** Official FIFA World Cup 2006 thread **

[Spartacus]

also too I read recently that ABC/ESPN's US TV ratings are up 93%(about double) from the 1998 world cup
2002 was in korea and didn't offer good viewing times
also too the US matches were only 7% better,thus meaning that the US audience is watching all the matches

 

[Spartacus]

Brazil better win this one. And then rain fire brimstone and goals on their asses.

last non-european squad alive

 

[fistfullofsteel]

i hope brazil scores 10 goals on those dirty smelly french surrender monkeys

 

[Spartacus]

I think the french are dominating so far
they have some african-american players

 

[Island Son]

Ribery is working his ass off, I'd be on my 50th heart attack running like that

 

[Island Son]

....annnnd a TON of people just lost money on Brazil

 

[Spartacus]

brazil hasn't looked good all tourny
this doesn't surprise me at all

 

[Island Son]

brazil hasn't looked good all tourny
this doesn't surprise me at all

Usually they start weak and finish strong
and they had more individual stars with (supposedly) more skill
but Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Ze Roberto, Kaka, all got locked down.
In the end they were more legend than reality
And new stars are born and old ones shine again (Zidane, Henry, Ribery)

 

[perkele]

Only in Europe they know how to play soccer.

 

[Spartacus]

Usually they start weak and finish strong
and they had more individual stars with (supposedly) more skill
but Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Ze Roberto, Kaka, all got locked down.
In the end they were more legend than reality
And new stars are born and old ones shine again (Zidane, Henry, Ribery)

that's the custard bookies make their money from
peeps tend to take the "favorites",with favorites established based on past performance
anticipating future performance is considerably difficult