FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 - Page 2

luckyeddie · 02-01-2006, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by benchmark00

Soccer = The name of the sport.

No, "Soccer" is the name given to football by others so lacking in imagination that they couldn't come up with an original name for their own sport -

e.g.

Rugby Football should be either 'bunch of southern puffs chasing an egg' or 'bunch of northern thugs chasing an egg' (depending on whether you can count to 15 or just 13)
Australian Rules Football should be 'Convictball'
American Football should be 'Armoured run a yard then stop for oxygenball'

open365 · 02-01-2006, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luckyeddie

No, "Soccer" is the name given to football by others so lacking in imagination that they couldn't come up with an original name for their own sport -

e.g.

Rugby Football should be either 'bunch of southern puffs chasing an egg' or 'bunch of northern thugs chasing an egg' (depending on whether you can count to 15 or just 13)
Australian Rules Football should be 'Convictball'
American Football should be 'Armoured run a yard then stop for oxygenball'

I'd have you know i'm from Liverpool and i play rugby and am not a thug....so there...Derbyshire sucks...

luckyeddie · 02-01-2006, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by open365

I'd have you know i'm from Liverpool and i play rugby and am not a thug....so there...Derbyshire sucks...

Sorry - name withdrawn, replaced with:

'Bunch of northern hubcap-collectors trying to steal an egg'

/always willing to please

Tom Halsey · 02-01-2006, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luckyeddie

No, "Soccer" is the name given to football by others so lacking in imagination that they couldn't come up with an original name for their own sport -

e.g.

Rugby Football should be either 'bunch of southern puffs chasing an egg' or 'bunch of northern thugs chasing an egg' (depending on whether you can count to 15 or just 13)
Australian Rules Football should be 'Convictball'
American Football should be 'Armoured run a yard then stop for oxygenball'

Top post.

Seconded.

Quote:

Originally Posted by open365

I doubt it,Rooney's a very good player,but i don't even see him being England's leading scorer.

I believe he was in Euro 2004 - or he was joint with Lampard anyway. And he also averages a goal every other game this season. If he nets a couple against T&T he'll be in with just as much of a shot as Owen or anyone else at the Golden Boot.

BoyBrumby · 02-01-2006, 12:00 PM

I don't know what odds you would get at this stage, but I think Fat Frank may be worth a bob or two as top goal scorer. He's been sticking them away for Chelski like nobody's business (13 from midfield with season barely half over) & is now our penalty taker as well. & any team with young Michael & Ash Cole will, say we say, potentially earn a spot kick or two...

Scaly piscine · 02-01-2006, 12:05 PM

Crouch always try to earn a spot kick or two as well (and I'd be surprised if he isn't on as substitute a few times), tho I think he's possibly the worst diver in football.

What's with this Bliarite 'third way' thread title change...

BoyBrumby · 02-01-2006, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

What's with this Bliarite 'third way' thread title change...

I reckon "Association Football" would've been the way to go as it's:

a) the sport's proper name; &
b) where the diminutive "soccer" is derived from.

superkingdave · 02-01-2006, 12:36 PM

maybe just 'World Cup 2006' then we get rid of the problem, and Germany

Jungle Jumbo · 02-01-2006, 01:13 PM

Why not football, it's the most obvious:

Rugby Football: Played largely with hands
Aussie Rules: I don't know much about it, but I think it's played with hands, so ditto
American Football: Thats not played with feet or hands, more like the shoulder pads
(Bit OT, but do the constant breaks happen in American Football so that the average American can go and fetch a whole new box of doughnuts every five minutes?)

luckyeddie · 02-01-2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

Crouch always try to earn a spot kick or two as well (and I'd be surprised if he isn't on as substitute a few times), tho I think he's possibly the worst diver in football.

I'm sure he's going to be on the bench every game England play (may even start against T&T). At least the Premiership supporter morons have just about stopped booing him every time he receives the ball. What was that about? Hate him because he's tall?

Don't know about Crouch being the worst diver in football, but his team-mate the ex-Dirty Leeds rat "Two puffy pony tails" Harry Kewell is probably the best, filthy cheating scum.

aussie · 02-01-2006, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by open365

I doubt it,Rooney's a very good player,but i don't even see him being England's leading scorer.

why not?

aussie · 02-01-2006, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Barney Rubble

My two cents on the World Cup - England to lose to Italy in the semis, Rooney to come second only to Adriano in the goalscoring rankings, on his way to winning the 2006 World Player of the Year Award, ahead of the aforementioned Adriano and Ronaldinho.

my two cents- England to beat Brazil in the final sending the entire nation into a mad fenzy

andyc · 02-01-2006, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie

my two cents- England to beat Brazil in the final sending the entire nation into a mad fenzy

So are you going for Australia or England in the WC?

Tom Halsey · 02-01-2006, 03:16 PM

England - he only glory-hunts in the cricket.

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