HEADLINES from GB
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MissT @ Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:13 am
I hate making excuses for England, but I will say this in their defence. You could clearly see that they had not played together much before. Passes weren't connecting. Players used to their league team mates being in particular positions, and certain plays and strategies would expect each other to be in places they weren't, or to pass to places they didn't. It looked to me like a bunch of players from different teams all cobbled together at the last minute - which they were.
Apparently England only had something like 9 games to play together, whereas some teams had up to 30. Of course, players of a supposedly high standard should be able to look up and do appropriate passing anyway - but I think it just reflects the way that club football has become so specialised and rehearsed (which does often make for beautiful play) that the players look lost when they don't all have the same script.
hwacker @ Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:59 am
OPP OPP:
hwacker hwacker:
ITALY VS FRANCE ha
It's
Northern Africa Vs Italy
Only 6 french born players, thats not France.
It's
Northern Africa Vs Italy
Only 6 french born players, thats not France.
That's why you don't have to feel ashamed cheering for them!
I hope Italy turns North Africa (france) inside out.
MissT @ Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:03 am
Vive La France! Vive L'Afrique!
Tricks @ Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:07 am
hwacker hwacker:
OPP OPP:
hwacker hwacker:
ITALY VS FRANCE ha
It's
Northern Africa Vs Italy
Only 6 french born players, thats not France.
It's
Northern Africa Vs Italy
Only 6 french born players, thats not France.
That's why you don't have to feel ashamed cheering for them!
I hope Italy turns North Africa (france) inside out.
Nietzshe @ Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:02 pm
hwacker hwacker:
ITALY VS FRANCE ha
It's
Northern Africa Vs Italy
Only 6 french born players, thats not France.
It's
Northern Africa Vs Italy
Only 6 french born players, thats not France.
You most certainly have a point there. I noticed that myself. Christ on a stick! Are there no Frenchmen anymore? Shit!
Gazz @ Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:13 pm
FORZA ITALIA
Arctic_Menace @ Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:16 pm
Well, I have relatives in both countries, and have ancestral roots in Italy and France and most of central and Western Europe. But since I am slightly more French than Italian, I will cheer for France. Vive La France!!!
But if Italy wins, I'll be happy too. 
MissT @ Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:17 pm
Woo Hoo! Vive La France!
Arctic_Menace @ Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:33 pm
I am also British you asshole. But since jolly old England is out, I'll have to settle for the next closest thing...God, you're dumb. 
Arctic_Menace @ Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:35 pm
P.S. My favourite colour is black.
xerxes @ Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:41 am
Nietzshe Nietzshe:
Bwaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa! Now that explains a few things! That Arctic_Menace guy is related to the French and Italians! Both are cowardly peoples! Yet I am related to the very people who kicked the collective asses of both peoples for centuries - the British! Bwaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhaaaaaaa! I would bet Arctic_Menace's favourite colour is white as signified by his ancestral penchant for raising the white flag in times of strife and war. Bwaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa.
How will a game between two of the world's greatest cowards play out? Will they surrender to each other? Bwaaaahhhhhaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaa!
How will a game between two of the world's greatest cowards play out? Will they surrender to each other? Bwaaaahhhhhaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaa!
Dare you to go down Commercial Drive in Vancouver and call the Italians there cowards. You'd get the Ralphie treatment.
GreatBriton @ Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:15 am
The new FIFA World Rankings have been released. The USA, who were ranked 5th, have fallen all the way down to 16th whereas England, who were 10th, have moved up and taken that vacant 5th spot. The World Rankings are based on results over the last 4 years. New World Champions Italy move from 12th all the way up to 2nd.
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Soccer World Rankings
1) Brazil - 1630 points
2) Italy - 1550
3) Argentina - 1472
4) France - 1462
5) England - 1434
6) Holland - 1322
7) Spain - 1309
8 ) Portugal - 1301
9) Germany - 1229
10) Czech Republic - 1223
11) Nigeria - 1149
12) Cameroon - 1109
Others now making the top 20 are: 13) Switzerland; 14) Uruguay; 15) Ukraine; 16) USA; 17) Denmark; 18 ) Mexico; 19) Paraguay; 20) Ivory Coast.
Other rankings -
39) Republic of Ireland
41) Scotland
54) Canada
58 ) Wales
75) Northern Ireland
TonyCanuck @ Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:22 am
Canada moved up 29 spots to 54th in the world. Look out football nations of earth.... the World Cup is coming to Canada in 4 years.
![[flag]](./images/smilies/smilie_flag.gif "Canada Flag")
hamiltonguyo @ Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:35 am
GRRRRRRR SCOTLAND and WALES are still nowhere near the top 20 :'( 
danikyvor @ Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:57 am
Scotland's football team is crud lol
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