Soccer Thread 2009-10 - Page 15

cartman · 10-10-2009, 10:49 PM

Jesus, a penalty for Honduras

cartman · 10-10-2009, 10:50 PM

HE MISSED!

bulletsponge · 10-10-2009, 10:50 PM

oh shit

Big Fo · 10-10-2009, 10:51 PM

Penalty to Honduras on a Spector handball, Pavon sent that bitch into orbit, lol

Lucky break, now make it count guys

bulletsponge · 10-10-2009, 10:51 PM

he missed!?

cartman · 10-10-2009, 10:52 PM

that was WAY too close

bulletsponge · 10-10-2009, 10:52 PM

i cant watch the game so im trying to follow it on BS. its almost self imploding everyones going apeshit

cartman · 10-10-2009, 10:53 PM

damn it, we are giving Honduras too many chances!

cartman · 10-10-2009, 10:54 PM

we are in injury time now.

bulletsponge · 10-10-2009, 10:55 PM

please hold on!

Big Fo · 10-10-2009, 10:56 PM

Feilhaber should have iced it there. Three minutes left I think.

cartman · 10-10-2009, 10:58 PM

WOOT!!!!

Those last 15 minutes were brutal

bulletsponge · 10-10-2009, 10:58 PM

did we win
?

Big Fo · 10-10-2009, 10:59 PM

And that's it, we're in the World Cup. Awesome.

bulletsponge · 10-10-2009, 10:59 PM

woohoo!!!!!!!!!

rowech · 10-10-2009, 10:59 PM

What a wild 2nd half!

A win's a win no matter how ugly or pretty it might be.

SirFozzie · 10-10-2009, 11:47 PM

something no other country did in Honduras, and that's beat em. I'll take it.

RainMaker · 10-10-2009, 11:56 PM

The sad thing about this not being televised is that there are tons of Americans who missed out on seeing a captivating game. This would have been great for soccer in the states.

MIJB#19 · 10-11-2009, 06:42 AM

FIFA World Cup qualifiers after Saturday's games (19 teams)
Africa: South Africa, Ivory Coast, Ghana
Asia: Japan, Australia, South Korea, North Korea
North America: U.S.A., Mexico
South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Chili
Europe: Netherlands, England, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Serbia

To be determined (13 tickets)
Africa, 3 from: Cameroun or Gabon, Nigeria or Tunisia or Mozambique or Kenya, Egypt or Algeria
Asia/Ociania, 1 from: Bahrain or New Zealand
North America, 1 from: Costa Rica or Honduras
South America, 1 from: Argentina or Uruguay
North America/South America, 1 from: Costa Rica, Honduras, Argentina, Uruguay or Ecuador
Europe, 2 from: Slovakia or Slovenia, Switzerland or Greece
Europe, 4 from: Portugal or Sweden or Hungary or Norway, Russia, France, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovakia or Slovenia or Czech Rep or Northern Ireland, Greece or Switzerland or Israel or Latvia, Ukraine or Croatia

cthomer5000 · 10-11-2009, 11:00 AM

One of the craziest games I've ever seen.... watching it on seedy internet streams helped that.

We can thank Carlos Pavon for being criminally incompetent as a striker for Honduras. That season with the Galaxy gave me all the info I needed on him. As he stepped up for the PK I told my girlfriend "Well, the one thing we have going for us is this guy REALLY sucks"... he then sailed it over the crossbar, and missed a point blank header minutes later.

This game continued to show we have a lot of problems, but we got the hard work done. We're off to South Africa.

cthomer5000 · 10-11-2009, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

FIFA World Cup qualifiers after Saturday's games (19 teams)
Africa: South Africa, Ivory Coast, Ghana
Asia: Japan, Australia, South Korea, North Korea
North America: U.S.A., Mexico
South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Chili
Europe: Netherlands, England, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Serbia

