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Patrick Bateman · Sat 21 Jun 2008, 10:08 pm

Jesus. Russia played them off the park.

diana · #167 Post by **diana** » Sat 21 Jun 2008, 10:18 pm

btw referee was bad

Your Funny Uncle · Sat 21 Jun 2008, 10:48 pm

Your Funny Uncle wrote:Well done to Holland. Sadly teams that bulldoze through their groups often get over-confident and loose in the quarter or semi-finals, but we'll see...

3 quarter finals. 3 group winners out. I rest my case. (Hoping Spain can buck the trend...)

Parkol · #169 Post by **Parkol** » Sat 21 Jun 2008, 10:49 pm

You even don't understand what's happening now on the street.
Everyone is out and screams.

I remember Van Basten in 1988 or smt. like this. He was a good player, yes he did two goals in Dasaev gates. But not now.

I have no voice now, no nervous, nothing...
I left all there.

No sleep now. I can't!

Undertaker · #170 Post by **Undertaker** » Sat 21 Jun 2008, 11:35 pm

Like i said before, teams peak too early. Perfect examples were the Dutch and Croats. Robben missing was a major blow for the Dutch. They had hardly any pace and with the Russian defence being average, Van Basten should have played 2 out and out wingers. Especially as the Russian keeper has glue on his feet and comes out for nothing. Or even stuck someone up front with Van Basten, other than Van Persie who is too inconsistent.

I thought the Dutch were scared too of getting beat. Plenty of pace would have seen them through.

Like Kris said, the Russians would be a great side if the took more chances. Arshavin is the player of the tournament so far IMO.

Tomorrow brings us the biggest game of the tournament so far.

Parkol · #171 Post by **Parkol** » Sun 22 Jun 2008, 12:14 am

We had to play better, we need to score more.
There were many chanses to make the score more...

Interesting who wins tomorow...

Fugitive1979 · #172 Post by **Fugitive1979** » Sun 22 Jun 2008, 4:46 am

Patrick Bateman wrote:But Italia '90 was crap! I think that all England supporters view it through rose-tinted glasses.

Hmmm........, defeats to a bunch of Latin American no-hopers and the worst Brazil team in a generation. Yes, I really look at Italia'90 through rose-tinted glasses.

Undertaker · #173 Post by **Undertaker** » Sun 22 Jun 2008, 6:47 pm

Most English will always remember Italia 90 and one of the fondest memories. It was one of the tournaments were you could come away and say that youactually perfomed and was a bit unlucky. The games v's Cameroon and Germany were 2 of the best and most tense matches i can remember.

It will always be remembered also for those ace tackles on the Argies v Cameroon. I'm off to look for it on Youtube because it was funny.

Lol, it took 3 attempts to nail the cheating druggie but they got there in the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeRlJJbtdHc

Undertaker · #174 Post by **Undertaker** » Sun 22 Jun 2008, 6:50 pm

Took over 2.5 goals tonight. f****** Luca Toni better wake up.

Patrick Bateman · Sun 22 Jun 2008, 8:05 pm

Fugitive1979 wrote:Hmmm........, defeats to a bunch of Latin American no-hopers and the worst Brazil team in a generation. Yes, I really look at Italia'90 through rose-tinted glasses.

Isn't that a successful tournament by Scottish standards though?

Undertaker · #176 Post by **Undertaker** » Sun 22 Jun 2008, 8:17 pm

Here we go again. Football is supposed to be entertainment. Can someone tell the boring Italians. For f*** sake, they are doing what the Turks did the other night and play for penalties from the very beginning. You can understand Turkey to a certain extent but the Italians are supposed to be a top nation and they serve up this tripe.

Been impressed with the Italian centre halves though. Solid as a rock.

Patrick Bateman · Sun 22 Jun 2008, 8:25 pm

I don't think they are playing for penalties, just a mild catenaccio. Spain look nervous.

*edit* Oh well, Spain-Russia will be a far better game than Italy-Russia anyway. I still love Italian defending though.

AlfonsoPSB · #178 Post by **AlfonsoPSB** » Sun 22 Jun 2008, 10:35 pm

Ooooheeeeeeeeeeeeer!

(Picture not doctored)

Undertaker · #179 Post by **Undertaker** » Sun 22 Jun 2008, 10:36 pm

Justice done to be fair. No one should have to put up with watching that dross. The worst part is, they have enough quality to play decent, attacking football. How many times are the Italians beaten on pens? You think they would have learn't their lesson.

I can see why Luca Toni plays now. He's in to head it on to nobody. What a crock of sh*t. He might have done better if he had a strike partner but that doesn't excuse his 50 pence head. He must be the only player to have lead boots.

I wish people would stop going on about penalties being solely about bottle. It's about technical abilty and concentration as well. Two out of the three pens stuttered in their run up. all 3 were more concerned with staring at the ref, waiting for him to blow his whistle.

Spain and Russia could and should be a goal fest.

Patrick Bateman · Sun 22 Jun 2008, 10:40 pm

Yeah but Italian defending is part of the deal. Get rid of that and you may as well get rid of hot Italian women and religion too. He should have brought del Piero on a lot earlier though.

*substitutes striker*