WC2010 Group H - Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

Points table:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Fixtures:
(all times local: UTC+2)

16 June 2010 13:30
Honduras v Chile
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

16 June 2010 16:00
Spain v Switzerland
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

21 June 2010 16:00
Chile v Switzerland
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

21 June 2010 20:30
Spain v Honduras
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

25 June 2010 20:30
Chile v Spain
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

25 June 2010 20:30
Switzerland v Honduras
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Kas, can you pls mention the teams in the topic title, or at least in the description....

Surprised Busquets was able to stay on his feet long enough to take that picture.

debaser wrote:Surprised Busquets was able to stay on his feet long enough to take that picture.

Oh no he didn't!!!!

Debby, I'm sure a Villa player has taken a dive before

Ashley Young's a serial diver. I wouldn't claim my club as pure. No club is.

That doesn't alter my opinion that Busquets is one of the worst offenders in world football.

debaser wrote:Surprised Busquets was able to stay on his feet long enough to take that picture.

Actually it's an aerial photo.














Sigh..

debaser wrote:Ashley Young's a serial diver. I wouldn't claim my club as pure. No club is.

That doesn't alter my opinion that Busquets is one of the worst offenders in world football.

It's just that you seem to have a venemous hatred of players like Busquets and Mascherano when Young dives just as much as both of them.

Luis wrote:

Iniesta looks about 50 there, and Fabregas looks like a spare from Planet of the Apes.

Have to say, really looking forward to Spain-Chile, can see Chile getting humped but they'll play awesome football doing it.

Spain + Chile to go through

Luis wrote:

debaser wrote:Ashley Young's a serial diver. I wouldn't claim my club as pure. No club is.

That doesn't alter my opinion that Busquets is one of the worst offenders in world football.

It's just that you seem to have a venemous hatred of players like Busquets and Mascherano when Young dives just as much as both of them.

I don't like Mascherano because he spends the whole match diving + fouling + complaining & doesn't seem to have anything else to his game. He's the bastard you like if he's on your side, but hate if you're playing against him or neutral.

Busquets, I've probably only watched about half a dozen games with him and every time he's done some ridiculous examples of cheating.

There's degrees of diving: falling over with minimal contact to win a free kick is one thing, grabbing hold of your face solely in order to get an opponent sent off is another.

Seen Busquets guilty of the latter several times in the few matches I've seen of him. Young I've only ever really seen doing the former - this frustrates me and I wish he wouldn't (though of course I don't mind too much if we end up scoring - come on, everyone's a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to their own team!)

Also, I find it easier to forgive divers who entertain me as footballers. This is inconsistent and hypocritical too, but so be it. Mascherano & Busquets offer nothing for me to enjoy and the only things I notice of them is fouling & diving. Rivaldo may have done one of the worst examples of cheating to get a player sent off, but at least I can remember some awesome goals he scored

You should be like Bluenine and co, and learn to be entertained by defensive players too

I reckon Spain might win this group.

What a shit group as well. Should be easy for Spain, Chili or Switzerland for the second spot.

Warm-up match against Saudi Arabia tonight.

Spain VS Saudi Arabia

-----------------Iker

---Ramos----Pique---Puyol---Arbeloa

----------------Busquets

----------Xavi---------Alonso

----Silva---------Villa-----Iniesta

According to marca.

Not much of a game, but spain play sexy football so i will be watching.

Saudi Arabia score oh oh oh oh OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

Valdez would have gotten that Iker

Alonso is playing a strange role.. really advanced.

Alonso is average

Iniesta has been spain's best player so far, he is such an important player for Spain and Barcelona, That X factor within his game.

I've always thought that he should play in a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" kind of way but if that goal was a fuck up by Kodak they need to bring Reina in.

Villa 1-1, nice assist from Iniesta. Does wind me up seeing him hugging the touchline though. I'd kick Alonso out, and put Iniesta in his position.

Calidad wrote:Villa 1-1, nice assist from Iniesta. Does wind me up seeing him hugging the touchline though. I'd kick Alonso out, and put Iniesta in his position.

THIS.

Why?

Do you really think Busquests is needed against the Saudis?


Also, Messiah: posts containing just the word "THIS" are fucking stupid.

Six wrote:Why?

Do you really think Busquests is needed against the Saudis?


Also, Messiah: posts containing just the word "THIS" are fucking stupid.

Like

THIS

Messiah wrote:

Six wrote:Why?

Do you really think Busquests is needed against the Saudis?


Also, Messiah: posts containing just the word "THIS" are fucking stupid.

Like

THIS

You are making yourself look even stupider than normal in this thread.

Alonso average...

Six wrote:Why?

Do you really think Busquests is needed against the Saudis?


Also, Messiah: posts containing just the word "THIS" are fucking stupid.

Alonso would be out of the team permanently, not just against the Saudis.

Busquets offers nothing over Alonso really. The only thing he is good at is getting people sent off, and Alonso is even better than him at that.

Six wrote:

Messiah wrote:

Six wrote:Why?

Do you really think Busquests is needed against the Saudis?


Also, Messiah: posts containing just the word "THIS" are fucking stupid.

Like

THIS

You are making yourself look even stupider than normal in this thread.

Alonso average...

Its kind of hard to see shit,when your eyes are always full of it, don't expect you to see the averageness of Alonso.

When you have Lucas and Carrick (assuming you are english), playing for your club and country in Central Midfield.

Six wrote:Busquets offers nothing over Alonso really. The only thing he is good at is getting people sent off, and Alonso is even better than him at that.

No but iniesta does, wasn't talking about Busquets originally.

Besides, did you see how shit alonso was for spain at the confed in the DM Position.

Busquets can do no worst.

Messiah wrote:

Six wrote:

Messiah wrote:

Six wrote:Why?

Do you really think Busquests is needed against the Saudis?


Also, Messiah: posts containing just the word "THIS" are fucking stupid.

Like

THIS

You are making yourself look even stupider than normal in this thread.

Alonso average...

Its kind of hard to see shit,when your eyes are always full of it, don't expect you to see the averageness of Alonso.

When you have Lucas and Carrick (assuming you are english), playing for your club and country in Central Midfield.

How retarded do you have to be to think any of us rates either of those players? Do you never even read any of the premiership threads?

If you want to see an average player, try watching some lower league football. You don't have a clue really.