Maester Yobjascz Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Well... Brazil's playing well. The U.S. on the other hand... it seems like once the Brazilians start with the fancy footwork, the U.S. gives up and opts to just watch. And Beasely's continued gaffes are really starting to irritate me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon AS Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Brazil are not terribly imposing, they do no more than necessary but the US team can't defend, can't create and occasionally can't even control a simple 3m pass. My money is on them finishing dead last in this group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraig Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 The US did quite well against Italy (deserved at least a draw) but were a shambles against Brazil. Looks like playing with 10 men against Italy for so long killed them off.Brazil only had to be ok to win.Spain had a lot more difficulty in their last game too. Just shows what a team can do with a concentrated defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celtigo Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Well... Brazil's playing well. The U.S. on the other hand... it seems like once the Brazilians start with the fancy footwork, the U.S. gives up and opts to just watch. And Beasely's continued gaffes are really starting to irritate me.Agreed, the team played poorly but Beasley still manages to bring up the rear even then. When will Bradley get the message that this guy peaked 4 years ago and can't play left back. He doesn't really bring anything to the table except for "speed", and even thats not world class.We really did not look like a team capable of breaking into the knock out round in a year's time, unless the draw is kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Egypt continues to impress by beating Italy. Now Italy have to do better against Brazil than Egypt does against the Americans to advance to the semi finals. Doesn't look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Agreed, the team played poorly but Beasley still manages to bring up the rear even then. When will Bradley get the message that this guy peaked 4 years ago and can't play left back.Wait: you're trying to play DaMarcus Beasley as a left back?!? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 So, I was hearing on the radio this morning that the likely collapse of Setanta, and the apparent lack of any other interested party, could lead to the winding up of several SPL clubs. I can't see anything about this on the BBC Sport site. Anyone heard any rumours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 It's widely known that Kilmarnock are in severe financial trouble, despite cuts to the wage bill. At one stage it looked like they might be relegated, and at that point it was all but admitted by the board that they would go to the wall if that happened. their wage bill alone is rumoured to be larger than their share of the Setanta cash: without it they will almost certainly go bankrupt.There are rumours that two other clubs are in a similar but much less severe situation, but I've heard nothing specific about which ones. Probably two of the smaller ones. Certainly it will be a major hit for all the clubs, even the Old Firm: though Celtic have significantly reduced their debt so probably wouldn't need to make cuts in the short term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Setanta loses Premier TV rights Troubled pay-TV sports broadcaster Setanta has failed to pay the latest chunk of the £30m it owes the English Premier League - losing the rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDonegal Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Hmm. That could even damage a lot of the EPL teams quite severely. That 80m will be coming in handy for Man U to keep their heads up though, ey?And Tevez has walked out the door. Where next for the man? Spain? He at least knows their language, and he famously struggles to learn new languages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeric Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Theres always the possibility of Man City. But I can't remember the last time a player was sold between those two clubs, has it ever happened?Chelski are appealling the bans for Drogba and Co, I don't see that going very far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Denis Law is the famous one - mainly because he scored the goal for City in the derby that caused United to be relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraig Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Well saw the Spain South Africa game. Containment was an important feature of the South African game but they did look dangerous on the counter attack. They actually impressed me more than Egypt seemingly being able to pass the ball around quicker. (Beating Italy isn't that impressive considering how bad they are right now. Although, they had enough chances to draw with Egypt). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDonegal Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 On Tevez, he was only ever on loan to United anyway. So he technically wouldn't be getting sold between the two clubs, so I wouldn't see that as an impediment to a stint with City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rane Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 3-0 so far and it's only half-time. ;)Helping Egypt get through too... a Brasil vs. Spain will be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 And the U.S. is through to the semifinals thanks to the goals scored tie-breaker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ants Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Pretty amazing to watch. You would not want to be an Italian player over the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraig Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 :lol:Yes, freaky results. I certainly didn't expect the US to qualify. Egypt must have completely fallen apart under the pressure. Hard to say who deserved to qualify from that group (ignoring Brazil). The US were dreadful against Brazil but were unlucky against Italy and clearly deserved to beat Egypt. So one can't really argue too much with their qualification. Italy have been dire throughout. Brazil allowed them to play a bit in the 2nd half of today's game but it was too late for them. Going to be interesting to see can they find a few new players in the next year to turn things around.Brazil did have a fine game. When counter attacking they can be lethal, even if some of the players try too hard to score themselves. Passing is your friend!Kaka was very impressive though. And did pass things around brilliantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 YES, WE'VE WON THE RIGHT TO BE DISMANTLED BY SPAIN!Haha. I'm so happy to see us go through. The last two games were so depressing. I also take back all the shit I've been talking about Dempsey the last couple days. Everyone played wonderfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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