The Official World Cup 2010 Thread

[OumaFan]

fucking Hell I just saw the highlights and Slovenia were incredibly lucky to get 3 points. Stupid red card by a substitute who got two awful yellows and then the Algerian keeper just let a completely non-threatening shot go in. Not quite Robert Green awful but not that far off.

[OumaFan]

If I was England's manager I would play Rooney up top by himself with Gerrard playing right behind him and then Joe Cole on the left, Lampard and Barry in the middle and Lennon on the right. Then the normal back four.

I still don't think that is the right setup for Lampard as he wants to be the attacking midfielder but who else are you going to play there? Carrick?

[El Kabong]

If I was England's manager I would play Rooney up top by himself with Gerrard playing right behind him and then Joe Cole on the left, Lampard and Barry in the middle and Lennon on the right. Then the normal back four.

I still don't think that is the right setup for Lampard as he wants to be the attacking midfielder but who else are you going to play there? Carrick?

...Sad that a "World Power" like England has less midfield depth than the United States

Yeah if Dempsey or Donovan go down we're boned, BUT we have Beasley, Torres, Edu, Feilhaber, Holden and all those guys are solid substitutes for our midfield because we play more as a team

[OumaFan]

I actually don't think Carrick's bad but English fans don't seem to like him.

[killersheep]

So because it wasn't 3-0 England.....................Are we down a poster?

[El Kabong]

I do think Bob Bradley's 1 mistake was not making an earlier change....we seemed to link up decently at times and then have a wayward pass or missed opportunity....I can't stress enough how Torres could have really helped out attack. We were splitting possession about 56-44 if we had kind of a "point guard" type of player like Torres in there we would have probably split time 50-50 and I bet we would have created better chances too. Torres is our new Claudio Reyna and it's silly not to play him.

So because it wasn't 3-0 England.....................Are we down a poster?

Who would that be?

[X]

My computer has just been infected with the "Rob Green Virus"...

I can't save anything....

[killersheep]

Germany playing on top form, Australia is just waiting around for help from the ref's.

[OumaFan]

Ze Germans playing pretty well. I still hate them so they have that going against them.

In all seriousness though it just fucking infuriates me when a referee just flippantly decides to pretty much end a guy's world cup. Fire him.