I see that Portugal trounced the North Koreans 7-0. Looks like there may be some new inmates at the re-education camps...

wow, I turned the TV off and went to work too early. I thought that Team USA's world cup was over.

I'm no soccer fan, but you gotta root for your country.

anyways, did some more digging and found a few more Korean fans and Dutch fans. The Dutch fans got in a bit of trouble because they were at the game to advertise for a Dutch brewer. Apparently South Africa has laws against "ambush marketing".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...w-2002631.html

they can advertise at my football games anytime they want.

The Australia v Serbia game was intense. Both had a chance to go through there at the end.

Well, they're WAY too hot to be North Korean fans...

Well, that's Italy out...

those are the Chinese actors hired to cheer for the North Koreans since no one from DPRK could go.

just kidding, those are two South Korean actresses showing their World Cup pride. (ROK also made it to the world cup and is advancing to the next round).

Paul, you were in ROK for awhile right?

North Korea lost again and is out. Its got me wondering, maybe Dear Leader made a deal during the six party talks and said, "Get my team in the World Cup and you can have your captured journalists, missionaries, nukes, etc."

Kind of Machiavellian.

Here's an interesting counterpoint to the nuclear question:

We don't want the North to give up their nukes. Not really. One, it soaks up a lot of their defense budget. Two, it makes them international pariahs. And three, most importantly, it dampens down their national sense of paranoia. While they have even their relatively-abortive nuclear program, they feel reasonably safe from invasion, and may not feel the need for a preemptive invasion of the South.

It's just an idea, and I'll admit that it is contingent upon the North's nuclear program continuing to be reasonably-abortive. And to be able to keep a clamp on proliferation. But their nuclear program, as it is now, may actually work for us.

Feel free to comment -- I'll admit that it is a screwy idea.

Yes, and they were showing their...pride...quite nicely.

I was stationed in Korea from 1988-1990. And hot chicks like those don't live around US military bases.

The idea is unorthodox, but I appreciate that you're looking at the situation as it is instead of the way we'd like it to be. It's all well and good to have a desired end state (such as a nuke-free North Korea, or even a North Korea that has been opened to the outside world), but there's never a guarantee that a feasible means of getting there from here exists. Some problems just can't be solved the way we want with the means at hand.

Webstral

Well, no more ROK in the Cup. Now that the U.S. is out (it was quite an emotional run)...

GO Uruguay!

What can I say re England?! Any military parallels seeing as it was vs Germany are kind of politically incorrect.

We were poor, inept defending and naive attacking leaving us open to the counter.

Cant see the Germans getting past Argentina, although tactical nous may swing it for em over actually skills. I would prefer Uruguay, Holland or Spain than either of these two rivals as a Brit.

Oh schadenfreude, how I do love thee :firedevil

I wouldn't write off the Germans...unless I'm mistaken their half of the draw avoids Brazil / Holland (yes, I know it includes Argentina and Spain, but there are a few teams who have still to be really tested and the Germans might just be one of the dark horses along with Uruguay). I also think Japan might have a chance of getting past Paraguay and into the Quarter Finals.

Certainly one of the strangest World Cups I can recall from a European perspective, firstly for some of the teams that didn't qualify in the first place(Sweden, Russia, and the Republic of Ireland all spring to mind) and secondly for the teams that have gone home early (France and Italy obviously, and now England as well).

well, after the US loss, my world cup interest is fading. I think I will have to scour the internet and find some more pictures of hot female world cup fans to figure out if I will be rooting for another country.

good run by the US, but there was one come back too many.

regarding the England vs. Germany match, during the highlights ESPN showed two English fans dressed up as WWII RAF (the blue uniforms with neckties). Was the English media trying to do parallels to WWII?

I think it was the Daily Mail that ran a headline along the lines of "If we'd defended that badly in the Battle of Britain we'd have lost the war".

And people wonder why there is so much anti England football feeling!

LOL!!! This quote is really funny when read by an Australian - down under the term "rooting" means "having intercourse with". Hilarious!

