World Cup Discussion Thread

peabutler

Eto'o has been sent off in a friendly form Cameroon thinks its two yellows will this have any bans or anything put in place.

Ush1

peabutler wrote: »

Eto'o has been sent off in a friendly form Cameroon thinks its two yellows will this have any bans or anything put in place.

I think he will miss the Japan game which is a huge blow for Cameroon. Shocking behaviour from a captain.

peabutler

what did he do, I only saw he had been sent off on BBC.

steelcityblues

Can't believe he wants to throw away probably his last opportunity of making a big impact in a World Cup so much.

Denmark and Holland to go through in that group now, I think.

Ush1

peabutler wrote: »

what did he do, I only saw he had been sent off on BBC.

Complaining to the ref and then a silly little kick out. Ya know, taking one for the team.

steelcityblues

peabutler wrote: »

what did he do, I only saw he had been sent off on BBC.

High tackle on Portugese player!

peabutler

Just stupid really, would not be suprised to see him walk away from it all, especially if Milla has another few words.

Ush1

Paraguay youngster Barrios scored again. That's 3 in 3 for the lad for his country, maybe Steve Staunton was right about him!:pac:

Frisbee

steelcityblues wrote: »

Don't rule out the dour Swiss going through instead! I would prefer it to be Chile though.

The Swiss are absolutely atrocious, it's a miracle they even made it to the WC , they'll be going home after the group stages are over imo.

Warper

Just lookin at Flashscore there and saw AC Milan beat Montreal Impact 4-1 with Pato, Seedorf, Inzaghi and Ronaldinho scoring. Man, Pato and Ronaldinho must be so pissed off right now having to play these matches. I think they must be doing a tour of North America or something.

KombuchaMshroom

Anyone be able to tell me who first choice penalty takers for Spain, Argentina and Brazil are?

Ian_K

KombuchaMshroom wrote: »

Anyone be able to tell me who first choice penalty takers for Spain, Argentina and Brazil are?

I would presume they're Villa, Messi and Fabiano?

Frisbee

Ian_K wrote: »

I would presume they're Villa, Messi and Fabiano?

This is just a guess now:

Spain: Alonso, Villa, Xavi, Fabregas
Argentina: Tevez, Veron, Messi, Aguero
Brazil: KaKa, Fabiano, Robinho

Warper

KombuchaMshroom wrote: »

Anyone be able to tell me who first choice penalty takers for Spain, Argentina and Brazil are?

First choice in recent years are : Villa, Messi and Kaka.

Fizman

Not sure if this has popped up here or elsewhere but it's a pretty good WC calendar.

http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html

mike65

Injury alerts for Drogba and Ferdinand.

peabutler

mike65 wrote: »

Injury alerts for Drogba and Ferdinand.

Yeah if Rio is out think Capello will be regretting bringing Ledley King already, I can't see a Terry King/Dawson/Carra working as all are to slow.

Gillington

Goal.com's 10 things that should be banned from World Cup

Vuvuzela's only made it to no.8!!

Possible fractured elbow for Drogba

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/drogba-suffers-fractured-elbow-460423.html

peabutler

rarnes1 wrote: »

Possible fractured elbow for Drogba

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/drogba-suffers-fractured-elbow-460423.html

If it is that world cup group just got a lot less interesting.

smallerthanyou

Hopefully this is like the time John Terry broke his foot because whatever people's opinions about the man the WC will be poorer for not having him. The only interesting group would not be so interesting and he is the most high profile African player in the tournament.

keano_afc

Fizman wrote: »

Not sure if this has popped up here or elsewhere but it's a pretty good WC calendar.

http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055929826

skelliser

Drogba out, broken arm

peabutler

skelliser wrote: »

Drogba out, broken arm

Uncomfirmed Fractured Elbow to be scanned last I heard :rolleyes:

skelliser

peabutler wrote: »

Uncomfirmed Fractured Elbow to be scanned last I heard :rolleyes:

Its all over twitter, he is defo out

skelliser

vid of the incident

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC0V-s2bpw8

peabutler

skelliser wrote: »

Its all over twitter, he is defo out

Oh yea just like John Terry's broken metertarsal nearly forgot Twitter is 100% all the time.

