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Aurjay:
Poor Nigeria. How do you miss a shot from 3yds out. I agree with the commentator in that its got to be harder to miss than to make it when your that close. Well at least they got a penalty kick right after that.

amok:
feed the yak and he will score eat

Well that was a fairly exciting way for the group to finish exactly the way everyone knew it would, I guess.

Tomorrow England should win by lining up: Johnson, Upson, Terry, Cole, A.; Lennon, Carrick, Barry, Cole, J.; Gerrard; Rooney. This would probably clinch a 2-1 against Plucky Little Slovenia.

Actual predictions:

England (in a bore 4-4-2 with Heskey) 1 - 1 Slovenia
USA 2 - 0 Algeria
Australia* 1 - 1 Serbia
Ghana 2 - 2 Germany

USA to win the group on Goal Difference and face Ghana in the round of 16. Plucky Little Slovenia to book their plane tickets as soon as they realise they face Germany in said round. The Sun to explode when England do not progress (that's the shit tabloid not the literal Sun obv.)

*unless they get a comedy red card early doors

Yayniall:

--- Quote from: amok on 22 Jun 2010, 13:06 ---feed the yak and he will score eat

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Funnily enough it was Shaun Goater day yesterday.

Inlander:
Am I right in understanding that somebody finally scored from a free-kick in the Nigeria-South Korea game? Sheesh, it's only taken 36 games to get there!

KharBevNor:

--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 21 Jun 2010, 09:29 ---Yeah, we need to abolish music, theatre, cinema and literature as well. They're just distractions, can't have people ever enjoying themselves. Being politically radical has to be a dour, joyless business dedicated to a world without fun.

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I don't think you can say 'people enjoy it' is a real valid argument to shield professional football from all possible criticism. The fact that you can't reallly criticise football or hold it to any sort of moral standard without being shouted down because football is fun is probably one of the reasons football is such a gruesome fucking mess. It's certainly the reason no one really gives a shit about the resettlement camps and shit in South Africa. Yeah it's bad but FOOTBALL NA NA NA NA NA NA. I really can't believe you don't have some thoughts about the incredibly capitalistic nature of football, and the ghastly nationalist aspect of the world cup. Seriously. I know I don't enjoy the game but I think you should at least be able to see where I'm coming from. Wayne Rooney earns more money every week than a teacher, nurse or university lecturer does every year. Do you think a society in which this is the case is in any way healthy?

As for whoever it was who compared my critique about the World Cup being totalitarian to a rock concert, yeah, that is very clever! Because, say, if there is a Rolling Stones concert then everyone in the country puts out Rolling Stones flags, gets shouting angry at people who do not like the Rolling Stones, they have lessons about the Rolling Stones in school, every other advert on television references the Rolling Stones, chocolate bars are renamed after the Rolling Stones, there are adverts reminding you how awesome the Rolling Stones are on fucking cash machines, etc.

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