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[URL="http://www.gsp.ro/files/public/stuff/World_cup2006.xls"]World Cup spreadsheet[/URL]

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This year?s World Cup will extend it?s influence on to next year?s WMC in Miami. Get ready for the Crouch to sweep dancefloors :roll: :lol:

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This is the major event of this year and I can't wait for it to get started. My money is on Brazil but I would really like to see an underdog come out and win. Only 2 days and counting...

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[quote=Kinetic]This year?s World Cup will extend it?s influence on to next year?s WMC in Miami. Get ready for the Crouch to sweep dancefloors :roll: :lol:

[URL="http://www.dothepetercrouch.com/"]http://www.dothepetercrouch.com/[/URL][/quote]

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Only one day left. :D I soooo can't wait for the Games to start tomorrow.

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hell yea just over a day to gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!

btw the crouch is teh ghey

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gonna take the whole month off ... germany will beat costa rica and argentina wil lose to ivory coast

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[quote=arielus]agree with Alejandro. Palacio plays the kind of football i love to watch, and Messi, well, he's just a magician who happens to play too :p just watch what he does here [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqWtt9nOsPI&search=messi"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqWtt9nOsPI&search=messi[/URL]

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saw Ivory Coast vs Chile and they play ROUGH. no matter the final result, just hope nobody in argentina goes out of that field with an injury :what[/quote]

cristiano ronaldo.....cesc fabregas....joe cole.....this world cup is filled with amazing talent.. have to watch every game. all of them

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1 day 02 hours 39 minutes to go...

got tommorow morn off work, ready for game one (gonna have to tape the second game)

i got a fever, and the only prescription, is a month of football.

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[quote=M?M]cristiano ronaldo.....cesc fabregas....joe cole.....this world cup is filled with amazing talent.. have to watch every game. all of them[/quote]

david beckham imo :)

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We start tomorrow without Michael Ballack sadly because he is injured but Costa Rica should be beatable with or without him. Tomorrow, directly after work I drive to a BBQ with friends on a garden terrace and watch the opening ceremony and the Games together on the telly and on Saturday I will be watching the Game England vs. Paraguay in the Stadium in my hometown. :D

It will be the only time I can see a Game live but I am thankful for the one ticket I was able to get ahold of. :RightOn:

Next weeks here will be fun fun fun!

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just glad it looks as though Rooney may be fit for at least one of the group matches, maybe even two if he can train fully today or tomorrow!

I feel USA has a very very tough group to get out of, dont see them making it to the knock out round to be honest.. Germany may not even make it out of their group.. ;)

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Sven said on the radio today that Rooney had no injury anymore, that to me sounds like he may play in the group matches too. God I hope so.

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OK Chubbies!!! The world cup is here!!! After well over a year of real 'can't wait' type waiting, it's here!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it.....

[URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/member.php?u=6683"]M€M[/URL] you are correct, so much talent. Ivory coast, drogba, eboue, toure. Messi, crespo, riquelme, sorin, tevez, aimar..... Kaka, Ronnie, Ronaldo, Adriano, Juninho... Marquez... Deco... Henry, Zidane, Ribery......Xavi, Iniesta, Torres, Raul, Puyol...damn!!!!... hell even Terry, Crouch, Gerrard...and Gatuso, Nesta, Totti etc.... and Shevchenko, Nedved, Barosh... I'm sure I'm forgetting many.. any of them can be world cup heroes, we just get to sit back and watch whom will be the starts

Rooney has a fat head. He will be proven to suck. Sorry to insult anyone here, but it's MHO, you know??

Also, I can't wait for the US and Mexico's destruction at the hands of teams with true CLASS!! I hope spain can get it together for the first time in, I don't know, their history, and do well... I hope the ref's don't fuck anything up, and the best team wins!!!

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i wish to c a great playing with a news technicss as i can see brazil is first team every one think that it will take the cup but i hope italy and holland do thier best and fight for it

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People who know me know I´m a patriot and I stand up for my country all the time (even though I loathe most of it´s inhabitants), but I´m very skeptical about Portugal´s performance in this World Cup...:what

Sure, all the world expects great things from guys like Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco, but I think Ronaldo´s success has gotten to his head...in our last two friendly games he had actions that would´ve gotten him an immediate red card in a serious game...after being tackled or losing the ball to an opponent, he "attacked" the other teams players on 3 different occasions...:x

Also, most of our players are too full of themselves and the fact that we are playing against theorically weaker teams ALWAYS turns against us...we go in to the pitch thinking it´s gonna be a stroll in the park and we end up being humiliated (anyone remembers Portugal losing to USA in the 2002 WC? :roll: ). I believe we´ll see Figo playing his best tournament ever, trying to lead the team (he seems to be on great form!), but ultimately we will fail.

