Group D - Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana

[social]

So you're basically agreeing that Tim Cahill needs to man up. ok.

Understand his disappointment at being shafted by the ref but that's the game and its politics

Reality is that the powers that be look harder at some countries than others

 

[Furball]

If you fly into tackles like excited schoolboys, don't be suprised to find yourself giving away needless penalties and picking up red cards.

 

[Matteh]

We are talking about football where the definition of a "hard man" is where a "man" kicks somebody or falls to the ground and rolls over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over etc

Let's face it, it's handbags at 10 paces

No wonder you guys have just been flogged in rugby by our juniors - it's all too tough

Loljuniors

 

[sledger]

Understand his disappointment at being shafted by the ref but that's the game and its politics

Reality is that the powers that be look harder at some countries than others

Reality is that stupid and reckless tackles get looked at harder than well made ones.

 

[social]

TBF you aren't; kiwis league world champs.

Anyway, struggling to see a happy ending for Oz without Cahill. If Kewell's not fit (and the man's made from glass) for Ghana I reckon it could be all over red rover.

Wrong

Kiwis won the last World Cup final 2008 in the biggest upset in RL history i.e. Aus team was pissed before the game

They have thrashed the KIwis in every game since and any attempt to paint the latter as world champs is nothing more than a joke

 

[sledger]

BS

Total farce and admitted my the Italians

It was a foul.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Wrong

Kiwis won the last World Cup final 2008 in the biggest upset in RL history i.e. Aus team was pissed before the game

They have thrashed the KIwis in every game since and any attempt to paint the latter as world champs is nothing more than a joke

Aside from them actually being world champions, you mean?

 

[Furball]

Wrong

Kiwis won the last World Cup final 2008 in the biggest upset in RL history i.e. Aus team was pissed before the game

They have thrashed the KIwis in every game since and any attempt to paint the latter as world champs is nothing more than a joke

"Best team in the world" and "World Champions" are 2 different things, as the All Blacks will tell you.

 

[social]

If you fly into tackles like excited schoolboys, don't be suprised to find yourself giving away needless penalties and picking up red cards.

So if you defend a cross with your arms, should you be surprised if the ref gives a penalty?

Happened tonight and nothing given

If you have 2 players in offside positions, should you be surprised if the ref disallows the goal?

Happened tonight and nothing given

As I've said many times tonight, Oz were beaten easily by a faaaaaaaaaaaaaar better team but

 

[Matteh]

"Best team in the world" and "World Champions" are 2 different things, as the All Blacks will tell you.

Bearing in mind that's a proper sport too.

 

[Matteh]

So if you defend a cross with your arms, should you be surprised if the ref gives a penalty?

Happened tonight and nothing given

If you have 2 players in offside positions, should you be surprised if the ref disallows the goal?

Happened tonight and nothing given

As I've said many times tonight, Oz were beaten easily by a faaaaaaaaaaaaaar better team but

Shouldn't count your sour grapes before they hatch.

 

[social]

"Best team in the world" and "World Champions" are 2 different things, as the All Blacks will tell you.

I think you'll find that it comes down to terminology

In League, the World Cup means no more than individual test series and Tri-Nations tourneys because there are really only a couple of teams in it

Most people recognise that the Kiwis ceased to be "World Champs" when normal transmission resumed in the very next test match

 

[sledger]

 

[social]

Shouldn't count your sour grapes before they hatch.

No sour grapes

We're a few years past our best and deservedly flogged by a much better team

WC 2006 is a different matter

 

[Matteh]

I think you'll find that it comes down to terminology

In League, the World Cup means no more than individual test series and Tri-Nations tourneys because there are really only a couple of teams in it

Most people recognise that the Kiwis ceased to be "World Champs" when normal transmission resumed in the very next test match

Think you'll find that it comes down to whoever owns the trophy.

This isn't a rolling trophy thing like the Calcutta Cup (n.b. Proper Sport).

 

[sledger]

No sour grapes

We're a few years past our best and deservedly flogged by a much better team

WC 2006 is a different matter

Yeah, in 2006 you were only beaten by a better team, rather than thrashed.

 

[social]

Think you'll find that it comes down to whoever owns the trophy.

This isn't a rolling trophy thing like the Calcutta Cup (n.b. Proper Sport).

So you're saying that Oz is a better football team than England?

 

[social]

Yeah, in 2006 you were only beaten by a better team, rather than thrashed.

Thank you Alicia Silverstone

 

[Burgey]

Bearing in mind that's a proper sport too.

Fail. Worst football code by the length of the Flemington straight tbh.

Scrum resets ftw. Appalling.

 

[Matteh]

Fail. Worst football code by the length of the Flemington straight tbh.

Scrum resets ftw. Appalling.

Scrums > Whatever crap attempt at a scrum Rugby League has.