Running, all-purpose World Cup thread

Great fucking points.

Hey, Balboa, why didn't you rip Arena like this?

 

England's coach didn't motivate the players? Who the fuck needs motivation in the World Cup?

Brilliant!!!

 

But he's right here. Once again, running a 4-5-1 and playing for 1-0 wins with offensive firepower is pure lunacy.

 

What is Wynalda spewing on about?

That is absolutely a red card!

 

are the players still tired

 

Wild scene in the Indy media center.

Most writers stopped watching the final round of F1 qualifying to watch the shootout and fans lined the plexiglass in the top row of the grandstand to get a view of the monitors. The fans alternately bleated their horns when Portugal or England missed/made a kick, the English writers were congregated in the downstairs lunch room and when Portugal missed their first, there was a roar.

But when Portgual won, there was a huge roar in the press box from the non-English writers. Two Portugese journalists embraced in the back of the room, joyous.

The English writers are down. Alan Henry looks ashen.

Pretty neat scene.

 

Absolutely, but show some stones and criticize the home manager just as much as the guy 3000 miles away who has no clue who Marcelo Balboa is.

Managers need to take note of the AIG ad, they play attractive, attacking soccer.

 

Lampard shot was much better in the Jose + 10 commercial. Disputed, but he put that right off the crossbar.

Has there been anyone who was snakebitten more this tournament?

 

Anyone there up in arms over all the attention being paid to the television and the distracting noise?

 

No kidding. Can you even hear the F1 engines revving to 15,000 rpm?

 

Typical England. All hype, nothing to show for it. Their only World Cup title is still thanks to a goal that never crossed the goal line.

I hate Portugal, but I still must thank them (Ricardo especially) for knocking this overrated English team from the Cup, and saving all of us the pain of listening to how "great" this England team is and how "great" Wayne Rooney is. Great players don't fuck up like Rooney did.

 

There's something like 100 monitors suspended on the ceiling of the Indy media room in each row, the vast majority tuned in to what we're here for, so no, there's been no complaints.