And it´s gonna be a tragedy over here, basically...the support over here is hysterical right now, every house has a flag on the window and this is all everyone talks about, as if it´s our nation´s salvation.

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Talk about pressure...I am sure our journalists already have their reports ready. They only need to edit the name of the Team Germany lost against and the date in...they are hungry for their own Team to fail...we live in a crazy world nowadays. Football is neither the Salvation from problems nor is it the ultimate cause.

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[quote=TomTom]Talk about pressure...I am sure our journalists already have their reports ready. They only need to edit the name of the Team Germany lost against and the date in...they are hungry for their own Team to fail...we live in a crazy world nowadays. Football is neither the Salvation from problems nor is it the ultimate cause.[/quote]

Yup, that?s how it is over here too...

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[quote]gonna take the whole month off ... [/quote]

Same here, off until the end now.

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15 minutes to work....then our big WM BBQ starts woooooooot.

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[CENTER]:lol: :lol: :lol: CMON PARAGUAY :lol: :lol: :lol: [IMG]http://www.ushispano.com/flag/paraguay.gif[/IMG][/CENTER]

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It?s on bitches!!!!

And wouldn?t you know it, Germany is drawn 1-1 with Costa Rica :lol: :lol: :lol:

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2-1 now! Hell of match...just wish I could actually watch it. I'll be sneaking out of here in a few minutes to watch the rest of the match at a pub though :)

Fuckin work and no one over here in the US could understand why I need to watch these matches!!!

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god damn missed the first hour. found out 2 of the strategic partners of the company i run died in a plane crash today and been on the phone. but now i am all eyes glued to the tv in my office!

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holy shit, did you see Fringes goal? what a fucking shot from about 36 metres

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[quote=groffhibbitz]

[SIZE=3][B][U]Rooney has a fat head. He will be proven to suck[/U][/B][/SIZE]. Sorry to insult anyone here, but it's MHO, you know??

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this line alone dismisses your whole post as utter bollocks.. it is obvious you know fuck all about football. so leave the footy talk to people that know what its about.. or just make a post listing a bunch of names of the football stars of the world and continue to pretend you know anything about sahkerrrrrrr.. twat

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham]holy shit, did you see Fringes goal? what a fucking shot from about 36 metres[/QUOTE] that was one hell of a shot! :shock:

and I thought he was just going to pass it in the box, but then...

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that was the one goal that was not really the keepers fault

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did you see the keepers face after that one went in? kinda said what the hell was that and there's no way anyone could've stopped it. ;)

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yeah, he almost looked as tho he wanted to smile and and say.. Nice shot!!! lol

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stayed home to watch the opening game... was okay... lots of goals which is nice, but i think the scoreline makes the game seem a bit more exciting.

some very good goals

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second result was a bit of a surprise.. not a really good 1st day of the world cup IMO

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well they werent exactly mouth-watering fixtures. gonna watch the ecuador/poland game this evening after work.

england paraguay should be entertaining

ivory coast vs argentina should be a great game tommorow.

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does germany plan to keep that defense ??? they look weak. beware of Ecuador.. they have a nice and offensive style, they showed a good level against Poland today.

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Hmmm...a couple of goals today have already proven that these new balls FIFA has put in will give goalkeepers some trouble.

Look at the massive swerve on that last Germany goal...and it really seems like this ball is also very fast.

Teams with agile goalkeepers and good mid/long range shooters will benefit a lot.

One more reason for me to fear Portugal´s fate...:(

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all and all it was enjoyable... nice to see poland start to play in the 86th minute.... when is the last time they actually scored a goal in world cup?.... pretty obvious that germany and ecuador will move on.

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^^ i dont know.. costa rica keeps playing it through to Wanchope the way they did today, and defences keep playing the offside trap (yeah that second goal was offsides, but it only takes one ref screw up) Germany surely out classed them, but they must have some confidence now.. and poland was awful.. and ecuador didnt look THAT strong.. could be Germany and CRC

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[quote=Kinetic]Teams with agile goalkeepers and good mid/long range shooters will benefit a lot. [/quote] like Riquelme ;)

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:shock:

I think whole Germany goes bonkers and I LUV IT. :) It's insane what happens now in our streets...several 100.000 people in all big cities watching the Games in public viewing points making a hell of a Party together with the "opponents". :D

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[B]Nothing like having the "12th Man" around.

Anyways.. what the hell was up with Poland? Did not have it together at all yesterday. In fact it was one of the few cup matches that can put you to sleep.

On my way out to get coffee beans and get caffeinated for the 9am England match.[/B]