Worldwide Soccer Thread I

[alva]

I do.

[Az]

ok, gotcha.

So the ckeques are in, but the dutch aren't?

well, I don't really agree.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by alva
I do.

You're just jealous because Belgium has run out of football talent

[alva]

We ever had any?

[Zopperoni]

Luc Nilis

But seriously, the state of Belgian football is on a rather sad level with a low flow of youth talent.

I think Beveren is the ultimate disgrace to Belgian football with thirteen players in the squad from the Ivory Coast!?!

[alva]

Yeahn I know, it's basically legal human trafficing.

We do have a couple of good players though, not that I follow it a lot.
Buffel, Compagny..
We never needed world class players to have a decent team unlike others.

[Locutus]

Yes, 4 point out of 4 matches, great teamwork by the Red Dwarfs

[alva]

We went up 400% today.

We just don't want to go to Germany, we'll wait until they come to us.

Besides we've been to the WC since 1980 straight on(something only very few countries can claim btw), time to give some-else a chance.

[Agathon]

You have to laugh at the Dutch though.

[alva]

No problem...

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Agathon
You have to laugh at the Dutch though.

Try this for a laugh. The arrogance is astounding, no wonder everyone hates them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/4378341.stm

Given that on recent past form in the CL, ManU would probably be in the lower end of the seedings anyway, I don't see how this would have helped them?

I particulary liked these last two lines from Gaillard:

"If Manchester United had won their group then they would not have been drawn against AC Milan in the knockout stage. Maybe they should consider that.

"Anyway I'm not sure that United would have beaten PSV Eindhoven, for instance, to reach the last eight."

[Agathon]

Football would be immensely improved if Manchester United and AC Milan were shut down permanently.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Hey, England had to play in a nailbiter, eh?


Nice to see Dyer do well in the amount of time he was on the pitch... get Beckham out of there .

[Maquiladora]

You say Beckham was **** but he was running all over, tracking back a lot, his freekicks were troubling their keeper at times, I wouldnt say he had a bad game, thats just all he ever does for us.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Btw, noticed that Ukraine is basically a lock for the World Cup. Is this the first time Ukraine has been to the World Cup? I don't remember them in USA 94, France 98, or Japan/South Korea 02 (though I may be wrong). That would be a great story!