To be determined (13 tickets)
Africa, 3 from: Cameroun or Gabon, Nigeria or Tunisia or Mozambique or Kenya, Egypt or Algeria
Asia/Ociania, 1 from: Bahrain or New Zealand
North America, 1 from: Costa Rica or Honduras
South America, 1 from: Argentina or Uruguay
North America/South America, 1 from: Costa Rica, Honduras, Argentina, Uruguay or Ecuador
Europe, 2 from: Slovakia or Slovenia, Switzerland or Greece
Europe, 4 from: Portugal or Sweden or Hungary or Norway, Russia, France, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovakia or Slovenia or Czech Rep or Northern Ireland, Greece or Switzerland or Israel or Latvia, Ukraine or Croatia

There's the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff there as well. Ecuador is still very much in the mix to slide into that playoff slot. They can technically make the #4 position, but it won't happen. They'll need to go through the 5 spot and the playoffs for that to happen.

edit: Ecuador play at Chile on Wednesday. If Ecuador win, they are in the playoff spot guaranteed. Also, if they win, Uruguay/Argentina becomes an elimination game (with a draw working to Argentina's advantage).

MIJB#19 · 10-11-2009, 12:25 PM

Ah yes, that's true.

I'm aware of Ecuador technically being alive for 4th place, but the Arg-Uru clash means they need a draw in that game and to win by a big margin on the road. Based on that, I 'forgot' to list them (which is not nice, given that I did list virtually eliminated Norway, that needs Malta to beat Portugal by a huge margin and needs Sweden to draw). I did the same thing with Venezuela for the South America/North America playoff ticket.

whomario · 10-11-2009, 01:50 PM

Good to see the US qualified, looking forward to seeing a couple players from your team again like Donovan and Feilhaber, maybe Cooper gets a shot as well.

German Team qualified as well yesterday, though i sure hope Russia makes it through in the Playoff as well. Russia should have won yesterday, were the better team . Germany wasn´t bad, played very controlled game on a high level in terms of technique (the game was played on artificial pitch btw which imo is a great idea in places like russia, made the game much better than what it would have been on a muddy rain-soaked pitch) , didn´t have many chances though. Russia had more chances and played really good soccer, just couldn´t make them count. Germany connected in the first half for the only goal on a wonderfull combination of Podolski, Özil and then Klose with the goal :

the guy hasn´t scored a single goal this season and was benched most games actually with Bayern Munich and then makes this huge goal. One of my favourite players, so glad

Now has 48 international Goals 3rd most a german striker ever scored.

full game highlights if anyones interested : YouTube - Russland - Deutschland 0:1 (FIFA World Cup 2010) Highlights & Interviews (starts after 20 seconds, no worry with the first few pictures, there´s film coming eventually

)

german U20 lost to Brasil

Up 1:0 in the 2nd half, then Brasil scores in the 88th and then again after just seconds into the OT ...

SirFozzie · 10-13-2009, 02:51 PM

Dear god.

Charlie Davies, striker for the US Soccer team, suffered what could be career threatening injuries in a one car accident on the DC Parkway early this morning (approximately 3:15 am), where the car basically was split in half.

One person in the vehicle was pronounced dead, while Davies is currently in surgery but in stable condition.

It's unknown if Davies was the driver, and if Alcohol was involved.

(Warning, this is what's left of the car after the accident and the rescue efforts, so I'm not going to show it directly)
http://media.bonnint.net/wtop/16/1663/166352.jpg

ISiddiqui · 10-13-2009, 02:55 PM

Just saw that on Twitter. That's quite a shame

.

dacman · 10-13-2009, 03:18 PM

SON OF A .......!

DaddyTorgo · 10-13-2009, 03:48 PM

fucking a!!!

prayers for Charlie everyone. The guy was really putting it together. Hopefully his injuries aren't career-threatening.

DaddyTorgo · 10-13-2009, 04:19 PM

Per Twitter Goff reports broken leg and internal injuries

Big Fo · 10-13-2009, 04:21 PM

Awful news

SirFozzie · 10-13-2009, 05:01 PM

Goff is reporting that Davies was a passenger and not the driver.

BishopMVP · 10-13-2009, 05:04 PM

Police saying he wasn't the driver... been in surgery 5+ hours. "possibly career-threatening" but not life-threatening injuries.

sovereignstar · 10-13-2009, 06:44 PM

Cringer · 10-13-2009, 08:22 PM

"Ugh" is a good way to say how I feel without getting long-winded.

k0ruptr · 10-13-2009, 08:57 PM

God I truly hope he makes a great recovery.

cthomer5000 · 10-13-2009, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cringer

"Ugh" is a good way to say how I feel without getting long-winded.

