[Windrunner]

Sweden-Bulgaria 5-0 one helluwa match

[Darkage]

Originally posted by USS Alexander


best football hooligans:lol:  s.c.f owns them, and god take a look at the lazio hooligan's they are sick and not to mention the guys from ado den haag those are crazy people.

Indeed Ado Den Haag is the worst.

[kode]

Originally posted by Windrunner
Sweden-Bulgaria 5-0 one helluwa match

not a bad match at all. I must, however, claim that the england - france game was better.

and it doesn't really look too good for holland atm. I'd hate to see germany meet sweden tho.

[Darkage]

1 Germany-Holland 0


I hope it stays that way.

[Darkage]

1-1 in the 80th minute


i am somehow getting my national spirit back.

i must be ill



Edit: match ended in 1-1

[kasperl]

Ugh, Van Nistelrooy should really be hurt for making that goal. He sucked the entire match, and then at the last moment, he saves the game for Holland. Onto another week of orange madness.

And yeah, ADO is probably pretty bad too.

[Martinus]

Originally posted by vyper


Oddly enough Ireland is the cause all these bloody idiots fight over Rangers and Celtic here.

Ironic.

[color=66ff00]Indeed, what point does waving a tri-colour or a union jack at a scottish footie match serve other than to say 'Yes we are bigoted asses'.
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[Rictor]

Well, its gets the Scots pissed off, which is apparently purpose enough for some.

So, who are your picks for the finals? I'm going with France and maybe Italy. There are just too many teams that are too evenly matched right now...

[01010]

I'd say if England actually play an attacking game, they have a decent chance of doing well this time around.

[Jiggyhound]

England are on top form, the france loss was an unlucky hiccup really, silly fouls that lost us the game.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]Indeed, what point does waving a tri-colour or a union jack at a scottish footie match serve other than to say 'Yes we are bigoted asses'.
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To be fair, there is some historical basis - Celtic were founded by Catholic monks* and their support was initially from Irish immigrants (who were the main / only Catholic group at the time.  Rangers were named after a touring english rugby team, are a largely Protestant team and thus somewhat monarchistic.....not to mention that the colours match the strip.

But really, it's a load of pish.  I'm a Rangers fan and I'd much rather see the St.Andrews cross or Lion Rampant at Ibrox any day.  Although, there are a lot of other flags kicking around both stadiums - sometimes for good reasons (i.e. US flag when Reyna palyed for the Gers), sometimes for no apparent reason (Celtic fans have adopted the Palestinian flag, Rangers the Israeli - showing how the Old firm can embrace any rivalry).

My tip for the final - Spain vs France.  Spain are the best team I've seen so far, and France won't have many worst goalscoring / chance making performances than they did against England (they dominated play but created nearly sod-all - albiet Englands 8-0-2 system may have had an affect on that).  Plus France have shown the character for it.... as for the other big-guns; Portugal probably won't qualify (I can't see them beating Spain), Italy looked bereft of width against Denmark, the Dutch were shambolic at times against Germany and Germany simply aren't good enough.


*partly to stop them mixing with Protestants, depending on which stories you believe.

[Tiara]

I am truly appauled by Kasperl and Darkage. You don't have to like football but to say you hope your own country loses makes me wanna hurl... at you. Seriously, it's better to shut your pieholes then to say anything at all about football apparently.

Really, you guys rather have your normal boring ass lives instead of parties, booze and fun? If you don't like football there are still parties to go to. Go to the closest pub and voila, party. You don't even have to watch the game, just have some damned fun.

But I guess you guys would rather be sitting in your room watching the Bold and the Beautifull or something. Damned pessimists.

I really can't stand it when people are so pessimistic and negative about something.

*tentacle rapes Darkage and Kasperl for rooting for the damned Germans and then neuters them with teh Axe*

The irony, I'm a girl and the only real football fan around here.

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Now, onto the subject at hand.

Holland played extremely bad the first 50-60 minutes and deserved the weird ass goal from the Germans. But after Pierre v. Hooijdonk came onto the pitch I felt like I was watching the actual team we have... partially. After the goal from v. Nistelrooy things were all good. If the Germans wouldn't have underestimated us the last 30 minutes of the game they probably would've deserved to win. But they did, so the 1-1 final score was fair.

Ow, and... GO GREECE! I so hope they go through to the next round!

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Tiara


The irony, I'm a girl and the only real football fan around here.

I presume you mean Holland?

[Tiara]

Originally posted by aldo_14


I presume you mean Holland?

