World Cup 2010 Thread

[Farmer Reil]

Wow... that certainly looked harder to miss than to score... ¬_¬

In other news, I think a Frenchman once killed this ref's entire family and left him dying in an alleyway. That's the only explanation for some of these decisions.

EDIT: THE GOALKEEPER JUST CARRIED THE BALL OVER THE LINE! That's the most blatant corner in forever! Fuck's sake.

Edited June 11, 2010 by Farmer Reil

[Dan]

Trust me to have a first goalscorer bet on the guy who misses from 2 yards out.

[King Ellis]

And hasn't scored for 2 years!

[Dan]

12 minutes in, French cheating already.

[Age Of The Lariat]

Loved Hansen talking to Adebayor like that. I'm going for France in this one, via a moment of individual magic from Gourcuff or Ribery. 1-0.

Really don't like those vuvuzelas. They were blaring them during the national anthems in this match, which is just disrespectful, and when SA scored that brilliant goal earlier, you could just hear buzzing not cheering. I know it's a bit silly to be irritated by them, but they're going to be loud and distracting in all 64 games it seems. They didn't mar a great opening game earlier though. Really enjoyed the second half, and was willing SA to win by the end, even though I originally favoured Mexico purely on the basis that their fans didn't blow horns all match.

[Farmer Reil]

Toulalan is 26. The oldest looking 26 year old in history? He's going grey ffs. ¬_¬

FORLAN! No! Bah.

[TCO]

What puzzles me is how you the people who use them can enjoy the game while blowing a stupid horn for 90 minutes. I mean it'd be fun for like 5 minutes, but then it'd be lame.

Edited June 11, 2010 by The Cool One

[METALMAN]

I find the horns quite endearing

[IAceI]

"You can see from the shape of the ball it was meant for Govou.."

What the fuck? I'm pretty sure the ball would be the same shape regardless of who it was going to ¬_¬

[Farmer Reil]

Well that was pretty boring...

[Crybaby Bunting]

I decided to back Uruguay with an impulse bet before the match.

I stand to win about £12 if it works >.>

[Farmer Reil]

Hah, production values fail. What is this, ITV? ¬_¬

[TCO]

"You can see from the shape of the ball it was meant for Govou.."

What the fuck? I'm pretty sure the ball would be the same shape regardless of who it was going to ¬_¬

I think by 'ball' he meant pass.Like when you say

What a ball!'

You're not congratulating Adidas for their workmanship.

That was dull as fuck BTW.

[SRN]

Frank Ribery is just as scary as he was last time.

[Farmer Reil]

They have defenders called Victorino and Fucile (although Resistance isn't playing yet ), Forlan up front, they play in San Marino's colours and Arvelo Rios looks like Gran Akuma. How can you not like Uruguay? ¬_¬

Diego!

Edited June 11, 2010 by Farmer Reil

[Katsuya]

This has been a pretty shit match, although Uruguay deserve to win it right now.

[Hailtothechimp]

Agreed. So many missed opportunities on both sides. But Uruguay has played some pretty solid defense for most of the match so hopefully they'll pull out the win.

Jesus... fuckin' red card. Deserved, but fuck.

[Farmer Reil]

Uh oh. Even if his first yellow wasn't so shockingly unjustified, that probably would've deserved a red...

Edit: Oh, Govou was still on the pitch? Could've fooled me. ¬_¬

Lots of players seem to be slipping/falling over/tripping in this game. And Heskey's not even playing.

Edited June 11, 2010 by Farmer Reil

[Farmer Reil]

AHAHAHAHAHA. Thierry Henry's face after having his handball appeal turned down. That's why I love Henry. Shamelessly smug grin. As if to say "nah, mine wasn't either ".

Edited June 11, 2010 by Farmer Reil

[IAceI]

The amazing sight of seeing Thierry Henry appeal for a handball. Was rather tickling to see.