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[Supersprynt]

Germany!

[Supersprynt]

DAMN! i been missing EVERYTHING LATELY! damn job training!! when do they replay the games!! i keep hearing from EVERYONE that the refs seem to have it out for USA! what are examples of the bad calls?

USA has had 2 goals taken away. The were down 2-0 to Slovenia at half and then came back and scored their 3rd goal, only to have it taken away for some obscure foul that never existed. So that win was taken away. THEN yesterday we scored a goal and THAT was taken away because the official said he was offsides, which he WASN'T. We went on to win the game in the 1st minute of extra time, but it was still 100% bullsh!t. Also in the same game I think maybe Edu on the USA got a yellow card for essentially tapping a guy on the leg. The other guy took an obvious dive, and refs showed a yellow. 100% BS!

And honestly I did not see much heart after Germany scored from Ghana. If Ghana won they would be playing England, not the U.S., seems like that'd be a much tougher game.

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Jun 24, 2010 - 8:15 AM

[Johnnyny]

slovakia my heroes buh bye italy

[SwissFerdi]

^ That game was amazing. Some of the best soccer I've seen in a while. I'm sure all of Italy is raging right now.

[Nial]

Sunday should be a good day...Can watch England hopefully defeat the bosh and then its the brand new series of Top Gear

[Supersprynt]

Just curious... bosh?

[SwissFerdi]

Germany.

And I hope whoever assigns the refs has his nuts chopped off. Huntelaar was clearly just fouled and the ref didn't do **** about it.

I hope you choke on a big bag.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jun 24, 2010 - 3:18 PM

[Driveby]

I see a few drinks being had on Sunday, celebrating or drowning sorrows, same outcome

[Nial]

Just curious... bosh?

The Bosh = Germans.

[Supersprynt]

Yeah I knew that but where does it come from, whats it mean exactly.

[Nial]

Yeah I knew that but where does it come from, whats it mean exactly.

Boches (offensive, historical, associated with Nazis)
Apheresis of the word Alboche, from Allemoche, slang for Allemand (German) since the end of the 19th century. Used mainly during the First and Second World Wars, directed mainly at the invading German soldiers.

[Supersprynt]

Gotcha.

[Rusty]

0-0 for NZ, but knew that match was going to be difficult. at lease we came 3rd in our pool... italy came 4th

[Bigblock]

Germany.

And I hope whoever assigns the refs has his nuts chopped off. Huntelaar was clearly just fouled and the ref didn't do **** about it.

I hope you choke on a big bag.

From what I heard @ work, EVERY ref // ump will make ANY call against USA.
So if USA was playing, Huntelaar would have gotten the call , a free goal kick,-- US Yellow carded or Possibley RED.

It's all been great to watch whenever we get the chance.

[easternpiro1]

DAMN! i been missing EVERYTHING LATELY! damn job training!! when do they replay the games!! i keep hearing from EVERYONE that the refs seem to have it out for USA! what are examples of the bad calls?

USA has had 2 goals taken away. The were down 2-0 to Slovenia at half and then came back and scored their 3rd goal, only to have it taken away for some obscure foul that never existed. So that win was taken away. THEN yesterday we scored a goal and THAT was taken away because the official said he was offsides, which he WASN'T. We went on to win the game in the 1st minute of extra time, but it was still 100% bullsh!t. Also in the same game I think maybe Edu on the USA got a yellow card for essentially tapping a guy on the leg. The other guy took an obvious dive, and refs showed a yellow. 100% BS!

And honestly I did not see much heart after Germany scored from Ghana. If Ghana won they would be playing England, not the U.S., seems like that'd be a much tougher game.

ah i see! im going to look these phantom calls up.... my friend was telling me that if a ref pulled a stunt like that in his country, somebody would kill him! do you think its USA specific bias? or the refs just suck all around?

[Nial]

I think the refs just suck all round...there have been some bad calls in nearly every match, I dont think the US suffers any worse bias than any other country??

Need to bring back Pierluigi Collina, he was an awesome ref.

[SwissFerdi]

The refs definitely suck so far. Seems like this is the World Cup of bad refs. I just hope they have better ones for the knockout round, because you cannot have a team go home because a of a bad call.

[SwissFerdi]

Crappy Brazil - Portugal game. Typical wussy embellishment by Portugal. Good play by Brazil but no breakthrough.

Chile - Spain at 2, which should be a good game. The good thing about Chile is that they've been winning 1-0, and if they do that and Switzerland beats Honduras by 1-0, then Switzerland moves on to second place (playing against Brazil in the second round!) and Spain gets knocked down to third and will be eliminated.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jun 25, 2010 - 10:59 AM

[Johnnyny]

im really getting tired of all these offside calls dat dont exist...

[easternpiro1]

where can i find an accurate world cup schedule on east coast TV? ive fell out the loop thanks to these got damned trainings all week!! i gotta watch some soccer this weekend!