From: Mehdi on
> Subject : World Cup 2010 Last 16 Day One
> From : wanyikuli(a)gmail.com

> Loud "buulllshiiiit' chants from the crowd at this, don't know if you
> picked it up on your telecast.

Yep we heard it.

>> Uruguay are heading for the semi-finals. It's hard to see how they will
>> struggle to beat Ghana who have lost Boateng to injury and Ayew to
>> suspension. They've got a lot more firepower than any of the teams Ghana
>> have faced so far.
>
> Conversely how do Ghana compare to the teams Uruguay have faced?

They're completely different. They're quicker and more athletic, much
stronger in the air, in fact the best team I've seen at defending
crosses, but on the reverse side far too casual with their passing out
of defence.


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From: Jesper Lauridsen on
On 2010-06-27, Mehdi <Benny(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote:
>
> Feilhaber replaced Findlay at the start of the second half and almost
> had an immediate impact.

Feilhaber is a fantastic player, and the major clubs of Europe shoud
queue up to sign him. Start bidding!
From: Starcade on
On Jun 27, 12:51 am, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> Donovan and Dempsey will both cross 30 between now and the next WC.
> There is no telling what will happen by then. Both are likely to be on
> the team in Brazil, but could also have very diminished roles. The US
> is still strong at MF, though, with Bradley, Holden, Edu, Feilhaber,
> and Torres all set to be in their primes in 2014. I wouldn't try to
> make any predictions about "after that" because there is no telling
> what might transpire in an 8 year period. That is plenty of time for
> more than one player not on the radar now to emerge.

The problem for the USA is that any realistic chance at a major player
is going to be overhyped and overpaid by Nike and Adidas to Hell and
back.

That fraud Freddy Adu, anyone?

Mike
From: forssberg on
On Jun 26, 10:02 pm, Mehdi <Be...(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote:
> 26 June 2010
>
> USA 1 (Donovan 82 Pen)
> GHANA 2 (Boateng 5, Gyan 93)
>

> Feilhaber replaced Findlay at the start of the second half and almost
> had an immediate impact.

Bradley's decision to start with two stikers doomed the game for his
team.
From: JK on
forssberg wrote:
> On Jun 26, 10:02 pm, Mehdi <Be...(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote:
>> 26 June 2010
>>
>> USA 1 (Donovan 82 Pen)
>> GHANA 2 (Boateng 5, Gyan 93)
>>
>
>> Feilhaber replaced Findlay at the start of the second half and almost
>> had an immediate impact.
>
> Bradley's decision to start with two stikers doomed the game for his
> team.

Might not have spelled doom if one of them was someone other than Findley.