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[Luke]

Things are starting to get interesting in World Cup 2010! The Good, The Bad, The Ugly….

Huuuge games tomorrow for the English and U.S. teams. I wish them both luck.

Stateside much has been made of the disallowed goal at the end of U.S. v. Slovenia. My take: good and bad breaks will even out. The U.S. goal to tie England was the Good break. The disallowed goal, the Bad.

The Ugly?

It’s got to be team France. I can’t think of a bigger debacle/embarrassment/disgrace in any sport in recent history .

I feel for their fans. This black eye won’t fade away any time soon. The 2006 Zidane headbutt has now been relegated to the back burner...

[dyitto]

So what do your streets look like these days?

[tarek]

I was in Paris today, watched today's matches unfold on the giant screen next to the Eiffel tower. Seeing so many different nationalities wearing their national teams' shirts was just brilliant. Face painting, flags & cheering had a heavy presence obviously . There were even few Vuvuzelas, adding to the humming noise coming from the screens . This period every 4 years is just beautiful.

tarek

[ttt]

hehe...! French & Italy, both that was on the final last WC – 2006, received ticket to... GO HOME. hehe...he...

ttt

[Luke]

So what do your streets look like these days?

Nothing nearly so festive, Evert. Although the bandwagon is starting to fill up a bit, futbol in America remains a second class citizen. There are a lot of "haters" here, too bad for them.

BTW, congrats on the Netherlands dominating your group. With France and Italy already out, you guys are looking good.

Some fantastic matches already. The second half of Italy/Slovakia was amazing today, and yesterday was a miracle on the pitch for U.S.A. Incredible stuff.

Big matches every day: South America is coming on strong, Brazil/Portugal and Chile/Spain tomorrow; Argentina is a force. One of England/Germany soon to be out. Good luck England!

tarek, thanks for the evocative report from the Eiffel Tower. That must be a great scene these days.

[Luke]

Netherlands 2-1 over Brazil!

Evert, you guys must be rockin' out over there!

[dilin1984]

After long years wait Spain did it in style, above all they were the team who deserved it. Hope these guys will take next one also to there home.

[999_Springs]

The Ugly?

Enough said.

Stateside much has been made of the disallowed goal at the end of U.S. v. Slovenia.

Doesn't compare to that goal Lampard scored against Germany to make it 2-2.

Note: Above member is a spambot. Look at its sig. EXTERMINATE

[Pat]

dilin1984 is a spambot. Look at its sig. EXTERMINATE

{edit: URL removed 2010.Dec.5 from dilin1984's post}

and ferb82 is likewise a spammer

but i've been unable to convince our Administrator---

[999_Springs]

If that doesn't convince our administrator I wonder how much time he spends replying to all those spam messages in his inbox.

Likewise these two.

You're a moderator, so you could just delete the posts even though you can't delete accounts?

[Pat]

You're a moderator, so you could just delete the posts even though you can't delete accounts?

the new forum is blessed with an active Administrator -- and he's the one who sets policy

if i start deleting posts which seem to me like spam
while the Administrator thinks otherwise --
how long do you suppose i'll still be a Moderator ?

[999_Springs]

Back in the days of the old forum, there was a lot of hideous trash popping up in the interactive games section. They all got instantly deleted (not moved), even when they were sudoku-related. I suspect same policy is going on in this board's interactive games section. g.r.emlin is still a mod. I don't see how it can't be extended to other forums.