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folifan19

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July 02, 2010 at 05:16PM View BBCode

One hour till baseball! Reds-Cubs 2:20 EST. The oly thing better than World Cup at work, is baseball at work...

tworoosters

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July 02, 2010 at 05:17PM View BBCode

Fuck the Dutch .

That game certainly didn't live up to it's potential but Brazil never really looked dominating in this tournament so I'm not shocked to see them out.

The longer the tourney goes on the more it looks like Spain are the best team there .

(Eric)

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July 02, 2010 at 05:56PM View BBCode

Will be interesting to see who the Brazilian confederation hires to be their next manager. It will have to be someone far less defensive now, considering Dunga's failure here and the pressure that will be on to play attacking football in their own World Cup. A few of the more obvious candidates have just recently gotten hired to new jobs, so the choice might end up being someone surprising.

Anyway. Hopefully Ghana can do well against Uruguay here, at least make a good game of it.

[Edited on 7-2-2010 by (Eric)]

tm4559

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July 02, 2010 at 06:18PM View BBCode

i think when the dust settles, they will stay with dunga. it is unfortunate to lose, but it is just one tournament. i believe they will give him another chance.

drew

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July 02, 2010 at 06:46PM View BBCode

no chance.

tm4559

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July 02, 2010 at 06:54PM View BBCode

all i can say to you, is that it's not america. believe it or not, there are folks that can handle losing. amercians are not among them, of course. but the brasilians are, they know they can't win the thing every year.

(of course they probably fire him tomorrow.)

drew

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July 02, 2010 at 07:01PM View BBCode

obviously it has more to do with his style than the result.

uruguay looks really strong right now.

drew

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July 02, 2010 at 07:03PM View BBCode

Originally posted by drew
uruguay looks really strong right now.

haha, as i say that ghana comes to life.

drew

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July 02, 2010 at 07:21PM View BBCode

oh geeze.

(Eric)

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July 02, 2010 at 08:29PM View BBCode

Originally posted by tm4559
all i can say to you, is that it's not america. believe it or not, there are folks that can handle losing. amercians are not among them, of course. but the brasilians are, they know they can't win the thing every year.

(of course they probably fire him tomorrow.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team#Managers

(even managers that win a World Cup don't stay for a second in Brazil. Dunga was more unlucky than bad here, as there wasn't much he could do about his players temporarily losing it, but I'd be shocked if he sticks around.)

The thing with Uruguay here is that even when they're having all of the chances, they don't really have complete control over the game, because they're so direct. So Ghana will continue to at least have a decent amount of possession, and maybe they can do something with it.

((WHAT I'M SAYING IS PLEASE NO PENALTIES))

tm4559

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July 02, 2010 at 08:38PM View BBCode

maybe dunga will be the exception. you did say the other likely candidates were otherwise engaged. of course, i suppose one of them could take the job anyway. they can put dunga on the drug problem in Rio or something.

[Edited on 7-2-2010 by tm4559]

(Eric)

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July 02, 2010 at 09:01PM View BBCode

edit: uh...wow?

[Edited on 7-2-2010 by (Eric)]

(Eric)

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July 02, 2010 at 09:02PM View BBCode

Oh my.

(Eric)

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July 02, 2010 at 09:02PM View BBCode

I feel awful for him.

drew

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July 02, 2010 at 09:04PM View BBCode

Jesus Christ.

Admin

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July 02, 2010 at 09:05PM View BBCode

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(Eric)

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July 02, 2010 at 09:07PM View BBCode

Originally posted by tm4559
maybe dunga will be the exception. you did say the other likely candidates were otherwise engaged. of course, i suppose one of them could take the job anyway. they can put dunga on the drug problem in Rio or something.

[Edited on 7-2-2010 by tm4559]

Maybe. I don't know, it will be interesting, I really don't have much idea who they'd turn to if Dunga is out. I think [url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/selecao-brasileira/noticia/2010/07/apos-derrota-dunga-indica-que-deixara-o-comando-da-selecao.html]this[/url] says something about Dunga saying that his cycle has ended? But he could just be talking about his current contract, I only sort of have any idea what I'm reading there.

Anyway. Still sort of startled at what's just happened there. Christ. And now..."actual" penalties? Gyan will have to take another one, I'd imagine. And...well, yea.

thatrogue

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July 02, 2010 at 09:12PM View BBCode

Talk about edge of your seat...

thatrogue

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July 02, 2010 at 09:14PM View BBCode

(Mensah's kick was terrible. He put nothing into it.)

...

(And Perera put too much into it.)

FuriousGiorge

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July 02, 2010 at 09:15PM View BBCode

U r gay

(Eric)

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July 02, 2010 at 09:18PM View BBCode

Abreu with the Panenka. Wow.

Tyles

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July 02, 2010 at 09:40PM View BBCode

The tournament has a new villain. Motherflip Uruguay.

(Eric)

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July 02, 2010 at 09:43PM View formatted

Because they beat an African team? I wanted Ghana to win, too, but not losing isn't particularly villainous.

(Eric)

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July 02, 2010 at 09:44PM View BBCode

(knocked out an African team. whatever.)

Tyles

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July 02, 2010 at 09:49PM View BBCode

Because they won saved the game via intentional handball in the 120th minute, after their legs had basically given out and their last resort was to cheat. I mean, sucks that Gyan didn't convert the penalty, but they'd have won it if Suarez hadn't taken it upon himself to play Keeper No. 2.