hot as hell here, ppl have put their tvs out on the pavement with extension cables. v sad people on our street.
― caek, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
Torres prolly won't get the call - I remember him being off form in the group game against Italy
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
he had a nightmare when he came on, yeah
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
v pleased to see italy completely outplay a v overhyped & sloppy germany. so many great interceptions, italian positioning was fantastic.
― ogmor, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
torres is not on great form, but the italians do often play p high so spain need runners
― ogmor, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
disagree that germany were/are overhyped. But yes Italy were v good.xp
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
shoulda stuck with the quarter-final team though
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
totes
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
just glad to see over-rated EPL failure Balotelli found out at last
― ENPBGIW (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
FOUND OUT
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
german defence has never been v smart even though they are excellent on the ball
― ogmor, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
eh he scored an unmarked header (gk might have done better) and cunted one in, hardly definitive.
The desperation for him to be hailed as a current great makes me want to ronan the shit out of ye tbh
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
just sayin'
― ENPBGIW (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Save it til next February, Andy will have his 20 by then I'm sure and we'll be more receptive to your iconoclastic methods of evaluating strikers.
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
did we ever agree that the ilf fantasy league winner got final say for the year or anythin
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
2nd sentence in and McNulty's described Mario as "enigmatic" in his match report.
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
Fair enough; I'll stand down. xp
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
i just need some closure!
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah, i completely forgot about the euro 2012 fantasy league.
thanks for yer 7 points today, ozil, now i'm only bottom of one of the two leagues i'm taking part in.
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, i'm p sure i won the boxall memorial premier league.
Ita was very fkning classy - only thing is there was no way they were losing from 2-0 down but still good (as was much of the 1st SF).
Germany haven't been Germany sine Euro '96, have they? Something sad about that. Their back line was totally exposed.
Cassano and (hate saying this) Mario were awesome...but still Mario has to do it in the final, and he's just as likely to lose his rag and get sent off.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Bosque to drop Silva for the final.
Navas and Llorente to come on at some point.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
Jesus Navas coming on at some point is a bold prediction.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol yes yes ok.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
Silva's not been great
― ENPBGIW (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
Silva/Negredo out, Pedro/Cesc in.
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
pirlo vs the best midfield in the world is pretty delicious
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
like cristiano ronaldo, i don't want that responsibility.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
lol... that said let's not forget how many chances he completely fucked up in the england game. he's still a cartoon character, so far away from ruthless.
really hope italy can do it now, spain have taken on a really grim feeling. never hated cesc at arsenal but he has this gurning, whinging, ref-baiting face these days that makes me despise him.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 28 June 2012 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
he's turned into an ugly man, i think?
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
i'm missing the reference unless that's simply a direct slur.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 28 June 2012 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
he used to be such a looker thoughhttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CBrg2cTGKFU/Rw_AKNLq1CI/AAAAAAAAAM8/fFDvudb11YU/s400/Fabregas.JPG
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
no, you have me rightly
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
it is weird how he has come to represent the cuntish face of that brutally arrogant team. i think pique spitting on the official's head as they were supposed to be celebrating a world cup was a grim watershed. cesc is like the new ronaldo in terms of smug fuck ref whining though. that smiling face and constant shake of the head is horrendous, someone needs to have a word.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 28 June 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
Phil Brown tried to warn us...
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
Say what you like about Fabregas, but at least he wasn't too homophobic to play in England.
― Nessun Biscotto (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 29 June 2012 07:22 (twelve years ago) link
But...the manner in which he was dressed!
― pandemic, Friday, 29 June 2012 07:28 (twelve years ago) link
Germany were disappointing last night, their lack of experience was sorely evident. There were three (I think? Cassano, Pirlo, Buffon) World Cup winners in the Italy team and it showed, they played the game exactly right, and bashed Germany on the counter-attack. Schweinsteiger was totally off-key, when on his day he's an amazingly effectively strings-puller. They didn't seem to know what they were doing. Kind of gutted, as I've really enjoyed watching them pull teams apart.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 29 June 2012 08:18 (twelve years ago) link
Cassano isn't a wc winner.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Friday, 29 June 2012 08:28 (twelve years ago) link
de rossi and barzagli are though.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Friday, 29 June 2012 08:34 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think Germany's problem last night was lack of experience really, except maybe at the back. On their day they could have beaten Italy, probably comfortably.
― Matt DC, Friday, 29 June 2012 08:41 (twelve years ago) link
tactics seemed wrong. who was meant to be getting at pirlo? ozil? kroos? case of what alan hansen would term "who goes for it? you go for it? i go for it? no one goes for it".
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Friday, 29 June 2012 08:42 (twelve years ago) link
not sure Buffon played with a WC winner's command all night tbf
― mr-c-on-deadmau5-complete-wanker (DJ Mencap), Friday, 29 June 2012 08:43 (twelve years ago) link
who was on the right? There was no space made for ozil/khedira to operate in the middle, nobody stretched them
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Friday, 29 June 2012 08:45 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah he fumbled badly two or three times very early on and was lucky there was someone there to clean up after him.
― Matt DC, Friday, 29 June 2012 08:45 (twelve years ago) link
italy didn't look comfortable when balls were whipped into the box (lol buffon almost designed that o.g. earl on), and had no natural full-backs, should've ran at them and put some balls into the mixer, low! easy, bish bash bosh.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Friday, 29 June 2012 08:47 (twelve years ago) link
Cassano's "I'll win the WC because I was born when we wont it" thing always confuses me (given that they actually did win it when he was about 25, but not in the squad).
In my mind De Rossi is still only about 22, but I'm living in Roma's past there.
xpost - Yeah, that's the point, Jim - Italy didn't look amazing or impenetrable, but Germany didn't have the werewithal to take advantage, and Italy did, and I put that down to experience and big-game temperament.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 29 June 2012 08:54 (twelve years ago) link
I actually think Germany screwed up cos they did try to plan for Italy. Went away from their classic shape which BM play and most of Bundesliga and tried to narrow up the midfield. Meant nobody played wide-ish right and Poldi wasn't offering anything left. Of course if they'd played as normal it may have meant the 4 central MFs for Italy dominating anyway but better to go with your usual style I think.
― pandemic, Friday, 29 June 2012 08:59 (twelve years ago) link
Having said that they hadn't come across 2 CFs as good as Cassano and Balotelli so far in the tourney either.
― pandemic, Friday, 29 June 2012 09:02 (twelve years ago) link
a lot of the players from that german team played in the world cup semi last time around and the euro 2008 final. they're not lacking experience on the big international stage, especially when compared italy. players who are not experienced in the latter stages of international tournaments who played last night for italy: cassano, balotelli, montolivo, marchisio, thiago motta, diamanti, antonio di natale (played in a euro quarter final).
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Friday, 29 June 2012 09:06 (twelve years ago) link