Isegrim

I am invading Poland.

Danish people need us and our supermarkets to get cheaper beer at the weekends and Belgians are probably to busy hating each other to really think about us.

Same here, on top of that they've played consistantly better than anyone else in the tournament, and usually it ends up being some dodgy shit like Italy in 2006 or to a much lesser extent France in 98 winning it when there were teams who played much better but didn't get the luck. Spain have brought very little to the World Cup by comparison, without Villa they'd be back home already. Really hope it's either the Germans or the Dutch. Really? Obviously the Dutch who have won every game in regular time aren't as consistent as a team who lost to Serbia and struggled to beat Ghana. The Germans have been great but the Dutch have been better. What a load of nonsense. The dutch have pilloried by their press. They played shit in all the group games, should've been 3-0 down at HT against Brazil, and were far from dominant against Slovakia. They've had the results but have been no where near as impressive as Germany. The Dutch have had more consistent results than Germany. Germany have been more impressive in most of their games. I look forward to a Uruguay Spain Final although I would prefer to see the Dutch give Germany a good hoofing in Jo'burg. More consistent? Because they lost with 10 men for 65 minutes against Serbia? The dutch have been functional and fortunate. It's a non-argument as to who has been more impressive, imo the Germans have delivered the best three performances of the tournament. Slovakia were easily the equals of Holland. Germany 4 0 1 13 2 Holland 5 0 0 9 3 Bullshit! You're obviously watching a different world cup. Germany were beaten before they went to 10 men and as I said Ghana could have had them if they had better composure in front of goal. Both teams showed that if you mark Schweinsteiger out of the match and press their defence then they are fucked. The Dutch on the other hand have been cruising along only doing what is necessary and the Brasil game was an example of their ability to step up a gear when things are going against them. Brasil may have been their first real test but they proved their point. Hopefully it will be an asian referee for the final for you anarl. Tbh we would have got something out of the game against Serbia even with 10 men if Lukas "all I can do is whack the ball with full power as long as it's not a penalty" Podolski didn't have as many brain cells as Craig Moore. The game against Ghana wasn't that different to any of Holland's group games imho. Couple of reasons: Loads of Dutch people still hold grudges because of the way Germans behaved during the time of the occupation in the 40s and let Germans feel it, especially when it comes to football - which leads to Germans not liking them. It all then boiled a bit over during and after the World Cup 1974 and hasn't settled since then. Ronald Koeman wiping his arse with a German shirt in 1988 and Rijkhard's behaviour 1990 added to it a lot. It's also a love-hate relationship with all those German tourists going to Holland and acting like numpties and millions of Dutch doing the same over here. For the game on Wednesday, it's strange as I always expect the teams (apart from those at the group stage) to finally find there form against us. It hasn't happened though. So it depends on if the Spain of 2008 turns up on Wednesday or the one from 2010. If it's the former we stand a good chance as long as we play as well as we have done so far. If it's the other Spain we probably get torressed again.

Thanks. I don't know about today's match. It's probably going to be a battle of two dodgy defences, so it depends what they throw at us and we at them. If Messi only has a half decent day he'll most likely murder us.

In no way I said or wanted to suggest that there isn't any rivalry. Of course England is seen as a rival - how could it not looking at the history of the teams and those classic matches? Of course there is a fair share of idiots thinking of English people as "Inselaffen" but then I think the predominant feeling of the gereral public towards England rather is one of respect. And as much as our only tabloid (Bild Zeitung) is probably trying to stir things up a bit themselves, people are not getting as agitated about the match as English people do. It's a match at the knock-out stage of the World Cup, it's a match against a good team and an old rival. But in the end that's it. It's totally different to the climate a match against the Dutch would create, which would indeed bring out the awfully worst from the German majority. You can also argue that a match against Italy - another rival - would bring out more venom from the common "kleine Deutschländer". I was thinking about what the European equivalent of Brazil - Argentina was last night, as i was trying to explain to our lass how big the game was. I said (i promise) that Germany - Italy probably should be considered the biggest game in Europe because of their respective tournament records but for us, Germany is the biggest. I then continued that, its also about the history between the teams and the perception of under-performing, or bad luck (penalities etc) from us that means a victory in an important match is due but it fell on deaf ears as by this time, she'd fallen asleep. I totally understand the meaning of the game for English people and certainly don't want to take anything away from it or mock it. It's fair enough considering the rivalry between the two nations, not only on the football pitch. Even if some of the war rhetoric banter is getting a bit tedious over the time...

I also like Stevie's photo - though I am not sure what a picture of three (likely to be yank) pornstars at a international porn fair does actually say about Jorman people - or Stevie for that matter...

In no way I said or wanted to suggest that there isn't any rivalry. Of course England is seen as a rival - how could it not looking at the history of the teams and those classic matches? Of course there is a fair share of idiots thinking of English people as "Inselaffen" but then I think the predominant feeling of the gereral public towards England rather is one of respect. And as much as our only tabloid (Bild Zeitung) is probably trying to stir things up a bit themselves, people are not getting as agitated about the match as English people do. It's a match at the knock-out stage of the World Cup, it's a match against a good team and an old rival. But in the end that's it. It's totally different to the climate a match against the Dutch would create, which would indeed bring out the awfully worst from the German majority. You can also argue that a match against Italy - another rival - would bring out more venom from the common "kleine Deutschländer".

