Doc Holliday wrote:
haha, I sure hope you are joking... Algeria is horrible. They have only made the tournament twice, and I have no clue how they made the tournament. They are ranked 30th in the world. Compare that to England;(8) USA, (14) Slovenia (24). Not exactly a powerhouse.
I have to say that this year it seems that the rankings mean almost nothing.
Doc Holliday wrote:
haha, I sure hope you are joking... Algeria is horrible. They have only made the tournament twice, and I have no clue how they made the tournament. They are ranked 30th in the world. Compare that to England;(8) USA, (14) Slovenia (24). Not exactly a powerhouse.
I'm not joking an you will have to just wait and see. By the way, I am extremely good at soccer and the same rules apply as with running: If you run really fast you can talk smack.
By the way, enough about how the US got robbed. Germany also got robbed and lossed a game. U dont see them whining about it or talking about an anti-German aganda. Just play the game.
Miroslav Kloser wrote:
By the way, enough about how the US got robbed. Germany also got robbed and lossed a game. U dont see them whining about it or talking about an anti-German aganda. Just play the game.
Dude-- maybe their not whining about it in English, but they are whining...
http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball-wm-2010-suedafrika/wm-spielberichte/2010/06/18/deutschland-serbien/wm-schock-klose-fliegt-poldi-verballert-elfer.htmlMiroslav Kloser wrote:
By the way, enough about how the US got robbed. Germany also got robbed and lossed a game. U dont see them whining about it or talking about an anti-German aganda. Just play the game.
Not a Lost fan then!
FIFA rankings are not very accurate, but the difference in quality between 14th and 30th is not at all significant. It is who has the better game that day. I like the U.S. to win vs. Algeria.
I would rather race Ghana. Germany would be my 2nd choice. I think we match up very poorly with Serbia. I don't want to see us against them.
Miroslav Kloser wrote:
By the way, enough about how the US got robbed. Germany also got robbed and lossed a game. U dont see them whining about it or talking about an anti-German aganda. Just play the game.
We got robbed of a goal we actually scored. If we had a (rightfully deserved) Penalty Kick during that play, I guarrantee we wouldn't have wasted it like the Germans did... or did they get robbed during the PK as well?
Just because they are playing in Africa does not give them any home advantage, most sub Saharan Africans don’t give a bleep about arabs.The US will probably have more support in south Africa that the Algerians.
Vuvuzela engineer wrote:
Just because they are playing in Africa does not give them any home advantage, most sub Saharan Africans don’t give a bleep about arabs.The US will probably have more support in south Africa that the Algerians.
True. Overall the African teams have performed horribly. There are not that many people that can afford to travel from West Africa or North Africa for weeks and pay for tickets/hotels, etc. Home country advantage, yes. The whole continent, no.
Curious to look at the final group game for the US over the World Cup history (ignoring before 1950 when qualifying was different).
1950: 5-2 loss to Chile (1-2-0; 1 win, 2 loss in group play)
1990: 2-1 loss to Austria (0-3-0)
1994: 1-0 loss to Romania (1-1-1)
1998: 1-0 loss to Yugoslavia (0-3-0)
2002: 3-1 loss to Poland (1-1-1)
2006: 2-1 loss to Ghana (0-2-1)
Very consistent there.
You may be "extremely good at soccer" but your command of grammar is quite poor. I'm allowed to say this cause my grammar is extremely good.
rankings have never meant anything
"Extremely Good at Grammar" wrote:
You may be "extremely good at soccer" but your command of grammar is quite poor. I'm allowed to say this cause my grammar is extremely good.
I think you should read what you just wrote.
Doc Holliday wrote:
Miroslav Kloser wrote:US will not win. We got lucky twice but our luck will end. We are simply not at the level of Algeria and we will play them in Africa.
haha, I sure hope you are joking... Algeria is horrible. They have only made the tournament twice, and I have no clue how they made the tournament. They are ranked 30th in the world. Compare that to England;(8) USA, (14) Slovenia (24). Not exactly a powerhouse.
yet algeria has tied slovenia and england... dont see your logic in that one... have you even watched a game? you know absolutely shit about football.
huyt wrote:
yet algeria has tied slovenia and england... dont see your logic in that one... have you even watched a game? you know absolutely shit about football.
Irony much? Algeria lost to Slovenia.
ahahahahahahahahaha.