The English media are scum tbh (imo) - but the fans outfits are meant to be humerous not controversial. They try to find something quintessentially English (in their opinion), like the St George/Crusader...which could be taken badly if we played an Arab nation.

I am still enjoying the WC, and although not completely writing off the Germans, the Dutch, Argies, Brazil and Spanish (who have to get past tough Portugal today) are another level when it comes to on the ball skills. Some great games coming up, after some dire group games, this is when the WC comes to life.

lol, learn something new every day!

speaking of which:

Hot soccer babes:

http://gnews.com/hot-soccer-strip-ba...7201010063510/

and has anyone heard of this Paraguayan fan?

http://www.theblogismine.com/2010/06...ay-wins-title/

better pics (NSFW)
http://www.nerve.com/scanner/2010/06...topless-photos

uhh, go Paraguay?

You make it sound like this comedian in the US who asks, "Do you think your parents had nice sex or pig sex?"

Sorry to drag this threat off topic but, putting soccer babes aside for a minute, did any of you see the Uruguay vs. Ghana game today? That had to be one of the most dramatic finishes in World Cup quarterfinals history (if not overall tournament history). I'm still trying to catch my breath.

Go Uruguay!

AUGH! I heard about it - I've seen almost every game of this WC so far, but work pulled me away today, and I missed the best game yet! Grrrrr.

sorry, I missed it also. too busy looking at soccer babe pics. The only thing I saw was the last Ghana penalty kick.

(btw, if anyone is offended, let me know and I'll stop posting pics, lol):D

More soccer babes drill sergeant,
More soccer babes drill sergeant!
We like it! We love it! We want more of it!:D

Yep, I saw it...definitely one of the most exciting finales I've seen...

(Going slightly off topic, the most dramatic conclusion I think I've seen in any game was the Champions League Final in 1999 if anyone remembers that one...Bayern Munich leading Manchester United 1 - 0 with minutes to go and Man U came out 2 - 1 winners...)

So... the German Football machine marches on, against all the odds. The Dutch too, are punching above their weight. Cant see Uruguay having the quality to get any further, especially as their main striker is suspended for the next game. This leaves Spain, the pre-tourney favourite but they are not really playing to their potential.

Anyone (but Uruguay) can win it now, but I favour the Dutch. They have the easiest semi-final, and seem to know how to get a result.

I like the pics btw!

Germany for me...

Yes I haven't been around in months, too much to do lately and that's not going to slow down. RPGs and Twilight are back on their shelves for a while. However when I saw you asking HQ, I couldn't resist:D

I don't felt it to be that hard. Nobody was really excited anyway while fans and kids (almost all) supported South Africa during the last game. It's a biggest issue for our politicians.

The only thing is that the French team was a perfect image of what France is at the moment (hope it doesn't last). At least they achieved something collectively: failure.

Sorry to all our american friends, however, as during their match against Ghana I was supporting Ghana. The image I will remember is that of both coaches hugging each other. I was supporting Ghana but, for the first time in decades I had watch a nice game. Players taking risks and playing to the end. Nice game from both US and Ghana, sincerely.:)

Too bad Ghana is out now.

Bye everyone, back to work!

Looks like I'm the only Italian here and I read some "nice" comments...

Anyway I don't care about World Cup 2010 simply because I'm not a soccer fan. I've got a sympathy for Germany.

oops!
 

Yes,you are right -a lot of these comments were not really nice .I apologize for mine if they were regarded as anti-italian in any way .They were more an expression of frustration over general trends in the game that I find are negative .

( I was sure you were from Finland or Northern Sweden ???)

Italy has amazing players,a strong history and many triumphs to boast about.
Slamming Italy is not alright .Critizising their team is - as long as it is not groundless.
It is a fact that "filming" is universal and not only Italian.

Some fans may not understand some aspects of Italian football culture though .

Full respect to Italy and Italians alike.

Soccer is bringing the US to its doom...
 

ok - if you check out this you are adding to the guys view counter -but I just had to...he is just so...weird.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBkbj...layer_embedded

hehe.

what a card.

:rolleyes: