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"footie predictions for next season"

premiership - man united

fa cup - arsenal

champions league - barcelona

carling cup - man united

championship - derby

league 1 - bradford city

league 2 - rushden + diamonds

conference - exeter city

world cup group

1. england
2. brazil
3. france
4. germany

england will win the world cup c'mon we can do it

I assume against Argentina you're talking about the referee that sent off Beckham for his kick on Simeone? How can that qualify as getting "cheated out be a c*nting referee" when Beckham actually did lash out at him. Okay, maybe Simeone over-reacted a little, but that happens in football, and if you're going to have idiots like Beckham flailing about on the ground in an attempt to make contact with an opponent, then they deserve to be sent off.

And there was nothing wrong with Urs Maier's decision. Get over it.

AfroJoe wrote:
> And don't give any of the crap about poor referees or bad pitches.
> The opposition have exactly the same problems.

But it was the ref's fault that Portugal beat us, it was, it was, it was. But it was Gerrard's fault that France beat us.

AfroJoe wrote:
> And there was nothing wrong with Urs Maier's decision. Get over it.

Stop it! *cries*

It wasn't the ref's fault. It was England's fault.

You didn't score more goals than Portugal in normal time, and you couldn't beat them on penalties.

Sol Campbell scored. It's just somebody decided it didn't count.

Yeah, and therefore he didn't score. So the match finished 2-2. And England lost on penalties.


It was a foul. Maybe a weak foul, but a foul all the same. Maier would have given exactly the same decision had the foul happened at the other end... or if it were two completely different teams contesting in a match.

I don't usually make excuses but that Portugal game was ridiculous.

England played crap football, but played to win, and that they did. They were the better (albeit duller) side, scored goals exactly when needed and should've gone through.

Whatever you say about the World Cup game against Brazil, and the Euro 2004 injury time loss against France, they were fair and square. The Portugal game, however, England lost because a goal was disallowed for no reason whatsoever.

AfroJoe wrote:

And there was nothing wrong with Urs Maier's decision.
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There was!


...and I can't think of anything else to add to that '_'

AfroJoe wrote:
> I assume against Argentina you're talking about the referee that sent
> off Beckham for his kick on Simeone? How can that qualify as getting
> "cheated out be a c*nting referee" when Beckham actually
> did lash out at him. Okay, maybe Simeone over-reacted a little, but
> that happens in football, and if you're going to have idiots like
> Beckham flailing about on the ground in an attempt to make contact
> with an opponent, then they deserve to be sent off.
>
> And there was nothing wrong with Urs Maier's decision. Get over it.

He could also have been talking about the dissolowed goal in the last minute and that would be being "cheated out be a c*nting referee".

> premiership - Chels
>
> fa cup - Chels
>
> champions league - Barca
>
> carling cup - Yoo
>
> championship - I've got to say Leeds, haven't I?
>
> league 1 - Notts Forest
>
> league 2 - Stockport
>
> conference - Woking
>
> World Cup - Brazil. Again. Unfortunately.