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**reds4ever** · December 6, 2005, 18:32

Originally posted by Colon

Yeah, the Italians did, or the Chinese.

Nah, the Italians invented the first reverse geared tanks and the Chinese invented fireworks.

**Lawrence of Arabia** · December 6, 2005, 19:26

Originally posted by Maquiladora

Ill take, Switzerland, Togo and Trinidad & Tobago.

then England will have to settle for second place.

**reds4ever** · December 6, 2005, 19:41

Originally posted by MikeH
ps. Reds. Good luck in tonights meaningless friendly.

"Meaningless friendly" are you mad?????? Finishing top in the group was essential tonight!!!

Bring on the 'Gers!!!!

**C0ckney** · December 6, 2005, 20:07

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia

then England will have to settle for second place.

i know some of those trinny boys are useful, but seriously...

**MikeH** · December 7, 2005, 04:57

Originally posted by LaRusso
FIFA are f****g bastards

1) usa almost gets seeded, courtesy of beating crap teams in their zone over and over.
2) teams that qualified after play-offs (spain, perrenial cheaters) got seeded.
3) serbia kicked spain out and got the 'special pot' to be drawn against brazil or argentina. they got there although they were above ukraine and switzerland according to fifa mickey mouse list. namely, that list is used only for seeds
4) all in all - they use different criteria, they screwed us, so i only hope that we will draw one of their darlings and kick them out. world cup is a f**** shame, and so was their semi-regulated playoff draw for the european zone (they invented such BS so that czech would not kick spain out).

so okay, give us brazil. at least we will play against some quality oponents. blatter, you BASTARD.

You could get Mexico who are rubbish.

**MikeH** · December 7, 2005, 05:09

Originally posted by reds4ever

"Meaningless friendly" are you mad?????? Finishing top in the group was essential tonight!!!

Bring on the 'Gers!!!!

As Eidur said after the match. There'll be some group winners hoping they don't draw Chelsea.

**alva** · December 7, 2005, 06:12

Like Barcelona? That match I really want to watch.

**MikeH** · December 7, 2005, 06:38

Those two matches were brilliant last season!

**alva** · December 7, 2005, 06:52

Yeah, Barcelona is a very exciting team to watch.

**MikeH** · December 7, 2005, 06:56

True.

And Chelsea scored more goals than them.

I think it takes two teams playing attacking football to make a game like that (whilst it only takes one team playing defensively to ruin a game...)

I was watching the build up to the Chelsea - Liverpool match and the guy interviewing Mourinho said "let's hope for a 4-3" Mourinho just looked at him as if he was the stupidest person he'd ever seen. Brilliant. I could see Mourinho thinking, if we concede 3 goals I'll kill my players... They've only conceded 2 in a match a handful of times.

UK posters, ITV's coverage is awful isn't it?

**reds4ever** · December 7, 2005, 10:06

Originally posted by MikeH

UK posters, ITV's coverage is awful isn't it?

I watched it in a pub so you tend not to pick up things like that quite so much.

Did see Essiens attack on Didi though.....

**MikeH** · December 7, 2005, 10:27

Yes. That was shocking.

**reds4ever** · December 7, 2005, 10:36

I wonder if UEFA will look at the recording and take any action. The tabloids are baying for blood.

**MikeH** · December 7, 2005, 10:48

They always do.

He did another really bad challenge earlier in the season I think he could get the book thrown at him. It was really bad.

**reds4ever** · December 7, 2005, 10:49

The funny thing about the last one was that he pretended to be hurt so the ref would feel sorry for him...and it worked!!

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