Yeah. But even if I don't, apparantly not many are real football fans on this board.

[01010]

I follow international football quite closely but I'm not interested in club level.

Jiggyhound: England do have a strong team I agree, the defence against France (2 mistakes omitted) was incredibly strong, but England aren't a defensive team, they have a strong midfield and good strikers but they weren't even getting a touch of the ball in the second half of the England-France game.

[Darkage]

I do go out and party but not during the week days, except on friday and saturday:D


I must say when i was watching the match i actualy hoped that Holland would atleast score one goal:D

[kasperl]

T: I don't give a rat's ass about partying, especially not in an exam week. What I do care about is idiots with orange clothing and wierdass shout hats yelling "Hup Holland Hup" in the bloody school yard when I am trying to focus on an upcoming test. Or even having to lag behind some idiots on bike with orange flags waving about so wide there is no  way to pass without getting slammed in the chest with a Go Holland! flag.  

That, and having a morning paper (Eindhoven's Dagblad) with a front page with only football news, but with important stuff hid away in some odd nook just because we made 1-1 annoys the hell out of me.

As for supporting my country, come on, what's there to support? If you mean the country in general, I am hardly proud of it.  If you mean the team, come on, football is just another sport to me, and not even an interesting one.

And yeah, feeling team spirit is nice, but you can over-exegurate real easily.

I stopped watching TV when Angel and Buffy stopped, and I am spending my time either studying or online trying to get a little rest. The hype is just annoying me, and it should be over with as soon as possible.

[Tiara]

Originally posted by kasperl
T: I don't give a rat's ass about partying, especially not in an exam week. What I do care about is idiots with orange clothing and wierdass shout hats yelling "Hup Holland Hup" in the bloody school yard when I am trying to focus on an upcoming test. Or even having to lag behind some idiots on bike with orange flags waving about so wide there is no  way to pass without getting slammed in the chest with a Go Holland! flag.  

That, and having a morning paper (Eindhoven's Dagblad) with a front page with only football news, but with important stuff hid away in some odd nook just because we made 1-1 annoys the hell out of me.

As for supporting my country, come on, what's there to support? If you mean the country in general, I am hardly proud of it.  If you mean the team, come on, football is just another sport to me, and not even an interesting one.

And yeah, feeling team spirit is nice, but you can over-exegurate real easily.

I stopped watching TV when Angel and Buffy stopped, and I am spending my time either studying or online trying to get a little rest. The hype is just annoying me, and it should be over with as soon as possible.

As I thought, an unpatriotic, pessimistic nerd. If you got to ***** about something do it in the confession booth but don't ruin other people's fun by being all negative and pessimistic.

Really, if you don't like it, don't want to party, don't want to have fun and basically don't want to live your life, that's up to you.

Also, you're in high-school right? Exam weeks were over a week ago, so don't gimme that excuse. (Or is it 'repetitie week' from the lower classes? In that case, sorry for this comment )

All, I see is *complain complain complain* in your posts. Keep it to your damned self.

Sorry for the personal attack but I despise negative people who make it their business to infect other people.

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Goes back to watching Russia-Portugal . GO RUSSIA!

[Rictor]

kasperl: but hype if fun fun. You can't deny your heritage. You were born on European soil, so science dictates that you must love football. Its like trying to fight gravity, its just doesn't work. When no ones around to judge you, I know what you do. You quickly switch from Star Trek to the footie game, and breathe deep your secret passion. Its OK man, everyone does it.

[kasperl]

Oh, gosh, I see you know my schools schedule better then all the teachers, the students, and the principal does. I'd better tell them we can't have any exams. But hey, here's an idea, I am not in 5 HAVO or 5/6 VWO, so it might just be that I am not having central exams. But how can that be? I might just have to ask my teachers. Oh, yeah, school exams, schoolexamen, schoolonderzoek. But of course, you know it better then everybody else, so I will have to tell them I cannot do my exams because you say so.  

FYI, I am in 4 VWO, and working my ass of to pass the year after 12 weeks of illness.

And if you care, you started off the attacks, I only said I was hoping that Holland quit, because of the bloody hype. If you can't handle that, no need to pretend your me without caffeine or sleep. And certainly no need to go of on a rampant about patriotism.

As for 'living my life', well, I kinda put that on hold indefinately when I stopped being able to walk up a stair without running out of breath. Also, I might just need my time to pass. If you care, I could put up a nice little excel sheet with my grades. No fun.