Maybe England weren't so bad...

[doodab]

Did he really bite a poodle?

[wobbegong]

I think the point is, that Maradona is a cheating, drug taking, fat, greasy, cheating, poodle biting, vodka swilling, cheating, greasy, dirty, cheating, loud mouthed, pot smoking, cocaine sniffing, cheating, Argie son of a bitch. Who has a tattoo.

HTH

MF

Don't forget, he's a cheat, too.

[shaunbhoy]

This city is going nuts... banger that would shatter the windows keep going off,

scooterscot,
what do the Germans think of Angela Merkel's dress sense?
Jeezus, if ever someone needed a visit from the Fashion Police it must be her!
Retro looks are all well and good, but I am sure I have seen footage of Adolf wearing that self-same jacket in Berschtesgaden circa 1938!!!

[centurian]

Funniest thing was after the first goal, she looked around to see if it was okay to stand up and celebrate.

By the time the 3rd/4th goals went in, she had no such qualms.

[Zippy]

Don't forget, he's a cheat, too.

He's a quality volleyball player though.

[sasguru]

My one mistake in this world cup is that I assumed the Germans would not that be that good. And if they had played last years team, I would have been right. Luckily for them (and my German co0nnections confirm this is the conclusion in Germany) Ballack got injured which required a rethink and they brought in 4-5 of their under 21s who have made all the difference.
Good luck to Germany. I hope they win. Normally they are boring but efficient team. This year they are an efficient and exciting team. They have managed to use their ethnic minorities flamboyance and ally that with tradiotional German virtues to produce a compelling brand of football that is almost Brazilian.
I hope they win and I hope we can learn from them.

[shaunbhoy]

My one mistake in this world cup is that I assumed I knew something about Football, even though I have always been too weedy to ever play the game. I now realise this must have made me come across as something of an arrogant clueless tosser, and hereby unreservedly apologise for my puerile contributions to all those who understand more about the game than I can ever hope to know.

Well said sas, nail...hit...head........for once!!

[MarillionFan]

Well said sas, nail...hit...head........for once!!

Listen to all you girls getting on the football bandwagon.

Play a proper support like Rugby or Cage Fighting.

[sasguru]

Well said sas, nail...hit...head........for once!!

You must be feeling a bit of a fool for predicting a Brazil-Argentina final so I can understand the sour grapes.
Still with a little humility, you may understand a bit more about footy and understand why I predicted:

1) Why Capello wasn't that great
2) Why England would fail
2) Ultimate European supremacy at the WC.

[d000hg]

Listen to all you girls getting on the football bandwagon.

Play a proper support like Rugby or Cage Fighting.

Rugby's worse than football. Catch the ball, run into one of the other team, fall over, someone picks the ball up, repeat.