[Shade]

I think I remember... If it's what I think, that one was bad enough that I could see it even despite danish bias. Besides, there's no point for the refs helping us, we'll fail qualifying anyway Once we get to a tournament we're terrific, but we tend to need **** like Yugoslavia being thrown out in 1992 to actually make it in.

[Unknown Target]

Soccer?



Who cares?

[aldo_14]

Soccer?



Who cares?

The world.  Or at least, more people than for any other sporting event.

[Colonol Dekker]

"cough" Whats that the "World series?" where the rest of the world doesn't paricipate? "cough"

[Kie99]

Well what about Romanias game with Denmark with thatUrsz something was his name hows that for obvious stealing a game. They did a formakl complaint to the FIFA but to no use. They even awarded him some prize not long after. Well at least the comentators said something i will never forget and that is that he has to be insane to come in Romania in vacation or otherwise.

Urz Meier?  I remember he disallowed a perfectly good England goal in Euro 2004, and we ended up going out on penalties.

The one thing I hate most about the video Kara posted is that the Italian goes down like he's in absolute agony, and looks like he'll never play again.  In a couple of minutes he was back up perfectly fine.  Play-acting really pisses me off.

[aldo_14]

Well what about Romanias game with Denmark with thatUrsz something was his name hows that for obvious stealing a game. They did a formakl complaint to the FIFA but to no use. They even awarded him some prize not long after. Well at least the comentators said something i will never forget and that is that he has to be insane to come in Romania in vacation or otherwise.

Urz Meier?  I remember he disallowed a perfectly good England goal in Euro 2004, and we ended up going out on penalties.

Except that Terry was holding down the keeper and stopping him from jumping, making it a technically correct decision as you can see by perusing replays of it.

(Leading to a hate-mail campaign spurred on by the english tabloids).

[karajorma]

It's not play acting. It's "helping" the referee see that you were fouled

Seriously though I tend to agree with you on that point.

[Kie99]

Except that Terry was holding down the keeper and stopping him from jumping, making it a technically correct decision as you can see by perusing replays of it.

He wasn't even looking at him, he was just trying to get the ball, we could argue about it until the cows came home but it wouldn't make any difference (and we're a couple of years late).

(Leading to a hate-mail campaign spurred on by the english tabloids).

That's sickening.

It's not play acting. It's "helping" the referee see that you were fouled

Seriously though I tend to agree with you on that point.

Found a wonderful quote about Vincenzo Iaquinta

Italian striker Iaquinta displays the kind of skill you can only learn in Serie A - turning to the referee with your arm up to appeal for a penalty even while you're still in the process of tumbling theatrically to the ground. Iaquinta is carried off the pitch on a stretcher only to miraculously recover as soon as he's on the sideline, and three minutes later he makes the game safe

The Italians have some outstanding Physios, it has to be said.

[aldo_14]

It's not play acting. It's "helping" the referee see that you were fouled

Seriously though I tend to agree with you on that point.

We have at least seen a few yellow cards given out for diving, which is a start.

He wasn't even looking at him, he was just trying to get the ball, we could argue about it until the cows came home but it wouldn't make any difference (and we're a couple of years late).

Yes.  It looked a fair call to my eyes on the replay - a bit like IIRC Campbell scoring in 98 whilst Shearer was obstructing the Argentinean keeper - but who cares now?

[Colonol Dekker]

Whats a cleat meant to be?

[aldo_14]

Whats a cleat meant to be?

A stud.

[NGTM-1R]

They're actually different things. Studs are IIRC screw-in, cleats are integral.

[Colonol Dekker]

As in a football boot stud?
They've been called studs since the 1930's and earlier.
Hell the septics call rugby balls footballs in Armoured Wankball...........
Im surpised Earth isnt call planet America
Studs are studs whether they are detatchable or not... (it applies to golf shoes as well)


ANyway back to cleats i mean football..
HowscROONAY gonnaa do tomorrow, do ya think he'll play for more than the first half if sven whacks him in at the start?

[aldo_14]

They're actually different things. Studs are IIRC screw-in, cleats are integral.

Some people called blades 'cleats', though, so it's a mite confusing.

And that's ignoring mouldies, which are studs, but integral rubber ones.  And of course dimpled astroturf boots.

Anyways, as far as I'm concerned/aware cleats are the hacky metal things in American Football boots, which some annoying git in a Florida Nike Factory store directed me to when I asked for football boots.  Tsch.

[Colonol Dekker]

Meh @ Armoured Wankball............

[Night Hammer]

Hell the septics call rugby balls footballs in Armoured Wankball...........
Im surpised Earth isnt call planet America

rugby ball is differnet than an American football, rugby ball is bigger, more round

and if yall wouldnt pay attention to us like we dont pay attention to yall none of this would be an issue

[Roanoke]

amazing random fact: other than their win, france has never progressed passed the opening round of the world cup.

and that's a pretty nasty looking tackle.

[Kazan]

and proving my point that in no other game in this world cup was that tackle a red card

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=372019

EVEN THAT REF ISN'T GIVING STRAIGHT REDS FOR EVEN WORSE VERSION OF THE SAME TACKLE IN OTHER GAMES

[Ghostavo]

I love how some guy appears in that thread saying those fouls should have been red like that for Mastroeni and we have yours truly Kazan saying he is blind. 

[Kazan]

no the guy is saying pablo deserved the red