I am alternating between matches and The Wire.

6/4/2010 5:17:40 PM

Quote :

"where is everyone watching the us game?"

we will be at ruckus for the usa vs england game. any and all should come out

6/4/2010 8:01:32 PM

there's also a big party at tir na nog

should be plenty of trash talk

6/4/2010 8:14:40 PM

I will most likely be here in Arlington, TX. I need to find a good bar for the game. Will bars even show soccer in Texas? I bet you 10/10 people here don't know who Clint Dempsey is and he's from here.

All I need is Guinness on tap.


ALSO


LOL at China 1 - 0 France. And LOL at goalkeepers for this World Cup. Watch this ball's path. So much for Adidas hyping true flight. Unless it hit Evra, and it doesn't look like it did to me, that ball moves like crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iPnB6vC80E



[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 8:31 PM. Reason : .]

6/4/2010 8:25:06 PM

wtf. i would be livid if i were a keeper. that chinese dude hit it with the inside of his foot, he was going for upper 90 to the keepers left (from behind goal) but that ball swerved to the opposite side...you could tell it did some weird ass shit halfway through on the flight and it definitely didnt touch the wall...

shit, as a player i might not even like that cause if i was trying to curl the ball around the wall, im pretty sure id want it curl around the wall...

i know the keepers always complain before every world cup about the ball, but they might actually have a case this year...




edit: damn after i looked a few more times one angle looks like it couldve taken a deflection, but 2 other angles doesnt look like it. i have no idea what to think on this now...haha

[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 8:38 PM. Reason : f]

6/4/2010 8:36:15 PM

jesus

He didnt even knuckle ball it. I've played keeper for a long time and I always hate those knuckleball shots cause they make you look fucking stupid.

It didnt even look like he kicked it that hard either.

^i dont think it did cause the rotation of the ball stays the same throughout its flight.

[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 8:41 PM. Reason : flight]

6/4/2010 8:39:44 PM

in any case...lol at france's A squad losing to china....

6/4/2010 8:40:19 PM

6/4/2010 8:44:30 PM

if that doesn't get you ready......

6/4/2010 9:04:28 PM

^lol

6/4/2010 9:11:04 PM

@ that commercial.

france. lol.

[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 9:19 PM. Reason : k]

6/4/2010 9:14:34 PM

I might be seeing things, but were those the Gallaghers in that commercial?

Nevermind, should have watched the whole thing before posting - knew it was Noel once I saw Snoop. Who's the guy Noel's sitting next to? He looks vaguely familiar.

[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 10:55 PM. Reason : .]

6/4/2010 10:49:35 PM

espn3 is showing the USA vs Australia game at 8:30 am.

6/5/2010 12:00:31 AM

Oh lord. Annoying horns again all game long...

I have a question. In the past didn't ESPN do a studio call over the International feed? Are they now having all their four broadcast teams and studio actually in South Africa?

I know the group today is actually at the game since Rob Stone was on the sidelines...

6/5/2010 8:55:19 AM

6/5/2010 9:29:16 AM

^^^
Just making sure, but the game is on ESPN 2 as well.

6/5/2010 9:43:17 AM

Quote :

"In the past didn't ESPN do a studio call over the International feed?"

Yeah, sometimes, but this* is the World Cup. They're not going to phone that one in.

*Obviously not this friendly, but I'm sure they'd have to head down there ahead of time anyway.

[Edited on June 5, 2010 at 9:46 AM. Reason : note]

6/5/2010 9:45:32 AM

For the WC they always send everyone over. God knows they'll need camera crews in SA to produce all those human interest packages they love so much.

Quote :

"Who's the guy Noel's sitting next to? He looks vaguely familiar."

Ian Brown from the Stone Roses.

6/5/2010 12:32:49 PM

Quote :

"ESPN has been using five two-man broadcasting teams, with three of the five teams working from stadiums in Germany and two operating from Bristol. I can't figure out which announcing teams are on site, and which are not. "

They didn't send all the announcing crews to Germany in '06 and I can't find anything on the '02 WC

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=solomon_george&id=2502521


I'm pretty sure they did Euro 2008 from Bristol though

6/5/2010 4:45:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24E8q0vhRss

6/6/2010 8:24:45 PM

^Robo-Crouch is back!

6/6/2010 8:28:16 PM

[b]join this as well, it's not a team pick em, but you pick your roster of players to create your team...we need more people

invite you to play in their McDonald's FIFA World Cup Fantasy league called
Wolfpack

If you aren't already playing the game then you can register at
http://en.mcdonalds.fantasy.fifa.com

Once you have logged in, click on the 'My leagues'

link you can find at the top of the page. Now enter the code

352810-83231 to join the private league.

6/7/2010 11:54:11 AM

USA England, I will be at Tir Na Nog with 25 of my buddies. We will be very geared up.

