Italy wins the world cup!

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:34 pm

The title says it all.

Bit of an antticlimax that the finals went into penalties.

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:40 pm

After watching that frog head butt the italian in the chest, sucker punch style, I was very glad he was watching his team lose from the locker room.

Go Italy!!!

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:38 pm

Will Robinson wrote:After watching that frog head butt the italian in the chest, sucker punch style, I was very glad he was watching his team lose from the locker room.

Go Italy!!!

x2

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:21 pm

x3. major bonehead move. I wonder what the Italian player said, since they seemed chummy up until about 3 microseconds before Zidane lost it....

Jagori · Post by **Jagori** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:38 pm

Hehe, I like what the announcer is saying right after that.. \"But why? But why? But why!?\"

Deathwinger · Post by **Deathwinger** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:34 am

Screw italy! I used to like them, but buying out games and faking injuries is not something to admire. This is a shallow cup they have won!

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:38 am

yeah it was a nice fake foul that zidane pulled to get them their penalty kick..../sarcasm

AndyX · Post by **AndyX** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:34 am

Deathwinger wrote:Screw italy! I used to like them, but buying out games and faking injuries is not something to admire. This is a shallow cup they have won!

full ACK

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:12 pm

Will Robinson wrote:After watching that frog head butt the italian in the chest, sucker punch style, I was very glad he was watching his team lose from the locker room.

Go Italy!!!

What he did was typical French arrogance. I hope his loss was painful.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:49 pm

I don't like it in any game when the outcome is decided by the Ref's and/or some sort of shootout. That's one thing I have to give hockey credit for- at least they don't do the shootout thing in the playoffs. I also like a best of multiple games situation. That way you give the teams enough playing time that those big, decisive calls tend to get more balanced out, and don't have as much significance. Just my 2 cents, though.

Deathwinger · Post by **Deathwinger** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:52 pm

And typical Italian racism!

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:01 pm

How to make soccer an interesting game:

1) Double the width of the goal mouth.
2) Make it 3 feet taller.
3) Ban any person on the field touching the ball with their hands.
4) Award 3 points for goals scored from the opposite half.
5) Award 2 points for goals scored outside 25 metres.
6) Award a single point for golas scored inside 25 metres.
7) Add a half point for goals scored by header.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:41 pm

8. Award \"Lives\" for any player that manages to catch and consume green colored mushrooms that roam the field.

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:43 pm

Add some US senator bashing in that mix, and you've got yourself a game that even the poorest people would buy a TV for.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:49 pm

That trophy seemed kind of dinky for something as big as the World Cup, especially compared to something like Lord Stanley's behemoth. Then again, it looked like it might be gold, so maybe it's not so bad, after all.

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:58 pm

I think they just need to legalize the head butt and add some heavy metal and it would open up a whole new following....Mosh Pit Soccer!!!1

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:51 pm

heh heh - full contact football

Would make the soccer hooligans look like pansies!

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:23 am

We have stuff like rugby and gridiron for that.

Soccer reputedly takes a fair bit of skill to play well... no point altering the game at this point.

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:33 pm

Sirius wrote:We have stuff like rugby and gridiron for that.

Soccer reputedly takes a fair bit of skill to play well... no point altering the game at this point.

It's for the benefit of us barbaric americans. After all we'll stare at cars driving in a circle for hours just hoping one will crash....

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:47 pm

Will Robinson wrote:After all we'll stare at cars driving in a circle for hours just hoping one will crash....

Dont feel bad if you think it's stupid. Many people worldwide think that sticking large needles into thier body is supposed to help them relax.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:58 pm

...and people chew skoal to get off cigarets. Brilliant!

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:38 pm

Isaac wrote:skoal

Never heard of it.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:48 am

TIGERassault wrote: Many people worldwide think that sticking large needles into thier body is supposed to help them relax.

They're not large and it works.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:16 am

Will Robinson wrote:It's for the benefit of us barbaric americans. After all we'll stare at cars driving in a circle for hours just hoping one will crash....

Yeah, that's a waste of time if ever there was one. Seriously, watching drag races is a much better bet for such carnage (especially if you sabotage it with road spikes, kekeke) - even the F1 races are better since the tracks actually twist sometimes (it seems rarely a week goes by without someone's car getting spectacularly totalled in those things...).