Me too. And probably for the same reasons.

SirFozzie · 10-13-2009, 09:52 PM

Yeah, you can pretty much pencil him out of WC2010:

Davies suffered a lacerated bladder, fractured right tibia and femur, and a fractured elbow.

In on the field news, Northern Ireland's Cliftonville took on a mixed first and second team from Scottish giants Celtic, and whipped them handily, 3-0.

whomario · 10-14-2009, 05:42 AM

Northers Ireland´s national team has been very competitive the last 2 qualifying campaigns (both last euro and now for the WC) and basically were on the verge of qualifying.
Although no national team players actually play in the home league but in England, scottland etc.

dacman · 10-14-2009, 07:26 AM

NI is not mathematically eliminated. If they beat the Czech Republic and San Marino beats Slovenia (why are you laughing?) AND they make up 8 goals in GD (again with the laughter??), they would finish 2nd in their group and be in the playoffs.

Big Fo · 10-14-2009, 10:16 AM

Jonny Evans

USA has scheduled their first post-WCQ friendly, they'll be playing Denmark away. Denmark won their group so that should be a decent test.

I want Bradley to give some other guys a start today against Costa Rica, Torres in particular. Maybe Guzan, Rogers, Cooper, and one of Goodson/Conrad.

Uruguay v. Argentina could be a great game today.

DaddyTorgo · 10-14-2009, 10:18 AM

are we gonna get Costa Rica on tv??

Big Fo · 10-14-2009, 10:22 AM

ESPN2

Broadcast starts at 7:30pm EST, kickoff around 8pm.

DaddyTorgo · 10-14-2009, 10:23 AM

huuuuuuuuuuuuuuahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

i figured as much...just checking

Oilers9911 · 10-14-2009, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

fucking a!!!

prayers for Charlie everyone. The guy was really putting it together. Hopefully his injuries aren't career-threatening.

Hope he gets well soon but more importantly a 22 year old woman died. I think she deserves prayers too.

DaddyTorgo · 10-14-2009, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oilers9911

Hope he gets well soon but more importantly a 22 year old woman died. I think she deserves prayers too.

of course.

when i typed that first post i hadn't read the details of the story to see that someone died.

Galaxy · 10-14-2009, 06:53 PM

Europe looks interesting now.

What does everyone think of FIFA's decision (which just happened) to now see the 2nd place teams in the European play-offs, instead of a blind draw? It will now mean that Portugal, France, Russia, and Greece will unlikely have to each other. I know Ireland wasn't too happy with it.

SirFozzie · 10-14-2009, 07:09 PM

Argentina squeaks through 1-0 with a late goal to take the final S.America qualifying spot. Uruguay still will play either Costa Rica or Honduras, as Ecuador failed to get the required three points, losing 1-0 at Chile.

Big Fo · 10-14-2009, 07:09 PM

Quote:

What does everyone think of FIFA's decision (which just happened) to now see the 2nd place teams in the European play-offs, instead of a blind draw? It will now mean that Portugal, France, Russia, and Greece will unlikely have to each other. I know Ireland wasn't too happy with it.

It's complete bullshit, especially since it was only announced a few weeks or a month ago when it was clear teams like France, Portugal, and Russia were struggling.

The teams were already seeded in the groups, seeding the playoffs is too much.

Argentina and Chile win, Argies finish 4th and Uruguay will play CONCACAF's #4 team.

Not many changes for the US team tonight, Cherundolo in for Spector, Fielhaber in for Clark, Altidore in for Davies.

Big Fo · 10-14-2009, 07:14 PM

Now that's the Conor Casey we expected in Honduras, ugh. Great setup by Altidore.

Karlifornia · 10-14-2009, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Fo

Now that's the Conor Casey we expected in Honduras, ugh. Great setup by Altidore.

Yeah, that was ugly after Altidore just punked 3 dudes.

Big Fo · 10-14-2009, 07:26 PM

1-0 Costa Rica.

