World cup: England v USA June 12th 2010

[Steve Graham]

Re: World cup: England v USA June 12th 2010

I want to see England/Germany in the semis or final would be great!

I thought it was funny though seeing a head line "USA win 1-1"
If the media looks at a tie against England as a "win", that's not saying much for their squad, I sure hope the USA team doesn't think that way
and yes on paper it was 1-1 and they deservedly shared the points, but everyone on that US squad knows they were inches from being 1-0 and with no points

wow...Paraguay's keeper just made a complete mess out of a corner kick.. must be the ball

[arielus]

Re: World cup: England v USA June 12th 2010

pics mikeman!

[Huggie Smiles]

Re: World cup: England v USA June 12th 2010

I want to see England/Germany in the semis or final would be great!

I thought it was funny though seeing a head line "USA win 1-1"
If the media looks at a tie against England as a "win", that's not saying much for their squad, I sure hope the USA team doesn't think that way
and yes on paper it was 1-1 and they deservedly shared the points, but everyone on that US squad knows they were inches from being 1-0 and with no points

wow...Paraguay's keeper just made a complete mess out of a corner kick.. must be the ball

and hopefully the english media know they were inches from being 2-1 and with no points !

remember:

[Steve Graham]

Re: World cup: England v USA June 12th 2010

i agree, the media is building England up to be world beaters, it's unfair on both accounts.. i said i hope the SQUAD realises not the media

[Huggie Smiles]

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i knew that. I was bringing it back round.
England should have scored 3 and the goalie slip would have all been null and void.

Onward and upwards.
I really hope the US do well just so that there is an increase in interest in world football. I remember watching the 2002 world cup on telemundo (or similar!) so the espn/abc coverage is at least a step up!

shame about them damn horns tho! i watched the argentine game on mute as it was so annoying.

[Steve Graham]

Re: World cup: England v USA June 12th 2010

I still think USA and England will get out of the group as they should both win their next two matches.. the vuvuzelas don't even really bother me, and the talk of banning them is ridiculous, it's part of their culture in that country, it's such a constant sound after a few minutes in I don't even notice.. now, being in the stadium might be a different story, lol

[CircleGuy]

Re: World cup: England v USA June 12th 2010

the tie showed the English that they are not invincible like they initially claimed. glad their "we are going to 4-0 them" bubble burst

[bobjuice]

Re: World cup: England v USA June 12th 2010

the tie showed the English that they are not invincible like they initially claimed. glad their "we are going to 4-0 them" bubble burst

Who claimed all that then? The English press? lol

I can't remember a lot about the game as we went out at 1pm so i was having trouble concentrating come kick off time. I also made the mistake of going to the bar about 20mins in and lost the good view i had.

What a fucking howler from Green but hey ho, it happens. Gotta feel for the bloke making a mistake like that in a world cup game, it's a shame he'll be remembered for that.
We had chances the other end which were fluffed (heskey the worst culprit i'm afraid) but something like that by your keeper always stands out i guess..

I thought the game overall was very dull and both sides lacked spark. I don't see any reason why the USA can't build on that performance though as they looked a better side than they ever have done imo and good luck to them.
England are now suffering from their old problem of having taken players with them who weren't 100% fit which is always a gamble and something of a tradition here.

I thought we were crying out for a wee man called Paul Scholes - but he's not there.

I chuckled at "1-1 win" - a sport blog here in one of the nationals had a guy ranting about everyone and he put up a great list of things wrong with the side, finishing with the killer line "this is why England lost and why they failed to score"

hahaha

[Steve Graham]

Re: World cup: England v USA June 12th 2010

Who claimed all that then? The English press? lol

I can't remember a lot about the game as we went out at 1pm so i was having trouble concentrating come kick off time. I also made the mistake of going to the bar about 20mins in and lost the good view i had.

What a fucking howler from Green but hey ho, it happens. Gotta feel for the bloke making a mistake like that in a world cup game, it's a shame he'll be remembered for that.
We had chances the other end which were fluffed (heskey the worst culprit i'm afraid) but something like that by your keeper always stands out i guess..

I thought the game overall was very dull and both sides lacked spark. I don't see any reason why the USA can't build on that performance though as they looked a better side than they ever have done imo and good luck to them.
England are now suffering from their old problem of having taken players with them who weren't 100% fit which is always a gamble and something of a tradition here.

I thought we were crying out for a wee man called Paul Scholes - but he's not there.

I chuckled at "1-1 win" - a sport blog here in one of the nationals had a guy ranting about everyone and he put up a great list of things wrong with the side, finishing with the killer line "this is why England lost and why they failed to score"

hahaha

exactly, even Alexi Lalas was called out for that when he was saying the same sort of crap, the England squad never said anything so stupid and the USA media was putting England right up there too.. it's laughable

I don't go to pubs to watch these matches, you never get to concentrate on the action and you end up spending loads of money

Green will only be remembered for that mistake if England get knocked out early

[MJ]

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I was totally blown away when I walked into the open air stadium. The crowd and the noise set against the backdrop of the Rustenberg hills was a site to see!

I thought the game was very average and because the of the blooper by Green the US got lucky. Still, at least he made amends when he pushed a shot onto the post, my heart was in my mouth at that stage.

According to Fifa only 6000 English fans bought tickets while the US bought 8000. I can tell you that there were at least 20,000 English and we did our best to sing above the noise of the vuvuzela. That's a bit difficult when you consider that one vuvuzela makes the same level of noise as a chain saw!

I have loads of pictures but the lead for my camera is at the office, I will upload when I get it.

I tried to Call Steve, Nick and Kamal and Tom. I think I got through to Nick but it just rang and rang. I could not connect to anyone else, maybe my network has put restrictions on me when I am out of the county?

[Steve Graham]

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no idea mate, I got your message too late and wasn't able to send you a text in time.. I bet the atmosphere at these matches is electric

I also see the manufacturer of the vuvuzela is working on one that doesn't put out quite as much noise

[jackdaniels]

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[TomTom]

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I tried to Call Steve, Nick and Kamal and Tom. I think I got through to Nick but it just rang and rang. I could not connect to anyone else, maybe my network has put restrictions on me when I am out of the county?

My phone didn't ring and I had no unanswered call in my list so it didn't get through. Do you see a different provider name in your cell phone..normally they forward the mobile Serviced automatically to a local provider but maybe they don't have one in the area you are...or the roaming services are not sufficient. I am sure African networks are pretty busy these days.

[MJ]

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My phone didn't ring and I had no unanswered call in my list so it didn't get through. Do you see a different provider name in your cell phone..normally they forward the mobile Serviced automatically to a local provider but maybe they don't have one in the area you are...or the roaming services are not sufficient. I am sure African networks are pretty busy these days.

Yeah, the local provider in SA was Vodacom. I could connect to all English and South African numbers, any numbers outside them countries and I got some strange message that was a little difficult to hear because of the horns. Not to worry, I just wanted to give you guys a taste of the atmosphere.

[arielus]

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post the pics!