Wtf!

[Busyman™]

Blatant cheating and holding up the game.


edit: I guess not so blatant.....

They fucking practice flopping. Wtf?! That's just fucking sad. Damn I recall the English contingent bashing basketball 'cause we give a foul to stop the clock. I was told that was wholly American. It seems this flopping has been going in soccer for awhile but ignored in that discussion.

Fantastic.

[Cheese]

This thread is funny because this is the one point girls and homosexuals harp on about when football is mentioned in this country.

Though it is hardly just the Europeans that do this, I'd say the worse for diving and playacting are the South Americans. Paraguay were playing that referee very well on Saturday.

[Cheese]

i think it's two high ranking teams and two low ranking teams. picked at random

Not quite, the teams are split into four different groups of seeds, top seeds, second seeds, third seeds and fourth seeds. Their ranking is dependent on their performance in the last two World Cups and FIFA ranking.

There is a certain randomness in the draw for the groups but they also ensure that teams from the same continent do not meet each other in the first round. Except for, of course, the Europeans. For them they just make sure there are no more than two European teams in one group.

USA, for instance, are ranked 9th because, despite of their inflated FIFA ranking, they have failed to perform well in the last two World Cups (which includes a humiliating defeat to Iran). The seeding system works well enough in that it keeps the big boys (Brazil, England, etc) seperated until the latter stages and even if a team gets knocked out in the first round they will have played football against countries from at least two different continents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeding...FIFA_World_Cup

FIFA SEEDINGS FOR 2006 WORLD CUP

1 Brazil
2 England
3 Spain
4 Germany
5 Mexico
6 France
7 Argentina
8 Italy
9 USA
10 Netherlands
11 Korea Republic
12 Japan
13 Sweden
14 Croatia
15 Paraguay
16 Czech Republic
17 Portugal
18 Costa Rica
19 Saudi Arabia
20 Poland
21 Iran
22 Tunisia
23 Ecuador
24 Serbia & Montenegro
25 Switzerland
26 Ukraine
27 Côte d'Ivoire
28 Australia
29 Trinidad and Tobago
30 Ghana
31 Angola
32 Togo

[Busyman™]

This thread is funny because this is the one point girls and homosexuals harp on about when football is mentioned in this country.

Though it is hardly just the Europeans that do this, I'd say the worse for diving and playacting are the South Americans. Paraguay were playing that referee very well on Saturday.

I have seen where the ref just tell the whinger to just get up. I wished they'd penalize for whinging.

You'll the see some fuck acting like he got shot then watch prance off the field.

It's only a matter of time before this cancer starts infecting the US team too especially since they are losing so badly. Grasping at straws.

I imagine it must work or else players wouldn't do it. It seems like a good way to catch a breather.

[MagicNakor]

It's also entertaining.

[thewizeard]

What's the dealio with Europeon players always flopping and going for these "I've been mortally wounded" acting awards. They fucking get right back up and sprint away. I've noticed this a lot in soccer and even in basketball.

Just fucking play the game.

You really know nothing about football busyman? ...that's the way it is

This is not soccer m8 .. lol...

Rugby is the sport for men, not football.

[manker]

Damn I recall the English contingent bashing basketball 'cause we give a foul to stop the clock. I was told that was wholly American. It seems this flopping has been going in soccer for awhile but ignored in that discussion.

I mentioned diving in soccer a lot and I condemned it a lot.

You mentioned cheating in basketball a lot and said it was fine.

The point was that while you don't mind your team cheating to win, I would rather my team not cheat and lose than cheat and win.

I would still prefer my team to play fair and lose than cheat to win.



The consensus in that thread was that you're a materialistic cunt and I'm more of a sporting purist.

[Busyman™]

Damn I recall the English contingent bashing basketball 'cause we give a foul to stop the clock. I was told that was wholly American. It seems this flopping has been going in soccer for awhile but ignored in that discussion.

I mentioned diving in soccer a lot and I condemned it a lot.

You mentioned cheating in basketball a lot and said it was fine.

The point was that while you don't mind your team cheating to win, I would rather my team not cheat and lose than cheat and win.

I would still prefer my team to play fair and lose than cheat to win.



The consensus in that thread was that you're a materialistic cunt and I'm more of a sporting purist.

I mentioned you knew shit about basketball.

I was right. Fouls to send a player to the line in hopes they can get the ball back involve a legitimate play on the ball with simply less discrimination otherwise said team retains possession after said foul. STFU.

Fouls are part of basketball and is in the rules. Whinging and flopping is not part of soccer rules. It is cheating for a breather or whateverthefuck.

You are a name-calling-fuck. Construct that for effect.

Oh and you weren't even the wholly American poster but thanks for playing, dumbass, dumbass.

[Busyman™]

What's the dealio with Europeon players always flopping and going for these "I've been mortally wounded" acting awards. They fucking get right back up and sprint away. I've noticed this a lot in soccer and even in basketball.

Just fucking play the game.

You really know nothing about football busyman? ...that's the way it is

This is not soccer m8 .. lol...

Rugby is the sport for men, not football.

Kewel! Soccer is not a major sport ova here. Gotcha.

[manker]

You're going to have to claim a busyrod in a minute - you're looking increasingly stupid.

As if by magic:

I am so very, very shocked.