Ruiz burned Onyewu then slotted it through Howard's legs.

edit: Shit, it's 2-0 now. Ruiz again, curled into the upper corner from outside the box.

10-10-2009, 10:49 PM	#701
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Jesus, a penalty for Honduras __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

10-10-2009, 10:50 PM	#702
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	HE MISSED! __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

10-10-2009, 10:52 PM	#706
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	that was WAY too close __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

10-10-2009, 10:53 PM	#708
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	damn it, we are giving Honduras too many chances! __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

10-10-2009, 10:54 PM	#709
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	we are in injury time now. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

10-10-2009, 10:50 PM	#703
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	oh shit

10-10-2009, 10:51 PM	#704
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	Penalty to Honduras on a Spector handball, Pavon sent that bitch into orbit, lol Lucky break, now make it count guys

10-10-2009, 10:51 PM	#705
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	he missed!?

10-10-2009, 10:52 PM	#707
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	i cant watch the game so im trying to follow it on BS. its almost self imploding everyones going apeshit

10-10-2009, 10:55 PM	#710
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	please hold on!

10-10-2009, 10:56 PM	#711
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	Feilhaber should have iced it there. Three minutes left I think.

10-10-2009, 10:58 PM	#712
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	WOOT!!!! Those last 15 minutes were brutal __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 10-10-2009 at 10:58 PM.

10-10-2009, 10:58 PM	#713
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	did we win ?

10-10-2009, 10:59 PM	#714
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	And that's it, we're in the World Cup. Awesome. Last edited by Big Fo : 10-10-2009 at 11:00 PM.

10-10-2009, 10:59 PM	#715
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	woohoo!!!!!!!!!

10-10-2009, 10:59 PM	#716
rowech Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2006	What a wild 2nd half! A win's a win no matter how ugly or pretty it might be.

10-10-2009, 11:47 PM	#717
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	something no other country did in Honduras, and that's beat em. I'll take it. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

10-10-2009, 11:56 PM	#718
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	The sad thing about this not being televised is that there are tons of Americans who missed out on seeing a captivating game. This would have been great for soccer in the states.

10-11-2009, 06:42 AM	#719
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	FIFA World Cup qualifiers after Saturday's games (19 teams) Africa: South Africa, Ivory Coast, Ghana Asia: Japan, Australia, South Korea, North Korea North America: U.S.A., Mexico South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Chili Europe: Netherlands, England, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Serbia To be determined (13 tickets) Africa, 3 from: Cameroun or Gabon, Nigeria or Tunisia or Mozambique or Kenya, Egypt or Algeria Asia/Ociania, 1 from: Bahrain or New Zealand North America, 1 from: Costa Rica or Honduras South America, 1 from: Argentina or Uruguay North America/South America, 1 from: Costa Rica, Honduras, Argentina, Uruguay or Ecuador Europe, 2 from: Slovakia or Slovenia, Switzerland or Greece Europe, 4 from: Portugal or Sweden or Hungary or Norway, Russia, France, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovakia or Slovenia or Czech Rep or Northern Ireland, Greece or Switzerland or Israel or Latvia, Ukraine or Croatia __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail Last edited by MIJB#19 : 10-11-2009 at 08:40 AM. Reason: apparently Mozambique and Kenya ares still in the race, requiring a lot of help ;)

10-11-2009, 12:25 PM	#722
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	Ah yes, that's true. I'm aware of Ecuador technically being alive for 4th place, but the Arg-Uru clash means they need a draw in that game and to win by a big margin on the road. Based on that, I 'forgot' to list them (which is not nice, given that I did list virtually eliminated Norway, that needs Malta to beat Portugal by a huge margin and needs Sweden to draw). I did the same thing with Venezuela for the South America/North America playoff ticket. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

