FIFA World Cup 2010

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:34 pm

Marc Meakin wrote:What price an all South American semi final?

What price on 2 all-South American semi-finals

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:50 pm

Marc Meakin wrote:What price an all South American semi final?

Jon Stitcher had a bet on this a little while back.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:13 pm

Next time I'm drinking whilst watching a BBC game, I'm going to play the Lawro drinking game - you drink every time Lawro whines about something (might make it a bit more bearable).

Srsly though, watching this Spain game and it's like fucking Eeyore in the background.

yes, that's right, fucking Eeyore, like sex, you pervert

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:41 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:Next time I'm drinking whilst watching a BBC game, I'm going to play the Lawro drinking game - you drink every time Lawro whines about something (might make it a bit more bearable).

Srsly though, watching this Spain game and it's like fucking Eeyore in the background.

yes, that's right, fucking Eeyore, like sex, you pervert

See earlier post by me about the fucking BBC's coverage. I used to think Pearce was a cunt, but fuck me he's a stand-up bloke when he commentates next to Lawro. ITV covered the 0-0 between Japan and Paraguay earlier, and were at pains to avoid saying "this is a bit boring", instead discussing why the teams were set out as they were, and trying to convey what was at stake and that it was hugely historic for whichever nation won through, and that they were worthy of respect. Imagine the same game being covered by Lawro, the fucking cunt.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:43 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:JP: "HD shot there, Mark."
ML: "[sarcastically] Yeah, right... [massive pause]... Usually Dull you mean?"

He must have said "hugely" surely, and you just misheard his stupid camp Lancashire whine?

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:59 pm

I can't fucking stand him. I always thought he was shit as a bag full of shit on MOTD just doing the after-match stuff and can't understand why he seems to commentating on all the BBC's games. Surely they can get someone better? Probably sucked some BBC executive's cock, the fucking cunt.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:24 pm

JimBentley wrote:I can't fucking stand him. I always thought he was shit as a bag full of shit on MOTD just doing the after-match stuff and can't understand why he seems to commentating on all the BBC's games. Surely they can get someone better? Probably sucked some BBC executive's cock, the fucking cunt.

Don't know if anyone else has noticed this but when he says "yeah" it sounds like he has just removed a cock from his mouth.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:11 pm

I quite liked this

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/6115882/

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:29 pm

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:10 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:

They better win the world cup.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:53 pm

Total shocker! Ghana's price just fell..

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:56 pm

Loving it. I've got Holland in the Sure sweepstake, so that's another £10

Now all I need is Paraguay (my other team) to beat Spain and then Argentina/Germany, and I'll be rolling in it.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:03 pm

James Robinson wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:What price an all South American semi final?
What price on 2 all-South American semi-finals

So much for that, then

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:23 pm

What price, another all European final.
Hopefully Holland v Spain, so we are guaranteed a new winner.
Then Maybe FIFA will arrange a World Cup winners knockout tournament (as there will be 8 different winners)

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:26 pm

I predict a Holland vs Ghana and Spain vs Germany semi final round. With Holland and Germany advancing.

But, like most things, I usually get it hopelessly wrong!

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:27 pm

Marc Meakin wrote:What price, another all European final.

5.9 for Holland/Germany
3.3 for Holland/Spain

I'm quite tempted by 4.2 for Holland/Argentina.

Although then we get into a debate about whether you count Uruguay as the Switzerland of Europe, which complicates matters.

Liam Tiernan · Post by **Liam Tiernan** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:41 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:What price, another all European final.
5.9 for Holland/Germany
3.3 for Holland/Spain

I'm quite tempted by 4.2 for Holland/Argentina.

Although then we get into a debate about whether you count Uruguay as the Switzerland of Europe, which complicates matters.

Isn't Switzerland the Switzerland of Europe? ( OK, semantics again, sheeesh)

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:14 pm

Liam Tiernan wrote:Isn't Switzerland the Switzerland of Europe? ( OK, semantics again, sheeesh)

I may be deliberately doing it 'wrong' to highlight how silly the original quote was.

Also:

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:05 pm

This is true World Cup!

Suarez gets sent off and has kept Uruguay in it. Hero if they win? Handball on the line.

What a game!
You have to feel the utmost sympathy for Gyan if Ghana lose.

Come on Ghana!

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:07 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Suarez gets sent off and has kept Uruguay in it. Hero if they win? Handball on the line.

Hero either way, in a way. This is truly amazing stuff.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:11 pm

Well done Gyan, brilliant penalty!

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:13 pm

COME ON GHANA!!!!!

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:15 pm

COME ON URUGUAY!!!

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:17 pm

Boy did I love that!

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:17 pm

I am flying out to South Africa tomorrow to shoot Suarez.

