Greatest Show on Earth

[MeGoDanceNow 4,281]

Yes. They are lighter than usual. But even in the seventies, Peter Lorimer of Leeds ( a Scotsman ), had a shot of around 100 mph. Vic, had earlier stated that he din't beleive me

 

 

Makes sense. Baseball pitchers can throw faster than 90mph. Footballers use their legs, obviously, which are stronger than arms. So no reason why 100mph should be out of the question.

[Obsession 571]

Hi,

 

I think that that ball that the Serbian player handles just floated onto his arm. Not a penalty IMO as handling has to be deliberate. BTW I forgot Ozil is German. I thought he was Turkish. With that guy in the team Deutchland has a big chance.

 

Great player, that Ozil.

While watching the game, I was thinking that the Germans were all ,eh, German, as opposed to France or even England. Then, the commentator said " Germany are bringing on their Brazilian striker" I think staying for 5 years in Germany, made him eligible to play for them.

[MeGoDanceNow 4,281]

Up here in Japan my friends are gloating that Japan beat Cameroon last night 1-0. Now that's a stunner.

 

Sure to get their asses kicked by the Dutch though.

[atlas2 4,329]

Send £2 to a hungry African..............And they buy a bloody trumpet!!

[wacmedia 277]

Hi,

 

Must say I have no problem with the Aussies or Americans calling it soccer. They have lots of other types of football.

[MeGoDanceNow 4,281]

Thought you guys might like David Letterman's most recent Top Ten List:

 

 

Monday, June 14, 2010

Top Ten Reasons Americans Don't Like Soccer

10.Too many foreigners

9.Loud horns make it hard to nap through boring parts

8.Bench clearing brawls not as much fun without bats or sticks

7.No theme song asking if we are ready for some soccer

6.Not enough 'roids

5.Lots of players with umlauts in their names

4.Americans too busy reading

3.Doesn't have the heart-pounding action of a 5-hour baseball game

2.No TV timeouts means fewer snack breaks to stuff our fat faces

1.Too much kicking, not enough rasslin'

 

[wacmedia 277]

Hi,

 

Well Brazil looked nothing special. Lets hope Chile or Spain show us some nice football today. Good to see NZ and North Korea put up good displays.

[wacmedia 277]

Hi,

 

Having seen all the teams this is my opinion so far. Positive= Argentina,Chile, Germany, Ghana, Uruguay, Negative=Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria Neutral=The rest

Edited June 17, 2010 by wacmedia

[Gonzo 419]

Great player, that Ozil.

While watching the game, I was thinking that the Germans were all ,eh, German, as opposed to France or even England. Then, the commentator said " Germany are bringing on their Brazilian striker" I think staying for 5 years in Germany, made him eligible to play for them.

Mesut Ozil was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Miroslov Klose is an ethnic German from Upper Silesia and he played in Germany since he was a kid. Upper Silesia was stolen from Germany by the Russians after WW 2 and given to the Poles in exchange for some of the provinces they stole from them. Klose won't have a bar of being called a Pole. I could give you a few more examples about some of the Germans, which are supposed to be something else. Our boy from Brazil was a legitimate immigrant by his own choosing. Half the Aussies are immigrants and proud to represent their country in their chosen sport, which is normal procedure.

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Klose won't have a bar of being called a Pole.

 

... or a German for that matter. He prefers to describe himself as Silesian and European.

 

Mesut Ozil was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

 

And like millions of others at the time it made him a Turk. It wasn't until Germany changed their nationality laws in 2000 that he was able to become a naturalised German.

 

Still, he's a good player and a decent showing in the WC should put a couple of million on any potential transfer fee.

Edited June 17, 2010 by CheshireTom

[Gonzo 419]

... or a German for that matter. He prefers to describe himself as Silesian and European.

 

 

 

And like millions of others at the time it made him a Turk. It wasn't until Germany changed their nationality laws in 2000 that he was able to become a naturalised German.

 

Still, he's a good player and a decent showing in the WC should put a couple of million on any potential transfer fee.

Your are your sarcastic self as usual. I can see you have done your Google search as usual. What have the German Nationality laws of 2000 got to do with a young lad playing football in the country of his birth? By the way, can you recall the many Germans of Turkish descent playing for Turkey in the 2008 European Cup? Go and do another Google.

 

My German grandfather was kicked out of Pomerania after WW2, Pomerania being another German state the Russian stole together with Silesia and East Prussia as well. When I was 18 I migrated to Australia. Regardless of what I call myself, does that make me an Aussie, an Australian Pomeranian, a Pole or just a a mongrel. Just as well I never became a well-known sports man, otherwise I would never hear the end from the likes of you.

[wacmedia 277]

Hi,

 

Back on topic, a wonderful performance by Argentina yesterday. If they had Brazils defence I would put the farm on them. Interesting to see how Germany v Serbia goes today. Not great friends.

[ozijeff 9]

Mesut Ozil was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Miroslov Klose is an ethnic German from Upper Silesia and he played in Germany since he was a kid. Upper Silesia was stolen from Germany by the Russians after WW 2 and given to the Poles in exchange for some of the provinces they stole from them. Klose won't have a bar of being called a Pole. I could give you a few more examples about some of the Germans, which are supposed to be something else. Our boy from Brazil was a legitimate immigrant by his own choosing. Half the Aussies are immigrants and proud to represent their country in their chosen sport, which is normal procedure.

 

 

Um which 'half' of the Aussie team were born elsewhere?

Vidosic was born in Croatia and Rukavytsya was born in the Ukraine.

The rest were all born in Oz.

Edited June 18, 2010 by ozijeff

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Your are your sarcastic self as usual. I can see you have done your Google search as usual. What have the German Nationality laws of 2000 got to do with a young lad playing football in the country of his birth?

