I think B4C was just suspended.

Epic.

12/7/2009 4:16:31 PM

yes

yes he was

12/7/2009 4:17:08 PM

lol that he got suspended in sports talk, and not in chit chat where hes been a creeper

12/7/2009 5:22:17 PM

can Don Beebe please post what i missed.

[Edited on December 7, 2009 at 6:12 PM. Reason : db]

12/7/2009 6:11:28 PM

epic username fail

but i would also like to see what was posted

12/7/2009 6:12:21 PM

i just want to see DB suspended.

12/7/2009 6:12:49 PM

what did b4c post anyway? naked girl pics supporting their cuntries?

[Edited on December 7, 2009 at 6:14 PM. Reason : u]

12/7/2009 6:14:28 PM

i reckon so.

[Edited on December 7, 2009 at 6:15 PM. Reason : lol, spelling]

12/7/2009 6:15:04 PM

word. you in raleigh and/or want to hang out for a few hours? i have to get off my computer. ive been staring at it trying to find a job since 11am

12/7/2009 6:16:05 PM

nah, i'm in Dunn until tomorrow.

i'll be back in town for soccer tomorrow night.

12/7/2009 6:17:01 PM

you are so gay. lol jk. you guys won a game yet in indoor?

12/7/2009 6:18:21 PM

^ YOU LOW, BROTHA

YOU REAL LOW




gg ncsuftw1 on laying the epic B4C smackdown

12/7/2009 6:47:27 PM

my intentions were not to sound so mean. but it was more of an honest question. ive heard of the troubles his team has had in a league they shouldnt be in

12/7/2009 6:55:54 PM

I don't think they played last week, actually. It was the bye week. They drew, 0 - 0.

12/7/2009 7:14:04 PM

I didn't even think about having a penalty coach. Couldn't hurt, right? Especially if it were a legend like Le Tissier.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/dec/08/matthew-le-tissier-england

I did have a question though, which maybe our resident tww Three Lions expert can opine on. I always thought there were bad vibes with Le Tissier and the FA after he was continuously overlooked when squads were picked. Is that not right?


Oh and let's get some goal highlights in here just for the hell of it. That 2nd is so sick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSsdfe4Z69g

[Edited on December 8, 2009 at 8:03 AM. Reason : Le Tissier goal link]

12/8/2009 7:59:51 AM

^ dirty.

12/8/2009 6:19:28 PM

Le Tiss defined effortless.

12/8/2009 7:26:31 PM

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/132590-north-korea-to-censor-world-cup-heavily?eref=sihp

Quote :

"Kim Jong-Il, the North Korean leader, is reportedly planning a unique strategy for televising next year's World Cup. The Dear Leader has allegedly decreed that no live matches will be shown on state TV -- only highlights edited in North Korea's favor. If they lose a match, the result will simply be ignored."

12/9/2009 2:05:25 AM

guess they wont be seeing anything over there then...

12/9/2009 4:50:28 AM

lol the picture that popped into my head was some little north korean guy dressed up to look like drogba and made to act out soccer scenes under penalty of death

12/9/2009 7:59:44 AM

For those of you with iPhones, there is now a World Cup 2010 app thats free. I think its made by ESPN so it probably would end up sucking since ESPN knowledge of soccer is embarrassing. I sure hope they don't bring back that stupid bitch they had commentating last world cup.

12/9/2009 11:13:21 AM

julie foudy, she's the worst commentator in the history of sports. she's like an opinionated girl robot

12/9/2009 12:08:20 PM

ESPN got Martin Tyler to do the announcing this time around, thankfully. Just DVR the games and fast forward through Foudy, Lalas, turds, et al. during pre/post game and halftime.

12/9/2009 1:02:43 PM

Quote :

"julie foudy, she's the worst commentator in the history of sports. she's like an opinionated girl robot"

yes! Thats the bitch...who the fuck gave her a mic? and she's not even pretty...at least be pretty enough to look at on mute...damn.

^oh good...martin tyler is good.

12/9/2009 3:51:42 PM

She didn't get on there by winning a beauty contest. She's one of the most capped USWNT players of all-time and one of their ex-captains.

I'm no fan of hers by any means, but I will say that 1) she's gotten a lot better since she first started and 2) her analysis is typically better than that of Lalas. I think she's tolerable if they limit her to US stuff - men's and women's national teams and MLS.

12/9/2009 5:28:30 PM

Quote :

"She didn't get on there by winning a beauty contest. She's one of the most capped USWNT players of all-time and one of their ex-captains."

But that means nothing to me. If she's going to be an uninformed female...she needs to make up for it in appearance. Or as you said, stick her with the MLS or US related stuff since I know I won't have to hear her crap again in that case.

12/9/2009 6:20:56 PM

Well believe it or not, there are actually people who care about women's soccer (I am certainly not one of them) and there's amazingly a lot of crossover with the US men's and women's team fans. Lalas isn't on there because he's insightful. He's on there because pretty much everybody that follows US Soccer knows who the hell he is. Same for Foudy.

12/9/2009 6:57:10 PM

And that's the problem right there. Why are they giving jobs to ex-soccer players just because they played the game? I would take anyone with a broadcasting background that has an above average knowledge of the sport over these ridiculous circus clowns. You don't need to have played the sport on the top level to talk about it.

Martin Tyler never played in a professional league and you don't hear anybody complaining about him.

