I didn't see Japan v Cameroon ending that way either. Good on Japan. One side note regarding the England v US game. Yes the US played well, but let's call a spade a spade here. They had a goal gifted to them and England played horribly. Stevie G came out and attacked only once and the result was a goal in the opening minutes. After the goal they stopped using him. Rooney was a non-issue as well. You put Stevie G in his usual role and get Rooney on his game and England will look like a completely different team. Put the US on the top of their game against England on the top of their game and it's a four or five goal routing. Sure there's a bunch of US players that play in the EPL, but they aren't stars and they don't play on the top teams. Save for Howard of course. He's a star for sure. The same can not be said for England. Most of its players are on top 4 teams.
Don't take this as US bashing though, because that's not what it is. It's simply a statement of fact. That's my $0.02 anyway. On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would have loved to see Italy go down, still, good on Paraguay. > That's a solid point. > > For all the trash talking about the Americans, that was a solid game > as well. Good defense, not letting an early goal get them timid, > respecting the opposition but not getting freaked out. If not for a > great save on Altidore's shot, that could have easily been a win for > the ol' USA. If they can keep up that effort, I see a good chance for > them to come out 1st in Group C. > > My favorite upset thus far would have to be Japan over Cameroon. I > really didn't see that one coming. Further proof that any result can > come about in a single match. Cameroon is probably going to have to > pull out 3 points from their match with the Netherlands in order to > advance. Ouch, not an easy task. > > Judah > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > #Ita 1- #Par 1 . Amazing. What's happening this world cup? Italy > > couldn't crack that defence. > > > > On 6/14/10, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Paraguay looks really good this year. Much better than I was expecting. > I > >> would LOVE to see the Italian team get beat. I have zero respect for > that > >> team. > >> > >> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Whoooo hooo!!! Paraguay score from a free kick! Beautiful header, > >>> gorgeous goal! #Par 1 #ITA 0 > >>> > >>> On 6/14/10, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> > >>> >> The US was supposed to get its ass kicked every which way till > Sunday > >>> >> in this game. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> >> That first goal in the first 4 minutes was supposed to be a sign of > >>> >> things for the rest of the match. > >>> >> England was probably hoping to put at least 4 on the US. > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > I'm a soccer idiot, but even I knew that the US wouldn't get killed > in > >>> this > >>> > match, and that a draw was a likely outcome. US is not a pushover, > and > >>> > England typically under-performs on the big stage, especially as a > >>> favorite. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > If you have quality keeper, you always have a chance. > >>> > > >>> > Oh, and holy Deutchland Batman...I know the Aussies aren't much, but > >>> Germany > >>> > looked ridiculous. > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > It was long ago and it was far away > >>> > It was so much better than it is today > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321209 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