He has got them to the semi-finals by cheating. He should be banned for the rest of the tournament, should Uruguay get to the final. Yes, I know if he hadn't have done it they would have lost, but it's Ghana! Everyone loves Ghana! I really sympathise with Gyan, for he has been one of the tournament's best players. I hope Holland batter the Uruguayans.

I still like you Ryan.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:18 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:Boy did I love that!

Cheating fuckers.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:18 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:
Eoin Monaghan wrote:Suarez gets sent off and has kept Uruguay in it. Hero if they win? Handball on the line.
Hero either way, in a way. This is truly amazing stuff.

I'm gonna fucking smash his face in if I see that cheating cunt.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:20 pm

Also:

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:20 pm

That's the Game of the Tournament by a mile.

Check out my commentary in Aptochat: http://www.apterous.org/chatlog.php?log=1278103277281

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:28 pm

If Ryan Taylor mysteriously dies tonight, it was me, and I don't care who fucking knows it.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:46 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote:If Ryan Taylor mysteriously dies tonight, it was me, and I don't care who fucking knows it.

There is a suspicious vehicle lingering outside my house. Hmm...

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:47 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Jon O'Neill wrote:If Ryan Taylor mysteriously dies tonight, it was me, and I don't care who fucking knows it.
There is a suspicious vehicle lingering outside my house. Hmm...

It's the gay van. You're gay now.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:49 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:
Jon O'Neill wrote:If Ryan Taylor mysteriously dies tonight, it was me, and I don't care who fucking knows it.
There is a suspicious vehicle lingering outside my house. Hmm...
It's the gay van. You're gay now.

Does this mean I now have AIDs?

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:51 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:Does this mean I now have AIDs?

Dunno, did you share a glass with anyone at Co:Lon?

OH WAIT YOU DIDN'T GO BECAUSE YOU ARE BANNED BECAUSE OF URUGUAY AND OTHER STUFF PROBABLY

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:52 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:Does this mean I now have AIDs?
Dunno, did you share a glass with anyone at Co:Lon?

OH WAIT YOU DIDN'T GO BECAUSE YOU ARE BANNED BECAUSE OF URUGUAY AND OTHER STUFF PROBABLY

It's b& get it right!

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:07 pm

Germany are palying fantastically. With such a young team, they are outplaying Argentina. My tip from the start.

James Doohan · Post by **James Doohan** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:18 pm

Argentina have no midfield and are moving the ball too slowly into tight spaces, they need to sort themselves out quick or this could be a hammering

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:22 pm

Good game to watch atm, nice and open.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:33 pm

Schweinsteiger is playing brilliant. But they'll most likely be playing Spain in the next round.

Liam Tiernan · Post by **Liam Tiernan** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:40 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:Schweinsteiger is playing brilliant. But they'll most likely be playing Spain in the next round.

On this form they'll hammer Spain.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:44 pm

So much for it being the South American World Cup

Interestingly, since 1962, the winners of the World Cup have alternated between Europe & South America every time.

62 - Brazil
66 - England
70 - Brazil
74 - West Germany
78 - Argentina
82 - Italy
86 - Argentina
90 - West Germany
94 - Brazil
98 - France
02 - Brazil
06 - Italy

So, based on that we should have another South Amrerican winner this time, but it looks like the chances of that are fading rapidly now.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:26 pm

James Robinson wrote:So much for it being the South American World Cup

Interestingly, since 1962, the winners of the World Cup have alternated between Europe & South America every time.

62 - Brazil
66 - England
70 - Brazil
74 - West Germany
78 - Argentina
82 - Italy
86 - Argentina
90 - West Germany
94 - Brazil
98 - France
02 - Brazil
06 - Italy

So, based on that we should have another South Amrerican winner this time, but it looks like the chances of that are fading rapidly now.

I remember being told that England would win in 1998 based on the symmetry around 1982.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:57 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote:
James Robinson wrote:So much for it being the South American World Cup

Interestingly, since 1962, the winners of the World Cup have alternated between Europe & South America every time.

62 - Brazil
66 - England
70 - Brazil
74 - West Germany
78 - Argentina
82 - Italy
86 - Argentina
90 - West Germany
94 - Brazil
98 - France
02 - Brazil
06 - Italy

So, based on that we should have another South Amrerican winner this time, but it looks like the chances of that are fading rapidly now.
I remember being told that England would win in 1998 based on the symmetry around 1982.

Ah yeah - I remember that too...and in 2002 Brazil won it to help continue the symmetry (from 62). England fuck things up again.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:19 pm

Diego Maradona's post-world cup party is scuppered by Colombian police.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:46 pm

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:48 pm

If The Netherlands don't go on to win, who will be the only unbeaten team in these finals?