And don't tell me the star-power of Alexi Lalas is pulling interest. Nobody gives a shit about that never-was.

12/9/2009 7:45:56 PM

I think ESPN still has that "we can't throw a bunch of foreigners on our programming and expect our American audience to relate to them" mentality. They're slowly getting better about it, but it's still there.

I think the Lalas/Foudy hate is a bit overblown too. Pre-game/halftime is mostly just filler bullshit anyways. I do just fine during EPL broadcasts when they start the game with lineups and that's it and then it's bullshit from Warren Baron and that other dude at halftime until they come back right when the second half is starting.

The key is getting good people to do commentary and they're obviously trying to do that. They got rid of O'Brien and they're giving us guys like Gray, Tyler, Rae, and Healey instead. Dellacamera/Harkes is perfectly fine for US games. Now all we need is Ray Hudson and we'll be good to go.

some Ray Hudson gems (warning: he has a monster boner for Riquelme)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS6Np-g_h5w

[Edited on December 9, 2009 at 8:10 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2009 8:05:25 PM

for the record, i don't find julie foudy that bad looking

12/9/2009 8:55:52 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo2VW0YYN_4

Martin Tyler announcing the end of Man U - Bayern '99 Champions League Final

bonus!: includes younger, 64% less douchey Beckham

12/9/2009 9:10:54 PM

That Ray Hudson dude is annoying as hell.

12/10/2009 2:33:39 AM

Love me some Ole Gunnar. Classic underdog player.

12/10/2009 3:38:09 AM

classic awesome player

12/10/2009 7:12:53 AM

somebody needs to check Ray Hudson's pants for a load, he seems to have blown a few massive ones

12/10/2009 11:29:47 AM

Those Le Tiss highlights

12/10/2009 11:48:29 AM

Quote :

"FICUS TREE LIKE"

12/10/2009 12:01:55 PM

Quote :

"I think B4C was just suspended. Epic."

Yep! I posted the toppless photo of Alena Seredova from my photo gallery on here. I forgot about the rules for a second. I'm used to posting in chit chat 99% of the time where there are no rules.

12/11/2009 11:47:48 PM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/712932/ce/uk/?cc=5901&ver=us

this guy nuts? england is going to curbstomp these guys out of the world cup....

12/14/2009 7:27:08 AM

but, but ... but, they play with heart.

12/14/2009 9:01:26 AM

that dude said they have more skill than england, he can't be serious

12/14/2009 1:39:37 PM

^It's going to be funny when they finish last.

12/15/2009 12:58:44 AM

The only result I can now predict is a slaying of Algeria by England due to locker room bulletin board material.

To Bougherra's defense, I think he could have been referring to the United States' play and just confused them with England. I've seen more heart at pick up games than I've seen in some of our matches.

Anything Bougherra says should probably be ignored anyway; he plays for Rangers.

Hoops for life, sons.


EDIT:

LOL. Turns out this dude is French born. I'm not exactly sure about all this so called talent that he claims Algeria has, being that he was obviously not talented enough to play for Les Bleus.

[Edited on December 15, 2009 at 7:24 AM. Reason : Boughlolerra]

12/15/2009 7:19:24 AM

I predict a curbstomping on par with that of T&T in 2006.

Wait.

12/15/2009 7:28:38 AM

^^

1 - don't sleep on Algeria

2 - I doubt England gives a fuck about a comment like this

3 - I was under the impression most of Algerian players were French-born

12/15/2009 7:42:05 AM

^^they didnt have rooney, right? ahh just checked he came on as a sub in that game...i knew something stuck out from that game for some reason

isnt zidane algerian? thats about the only algerian player i know of and he cant help them lol...

england will destory algeria. this is a completely different team than that of the last few managers. capello has turned this team dangerous.

[Edited on December 15, 2009 at 8:02 AM. Reason : edit]

12/15/2009 7:58:21 AM

zidane was algerian born or had algerian parents and was born in france, i cant remember. but yet, most algerian players were born in france, but theres no way they could make the french squad. For some reason I thought Marouane Chamakh was on Algeria, but it turns out hes from Morocco.

12/15/2009 12:07:27 PM

i am about to plan my trip to England for my birthday (June 12th) and to watch the match overseas! going to plan a 14 day european soccer trip and watch World Cup matches in France, Germany, England and Spain.

12/16/2009 9:28:08 AM

1.

Quote :

"Hoops for life, sons."

you right

2. I think most Algerian players can play for France by default... Algeria is left with the mediocre ones generally, or the French-borns who aren't good enough to play for France. so in short, what ^^ said

12/16/2009 9:46:16 AM

England released their stadium plans for the 2018 bid, no real surprises except for Plymouth... I really hope they get 2018 and we get 2022 instead.

Quote :

"Birmingham – Villa Park; Bristol – New Ashton Vale Stadium; Leeds – Elland Road; Liverpool – Anfield or New Anfield; London – Wembley, Emirates Stadium, New White Hart Lane or Olympic Stadium; Manchester – City of Manchester Stadium, Old Trafford; Milton Keynes – Stadium MK; Newcastle – St James' Park; Nottingham – New stadium; Plymouth – New Home Park; Sheffield – Hillsborough; Sunderland – Stadium of Light"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/dec/16/england-2018-world-cup-cities

12/16/2009 10:58:37 AM