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[cobl04]

that's what i thought it was...

 

[coolian2]

Gonna be a huge match!

ken oath!

 

[cobl04]

just wanted to say.. i've always bagged soccer, and i still don't really like it that much, and it pales in comparison to our football, but my god, after watching some american "football"... what a shocking excuse for a sport that is.

 

[nielsgov]

Man Utd are wonderful, Alex Ferguson is a flawless gaffer....

All people around the world are supposed to support Man Utd!

That is so true.

 

[1stepcloser]

just wanted to say.. i've always bagged soccer, and i still don't really like it that much, and it pales in comparison to our football, but my god, after watching some american "football"... what a shocking excuse for a sport that is.

i've never watched an aussie rules match. my friend said it's a very simplistic sport though.

whilst i quite enjoy playing it, watching basketball on tv is enough to send me into a coma

 

[1stepcloser]

Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke dies aged 32

BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | Keeper 'suicide' shocks football

 

[intedomine]

What a shock. Poor Enke, he must have really been hurting ever since his daughter died. He only played for Hanover 96 a day before he died or something. This is very, very sad.

 

[coolian2]

Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke dies aged 32

BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | Keeper 'suicide' shocks football

that's horrible.

it really shows depression can get to anyone, and it's a lesson in not fucking around when it hits - he was getting help and it still came to this.

very sad.

 

[nielsgov]

Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke dies aged 32

BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | Keeper 'suicide' shocks football

 

[MadForIt]

awful news

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AND come on Ireland!
and New Zealand this weekend!

Arsenal will win the title - saw them last week, amazing!

 

[gvox]

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1567358/unbieveable_soccer_score_by_a_streaking_girl/

 

[1stepcloser]

haha that's a quality video.

 

[1stepcloser]

Arsenal will win the title - saw them last week, amazing!

They are playing well at the moment, unfortunately next month they have to face the team that utterly dominated them in both matches last year.....

 

[coolian2]

tonight!

 

[intedomine]

tonight!

All the best, gonna be massive, it's making news over here as well.

Just glad that we made it as well. Wouldn't have felt right us missing out, and you qualifying, especially after we moved into Asia and everything.

Exciting night lies ahead in Africa and Europe as well. Especially in Africa. We need another debutant, c'mon Gabon. And c'mon Bosnia and Ireland.

 

[speedracer]

This exchange between France and Ireland may or may not be real, but either way it is hilarious.

 

[coolian2]

very well taken goal to have new zealand up 1-0 at half time. probably should be more. bahrain are playing a very pretty but ultimately toothless game. new zealand need to keep pushing it forward in the air to find a second goal which should come quite easily and we're through.

mental crowd down in wellington too. i turned down a ticket for this game, doh!

 

[coolian2]

FUCKEN YES

i'm so happy right now!!!!

 

[cobl04]

congrats.

lucky they didn't get that penalty though.

 

[coolian2]

bullshit penalty anyway. fuck khanada, i'm marrying mark paston


or i'll become a mormon and marry both

 

[MadForIt]

well done NZ
i'm going there on holiday next month

i'll pass my congratulations on in person to all the Kiwi's

 

[intedomine]

Wow, New Zealand in the World Cup, remarkable. Would have preferred Bahrain, but fair fair effort....good stuff...

Biggest result from WcQ's last night was in Africa. Staggering end to Group C. Look at the fucker!


Algeria 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13

Egypt 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13


Remarkable, and their head to head record is identical too at 3 goals a piece. That said, if the away goals rule came into their head-to-head record, the Pharoahs would be through. But it doesn't, so now we have a playoff in neutral territory later this week in Sudan. C'mon AlgeriA.

Shit results from Europe though, hopefully the Bosnians can do something miraculous at home and overcome the Portugese.

And we're lookin pretty good for Qatar '11 after last nights come from behind win against Oman and their funny lookin' gaffer:

 

[cobl04]

i'm putting money on spain for the cup.

 

[financeguy]

Cheating c*** Henry.

 

[financeguy]

A false victory. Fuck em, I hope they get a tough group.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

Sorry Ireland!

 

[1stepcloser]

i'm no plastic paddy but feel really sorry for them tonight. i actually can't believe the way henry celebrated that goal when he knew exactly what he'd done. lost a lot of respect for him tonight.

 

[coolian2]

loved the footage from khartoum!

 

[coolian2]

oh, and ireland were given the rough end of the pineapple with added sideways movement - that was a terrible call. you can only assume the linesman and referee were unsighted.

 

[cobl04]

oh thierry can get fucked. that is atrocious.

hand of god? hand of a cunt.