****Official World Cup Thread: South Africa 2010****

[boston.balla]

man i bought a jabulani ball and it is wrong as .

this stuff is real, i now imagine what the goalkeepers think ... now everyone can shoot like in roberto carlos and in rain conditions plus the pressure of an official game and the effect/swerve the players put on the ball a goalkeeper is absolutely ed... ofc not as much as idiotic mistakes a la green, but, cassilas was right, this ball is especially bad for keepers.

[Bukefal]

Tony Parker ranks NBA point guards, talks World Cup

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San Antonio Spurs guards Tony Parker joined the show to talk about the NBA and the World Cup. Here are some his takes:

-- Parker ranked his fellow point guards. He thinks he's in the top five. But Chris Paul is No. 1, followed closely by Deron Williams. Then also Steve Nash and Chauncey Billups. He said Rajon Rondo is sixth.

-- Parker said he once played soccer. "I was pretty good. I played between 7 and 10," Parker said. "Then when I saw Michael Jordan playing I decided to switch sports."

Parker said his father was actually from Chicago and that helped him get into the sport.

-- Parker is a bit worried about France soccer. And he's not a fan of vuvuzelas. "It's annoying," Parker said. "When you watch on TV. It's like man, this is non-stop."

[JudynTX]

Even Tony hates the sound!

[Trainwreck2100]

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[JudynTX]

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Yep

[Cry Havoc]

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[lefty]

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[Spurologist]

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[lefty]

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[Cry Havoc]

Another half, another 0-0 deadlock.

Thrilling.

[sefant77]

[boston.balla]

Another half, another 0-0 deadlock.

Thrilling.

sincerely you don't understand the game, no offense.

As a spur fan remember the epic spurs-detroit finals when only in one game there were more than 90pts ... what you see right now is the equivalent in soccer, alot of great defense/effort at this world cup, nobody is guaranteed to be blown out, balanced matches, alot of tension on both contenders(pressed to score more by the equilibrium in terms of power) and bottom-teams (to make their country proud/ rise their stock/ put themselves on the map)

It's really a great cup with DECENT refes ... that's one you gotta appreciate.


What's not great is the low attendence (logical, far from both europe and south america) and the damned vuvezelas.

[JudynTX]

My nephew is in South Africa right now, he'll be at the USA match, anyway....he bought one of those vuvuzelas.

[sefant77]

At least there are so many photoshops, gifs and videos to laugh about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ln_...ayer_embedded#!

[MannyIsGod]

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/...ds-update.html

[rascal]

The Algeria/Slovenia game was one of the worst games i've seen, other than that it's been pretty good IMO.

The USA /England match was also very bad.

[sefant77]

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/...ds-update.html

What an amazing fail:

Group D: Germany’s 4-0 win against Australia was one of the few matches I didn’t watch, but the scoreline somewhat speaks for itself. Again, it’s the more physical teams, and the more technical teams, that seem to be thriving amidst the al ude changes, the vuvuzelas, and the Jabulani, whereas the prettier, more finesse sides seem to be somewhat disoriented. And German soccer is a lot of things, but it isn’t pretty.

A proof that you just should shut up if u didnt see a game.

[MannyIsGod]

Eh, Nate is amazing for his statistical modeling and analysis not his game commentary.

[sonic21]

france will not advance so now Brazil is a lock to win it all.

[DAF86]

france will not advance so now Brazil is a lock to win it all.

Spain will knock out Brazil in the round of 16.

[sonic21]

That's just facts, only france succeded in eliminating brazil since 1982.

90 doesn't count, that WC sucked.

[TDMVPDPOY]

france will not advance so now Brazil is a lock to win it all.

this brazil team is weak ass man, not many known players besides that ball hog robinho...that left back defender his alright from what ive seen so far...

[DAF86]

That's just facts, only france succeded in eliminating brazil since 1982.

90 doesn't count, that WC sucked.

This WC sucks too

[MaNuMaNiAc]

That's just facts, only france succeded in eliminating brazil since 1982.

90 doesn't count, that WC sucked.

Coincidence that France didn't participate

[Sense]

france will not advance so now Brazil is a lock to win it all.

Wtf?


Are you serious?


So France is the only Brazilian stopper apparently.... hahahhaa


I laughed at your 2-0 prediction btw, and your confidence... saying that is really funny. France never had a chance