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Offline Curval

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« on: June 02, 2002, 06:25:50 AM »
The Swedes should never have scored...bad, bad defending...they let him walk the ball to the front of the goal and let him shoot unobstructed.  But...that is football.

I guess there is a nil effect for our bet Hortund.

I was up at 6.30am to watch the game....on a Sunday....Boy, do I love the World Cup!:D
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2002, 06:40:20 AM »
The Swedes were piss-poor in the first half and we should have buried them. Only Saudi Arabia have played that badly in this tournament.

But England in the second half were atrocious. The mid-field couldn't get a handle on the play - Sweden played averagely but made England look very ordinary. What's with the long-ball strategy when you've pace players as strikers?

Beckham was barely fit from what I saw and had a very quiet 60 mins. If only we had Gerrard to bolster that midfield.

Defensively we were solid for most of the game - which is good.

I think some major changes are coming for the Argentina game. Otherwise we might as well not turn up.

The only good thing is that we didn't lose. It ain't over til it's over. :)

England doesn't like it to be easy - we need adversity to excel and bring out the bulldog spirit. And besides it wouldn't be a world cup without England making it hard for themselves. :D

Also, we haven't beaten Sweden in a competitive game since 1968. And we always seem to play badly against them - I saw them at Wembley for the Euro 2000 qualifier and it was one of the worst games I've ever seen.
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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2002, 07:29:39 AM »
Pretty fair game imho, Sweden sucked bad in the first half and England sucked bad in the second half...
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« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2002, 09:20:35 AM »
England stop playing that fu**ing long ball!  It really annoys me that England will do about 3 passes and then hoof the ball 50yrds upfield and give away possesion.  Why England don't play a passing game is beyond me, we have the players with the ability.


England really stank in the 2nd half, i wasn't too impressed in the 1st half either- we just play that long ball over and over.:(
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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2002, 09:40:18 AM »
Pretty fair game imho, Sweden sucked bad in the first half and England sucked bad in the second half...
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« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2002, 09:45:34 AM »
Spain 3 - Slovenia 1 :D

First time we win the first match of a tournament since World Cup 1950(!!) And that year we were 4th!

Beware! :D

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« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2002, 11:15:02 AM »
Ahem

Germany - Saudi Arabia 8-0

YEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHH
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« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2002, 11:48:26 AM »
Hm...at least I wont have to fly around in a Spit. IMO Sweden was closer to victory than England. But then again, England was the stronger team in the first half.  

All in all I think it was a fair result.
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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2002, 01:06:17 PM »
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All in all I think it was a fair result.


Me too...wipes brow thinking about that 109.
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« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2002, 01:36:16 PM »
I really wonder how this group will turn out, my bet after seeing the first games is Argentina in 1st spot and Sweden in an lucky 2nd spot...
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« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2002, 03:47:05 PM »
Man, you limeys couldn't beat a bunch of blond chicks in bikinis?
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« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2002, 05:29:26 PM »
Although we played S*it today, i recon England will put up a big fight against the argies and hopefully win the next two to go top, it won't be easy for em, but I recon they can do it.
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« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2002, 08:19:51 AM »
8-0? Against who I wonder....? ;)

Yes that's right, the worst team EVER to play in a world cup. They couldn't mark, tackle or track back and half time didn't know waht formation they were supposed to be playing.

Anyone looks good playing against poor opposition - and Saudi looked about as capable as a Sunday League side...
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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2002, 08:51:35 AM »
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8-0? Against who I wonder....? ;)

Yes that's right, the worst team EVER to play in a world cup. They couldn't mark, tackle or track back and half time didn't know waht formation they were supposed to be playing.

Anyone looks good playing against poor opposition - and Saudi looked about as capable as a Sunday League side...


... and? It's still 8-0  YEAH!!!

I had doubts that Germany could even get a tie vs. the Saudis.
We have one of the worst teams ever so i think it was a great work of our team and it gives me the trust that Germany could reach the quarter finals.
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« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2002, 11:40:01 AM »
So what if it's 8-0? The point is that the opposition wasn't even of international standard - the Saudi team would have trouble competing in any of the 4 professional English leagues.

You should have won 8-0. Anything less would have been a scandal.
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