Albert Schweitzer

Okay.. so we dont get into trouble I change topic. MOST RIDICULOUS Totti, after having spit at a danish player during a match now decided to sue the media because they showed scenes of the incident. He considers this to be CALUMNY (Rufmord). Oh boy.. those italians are bad loosers, and sometimes ridiculous like hell.

Michael Schuster at same age did already shoot triple the amount of goals in a competition.during same time... but lets forget about the past... Rooney is not a beautiful pinup like Beckham but an actual football player with real talent!

Hell that Rooney (roony ? Ronny ? Ronayi?) looks like a pretty good but dangerous player. Related to Gascoigne?

I might be able to join in a week!

Actually on german TV they werent harsh on him at all. What they said was that any judgement must take into consideration that we dont have the insight that a trainer does. All they said was that a trainer should be cautious to take a player out of a team that appears to be functioning well. Any interruption and the following recalibration is a risk-factor. And germany will probably get its ass kicked by Czeck-B, but that is okay. We never claimed we have a good team! But we can show you how NOT to get 3 counter-goals!

Bingo! Noone is talking about a purely defensive strategy but it should be an option if the pressure is too strong during a certain moment. But okay, if you want to see your team loose right away.. fine with me! But dont be surprised if the world doesnt consider you to have a good team if you havent reached the Finals, EVEN if you played some good matches.

The worst mistake made in the game was substituting Robben by Bosvelt, that is bringing in a defender for a striker. They should have kept on attacking instead of locking themselfs in defense. After that substitute the only attacks were long balls to the front, which oftenly failed and ended up being another attack from Czech side. Before that, the offense was playing like a team with beautifull combinations between Robben, van Nistelrooij and van de Meijde. The midfield was acting together too, with Seedorf and Davids playing quite well. It was the defense that lacked, as I said. It is ironical that you tell me a that a 2-0 Advantage must not be DEFENDED but INCREASED against a team with (as you call it) with the worlds best striker. The chance of success (3-0) is much lower than the potential risk (2-1)

. The match was fun to watch and it looked "oh so Great" but in the end there is a total failure of strategy if you lead 2-0 and THEN let the enemy shoot 3 goals in a row. After the 2-1 or after the 2-2 latest the strikers should forget about their orgasmic running qualities and goddamn listen to their new bosses, THE DEFENDERS. How can you say that they played well just because the match was great to watch? Each one of them played well individually! maybe! But as a team they lost.

I keep my opinion MEDIUM GOOD. The dutch have far superior strikers. And they would have won the match if your xxxx trainer wouldnt have pulled the best player of the day from the field. Holland played well against Germany because they did NOT play too offensive. But against the Czeck...what was that.?? Some kind of "defense is for gays anyway!!". The Czecks won that game because the dutch obeyed their style of playing. Suddenly all dutch players were running around like Moscitos. No order, no organisation.. just some Awesome good strikers (dutch) trying their luck cause it seemed that they thought each attack requires an immediate counterattack! Boomerang-strategy... the counterattack failed and the Czecks returned again with no defense in their way. But we will see. I dont want to judge about who gets into the Quarters (germany or Holland) cause I dont know. But I am positive that Czecks have a weak team buildup indeed. And during the last games so far I have always been pretty right (except about italy) I see it already coming... in case (50/50) Germany wins against the Czecks then it will probably be a boring game.. cause... suprise... there are defenders in front of the goal. And IF Germany realy wins then entire europe will say..well the Czecks played with their B Teamn and didnt have to fight anyway. Maybe true.. I dont know... But be assured that you will hardly see any beautiful goals in that match cause a good defense kills most Samba-dancing Czeck strikers. And we will not go into TOTAL OFFENSE if we are already leading by 2-0. That mistake wont happen in a disciplined team

The first thing we learned about the english language was that pronounciation is crucial. People in the UK judge you by your accent/dialect, opening your mouth is like opening the entire book of prejudice. Actually, when judging a lady to become a pontential bride of the royal family, then one of the most deceisive factors is the dialect since it is said to represent family background, education, manners, and level of culture. Very very strange...it realy is. In germany a man or women speaking an original dialect of a region is not judged that way.

The Czecks are never gonna win the EURO, they play to0 offensive. Sure it is nice to watch (just like when the swedes are playing) but a team like the french will punish such a thin defense. The dutch however, AS I SAID IT FROM THE BEGINNING, have a weak defense and Could not control the heavy wave of czeck-attacks. Tough Luck. No doubt, many of the Czeck goals were beautiful and done with cool precision but give them a tough defense and they luck will go away. Lettland seemed to have learned from them and all they do during the last to games is to keep 10 defenders protecting their goal... so it is gonna be boring the match Lettland vs Holland. I assure you that. And one more forecast. A team like england will easily kick out a swedish, danish or Czeck team, wanna bet? England has a good defense and the only one who can crack it are players like Zidane and Co. Medium-Good Strikers like the Czeck will not succeed...

Forget all your analytical approaches, you can only be wrong anyway. Look at this poll from 2002 and learn about our precision as far as football-predictions are concerned! Â I says bulgaria is gonna win the title. Â Link to poll

Haha, I told ya... 10 points for me!

Your bets on england vs Switzerland? Mine is 3-0

Naaah, no need to get concerned. This remains a cool community!

But reincarnation doesnt happen right after death..does it? Does the transition time between death and reincarnation then count as elapsed prison time?

Yeah pins, We hope you are well and remain a mentally stable character (well you never realy were ) Anyhow, tell us if you need shaving cream, moscito-spray, some flipflops, a new digital camera...

heh? Banned for three games? They only play 2 more anyway!

I lost my link to the iraqi coalition casualties statistics. Anyone give it back to me? And secondly, is there any stat out there to the percentage of injuries and their causes.?

blasphemy Oh dear, you are right.. let me give you a list of better games. OFP3 OFP2 Resistance OFP 3.1 OFP 3.12 OFP 3 Lniux OFP2 Gold collection Tolerant about other games? Hell give me a game that I can play for 3-4 years without getting slightly bored of the graphics or addons. Not even a single game published this year has the potential to keep me entertained for more than a few months. See it this way. One night stands with other exciting good looking games are great but in the end all of us wish to return to our girlfriend Ms. OFP!

Couldnt agree more!

Francesco Totti ( famous italian player) is probably on his way home soon. The danes presented some film-material from the game denmark vs italy ín which it is clearly visible that Totti spit into the face of a danish player. german link Two things would make me embarassed of my country: hooligans and unsportive behaviour. This already happened in the past when a dutch player spit at a german player in 1990. But back then the stupid ref send off both players from the pitch. This time the guilty will be punished. What an asocial behaviour!!

lol, this is a funny thread.. keep it coming!

Did we watch the same match? I actually saw the germans attacking quite often instead of building a rigid defense line. And anyone who doesnt play with a 4-person defense against Holland must be crazy! Or do you want your opponent to shoot 2 goals during the last 10 minutes? Who would be that silly?

Screw, maybe you are forgetting the last world cup!