World Cup 2006

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » June 9th, 2006, 14:25

Discuss the world cup here, and for those fo you that are completely baffled by what's on, and on what channel, the full listings can be found here

http://www.livesportontv.com/worldcuptv.php?id=1

Chickenz · Post by **Chickenz** » June 9th, 2006, 14:46

wow mummy just what i have always wanted, 5 weeks of over paid tossers kicking what started out as a pigs stomach,on a field! Fair enough its the world cup and all but ffs why isnt there a standalone World Cup Channel on freeview,cable and Sky??? Why should i have to be messed about just because i hate football,5 weeks of no Top Gear and normal telly ruined ARGHHHHHHHHHHH.

On a tangent i can see it now:

Wayne Rooney doesnt play and England dont get through to the final oh no god forbid.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » June 9th, 2006, 15:07

M4niachicken wrote:5 weeks of no Top Gear and normal telly ruined ARGHHHHHHHHHHH.

Pff they stopped top gear? Ban the world cup!

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » June 9th, 2006, 15:11

M4niachicken wrote:wow mummy just what i have always wanted, 5 weeks of over paid tossers kicking what started out as a pigs stomach,on a field! Fair enough its the world cup and all but ffs why isnt there a standalone World Cup Channel on freeview,cable and Sky??? Why should i have to be messed about just because i hate football,5 weeks of no Top Gear and normal telly ruined ARGHHHHHHHHHHH.

On a tangent i can see it now:

Wayne Rooney doesnt play and England dont get through to the final oh no god forbid.

So you wont be supporting scotland then in the worl....oh...yeah....sorry (snigger)

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 9th, 2006, 15:45

What's all this? There's some kind of soccer ball tournament going on? I would never have known.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 9th, 2006, 15:46

Yes, well, on my part I plan to be in the city centre tommorow, watching it with several thousand other fools. I forsee cheering and booing at random intevals.

Post by **Dog Pants** » June 9th, 2006, 16:00

I've got the footy on now, and I will tomorrow

I only really can be arsed during internationals though.

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » June 9th, 2006, 16:07

I don't really like football either but you gots to love the World Cup.

edit: GOOOAL!

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » June 9th, 2006, 16:22

While i'm one of those ignorant American thingies, I always try to catch a little of the world cup when it comes around. Hopefully the USA won't suck too badly.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » June 9th, 2006, 16:24

Blimey, 2-1 to Germany after 19 mins

Google is quite handy atm

Post by **Roman Totale** » June 9th, 2006, 16:48

What I cannot stand about the World Cup, is the utter crap that spouts from the commentators mouths. There bad enough at the best of times, but when international football is concerned they reach a whole new level.

For example, England vs Hungary. Steven Gerrard (sorry, 'Stevie G') dived to get a penalty. It was a dive plain and simple. Here are two of my favourite comments from BBC pundits about it:

1) "Well other teams will do it to us so we might as well do it to them" - hang on a second, any player that is deemed to have cheated against us, or any player who does something similar in the domestic league, is instantly crucified.

2) "Clever play by Gerrard there, jumping out of the way so he didn't get injured" - fucking hell, give me strength! What a piss poor excuse that is.

Also, we beat Jamaica 6-0 and suddenly we're undisputed world champions. Now I know Jamaica play in similar colours to Brazil, but the similarities stop there. It also does not mean that Peter Crouch is a top class goal scorer (as for that dance, what a fucking spacktard).

And, just so we're all clear on this, John Motson is the worst commentator in the history of football. I don't care that he's "an institution" or that he wears a sheepskin coat, he is to football commentary what David James is to goalkeeping.

INGERLUND! INGERLUND! INGERLUND!

friznit · Post by **friznit** » June 9th, 2006, 17:06

Football's illegal. Got banned by Edward II iirc. What a clever chappy he was. IMO, anything that shifts such a large slice of economic wealth in the direction of a bunch of 19 year old spacktards playing a game should be banned.

Unless it's Eve in which case it's a fair cop

Post by **Dog Pants** » June 9th, 2006, 17:06

Roman Totale wrote:Also, we beat Jamaica 6-0 and suddenly we're undisputed world champions.