It's the best thing that could have happened to England iyam. And I am not trying to use Parky's reversed logic here. It's what I told English friends already before yesterday. I pretty sure that England will win the game and I guess you will win it quite comfortably. It's not only that (at least) on paper you have the better players, they will also be for once totally motivated for this game. You only have to look at some comments here and the rhetoric in the press to see how much this game means to England - at least far more than it means to German people and the team. Add to it Beckenbauer's comments who were light hearted but only good for motivating the opposition. It's a shame that unfortunately there are still some people in England to take him serious because here in Germany he is well known for talking rubbish and changing his opinion even more often than Craig is posting old jokes. You can bet he'll be waxing lyrical about England and English football after the game. I'd rather played USA and actually hoped that Ghana would score a late equalizer just to see us avoid England. Unfortunately not. At least this game will make the day for all the little Englanders like Stevie. We might have a decent young team that is capable of playing good football with the necessary confidence. It's ok for playing the likes of Australia and Ghana, it would also have been ok for Serbia if not for Klose's stupidity and if Podolski would have more than the IQ of a slater...

Apart from Cacau it's only Klose and Podolski who were born in Poland, which is Germany anyway every now and then... Good performance. Hopefully Özil and Cacau have learnt their lessons about diving. Referee was correct about most things, Cahill's red was a bit too harsh but you always deserve a red card if you field twats like Craig Moore or Lucas Neill.

I've got a really strong feeling Australia will draw 1-1 with Germany on Sunday night, looking forward to it to be honest. Any team made up of Premiership players can beat anyone. Look at Northern Ireland v Spain. Sorry Stevie I can't say I share your confidence, Australia are not looking good, the way the manager has them playing it's like that story about Allardyce and his team talk for 30 minutes about what to do when the opposition has the ball but when N'Zogbia allegedly asks him what do they do when they have it, he has no answer. Well Verbeek is the Dutch fat Sam You're not playing England though! Germany are there for the taking. Shame Isegrim isn't here with his 7 Germans could walk in to the England team comments. Tim Cahill first goal 9/1 happy days. Ah, it is this time of the year again. But repetitio est mater studiorum. Your side is good enough to beat the krauts, I remember when Isegrim said only 3 England players would get in the kraut side last summer Hand on heart I wouldn't have one of them, they're functional but ultimately shit. Well done on qualifying, and lets hope we share a group with the krauts and USA, that would be tremendous, knocking two cuntish countries out and you could come second. Unfortunately you don't remember apologising for suggesting I said it the last time. It doesn't get any more true by repeating it (and decrease the number of England players every time)... http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?...st&p=549745 http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?...st&p=634424

Just on the promotion seasons, not including the back end of 91/92 when Keegan inherited the shit or the 08/09 when Hughton inherited the shit.... Hughton P51 W32(62.75%) D13(25.49%) L6(11.76%) = 2.13 points per game Keegan P53 W32(60.37) D11(20.75%) L10(18.86) = 2.01 points per game That's what really is bothering me: Just looking at the stats and records from last season is misleading and makes the squad and games look far too good. It's a really shame that the likes of Smith, Ameobi and Nolan as well as Ashley and Lambiarse can now say they did better than Keegan and his squad in 1992/93. Disgusting tbh.

That would have to be the twat's epitaph. I reckon we see a lot of this shit next season though. First game we lose next season will be entirely the fans fault as we were expecting to win the domestic treble and the champions league, even though we're not in it, because we're so deluded and the poor players collapsed under the expectation! I was rather talking about sending out a team playing for draws tbh. In the end that's how we played a lot of away games this season after all...

That would have to be the twat's epitaph. I reckon we see a lot of this shit next season though.

No. Worse. TribalFootball I mean why the fuck would wenger spend 5mil on Nolan? Unbefuckinleivable. Tribalfootball do nothing more than publish stories from the rags. They are nothing else than an extended version of the BBC gossip column.

The joke is so old that Craig probably already posted it twice.

Tried this? http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/syst...d.htm#wp1050951 I think it's rather a case for the bin tbh.

Mathematically, yes. But realistically, West Brom aren't going to score 14 more than us in the last 3 games. Mathematically we would have to lose games, meaning our goal difference getting worse. [/pedantic]

Probably gets locked up for sexual harassment now though.

Maybe he was trying to join a Belgian club, so. That Yougoslav team had some quality players in it. Italy/Germany too. That's Jean-Marc Bosman, who is Belgian and who wanted to move to a French club.

Sums up the season. We are playing crap but are still too good for the opposition.

With other words: Expect us to play a lot of dull and unsuccessful football as the likes of Bolton, Blackburn, Hull etc... This could come directly from the Sam Allardyce and Graeme Souness textbooks of football murder.

A good rendition of "Get out of our club" would be appropriate now...

Is it April 1st again?

Never doubted the Fenham gimp.

Same almost everywhere (all over Europe that is). Too many people were (rightly) happy enough with the old technology with DAB not really offering too much improvement and it being too expensive for the radio stations. It might work with the new technology, but as long as the old technology is pretty hand not too many people with be bothered about trying anything new.