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#2001 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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Respect Zlatan
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
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#2002 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Sweden leading, good stuff. Hopefully England goes out early so Rooney and the other Man Utd/England players get a longer summer break.
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#2003 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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Not so fast, my friend
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
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#2004 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Can't believe Walcott shot was a goal, the Swedish goalkeeper must not have seen it at all.
2-2 now, exciting second half so far. |
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#2005 |
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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#2006 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Sick goal from Welbeck.
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#2007 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
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I have had zero time to watch any of the games.
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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on german TV they found one angle where you could see the ball getting deflected juuuust a little bit to explain the weird trajectory and yeah, he just didn´t see the ball until it was too late. Very entertaining 2nd half which was also the only half i got to see as i was travelling the rest of the evening, as far as i was told i caught all the good stuff minus maybe the side-show of the monsoon in Donezk ![]() he other game i missed was England-France which pretty much everybody tells me was the snoozer of the tournament so far. I can live with that ![]() Ibrahimovic : as much as i can accept that he is tremendously gifted he´s also undoubtedly sort of an ass (see him screaming at Hart) and the 2 times i saw him from a stadium make me believe what every expert that bothers to look is saying : The guy does not give the effort unless he´s in a position to get the ball. He takes forever to get back, you can´t play pressing with him and he doesn´t open up space with runs. It´s a shame really, because i don´t think there will be a guy with his mix of physichal ability and skill all that often in the future. For England i´m happy for Walcott, great effort by him ![]()
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#2009 |
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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I'm pretty sure Hart was getting yelled at because he started shoving the Swedish players that were celebrating in front of his goal.
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#2010 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Newbury, England
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Decent performance, good fighting spirit after an awful opening to the second half. Oh yeah, and FU Ibrahimovic! A least by going a goal down hopefully he will feel the defeat more after getting all up himself at 2-1! Just a beefed up Mickey Pearce who bottles it on the big stage anyway. Flat track bully.
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#2011 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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Missed today's games as I was driving out to western MA all afternoon. Maybe I can catch tomorrow's somewhere out here before the wedding I'm going to tomorrow night.
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#2012 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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so why do they all of a suddenly swith both games to start at the same time instead of one early one late?
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#2013 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
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#2014 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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#2015 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
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#2016 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Lisboa, ME
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Just noticed how similar the Euro opener is to the opening credits for Game of Thrones.
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#2017 |
lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
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I wasnt into the idea of the Euros expanding to 24 teams for 2016, but the group stages are coming to an end so quickly I want them padded out now.
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#2018 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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I tend to be far on the side of 'country" in the "club vs. country" debate, but this weather has to be making club owners and mangers sick with worry as they watch these games.
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
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#2019 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Lisboa, ME
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Oh my, Greece.
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#2020 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Morgan Hill, CA
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Are they going to have 16 teams advance out of the group stage? Seems a bit much to advance 2/3 of the teams if that's the case.
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#2021 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Morgan Hill, CA
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Well Poland is done. Russia/Greece now the game to watch.
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#2022 |
lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
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Pity about Greece going through. I was hoping the boring defensive teams, like Greece and England, would go out.
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#2023 |
lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
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#2024 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Midwest
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Seems like it waters down the first knockout stage, but it will mean that every group game will matter...which will keep all countries involved interested till the end of the group stage. Guess that's a good thing.
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#2025 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Pathetic showing by the polish team after the 25th or so minute, that was absolutely terrible. No confidence, no fight, no composure. Bäh ...
Greece deserves to go through in a way, coming back from a disastrous refereeing mistake in the first game scoring the 1:1 with 10 vs 11 and yesterday they owned the russians in terms of tactics and will to win. It´s a shame that Karagounis has to miss the quarter final after another huge mistake by a ref ... (overall i think the Refs have been great though) Hope Germany does change up the squad a little bit and maybe tests a new wrinkle, especially since Greece or Czech will be the QF foe (i´m just going to assume greece, denmark really isn´t that good ...) and both play super defensive. Maybe play 2 strikers and 3 at the back like they tested in earlier friendlies. Germany will be refereed by the arrogant spaniard from the opening game btw ... I seldom bitch about theese things, but isn´t it an absolute joke to have a spanish ref (after all a perfectly likely Semi Final oponent) who is known for handing out cards (he has multiple games with 9,10 and in general propably by far the highest average of cards of any ref at the euro) whistle the last german group game ? Thankfully only Badstuber has a yellow till now and could miss the QF with another, but anyone who picks up a yellow this game and in the QF would miss a game against spain (or anybody else) in the SF.
