European Championship discussion thread! Americans keep out.

[Role-Player]

Well, i still am supporting Portugal, no doubt. It's not in my interest that they lose (perish the thought); i just think England might have better chances. I'm specifically concerned with our goalkeeper.

 

[Karkow]

Portugal 2 - England 2 WHATAGAMEWHATAGAMEWHATAGAME....

let's see how this is gonna turn out... freekick now... miss beckam, miss! Ahh..corner

End of game.., penalties!

 

[Silencer]

Oh my, England shall go up in flames...

 

[Karkow]

Seems Ricardo redeemed himself… great game! Great game!

… I still think Baia is the best goalkeeper, though.

 

[Role-Player]

WHEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Excellent game from both teams, though we clearly were superior. Great show

Portugal >>>>>>>>> England

 

[Silencer]

You two are going to get wasted, aren't you ?

I was for neither team, or rather for both - gg

 

[Melchoir]

Woohoo...what a game, oh what a miss by Beckham, makes me laugh ! And Ricardo, great goalkeeper!!

 

[Big T]

Right, now I know that England fans have a tendency to say this when it isn't strictly true, but I feel completely justified in saying it now.

"We Wuz Robbed!!!"

Granted, the Portuguese played far better than we did throughout most of the game, but the disallowed goal was perfectly valid.

So, all in all, I have just 2 questions:
1: What the fuck was wrong with the ref? The whole game was a catalogue of bad decisions, mostly, but not limited to, against the English team.
and:
2: What is up with Beckham? He's not played well in the whole championship, and he seem to have forgotten how to take a free kick, not to mention a penalty.

Anyways, I'm off to get wasted.
We always lose at penalties.
*grumble*

EDIT - Where's my manners?
Congratulations to Portugal.

 

[Brother None]

"We Wuz Robbed!!!"

Granted, the Portuguese played far better than we did throughout most of the game, but the disallowed goal was perfectly valid.

No you weren't robbed.

when the better team wins, the lesser team isn't robbed.

Jeesh, you didn't see us Dutchies whine about the bad reffing during Holland-Czech Republic...oh wait...

(nice dodging to word censor too)

1: What the fuck was wrong with the ref? The whole game was a catalogue of bad decisions, mostly, but not limited to, against the English team.

The refereeing is very bad this EK. Either they're not strict enough or way too strict, but that's not the biggest problem, the biggest problems are the bad judgement calls, the fear of giving penalties and the apparant lack of understanding of the concept "when the ball ends up on the dude's own team, it's not a foul. Duh"

2: What is up with Beckham? He's not played well in the whole championship, and he seem to have forgotten how to take a free kick, not to mention a penalty.

Gee, I dunno, maybe he sucks.

But c'mon, that keeper...what art, what daring. I couldn't believe my eyes when he signalled that other player off and took the ball himself. But what a shot. Beautifuckinfull.

And the balls of that player with the slow ball.

Man, you English lost to a better team, it's obvious.

 

[Odin]

The fact that England was robbed of a goal by the ref wasn't good, he clearly judged wrongly when he cried foul on that 2-1 goal that England had..

Still, t'was fun to see England go down in flames again..

And I was rooting for Portugal!

 

[Karkow]

that slow ball was shot by Helder Postiga, a striker from Tottenham.. in England.

man of the match for you?

for me: Ricardo Carvalho, second runner up Maniche, and then Ricardo.



P.S.: the miss by beckam... Ricardo said something to him right before... it appears that he said something about his wife: miss spice! ...I wonder

 

[Melchoir]

P.S.: the miss by beckam... Ricardo said something to him right before... it appears that he said something about his wife: miss spice! ...I wonder

No wonder he missed!

But still that was a horrible penalty anyway!

 

[Big T]

No you weren't robbed.

when the better team wins, the lesser team isn't robbed.

Uh, yeah. I did say that. They played much better than us for almost all of the match. I was talking about the disallowed goal.

Jeesh, you didn't see us Dutchies whine about the bad reffing during Holland-Czech Republic...oh wait...The refereeing is very bad this EK. Either they're not strict enough or way too strict, but that's not the biggest problem, the biggest problems are the bad judgement calls, the fear of giving penalties and the apparant lack of understanding of the concept "when the ball ends up on the dude's own team, it's not a foul. Duh"

I did. The refereeing has been pretty bad throughout.

(nice dodging to word censor too)

Aye, I'm not as dumb as I look. Hmm, 's not really possible.

2: What is up with Beckham? He's not played well in the whole championship, and he seem to have forgotten how to take a free kick, not to mention a penalty.

Gee, I dunno, maybe he sucks.

Meh, Whether he sucks or not (in general), there's no doubt that he sucked in this competition.

Man, you English lost to a better team, it's obvious.

I don't dispute this (in fact, I went so far as to state it). But it's not always the best team that wins. Portugal, for all the chances they produced, had problems finishing. By the rules of the game (if you ignore the referee in this case), we beat them.

PS: A fact that has been brought to my attention by mon petit frere is that the ref is Swiss. Teh Konspiracy!!!111!

PPS: Gods Damn the English players! For a moment there, I thought we could win.

 

[Karkow]

and now it's France - Greece.

Oh how I wish Greece would win.

 

[Melchoir]

I hope they do to, Greece have been great this championship!

And I also hope that Portugal makes it to the final!

 

[Role-Player]

and now it's France - Greece.

Oh how I wish Greece would win.

So do i, so do i!

 

[Karkow]

 

[Melchoir]

HAHA, nice one Karkow!!

 

[Big T]

<snip>

Cruel, so cruel.
But very apt.

 

[victor]

I hope France wins, obviously. Although I was rooting for Greece in the early games. I hate to see the two teams against each other.

Portugal-England was the best game so far though.