10-11-2009, 01:50 PM	#723
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	Good to see the US qualified, looking forward to seeing a couple players from your team again like Donovan and Feilhaber, maybe Cooper gets a shot as well. German Team qualified as well yesterday, though i sure hope Russia makes it through in the Playoff as well. Russia should have won yesterday, were the better team . Germany wasn´t bad, played very controlled game on a high level in terms of technique (the game was played on artificial pitch btw which imo is a great idea in places like russia, made the game much better than what it would have been on a muddy rain-soaked pitch) , didn´t have many chances though. Russia had more chances and played really good soccer, just couldn´t make them count. Germany connected in the first half for the only goal on a wonderfull combination of Podolski, Özil and then Klose with the goal : the guy hasn´t scored a single goal this season and was benched most games actually with Bayern Munich and then makes this huge goal. One of my favourite players, so glad Now has 48 international Goals 3rd most a german striker ever scored. full game highlights if anyones interested : YouTube - Russland - Deutschland 0:1 (FIFA World Cup 2010) Highlights & Interviews (starts after 20 seconds, no worry with the first few pictures, there´s film coming eventually ) german U20 lost to Brasil Up 1:0 in the 2nd half, then Brasil scores in the 88th and then again after just seconds into the OT ... Last edited by whomario : 10-11-2009 at 01:54 PM.

10-13-2009, 02:51 PM	#724
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Dear god. Charlie Davies, striker for the US Soccer team, suffered what could be career threatening injuries in a one car accident on the DC Parkway early this morning (approximately 3:15 am), where the car basically was split in half. One person in the vehicle was pronounced dead, while Davies is currently in surgery but in stable condition. It's unknown if Davies was the driver, and if Alcohol was involved. (Warning, this is what's left of the car after the accident and the rescue efforts, so I'm not going to show it directly) http://media.bonnint.net/wtop/16/1663/166352.jpg __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

10-13-2009, 02:55 PM	#725
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Just saw that on Twitter. That's quite a shame . __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

10-13-2009, 03:18 PM	#726
dacman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: speak to the trout	SON OF A .......! __________________ No signatures allowed.

10-13-2009, 03:48 PM	#727
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	fucking a!!! prayers for Charlie everyone. The guy was really putting it together. Hopefully his injuries aren't career-threatening. __________________ If I've ever helped you and you'd like to buy me a coffee, or just to say thanks, I have my Bitcoin and Ethereum addressed listed below :) BTC: bc1qykhsfyn9vw4ntqfgr0svj4n9tjdgufryh2pxn5 ETH: 0x2AcdC5cd88EA537063553F5b240073bE067BaCa9

10-13-2009, 04:19 PM	#728
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Per Twitter Goff reports broken leg and internal injuries __________________ If I've ever helped you and you'd like to buy me a coffee, or just to say thanks, I have my Bitcoin and Ethereum addressed listed below :) BTC: bc1qykhsfyn9vw4ntqfgr0svj4n9tjdgufryh2pxn5 ETH: 0x2AcdC5cd88EA537063553F5b240073bE067BaCa9

10-13-2009, 04:21 PM	#729
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	Awful news

10-13-2009, 05:01 PM	#730
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Goff is reporting that Davies was a passenger and not the driver. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

10-13-2009, 05:04 PM	#731
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	Police saying he wasn't the driver... been in surgery 5+ hours. "possibly career-threatening" but not life-threatening injuries.

10-13-2009, 06:44 PM	#732
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Ugh.

10-13-2009, 08:22 PM	#733
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	"Ugh" is a good way to say how I feel without getting long-winded. __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

10-13-2009, 08:57 PM	#734
k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	God I truly hope he makes a great recovery. __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks

10-13-2009, 09:52 PM	#736
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Yeah, you can pretty much pencil him out of WC2010: Davies suffered a lacerated bladder, fractured right tibia and femur, and a fractured elbow. In on the field news, Northern Ireland's Cliftonville took on a mixed first and second team from Scottish giants Celtic, and whipped them handily, 3-0. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

10-14-2009, 05:42 AM	#737
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	Northers Ireland´s national team has been very competitive the last 2 qualifying campaigns (both last euro and now for the WC) and basically were on the verge of qualifying. Although no national team players actually play in the home league but in England, scottland etc.

10-14-2009, 07:26 AM	#738
dacman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: speak to the trout	NI is not mathematically eliminated. If they beat the Czech Republic and San Marino beats Slovenia (why are you laughing?) AND they make up 8 goals in GD (again with the laughter??), they would finish 2nd in their group and be in the playoffs. __________________ No signatures allowed.