6/7/2010 12:05:13 PM

i'm damn excited about this. While i can't say we're "better" than usual per se, we look very very athletic. our forwards and defenders looked good against Turkey and i think they looked ok against a perenially underrated Australia -- people at work seemed to think we looked terrible against Australia. England looks shakier than usual, and i think we have a shot at winning our group.

going to be in Minneapolis, so will likely go to this: http://nomadpub.com/

6/7/2010 12:22:31 PM

when does this thing start up again?

6/7/2010 12:27:48 PM

friday at 10

mexico v. south africa

6/7/2010 12:48:39 PM

My only qualm is that the HD versions of the games take up like 12% of my DVR space. I mean, I'm going to watch them asap, but it really puts the pressure on when this weekends games will fill up my DVR entirely.

6/7/2010 1:30:48 PM

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nations-soccer-fan-becoming-insufferable,17553/

6/7/2010 1:38:07 PM

^^

Quote :

"FIRST WORLD PROBLEM"

6/7/2010 3:44:55 PM

gonna be rolling in at our local irish pub. most of my soccer buddies are out of town (work mostly so can't get out of it), but I'm gonna bring a few people to take on the 150 englishmen that have already got reservations.

6/7/2010 7:45:15 PM

sorry to screw-up this thread, but all this talk about USA and South Africa got me remembering this little satirical apartheid commercial from back in '86:

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

6/7/2010 7:52:33 PM

Quote :

"you're invited to play in the McDonald's FIFA World Cup Fantasy league called Wolfpack If you aren't already playing the game then you can register at http://en.mcdonalds.fantasy.fifa.com Once you have logged in, click on the 'My leagues' link you can find at the top of the page. Now enter the code 352810-83231 to join the private league. "

come on dudes, we need more people to join, ASAP

[Edited on June 7, 2010 at 8:52 PM. Reason : whoops]

6/7/2010 8:52:08 PM

my vuvuzela arrived today

6/7/2010 8:57:49 PM

Someone at ESPN should invent a vuvuzela phase cancellation filter for their audio feed.

6/7/2010 9:04:48 PM

i'm going to buy a better one over there but my cheap plastic one has already scared my wife 3x today - i'm glad they aren't banned

6/7/2010 9:07:54 PM

^^ damn right. can't be that hard. espn has $Texas, right?

6/7/2010 9:32:49 PM

lol

Quote :

"According to frontman Rivers Cuomo, Weezer are in the process of recording a song in support the United States soccerball team ahead of this month's FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The United States will kick off their campaign against England on Saturday in Rustenburg. Cuomo tweeted: "Weezer is recording a new song this week for the U.S. soccer team...hopefully to be released before Saturday's game. It's called Reprazent!" http://twitter.com/RiversCuomo "

6/7/2010 9:49:09 PM

I love soccerball

6/7/2010 9:50:03 PM

6/7/2010 9:53:26 PM

I think I'm going to Tobacco Road for the USA-England game. I want to go someplace with the sound so I can hear Harkes' drivel... Plus they have big TVs...

6/7/2010 9:57:02 PM

^
We reserved the private room at Tobacco Road for the England game. Wear your special TWW MOD badge and you can join us.

6/7/2010 10:16:01 PM

that room is sweet, we sat in it the only time I've ever been there

6/7/2010 10:18:55 PM

Joined the league as the Blikkiesdorp Ballers.

6/7/2010 10:32:35 PM

So Barry's not going to play Saturday? Good news for us. Dempsey/Donovan can exploit that space in front of Engerland's defense if Fabio goes with Gerrard/Lampard

6/7/2010 10:54:17 PM

so i guess there's no tww DK fans?

6/7/2010 11:20:05 PM

Quote :

"According to frontman Rivers Cuomo, Weezer are in the process of recording a song in support the United States soccerball team ahead of this month's FIFA World Cup in South Africa."

Again? He did one in 2006 called "My Day is Coming."

6/8/2010 3:09:47 AM

Nani out for Portugal?


evens it up a bit for Ivory Coast

6/8/2010 8:28:38 AM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/08/world-cup-2010-rio-ferdinand-wayne-rooney

Quote :

"Rio Ferdinand says the referee abused by Wayne Rooney during England's warm-up match with Platinum Stars got off lightly."

Rio might be an excellent football player, but he's a fucking moron.

Why would you say something like that? Now referees are looking for something, after an already blown out of proportion reaction.

6/8/2010 8:50:32 AM

well what about Rooney doing it in the first place? In a meaningless friendly against some scrubs?


I'd hate to see Rooney miss some games in the WC for something stupid like that

6/8/2010 8:56:43 AM

^IKR

Capello needs to put a muzzle over his mouth or something. If Rooney gets a red card for cussing out a ref everyone in England will hate him.

6/8/2010 9:08:36 AM