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#2026 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Lisboa, ME
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Didn't that Spanish ref nearly average a red a game in La Liga?
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#2027 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Morgan Hill, CA
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Nothing sweeter than Portugal losing.
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#2028 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: A sports era long ago when everything didnt require a Nike logo
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Both very entertaining games and of course, I have to leave for work.
No TV there to watch, not a chance that I can DVR and make it home without someone telling me the final score or who advanced. AARRGH Still should be done in time to watch the last 2-3 holes of the US Open though. Great sports weekend.
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#2029 |
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Bye bye Bert
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#2030 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Germany´s return to being a tournament team ? Again not pretty but a deserved win still. Awesome that Bender scores it, what a great run by him to get into that position
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#2031 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Midwest
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Underachieving Dutch at it again. I love watching them play, but I can imagine being a real fan of them has to be maddening. Germany is looking like the most solid team so far, not pretty, but composed. They should handle Greece, but Portugal-Czech Republic will be an interesting quarterfinal.
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#2032 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Germany v Greece is interesting, eh? No political overtones there...
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Delayed by a weekend away, group D scenario:
* goal difference and goals scored will decide here, currently being Fra (3-1) and Eng (4-3), if all is tied, England advances as the higher seed France wins group with win and England doesn't win my 1 goal more than France or win by same number of goals and score 2 goals less, or with draw + England-Ukraine draw, advance with win or draw, still advance with loss + Ukraine loss England wins group with win and France doesn't win by the same goal difference or by 1 goal less and also not scoring 2 or more goals more, or with draw + France loss, advance with win or draw Ukraine wins group with win + France loss or draw, can only advance with a win Sweden is knocked out
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#2034 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Ironic how the Portugese always play their A game against us. Even Cristiano Ronaldo showed up in a tournament for a change.
Bad luck vs Denmark, beaten fair and square by the better Germans and then losing against our 21st century angstgegner (2002, 2004, 2006, 2012). At least we still have 2010 to remember this generation. Or do we? For the overall image of the game, I suppose I have to hope Germany wins it. ![]()
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#2035 |
Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: London, England
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#2036 |
Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: London, England
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I think Spain are going to blow this...
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#2037 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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They're desperately trying to. Somebody on the Spanish side needs to freakin' shoot.
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#2038 |
Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: London, England
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Or maybe not.
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#2039 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Lisboa, ME
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Awful, awful defending.
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#2040 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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And now Spain is about to redefine time wasting.
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#2041 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Or not.
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#2042 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Modric was pretty damn great today, too bad it was in a loss but today was propably one of the finer individual efforts i´ve seen from a playmaker in recent times.
Croatia as a whole with a really spirited game, they played spain about as tough as anybody could. Schildenfeld was great defensively, Mandzukic was impressive holding up the ball up front. I was actually happy Spain scored that goal. I honestly wouldn´t have minded about them loosing and going out (any german who tells you different is lying ![]() I am NOT saying i am allready expecting Germany to go through easily or anything, but as a fan i can´t help to dream about that matchup.
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#2043 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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Beauty goal by Balotelli. Even more impressed by his lack of showboating afterwards. Maybe he's finally growing up (hah yeah right). Still...gorgeous goal.
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Got news for ya. Balotelli does plenty of stupid things, but he never showboats after goals. He actually never celebrates and gets criticized for it all the time. |
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#2045 |
hates iowa
Join Date: Oct 2010
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I better preface that by striking the 'Why Always Me?' moment from the record. lol
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Here's an example of what was commonplace during his first year at City. Became the norm during the 2011-12 season and much less was written about it.
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini jokes he could punch Mario Balotelli for not celebrating goals - Goal.com Quote:
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#2047 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Lisboa, ME
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Yeah, I was going to say him not celebrating is very unsurprising. He was the same way at Inter.
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#2048 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
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didn´t he start doing angry faces and then one of his teammates put his hand over his face/mouth and got him in a choke-hold ? (after yeterdays goal that is)
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Lisboa, ME
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The temperamental Manchester City forward came off the bench and scored his first goal in the tournament but rather than celebrate, he looked into the direction of the Italian bench and shouted a few words before team-mate Leonardo Bonucci put his hand over the striker's mouth. That's from F365.
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#2050 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
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that´s about what i figured. Sad that it may be, he just isn´t made for a team sport with his "everybody is out to get me" attitude.
He was a fringe player to even be in the 23 (right ?) and after getting included in the squad he even starts and after playing okish but not making his chances count he gets replaced and aparently again thinks it is all just a big conspiracy against him.
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