World Cup Thread

[Effendi(GER)]

ofc we took revenge for ze falkland island for the british crown.
unbelievable, i mean: did anyone put a bet on 4-0 Krauts?
u must be a very rich man then lol

[Biff]

Yep, deffo prefer the Germans winning than Argentina. I reckon it will end up a Germany v Holland final. Hopefully Voller and Rijkaard will be in attendance.

[Biff]

Saw them show the World Cup top scorers of all time earlier and bloody Klose could end up topping the list!


15 goals

* Brazil Ronaldo

14 goals

* Germany Gerd Müller
* Germany Miroslav Klose

13 goals

* France Just Fontaine

12 goals

* Brazil Pelé

11 goals

* Germany Jürgen Klinsmann
* Hungary Sándor Kocsis

10 goals

* Argentina Gabriel Batistuta
* England Gary Lineker
* Germany Helmut Rahn
* Peru Teófilo Cubillas
* Poland Grzegorz Lato

[skybluearmy]

Fair play to germany, you've got a really good side there.

[Effendi(GER)]

ta m8s, i guess its not the typical german way reaching the semis. that "german" way is more hollands attitude atm lol.

[skybluearmy]

Schweinsteiger best player of the tournament by a longgggggg way

[Eirik]

No way.... David Villa it is... clinical bitch !!!

Honda was awesome too and Sanchez of Chile.

Schweinsteger does well too, no doubt.

[Effendi(GER)]

although Klose is maybe going to the top of the all time scorers list, there is another Müller about to come and catch him. And its not the Bomber

[Biff]

Bet on Spain to beat Germany, the psychic octopus says so!

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[Effendi(GER)]

focking octopussy, but Spain were better.

[Biff]

Spain were great at times, I can't believe Rafa wanted to replace Alonso with Barry! Alonso was majestic last night and Barry was completely shite for England. Alonso is in a totally different class. Anyway, at least we are rid of Rafa now along with his mad transfer dealings and dodgy team selections.

Germany did well to get to the semis. On the bright side, at least you don't have to see Merkel jumping around like a muppet hoping that the team's success rubs off on her!

[Effendi(GER)]

Yeah, thats true, Merkel is disgusting lol The 1st Spazz Woman i know.

[Biff]

'Psychic' octopus predicts Spain to win World Cup

An octopus credited with psychic powers has predicted that Spain will defeat the Netherlands in the World Cup final.

He also predicted a win for Germany against Uruguay in the third place match. He has so far correctly forecast every World Cup game involving the national team.

The tip for Spain was his first for a game not involving Germany.

He predicts by choosing a mussel from one of two boxes bearing the flags of the competing nations.

The two-year-old cephalopod has become an international celebrity.

His prognosis of South Africa's World Cup final, made from his tank in the Sea Life Aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen, has been relayed on satellite TV around the world.

He correctly predicted all of Germany's World Cup games, including a shock defeat by Serbia in the group stages and the ousting by Spain on Wednesday.

After that defeat, there were calls in Germany for Paul to be roasted with lemon juice and olive oil or turned into a plate of paella.

But his owners said on Thursday that he is safe with them.

"If Paul gets it wrong tomorrow, nothing is going to happen to him, to Paul," said Sea Life's Tanja Munzig.

"Paul has proven his mettle so far and there is nothing bad waiting for him round the corner if he gets it wrong. It could happen to anyone. Even an octopus can get it wrong!"

His record is not perfect, anyway, say his owners. Paul got it wrong in about 30% of Germany's games during the 2008 European Championship, including their loss to Spain in the final.

[Biff]

Totally crap final but at least nobody will be bidding for Torres after a completely crap tournament culminating in him injuring himself!

[skybluearmy]

I think thats the worst world cup I've ever seen. The quality wasn't really that great throughout. I think I could say there were 3 really good games and one of them was the 3rd place play off. I also hated it that it was being played in their winter, for me part of the world cup is about games being played in sweltering heat in weird and wonderful places. Didn't seem right seeing fans in coats and wearing hats. I think Brazil will be a bit more like it but the games will be on at daft times for us. Only one team remained unbeaten at this world cup, New Zealand, that just about sums it up.

5 out of 10 for this world cup