Now that Bucky's been run off Len and I are prolly the only folks around here who care. But, Portugal is getting their asses handed to them by the Germans right now and they've completely lost their composure. Down 2-0 and now they're a man down thanks to a red card.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
Make that 3-nil at the half.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
Portugal not having Pepe for the US game can't hurt, we just have to TCB against Ghana.
“ No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave”
James Burg, An Enquiry into, Public Errors, Defects and Abuses 1775
Fixed.Originally Posted by Chicken Dinner
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
God.... my lovely wife has just informed me that the US Ghana game starts at 5:00. She loves soccer so I suppose I will have to wait till tomorrow to catch the Mountain Men episode I DVR'd. And the Game of Thrones finale as well.
~sigh~
Will
I believe that we will win!
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
If we can draw Portugal and keep it close against Germany I think we will advance based on goal differential.
“ No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave”
James Burg, An Enquiry into, Public Errors, Defects and Abuses 1775
We watched the match at a bar and grill on Rodney Bay along with a bunch of folks from lord knows where. They were Much bigger fans than us. Got caught up in the excitement of it and hollered along with the rest of them. Almost everyone there that I spoke to thought Ghana was a bunch of thugs and were rooting for the USA. Twas a good time.
Hangover #2.
BKB
Sounds to me like you're becoming a bit of a slacker in your old age. You've been in country three nights and have had only two hang-overs? What's wrong? I thought you were a professional!
I was in Northern Thailand one year during some sort of big soccer championship. I was in a pub called "The Irish Clock" and it was full of Brits. Man-o-man those "hooligans" take that crap seriously. I was only there for the food as the owner's (he was a Brit) Thai wife would throw the cooks out of the kitchen when I showed up and cook one of my favorite dishes for me. It's RARE (next to impossible) to find it on a menu anywhere as it's more a "home cooked" dish ... but she made it the way I learned to love it when my ex-wife made it back in the day. I enjoyed the meal, but couldn't get interested in the soccer thing.
They (Ghana) Are thugs but we were still very fortunate to have beat them seeing as we possessed the ball for about 90 seconds the entire matchThat was HUGE victory for us and drastically improves our chances of getting out of the group.
Now on to the Portugese!
If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
I'm not complaining as I'm extatic we won, but we'll need to play much better if we expect to beat Portugal.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
Have to admit that I enjoyed the game more than I thought I would. But goodness sakes I couldn't believe how little in the way of offensive time of possession we had. Being an old football guy it made me wince at some of the sloppiness with the ball. Hell I had to ask my wife if there were a reason why we kept kicking the ball to the other team... thought there was a strategy I didn't know about.
Will
Honestly, we're a much better team than we showed yesterday. I think they get nervous which is attributable to lots of youth on the team. Nervous players make bad passes and it was rampant in that game. We have a decent midfield that is capable of holding the ball and creating better offensive opportunities... Hopefully THAT team will show up on Sunday against the portugulians
If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
What's the scoop on all of our injuries? Floppers or real?
BKB
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