Wait, is that Musberger?  I think it’s that O’Brien guy.

Why does Robben fall so easy?

Never said he wasn’t a diver…just said he was a absolute terror today.

Great game by Joe Cole yesterday as well…just sayin’

A big whoosh of relief in Mexico, as two late goals finish off a tenacious but bumbling Iranian squad.

The goalie for portugal took the biggest of dives early in the first half.

Got three games on right now. This one, today’s braves loss, and the GA game. The remote is heating up.

Get the hell out of there, ronaldo, you sissy!

Agree, this World Cup could be the beginning of the Joe Cole is ####### brilliant era…

The Ballad of Phillip Burma - 12 June 2006 03:58 AM

Agree, this World Cup could be the beginning of the Joe Cole is ####### brilliant era…

I just wish he would

1) STOP FALLING SO EASILY
2) Stop “pretending to be injured” and then roll around the field for five frakking minutes then get up
3) Stop surrounding the referees once something is called against him.

Australia got boned.  Pure and simple.

I hope they come back and win this game because that was one brutal non-call.

Shep Messing sounds either…

a) drunk, or
b) like someone who’s doing a really bad Bob Dylan impersonation.

I’m just following this on Gamecast, and maybe my expectations are wrong, but it seems like there are a lot of yellow cards flying around in this match.

What a ridiculous display of “football” by Japan.  There’s not being physical, and then there’s sitting back and letting the opposition shoot the ball.

SOCCEROOS!

Congrats Phil.

Now…USA! USA! USA!

haha, that didn’t take long.

Unbelievable amount of fouls on the US in the first five.

US wasting chances and the Czechs playing some good D.

WHERE THE HELL WAS THE ENTIRE DAMN TEAM WHEN THE BALL BOUNCED OFF THE POST!?!?!

*Bangs head on desk*  Every team can score at will except for the ones I root for.

Yep, that’ll just about do it.

So, that sucks.

Yeah, my plan was to go out for lunch and find somewhere to watch the second half.  I actually said to my friend “The potential problem is that it’ll go bad, they’ll be down 2-0, and I won’t want to watch the second half.”  Bingo.

Well, the Czechs are old.  They may fade in the second half.  And now Koller’s down.  Looked like a pulled hammy.  Steroids? :)

Yeah, but they don’t even need Koller anymore. Go into defensive mode for the rest of the game and the Czechs will still win. Probably 2-1.

Say, is Jack Edwards doing the play-by-play for ESPN this time around?  God, he sucked last time.

Unless we do mount a comeback, this isn’t really good news.  If we lose to the Czechs, we want them to smack around Italy and Ghana.

Exactly, Koller’s injury could hinder the US’s chances even further.