Some of the goals have been good. Real good in fact. Heck, the first goal of the tournament was a thing of beauty.
I thought a couple of the games were rather mundane though. Perhaps i just expect too much, want every game to be like the T&T match. Specifically, i thought the England and the Portugal matches were sloppy at best. Im heading home for a couple of hours to watch the US game live. I'd love a win, but would be more than satisfied if we could pull a tie. On 6/12/06, John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > First up.....GO USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > Ahem, anyway.....thoughts from the weekend of soccer: > > > > - T&T was very impressive, overcoming a superior Sweden team and one > > horrible ref. > > - The Brits should be preparing themselves for yet another WC > > disappointment. They were tentative. > > - Portugal may be overrated yet again. > > - Mexico is strong. They've got a shot at the finals. Ugh. > > - African soccer seems to have regressed if anything. > > - The Germany/Costa Rica opener was by far the most enjoyable match so > > far. > > Other matches have been more tentative, with teams more worried about > > preventing a mistake than attacking their opponents. > > - The US/Czech tilt today has the potential to be a classic. > > > > All and all, i'm a tad disappointed so far in the quality of play. > > However, > > I expect that to pick up significantly as teams start to face possible > > elimination. > > > > Watchoo all think? > > I'd say Mexico and Iran, or Sweden vs. TT was more enjoyable. I mean > those > were exciting games. > > The Germans looked like you would expect the German team to look, > disciplined, almost military in their formations and passing. Although > their back field was surprisingly open, with holes I wouldn't have > expected, > thankfully their boys kept the ball upfront for the vast majority of the > game. > > Today is going to be scary. I mean, Czech Republic is a solid good team. > Italy is going to be a bitch as well. Don't know anything about Ghana's > team, but I imagine they are pretty good. > > I don't know how you can be disappointed with the quality of play. There > have already been huge upsets, the games have been moving fast as hell, > especially when compared to MLS soccer. Also some of the goals have been > incredible; Christ that Mexican header for their second goal was something > that will be on the history channel some day :) I thought it was that > good. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208771 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
