World Cup 2006

[Albert Tatlock]

Oddball? Less of the cheek, he plays for my team!

I noticed that ,but decided to stick with him anyway

[m_thomp]

Other than England, I think Croatia will do well again

 

Apparently, their whole squad has been hit by food poisoning and diahorrea. They'll certainly need to, ahem, shore up the defence, if they want to avoid leaving the wrong kind of mark on the tournament.

 

Will do surprisingly well: Australia

 

Biggest shock: Italy not getting out of their group.

[cryptique]

Will do surprisingly well: Australia

 

Biggest shock: Italy not getting out of their group.

I agree about Australia, though that's not the easiest group to get out of. I think they'll take care of Japan, though, so it'll all depend on what Croatia brings. I think we can assume that Brazil will win the group.

 

I also (optimistically) agree that Italy won't get out of their group, but doubt it'll be that much of a shock to anyone but the Italians themselves. They'll blame it on the scandal, but they're in a really tough group and if the Americans come to play, the Azzuri could find themselves heading home early.

[Synthesizer Patel]

Apparently, their whole squad has been hit by food poisoning and diahorrea. They'll certainly need to, ahem, shore up the defence, if they want to avoid leaving the wrong kind of mark on the tournament.

 

Will do surprisingly well: Australia

 

Biggest shock: Italy not getting out of their group.

 

Maybe the food poisoning and diahorrea will give them a bit of an edge and 'hurry up' about their game. I always think that these sorts of solid teams (without much in the way of stand-out players or natural flare) seem to do well in the World Cup; Germany being another rather boring team to watch, that don't let in a lot of goals, yet somehow manage to score a goal to win or hold their nerve during extra time and penalties.

 

I agree that Italy will do badly, although if they go out in the first round then doesn't that mean that the USA will probably go through or Ghana (assuming that the Czechs are the group winners), that would be even more surprising. Although America are certainly getting better and better each time I see them.

[cryptique]

I think the diarrhea story is probably a ruse. I mean, would you want to slide-tackle a guy who has explosive diarrhea? England should have no problem with ball possession.

[WITHIK]

Winner: Germany

 

Dark Horse: Croatia

 

Top Scorer: Ronaldinho

[Albert Tatlock]

Watching TV streamed to my PC at work on the intranet. God bless the IT department

(this just means that they know if they didn't everyone would be in the pub already)

 

Germany score!

[Guest Laminated Kat]

Wathcin TV streamed to my PC at work. God bless the IT department

Is Germany 1 hr ahead of the UK? I am trying to figure out the time difference so I can watch England play tomorrow AM. They are playing at 3pm Germany time.

[Albert Tatlock]

Is Germany 1 hr ahead of the UK? I am trying to figure out the time difference so I can watch England play tomorrow AM. They are playing at 3pm Germany time.

That sounds right. It starts 2 pm British summer time here.

German goal was a screamer. Trust them to start playing well as soon as the competition starts.

[Guest Laminated Kat]

I really don't care much until the England/Sweden match. Then I'll be on the edge of my seaat. Please god let them beat Sweden this time around.

[Albert Tatlock]

Please god let them beat Sweden this time around.

Baab will send you a special package if you are not careful

 

1 - 1

[cryptique]

Holy cats! Twelve minutes in and they've already traded goals?

 

I really wish I weren't stuck at work.

[Albert Tatlock]

Do you want updates or will you get to see highlights so I should keep quiet? I'll only be here for the first half anyway. DEcent match so far, not the usual dull affair for an opening game of the tourny.

[cryptique]

2-1 Deutschland now? What the heck's going on? Everyone knows the opener is supposed to be a nil-nil draw.

[WITHIK]

Gehen Deutscher!!!!!!!!!!!

 

2-1 Germany Halftime!!!

 

Is Germany 1 hr ahead of the UK? I am trying to figure out the time difference so I can watch England play tomorrow AM. They are playing at 3pm Germany time.

 

Paraguay VS England 9 am eastern/ 8 am central/ 7 am mountain/ 6 am pacific

on Saturday June 10th

Trinidad and Tobago VS Sweden noon eastern/ 11am central/ 10 am mountain/ 9 am pacific

On Saturday June 10th

 

England VS Sweden 3 pm eastern/ 2 pm central/ 1 pm mountain/ noon pacific

on Tuesday June 20th

Click on the match time and it will convert it to your local time.

 

Watching TV streamed to my PC at work on the intranet. God bless the IT department

(this just means that they know if they didn't everyone would be in the pub already)

 

Germany score!

 

 

What site you using I can only get text commentary

[Guest Laminated Kat]

Gehen Deutscher!!!!!!!!!!!

 

2-1 Germany Halftime!!!

Paraguay VS England 9 am eastern/ 8 am central/ 7 am mountain/ 6 am pacific

on Saturday June 10th

Trinidad and Tobago VS Sweden noon eastern/ 11am central/ 10 am mountain/ 9 am pacific

On Saturday June 10th

 

England VS Sweden 3 pm eastern/ 2 pm central/ 1 pm mountain/ noon pacific

on Tuesday June 20th

Click on the match time and it will convert it to your local time.

What site you using I can only get text commentary

Thanks!

 

So I will be watching soccer in lieu of my 10 mile run tomorrow. At least I have an excellent excuse.

 

I have scheduled the 1pm game on the 20th in to my work calendar now. I can't wait!

[Albert Tatlock]

What site you using I can only get text commentary

Intranet. Sorry! BBC may be streaming highlights I heard, but I would not be able to check as any media streaming from the internet is blocked.

[WITHIK]

Intranet. Sorry! BBC may be streaming highlights I heard, but I would not be able to check as any media streaming from the internet is blocked.

My bad...

It's ok the old skool Tivo is recording all the highlights for me.

[Duck-Billed Catechist]

I think the German dude just scored on his own net. I suspect the opposite thing happened with Germany's third goal.

 

edit: No he didn't

[cryptique]

This stunning piece of investigative journalism is accessible via a link on FIFAworldcup.com. The link is labelled "VIP Columns: Claudia Schiffer's Analysis."

 

'I'm totally thrilled'

9 June 2006

by FIFAworldcup.com

 

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[WITHIK]

This stunning piece of investigative journalism is accessible via a link on FIFAworldcup.com. The link is labelled "VIP Columns: Claudia Schiffer's Analysis."

 

Beauty and Brains

[Elixir Sue]

That Frings goal was gorgeous.

[bjorn_skurj]

As an American, I can't help but root for the U.S., but if we win, the rest of the world will totally totally TOTALLY fucking hate us instead of just totally fucking hating us.

[Basil II]

Da Czechs will pulverize the USA team on the 12th...........

 

 

-Robert.

[Moltisanti]

As an American, I can't help but root for the U.S., but if we win, the rest of the world will totally totally TOTALLY fucking hate us instead of just totally fucking hating us.

 

 

Seriously, even though there's little chance the U.S. can win this thing, can you imagine if we actually did?

 

No joke, it would set world relations with the U.S. and the rest of the world back by a mile. Particularly Europe, the hate that they have for us would go up TEN-FOLD.

Edited June 10, 2006 by Moltisanti