Group D - Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana

[Matteh]

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

Given England has actually had grips on any football trophy that actually means anything, clearly not.

Oceania Cup was clearly a joke, how on earth did Tahiti/Salomon Islands/****ing New Caledonia make finals?

 

[social]

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

True

Scrums in rl are really only an attempt to get a majority of players in a certain position of the field to open the game up

The officials dont care about the rules from that aspect

 

[Burgey]

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

And that's why rugby is ****ed - its proponents care about scrums.

Pretty much sums it up tbh.

All academic anyway. My young bloke just towelled the Hun 4-0 at Fifa on his DS.

Sporting pride restored.

 

[Matteh]

And that's why rugby is ****ed - its proponents care about scrums.

Pretty much sums it up tbh.

Probably because half the team are forwards which helps give the game more a multi-faceted approach instead of two lines just bashing either other and then having to kick to make it interesting and give the other team a shout..

 

[Burgey]

Probably because half the team are forwards which helps give the game more a multi-faceted approach instead of two lines just bashing either other and then having to kick to make it interesting and give the other team a shout..

Odd. 90 per cent of he rugby internationals I've seen are anything but multi-faceted. Likewise the 6 years of it I played. Then again, that was pre-rule changes. Long time ago, sadly.

 

[social]

Given England has actually had grips on any football trophy that actually means anything, clearly not.

Oceania Cup was clearly a joke, how on earth did Tahiti/Salomon Islands/****ing New Caledonia make finals?

Our last game - 3-1 away against a team with a gk who could catch

Anything else, including your last tournament victory 40 ****ing years ago, is ancient history

 

[Agent TBY]

This is the best ****ing thread ever. So much crap in here.

 

[Burgey]

This is the best ****ing thread ever. So much crap in here.

Still two games to go too!

All we need is for a Ghanain (?) Player to call an Aussie a maan-ki or however it's spelt next game.

That would top it off nicely!

 

[Uppercut]

Haha can't believe Australia played the entire match with no strikers. What happened to the days of Guus Hiddink playing four unnaturally tall men up front at once when Australia were losing?

Sucks about Tim Cahill, one of my favourite players at the tournament, and I definitely don't think it was a red. Germany were so, so good though.

 

[Jono]

This is the best ****ing thread ever. So much crap in here.

I agree.

And you can pick which posters will be trolling on both sides every single time. So predictable.

Social, you bringing up women's cricket was the lowest point though.

 

[Matteh]

Our last game - 3-1 away against a team with a gk who could catch

Anything else, including your last tournament victory 40 ****ing years ago, is ancient history

Don't think you've understood how tournament football works mate.

 

[sledger]

I agree.

And you can pick which posters will be trolling on both sides every single time. So predictable.

Social, you bringing up women's cricket was the lowest point though.

 

[Smudge]

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

Scrum resets ftw. Appalling.

*puts Burgey back on ignore*

 

[Burgey]

*puts Burgey back on ignore*

Haha, knew this was coming.

 

[Smudge]

"Hey, we've had the ball for six tackles - pretty much bored of it now. Do you guys want it for a bit?"

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

 

[Burgey]

Hoppa. Raising prostate awareness since 1995..

 

[Johnners]

Sheesh grow up. This is going to be an incredibly crap tournament if we have to put up with this rubbish every match involving a nation supported by a CW member. Anymore talk of who is or isn't better at league/union/womens croquet will be deleted, has absolutely no relevance to this thread whatsoever.

 

[Burgey]

Sheesh grow up. This is going to be an incredibly crap tournament if we have to put up with this rubbish every match involving a nation supported by a CW member. Anymore talk of who is or isn't better at league/union/womens croquet will be deleted, has absolutely no relevance to this thread whatsoever.

We have to talk about Rugby and League.

We don't have any soccer forwards.

Or backs it seems

 

[Johnners]

Geez with a lesser keeper there Australia would have gone down 12-0.

Seriously underrated performance IMO.

Nah, was pretty poor, especially in the first half. 2nd goal was almost entirely his fault as others have said. Only reason we weren't down by more is because Klose/Ozil butchered a couple opportunities each.

Guess we just have to win both matches from here, which is going to be impossible if the defence continues to be as rubbish as it was this morning, and it probably wouldn't hurt to actually hold the ball more often, instead of straying passes straight to opposition.