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:02 pm

Jon Corby wrote:If The Netherlands don't go on to win, who will be the only unbeaten team in these finals?

New Zealand, 3 draws in the group stages of course.

But, hopefully, COME ON NETHERLANDS!!!

My brilliant team of course.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:18 pm

Tonight was a sad night for me and my fellow Uruguayans.

Howard Somerset · Post by **Howard Somerset** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:57 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
James Robinson wrote:So much for it being the South American World Cup

Interestingly, since 1962, the winners of the World Cup have alternated between Europe & South America every time.

62 - Brazil
66 - England
70 - Brazil
74 - West Germany
78 - Argentina
82 - Italy
86 - Argentina
90 - West Germany
94 - Brazil
98 - France
02 - Brazil
06 - Italy

So, based on that we should have another South Amrerican winner this time, but it looks like the chances of that are fading rapidly now.
I remember being told that England would win in 1998 based on the symmetry around 1982.
Ah yeah - I remember that too...and in 2002 Brazil won it to help continue the symmetry (from 62). England fuck things up again.

The other way of looking at it, Kirk, was that France fucked it up in 1966.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:26 pm

I want Germany to win in 90 minutes.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:28 pm

I want the opposite

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:29 pm

Dinos Sfyris wrote:I want the opposite

Spain to win an hour and a half ago?

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:36 pm

Talking about the 'drunk' pitch invader; "He'll have a sore head for another reason tomorrow." - er, was he suggesting that the guy will be tortured or something? It was Unlawrenson who said it too.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:54 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:Talking about the 'drunk' pitch invader; "He'll have a sore head for another reason tomorrow." - er, was he suggesting that the guy will be tortured or something? It was Unlawrenson who said it too.

Haha, I wondered this at the time too. Damn those violent South African police I hear so much about.

Also ffs Germany.

Edit: World Cup final drinking game anyone? So far I've got drink whenever Lawro complains about something, and whenever he tries to make a 'joke'.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:21 pm

Lawro's "Good." at the announcement of 'just' one minute of stoppage time haha. Mind you, they were both suggesting it's been shit, and I'm enjoying it, really appreciate the tension. Maybe it's just cos I've got money on Germany, who knows. Penalty, by the way.

James Doohan · Post by **James Doohan** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:26 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:Lawro's "Good." at the announcement of 'just' one minute of stoppage time haha. Mind you, they were both suggesting it's been shit, and I'm enjoying it, really appreciate the tension. Maybe it's just cos I've got money on Germany, who knows. Penalty, by the way.

Lawrenson is such a twat, don't care who wins as long as its by a goal, i'm thoroughly enjoying it, Spain look so dodgy against the break and at corners, but can open up the Germans if they were more decisive

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:27 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:Penalty, by the way.

Free kick outside the box. He was tripped outside, he just fell over inside.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:28 pm

James Doohan wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Lawro's "Good." at the announcement of 'just' one minute of stoppage time haha. Mind you, they were both suggesting it's been shit, and I'm enjoying it, really appreciate the tension. Maybe it's just cos I've got money on Germany, who knows. Penalty, by the way.
Lawrenson is such a twat, don't care who wins as long as its by a goal, i'm thoroughly enjoying it, Spain look so dodgy against the break and at corners, but can open up the Germans if they were more decisive

Yeah I saw your Facebook about yout Draw+1 bets, looks good but I just ripped out Germany in 90 minutes quickly earlier to get William Hill 3x £10 free bets.

Is Lawro doing the final I wonder?

James Doohan · Post by **James Doohan** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:33 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:
James Doohan wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Lawro's "Good." at the announcement of 'just' one minute of stoppage time haha. Mind you, they were both suggesting it's been shit, and I'm enjoying it, really appreciate the tension. Maybe it's just cos I've got money on Germany, who knows. Penalty, by the way.
Lawrenson is such a twat, don't care who wins as long as its by a goal, i'm thoroughly enjoying it, Spain look so dodgy against the break and at corners, but can open up the Germans if they were more decisive
Yeah I saw your Facebook about yout Draw+1 bets, looks good but I just ripped out Germany in 90 minutes quickly earlier to get William Hill 3x £10 free bets.

Is Lawro doing the final I wonder?

Dunno, i'll be watching on Irish TV as I can't bear the rubbish talked by BBC/ITV pundits/commentators

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:42 pm

Had to come to PC to make note of those Lawro moments just then quickly.

On Capdevila not playing for Real or Barca:
ML: "That's cos he's no good"
Other Dude: "You can say that"
ML: "Just did."

And then the bit where something had clearly happened off-microphone and Lawro was unprofessional enough to bring it up, completely without context for us viewers:
ML: "You alright?"
OD: "I'm fine. Thanks for asking."