EDIT: I am not saying he is not injured what im saying is that it is an injury waiting to be scanned so no need for the video.

skelliser

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1283994/WORLD-CUP-2010-Didier-Drogba-set-miss-finals-injuring-arm-Ivory-Coasts-friendly-Japan.html

event

ah the poor fella, thats Ivory coasts chances screwed too

baldbear

I was looking forward to seeing Drogba. Sickening for him and the Ivory Coast

peabutler

skelliser wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1283994/WORLD-CUP-2010-Didier-Drogba-set-miss-finals-injuring-arm-Ivory-Coasts-friendly-Japan.html

First it's the daily mail and secondly Sven said



Manager Sven Goran Eriksson has conceded that losing Drogba would be a huge blow to his side's chances in South Africa.
He said: 'It's an elbow injury but we don't know how bad it is, we are going straight to the hospital and I think we should get an answer before we leave.

newballsplease

baldbear wrote: »

I was looking forward to seeing Drogba. Sickening for him and the Ivory Coast

The man actually puts me off watching football. He is a disgrace to the game, and I hope he misses out on the whole tournament.

skelliser

talksport are confirming it on there twitter as well

peabutler

skelliser wrote: »

talksport are confirming it on there twitter as well

As long as you keep mentioning Twitter im going to disregard your posts. Drogba was taking to hospital for a scan on an elbow injury much the same as Terry a few weeks ago that does not mean the injury is confirmed ffs.

skelliser

ESPN

SION, Switzerland -- Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba broke his right arm during a 2-0 victory against Japan in a warmup for the World Cup on Friday.

Drogba limped off after a high 15th-minute challenge by Japan defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka. The Chelsea star could miss the tournament.

"It's an elbow injury, for sure. How bad it is, I don't know. He had a lot of pain," coach Sven Goran-Eriksson said before a team spokesman announced it was a broken arm. "Of course I'm worried. He's our captain and one of the best players in the world."

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5250486/ce/us/didier-drogba-broken-arm?campaign=rss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_5250486&cc=5739&ver=global

smallerthanyou

Oh the Daily Mail...... then it must be true. I think what trying to say is that until it's confirmed by the Ivory Coast, not Twitter/Daily Mail I'll be hopeful that it's just bruising or something and that he'll be playing.

peabutler

OMG, stop putting blooming links, the only sight I will take for sure is bbc sport when it says a 'confirmed' injury

skelliser

peabutler wrote: »

As long as you keep mentioning Twitter im going to disregard your posts. Drogba was taking to hospital for a scan on an elbow injury much the same as Terry a few weeks ago that does not mean the injury is confirmed ffs.

Dont shoot the messenger!

Gillington

peabutler wrote: »

OMG, stop putting blooming links, the only sight I will take for sure is bbc sport when it says a 'confirmed' injury

Why only BBC Sport!!?

mike65

Cos they wait soooooooooooooo long it must be true by the time they run with a story.

peabutler

Gillington wrote: »

Why only BBC Sport!!?

I've found the other ones id use jump on stories to quick before they are reliable, such as Sky Sports reporting Martin O' Neill had left only to take it down a few hours later etc.

smallerthanyou

newballsplease wrote: »

The man actually puts me off watching football. He is a disgrace to the game, and I hope he misses out on the whole tournament.

Are you a fan of good football? Everyone else wants him to play cos he's a great player and will make the group interesting.

To be honest Torres annoys me. He comes across as childish sometimes and having no charisma. But I still hope he plays in the world cup cos it'll be better for having him there.

Seaneh

He is out. Every fecking source i've seen have said confirmed fracture. The Gurdian, soccernet, etc, etc, etc. all reliable sources.

baldbear

newballsplease wrote: »

The man actually puts me off watching football. He is a disgrace to the game, and I hope he misses out on the whole tournament.

Apparently he's after ruling himself out. I don't like him myself but he is a great goalscorer/cheat. I always like seeing the best players in the WC and love him or hate him he is one of the best goalscorers.

event

peabutler wrote: »

OMG, stop putting blooming links, the only sight I will take for sure is bbc sport when it says a 'confirmed' injury

oh for christ sake, its been confirmed by most other sites and a lot of journos on twitter.

the reason they use twitter is that they can post it straight away, otherwise they'd have to type of a whole article and might not be beside a machine to do so.

deal with it

skelliser

event wrote: »

oh for christ sake, its been confirmed by most other sites and a lot of journos on twitter.

the reason they use twitter is that they can post it straight away, otherwise they'd have to type of a whole article and might not be beside a machine to do so.

deal with it

+1

Paleface

BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8722701.stm

Eire-Dearg

What a huge elblow.

Paleface

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

What a huge elblow.

Its a f*cking disgrace!

mike65

Thats handy for the Ivory Coasts rivals (Portugal)