 

Who are you talking about? Klose? Trochowski? Podolski? Cacau? As it is, I've probably spent considerably more time living in Germany than you have over the last 40 years.

 

By the way, can you recall the many Germans of Turkish descent playing for Turkey in the 2008 European Cup? Go and do another Google.

 

No need to Google. There weren't any. A couple of German born Turks, but German law denied them citizenship until 2000 and they chose not to apply.

 

My German grandfather was kicked out of Pomerania after WW2, Pomerania being another German state the Russian stole together with Silesia and East Prussia as well. When I was 18 I migrated to Australia. Regardless of what I call myself, does that make me an Aussie, an Australian Pomeranian, a Pole or just a a mongrel. Just as well I never became a well-known sports man, otherwise I would never hear the end from the likes of you.

 

I always thought you were a Hun. Now you're telling me you're a Pom.

Edited June 18, 2010 by CheshireTom

[VicVegas 70]

Another riviting night of World Cup action. USA soccer fans are thrilled with yet another tie. Then there's the fans of the team called "England". * Not much noise from them on the board today after their team "battled" Algeria. The result: nil-nil.

 

I was sat in a bar here in Rayong while the "footie" was on last night. The ants attacking my potato chip bowl were more interesting.

 

 

"Greatest Show On Earth"

 

 

 

 

*Edited for nationalistic constipation purposes

Edited June 20, 2010 by VicVegas

[Gonzo 419]

I always thought you were a Hun. Now you're telling me you're a Pom.

You can call me a Hun, if you like. I take it as a compliment. You must be a Germanophile, having spent all of those years in the Fatherland. Good on you.

[Gonzo 419]

Another riviting night of World Cup action. USA soccer fans are thrilled with yet another tie. Then there's our British friends. Not much noise from them on the board today after their team "battled" Algeria. The result: nil-nil.

 

I was sat in a bar here in Rayong while the "footie" was on last night. The ants attacking my potato chip bowl were more interesting.

 

 

"Greatest Show On Earth"

 

What were you doing sitting in a bar watching the football? I have a strong feeling you have been converted to our great game for a long time and are a closet soccer-football lover.

[Obsession 571]

Then there's our British friends. Not much noise from them on the board today after their team "battled" Algeria. The result: nil-nil.

Oh dear You just can't grasp this UK thing. Let me explain. But it will cost you a beer. "Britain" didn't play Algeria. England did. In football,rugby etc, we have our own teams. There is a rugby "four nations" team ..............I bet you can't guess what it's called????

 

Yes. The world cup has got off to a poor start. The only games I've enjoyed were the Argies games and Brazil and Germanys first game. I think some of the teams are unhappy in South Africa. And the pressure is showing and maybe that feckin vuvuzela racket is annoying them.

 

 

As I said. Some rules, and immigration, make a mockery of international competition. I think half the Algerian team had played for France at under 21 level.

[wacmedia 277]

As I said. Some rules, and immigration, make a mockery of international competition. I think half the Algerian team had played for France at under 21 level.

 

Hi,

 

Funny shit. 17 of the Algerian squad are French born. Still played nice football and could have beaten a dire English team.

[joekicker 53]

Oh dear rolleyes: You just can't grasp this UK thing. Let me explain. But it will cost you a beer. "Britain" didn't play Algeria. England did. In football,rugby etc, we have our own teams. There is a rugby "four nations" team ..............I bet you can't guess what it's called???? D

 

Thanks for the explanation.

 

I can understand why you wouldn't want to be in the United Nations, but how come you guys aren't in the Olympics? Who the hell are the people in London even going to cheer for with no local team?

 

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[CheshireTom 1,377]

You can call me a Hun, if you like. I take it as a compliment.

 

I know.

 

You must be a Germanophile, having spent all of those years in the Fatherland.

 

I wouldn't go as far as that, although I was a season ticket holder at my local footie team. I'm sure you managed to pick up a few snippets about Australia during your time there.

[CheshireTom 1,377]

The ants attacking my potato chip bowl were more interesting.

 

They probably understood the game more than you.

[VicVegas 70]

Oh dear You just can't grasp this UK thing. Let me explain. But it will cost you a beer. "Britain" didn't play Algeria. England did.

 

I didn't say, "Britain played Algeria". I said, "Then there's our British friends".

 

I wouldn't pretend to understand the nuances of what everyone in the UK calls themselves. All I know is they get fucking picky when us Non-UK folks try to put a general lable on them. According to Wikipedia:

 

British is the adjective and demonym associated with Great Britain and the United Kingdom

 

Since Scotland, Ireland, and Wales are not in the WC, I assumed that some of the people who call themselves Scots, Irish, and Welsh, along with those who call themselves "English", might be rooting for the team called "England", so I didn't want to say, "Then there's our English friends" because I knew some of you Scots and Irish and Welsh people would get all uppity and bitch:

 

"I'm not 'English' you fookin Septic, but I'm rooting for 'England'!

 

I thought "British" would cover most of the people rooting for the team called "England". Forgive me for fucking breathing.

 

No wonder you get so pissy when I degrade your pathetic sport. You go nuts about what you call yourselves. I think that piece of coal up your ass is a diamond now.

[VicVegas 70]

They probably understood the game more than you.

 

They've got the IQ for it.

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Since Scotland, Ireland, and Wales are not in the WC, I assumed that some of the people who call themselves Scots, Irish, and Welsh, along with those who call themselves "English", might be rooting for the team called "England", so I didn't want to say, "Then there's our English friends" because I knew some of you Scots and Irish and Welsh people would get all uppity and bitch:

 

No, you didn't. You're just a thick cunt.