16,
2006
at 19:56,
Matty
said:
Great match between
Holland and Ivory Coast!
The next match in that
group is going to be a
good one...believe it or
not I favor Holland in
that one. Should be fun
to watch!
June 16,
2006
at 16:59,
Bob B.
said:
Ole! Ole! Ole!
June 16,
2006
at 01:25,
EV
said:
no offense taken, but I
seriously recommend you
pick up a dvd of world
cups of 1990 and before.
I was just watching a
highlights video from
1990 where players did
not fall and whine
everytime they were
touched. Schillaci,
Maradona, Lineker all
great.
June 15,
2006
at 21:52,
Mongolian Beef (Doug)
said:
EV, I mean no slander, or
anything of the sort. Im
sorry if you took what
was said personally.
With that said, I was
certainly understanding
that you were talking
about "diving,"
I was actually just
making light of a
situation, which I was
greatly amused by; since
no one else in this forum
seems to hold your very
passionate, possibly
misled, idealistic
opinion. Just humored me,
obviously not you. My
apologies. Sorry Bob,
just wanted to clarify.
June 15,
2006
at 20:10,
Travisio (Big Bubba Fred)
said:
Way to go referee Bob!
Woohoo! Now let's play
some futbol... Banzai!!!
June 15,
2006
at 19:26,
Bob B.
said:
Yellow cards to EV and
Doug.
Turn the page.
There's still lots of
futbol to be played.
June 15,
2006
at 18:56,
EV
said:
First, I have nothing
against Spain (I
predicted they would
win). --
Second, I'm not disputing
the right to foul, so I
dont know why you bring
that up. I was talking
about the increasing
number of divers. Diving
was NOT how soccer was
played. My father went
professional and played
in a few copa
libertadores game, he
will tell you that diving
is not a part of soccer.
One of his teammates now
coaches a youth team for
a club in ARG, where
players are taught on
"credible
diving". You say
that is soccer, but you
if you knew soccer you'd
see that 30-40 fouls (60%
being staged) in a game
is awful, look back at
history before you type.
-- Doug, bro, with all
respect, don't bring
teenage slander. First
read and understand that
we're talking about
diving. It does not take
any balls to dive. In
contrast, players who
don't dive are the great
ones. -- while you may
need to dive to play with
me, I surely don't need
to dive to score a few on
you. --
Winning for me, has to be
honest. I dont feel good
if my favorite team
cheated it's way to a
victory.
June 15,
2006
at 16:27,
Mongolian Beef (Doug)
said:
I would just like to say
that i wish all the
players would just let
their opponents go
unchallenged on every
play. That way there
would be no cheating and
no bad calls... oh wait,
that would be a sport for
a bunch of girls. EV,
you can just go ahead and
get over it, if you dont
like the game how it is,
and always has been, go
make up your own game.
Im sure you would have
alot of female recruits.
June 15,
2006
at 16:10,
Mark Pfeffer
said:
Doug...you need to make a
run here. I believe in
you!!! Wow, EV seems
really taken back about
the Spain game...soccer
is all about getting the
call man...you just gotta
accept that its part of
the sport.
June 15,
2006
at 03:46,
Michael Longenecker
said:
i love all the smack
being talked in here...
josh, i suppose you're
only 4 points behind me
so i'd better keep my
mouth shut... i very well
may be this group's
charlton athletic,
starting out somewhat
well then making my way
south of mid-table when
it's all over...
June 14,
2006
at 23:29,
Matty
said:
I think the referees have
done a good job this WC
in making calls or not
making a call. They have
a great eye for spotting
the "flops" and
I think they have done
well at keeping the games
under control. Let's give
them a little credit
here. Getting calls to
execute set plays are
apart of the game. Soccer
has been this way as long
as I can remember.
Mistakes happen just like
in any other sport.
June 14,
2006
at 23:17,
Bob B.
said:
EV, good rant. You must
really dislike Spain.
The truth is that the
game is all of the above.
Some skill, some luck,
some trickery, and a lot
of passion. Mix those
together and you have the
beautiful game. I think
the refs so far have done
a great job cracking down
on flopping and diving.
I wouldn't change a
thing.
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