Yeah I like James a lot

6/18/2010 2:36:07 PM

i'm sure this was said before, but how the fuck does a ref from mali, which has no league that i or anyone else know's of, get a world cup game - WTF - stick to meaningless games between burkina faso and zimbabwe you stupid shit. if you are not officiating games on a regular basis in a top flight league you have no business in the world cup.

6/18/2010 2:44:06 PM

Quote :

"David James is a very competent keeper. i'd say he's better than green and should have been starting from the beginning, but that's just my opinion."

i agree, but even still, shaking up the line-up because of a mistake has got to seriously mess with a teams psyche. i love fabio as a coach, but i'm very skeptical of him not having confidence in his squad.

6/18/2010 2:45:22 PM

uhm...

6/18/2010 2:45:23 PM

didn't expect algeria to have this much possession...

6/18/2010 2:50:38 PM

England better step their game up

6/18/2010 2:50:39 PM

england is getting beat... they need to attack

6/18/2010 2:55:21 PM

i get a certain satisfaction out of watching england fall short of their lofty expectations.

but also i don't want algeria thinking they have anything worth playing for in their final game against us.

6/18/2010 3:07:09 PM

^ my exact thoughts

6/18/2010 3:13:52 PM

england are shit

every team is shit

north korea is gonna win the world cup

6/18/2010 3:14:33 PM

^ stop trolling.

6/18/2010 3:16:22 PM

I guess we want a 0-0 draw here. That way England and US are tied and we control against Alg. with a tie. That way another England draw and we could possible get through with a draw against Alg. So far, as it stands, we have the total goals against them.

6/18/2010 3:18:14 PM

^yeah, but then algeria plays for the win. if england wins, algeria only plays for "pride"


i dunno, either way, we just need to beat algeria

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 3:22 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2010 3:20:48 PM

^ good point...

6/18/2010 3:33:49 PM

More fun scenarios!

Algeria beats England
England ties Slovenia
USA ties Algeria
== Slovenia (5) and Algeria (4) advance with Algeria winning the TB against England

Algeria beats England
England beats Slovenia
USA ties Algeria
== Algeria (4), Slovenia (4) and England (4) tied

Algeria beats England
Slovenia beats England
USA ties Algeria
== Slovenia (7) and Algeria (4) advance

Algeria beats England
England ties Slovenia
USA beats Algeria
== Slovenia (5) and USA (5) advance

Algeria beats England
England ties Slovenia
Algeria beats USA
== Slovenia (5) and Algeria (6) advance

Algeria beats England
England beats Slovenia
USA beats Algeria
== England (5) and USA (5) advance

Algeria beats England
England beats Slovenia
Algeria beats USA
== England (5) and Algeria (6) advance

6/18/2010 3:35:35 PM

^^^ most likely though, algeria is only going to be playing for "pride" even with a draw. they'll be down below US and England and not likely England will drop the match against the slovaks

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 3:38 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2010 3:37:50 PM

*Slovenes

6/18/2010 3:39:25 PM

hahah gerrard you idiot

6/18/2010 3:41:40 PM

hahah gerrard you idiot

6/18/2010 3:41:40 PM

saw this somewhere haha

6/18/2010 3:42:20 PM

can USMNT appeal the decision to fifa?

6/18/2010 3:42:56 PM

Rooney is looking like a putz

6/18/2010 3:44:23 PM

i doubt fifa would do anything

6/18/2010 3:46:11 PM

^^^maybe if someone got a card. but as it stands, i don't really know what could be done. they can't reverse the outcome

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 3:51 PM. Reason : haha. algerian fans looks like they were dragged here against their will]

6/18/2010 3:47:02 PM

England look like they have no confidence at all... With all that talent, it's strange to say that.

6/18/2010 3:53:05 PM

^that's because they know if they screw up, capello will bench them for the rest of the cup

6/18/2010 3:53:44 PM

England looks afraid to shoot


weren't they watching Donovan?

6/18/2010 3:56:29 PM

heskey sucks so much, get him off

6/18/2010 3:58:52 PM

BUDWEISER MAN OF THE MATCH:



[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 4:06 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2010 4:04:27 PM

lol what if this result holds up and Algeria beats us and Slovenia ties or wins... and those two are the ones that go through?

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 4:05 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2010 4:05:29 PM

^i was just thinking that. i would be completely blown away if the US and England got bounced in the first round

or to think that the US would have a reasonable chance to finish either first or last in the group going into the last day of the group stage.

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 4:08 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2010 4:06:42 PM

this result would be so good for us because we wouldn't have to worry about GD if we win... it would suck to go undefeated in group stages and not move on

6/18/2010 4:07:56 PM

IT'S MOTHERFUCKING PETER CROUCH TIME

6/18/2010 4:10:30 PM

Everytime i come back to this thread and see that screen grab of the phantom foul, I get pissed off again.

The referee should have to mark down or otherwise notate the jersey number of whoever he calls a foul on in the box. At least it would keep them somewhat accountable.

6/18/2010 4:14:03 PM

rooney is just walking around out there, he can't be fully healthy

6/18/2010 4:14:03 PM

our draw against england is looking less and less like a big accomplishment

6/18/2010 4:17:50 PM

we are responsible for destroying england's confidence!

6/18/2010 4:19:07 PM

6/18/2010 4:19:52 PM

holy fucking wow

6/18/2010 4:19:56 PM

haha England blows

6/18/2010 4:20:14 PM

awesomeeeeee


now let's get 3 and get the hell out of there

6/18/2010 4:20:19 PM

Quote :

"england are shit"

6/18/2010 4:20:19 PM

THAT IS AWESOME!

I like being in 2nd in the standings!

6/18/2010 4:21:17 PM

After the England-Algeria tie:

If we win, we're in.
If we lose, we're out.
If we tie, then we need England-Slovenia to tie. If England outscores us by 2 in the final game, then the tiebreaker will revert to a random draw. If England outscores us by 3 or more in the final game, then England wins. If England outscores us by 1 or fewer, we're in.

6/18/2010 4:21:23 PM

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 4:22 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2010 4:21:55 PM

if England wins by more than 1 and we win... England/US are through, right?

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 4:22 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2010 4:22:25 PM

Lalas is trollin

McMananannanana is about to piss his pants

6/18/2010 4:22:29 PM

let's just win

6/18/2010 4:22:29 PM

alexi lalas is gonna masturbate on air


so essentially nothing changed after today as, except we have two extra goals in our favor. right?



also, england has played world cup soccer for 4 minutes so far this tournament.




and damn, how big is that bad call for us, now? we would be in control of this group...ahhh

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 4:25 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2010 4:22:30 PM

as long as we win, we're in

if we keep our goal differential of 2 or more, we'll be in first (assuming england doesn't win by 3)

what turned out to be a horrible day at our halftime, has become somewhat spectacular

although, we shoulda won

6/18/2010 4:25:23 PM