The unofficial World Cup Thread,

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 06-19-2010, 19:53

heh, in several games this tournament I've watched goalies take pains to avoid picking up the ball so that they could kick it to one of the defenders instead, even when one of the other team's players was closing in. Seemed very strange to me but I guessed they had a good reason for it. But Denmark just got majorly burned...

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Good god, inches from being burned again. Maybe it's just that defender that's bad?

**Hosakawa Tito** · 06-19-2010, 20:39

Both teams are playing bad defense. DEN is coughing up the ball in their own end time after time, very sloppy. Should be at least 2-2.

**Ferret** · 06-20-2010, 14:10

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

heh, in several games this tournament I've watched goalies take pains to avoid picking up the ball so that they could kick it to one of the defenders instead, even when one of the other team's players was closing in. Seemed very strange to me but I guessed they had a good reason for it.

Were they back passes?

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-20-2010, 15:11

Come on you Pacific Gods!

Only eighty more minutes to go!

**gaelic cowboy** · 06-20-2010, 15:19

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

Come on you Pacific Gods!

Only eighty more minutes to go!

Come on the All-Whites

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-20-2010, 15:26

Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy

Come on the All-Whites

Hah! Italy could never beat the all-Blacks, but the all-Whites can beat Italy!

It's all over for Europe's big football nations...

**gaelic cowboy** · 06-20-2010, 15:32

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

It's all over for Europe's big football nations...

I am sure that there is bound to be some correlation between how successful your domestic league is and how bad your national team is.

I off to puncture every football in Ireland then we will be unbeatable.