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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:59 am
by samplaire
Poland! Poland! Oh, :oops: we don't play?

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:02 am
by samplaire
On 2004-06-14 03:00, Spirit wrote:
Is this thread about soccer or something ? ?
The ball is round and there are 2 goals.
Boniek, Platini, Pele, Maradonna, Socrates, Kempes.......

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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:52 am
by Spirit
Two goals ? I suppose one goal is to win - what's the other ? To be a good sport, play like a gentleman, to be fair and honest ?

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:25 am
by rodos1979
The ball is round and there are 2 goals.
Boniek, Platini, Pele, Maradonna, Socrates, Kenpes.......
Socrates was a philosopher... I didnt know that they played football at his time! :eek:

P.S. I have no idea at all about football, so I may be wrong! :embarassed:

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:27 am
by Mr Arkadin
On 2004-06-14 03:00, Spirit wrote:
Is this thread about soccer or something ? ?
No, we're talking about FOOTBALL.

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:47 am
by Spirit
Socrates was a philosopher... I didnt know that they played football at his time! :eek:
Don't know about ancient Greeks, but certainly the Romans used to play soccer (football?) with inflated pig stomachs.

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:53 am
by rodos1979
Didnt know that either!...
I thought it was the English who invented football...

Oh well :roll:, "I know only one thing: that I know nothing"

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:03 am
by Mr Arkadin
I thought it was the English who invented football...
We did!!!! And the hovercraft apparently...

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:23 am
by samplaire
On 2004-06-14 06:25, rodos1979 wrote:

Socrates was a philosopher... I didnt know that they played football at his time! :eek:
hehe, my football-soccer education freezed in the '80 :wink:
Socrates was one of my favourite Brazilian player.

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:27 am
by samplaire
On 2004-06-14 05:52, Spirit wrote:
Two goals ? I suppose one goal is to win - what's the other ?
The other is for the second goal-keeper* to have an appointment.

*a goal-keeper is the one you give your goal to keep :wink:

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The soccer/football thing reminds me my dissappointment on a hardware store - I supposed I would have found computers there :lol:

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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:33 am
by rodos1979
oops!... :embarassed

At "my times", Maradonna was the best player around (although I didnt like him). Argentina, Italy and Holland (Gulit, Van Basten) were the super-powers of football...

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:48 am
by samplaire
Our best coach Kazimierz Gorski (early '70) was then Panatinaikos's coach :smile:

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:54 am
by Counterparts
samplaire wrote:
Socrates was one of my favourite Brazilian player.
Socrates was clars - smoked 40-a-day, never turned up for practice sessions and was absolutely brilliant!
Spirit wrote:
> Is this thread about soccer or something ?

No, we're talking about FOOTBALL.
:lol:

Well corrected sir! :smile:

As opposed to "American Football" (AKA 'HeadBashHead') and "Aussie Rules Football" (AKA 'Barroom Brawl')

Ah...the beautiful game (which England rather typically threw away in extra time...) *sobs*

Royston

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 8:44 am
by wayne
On 2004-06-14 08:54, Counterparts wrote:

"Aussie Rules Football" (AKA 'Barroom Brawl')

Settle down, Royston, i'm a little sensitive in this area, what with the Adelaide Crows 14th on the ladder and everything...

:grin:

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:04 am
by Nisse
Oh my, Sweden plays its first match tonight aaginst Bulgaria. The air here in Stockholm is basically trembling with excitement. Are there any bulgarians here on the forum? I need someone to throw threats and wild accusations against :wink:

Too bloody annoying with these matches though. I mean, i obviously have to see them all. . . . but how am I going to find time for my recordings? Im supposed to record this female vocalist tomorrow, but we´ll have to try to fit it in between the two matches. . . . .

You should have heard her sigh when I told her about that, hahaha :grin:

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:19 am
by ChrisWerner
I like soccer. To be more detailed, I like the sport, not the business around it.
the tournament is a great way to bring people from different countries together. They scream, laugh and celebrate together.
I can´t wait for the world championship,though.
We have some matches here in my town then and the city will be full of mad people, I guess.

Personally I think our team will loose tomorrow against the flatlanders.

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:45 am
by Spirit
Is this tournament more exciting to people here than the Olympics ?

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:49 am
by Gordon Gekko
sportmen are losers. overpaid bimbos. sport fans get bars filed and then musicians can't fucking play. this ought to change big time

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:46 am
by paulrmartin
On 2004-06-14 06:25, rodos1979 wrote:
The ball is round and there are 2 goals.
Boniek, Platini, Pele, Maradonna, Socrates, Kenpes.......
Socrates was a philosopher... I didnt know that they played football at his time! :eek:

P.S. I have no idea at all about football, so I may be wrong! :embarassed:
Ever watch the game on Monty Python? Archimedes passed the ball to Socrates who scored the winning goal against Germany :lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:16 am
by Nisse
On 2004-06-14 10:45, Spirit wrote:
Is this tournament more exciting to people here than the Olympics ?

In certain areas, yes I think so. Even though the Olympics is huge too. Football is called the worlds largest sport (and rightly so) and the olympics is basically made up of loads of different sports that many people, including myself, has absolutely no interest in.
Personally I´ll hardly watch the olympics at all. Maybe some of the most exciting parts of athletics if I dont have anything better to do.