Same old story every competition. We go in and the press and the (stupid but vocal element of the) fans declare that we're the best team in the world and we're obviously going to win. Then we don't and everyone starts blaming the manager, the players, the ref. If I was a professional football manager I wouldn't touch the England job with a shitty stick because you instantly make yourself the scapegoat for any average or below performances by the media. No wonder they struggled, especially when Ericsson was forced out for calling his players crap. Maybe they are, he's certainly better qualified than a sports reporter to make that decision.

Despite it all though, I reckon we'll make the quarters.

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » June 9th, 2006, 17:30

It's the cunty newspapers like the Sun that cause the most scapegoating, because most of their readers rely on it to tell them what to think.

My prediction of who will we face if England wins the group:
Poland in the second round
Holland in the quarters
Brazil in the semi's
Germany in the Final

Not the easiest of runs

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 9th, 2006, 18:16

friznit wrote:Football's illegal. Got banned by Edward II iirc. What a clever chappy he was. IMO, anything that shifts such a large slice of economic wealth in the direction of a bunch of 19 year old chavs that are more concerned with their hair than that piece of leather that's paying for the girlfriends boob job playing a game should be banned.

Unless it's Eve in which case it's a fair cop

Fix'd!

and yes I'm a hycrocrite, but I only ever bother with the world cup/euro stuff, and I don't that that all that serously (ie, no face paint, flags, tee-shirts etc(

cashy · Post by **cashy** » June 9th, 2006, 18:30

having consumed a number of alcoholic beverages today, i feel it is my part to say:

GO WON INGLERND! MOTHER FUCKIN KROUTS! HOW DARE THEY WIN! WE SHOT A FEW IN WW2 YOU KNOW! THATS GOT TO BE SOME HOW RELEVENT. OH AN I FUCKIN ATE THAT ROONEY, HE'S FUCKED IT ALL UP FOR US NOW N HE WANTS TO GET BETTER AND WIN IT FOR ME. SVENS FUCKIN USELESS TOO, HE WANTS TO horse ROONEY TO PLAY! GLEN HODDLE WUDLA DONE IT.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 9th, 2006, 18:42

cashy wrote:having consumed a number of alcoholic beverages today, i feel it is my part to say:

GO WON INGLERND! MOTHER FUCKIN KROUTS! HOW DARE THEY WIN! WE SHOT A FEW IN WW2 YOU KNOW! THATS GOT TO BE SOME HOW RELEVENT. OH AN I FUCKIN ATE THAT ROONEY, HE'S FUCKED IT ALL UP FOR US NOW N HE WANTS TO GET BETTER AND WIN IT FOR ME. SVENS FUCKIN USELESS TOO, HE WANTS TO horse ROONEY TO PLAY! GLEN HODDLE WUDLA DONE IT.

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » June 9th, 2006, 19:09

Must say, as a proper football fan, I follow club football a lot more vividly than any international matches. And this means that I follow the players who represent my team (Arsenal incase you want to bitch at me) rather than the national sides themselves. This could be an interesting tournament.

After watching the germany - costa rica game I must say I think the use of these "Lighter" balls could have a large effect, making a lot of goals look a lot more melodramatic and.. just having more goals.

Also for you commentator haters there's a couple of nifty options on the BBC digital, you can choose radio five, or no commentary (Crowd noise). It makes it a lot more enjoyable I must say.

Post by **FatherJack** » June 10th, 2006, 0:13

I love the World Cup, me and my Dad support different club teams, and they don't get a lot of coverage, F1 doesn't seem to interest me beyond the first race like it used to, so it's a rare occasion we can do something together for fun. We lock the women in the conservatory.

As for England's chances? Well we never match the hype, but I haven't seen anything to be scared of in the games so far. With those helium-filled balls, we'll see a lot of people blasting it from miles out, and we have a few players who can do that well - Brasil will probably lift the cup, though.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 10th, 2006, 0:16

FatherJack wrote:With those helium-filled balls, we'll see a lot of people blasting it from miles out,

Random geek fact:

Helium filled balls actually travel *less* distance than a ball filled with air, helium is lighter so provides less momentum and as such makes the ball travel less far.