lol to bad Sweden lost to Croatia but thats football....hopefully we are coming back ....Serbia - Bosnia

BLUES ARE COMING BACK !!!! ALE ALE SERBIA!!!!

where's the football thread you sissies so I canbragg about my undefeated Indy Colts. ha! woo0oo wheeewwww yeah......

You mean the skilless, stop and start, paceless, unneccesarily brutal 60 minute boreathon?

There's a thread about 8 spaces down from here

Woohooo, snappy points to Nick!

Australia has defeated Jamacia 5-0 in London in a friendly match as a warm-up before we have to play the fifth placed South american team for a place in thr World cup as we are still technically part of the Oceania soccer federation. We are joining the Asian soccer federation next year or the year after so that should make it fairer for us to qualify.It will also give us a whole lot more games to play as we get to play very few International matches allowing our ranking to rise as we aren`t too bad although we have a loooooonnnnnnggggggg way to go!

Hmm joining the Asian soccer federation?
Tough break dude, they ain't nothing to sneeze at.
China, Japan, Korea ( North and South) pretty hard competition.
Well maybe we'll see Australia in de WC, wish you the best.

Even Iraq did great in the Olympic tournament last year...

Even the underdogs go through good patches.

You mean like when England won the Cup?

Well just as the English team were thinking they can relax in tomorrows game against Poland have the pressure of now being told they will have to win against Poland and win next month against Argentina to stand any chance of being seeded for the world cup.

If they dont win the games and get seeded they will more likely be drawn in the same group with the likes of Brazil, Germany, France etc whereas being seeded they would'nt face these teams until the later stages of the world cup!

Come On England

Like when we defeated England over in London 2-1 against your full side around 2 years ago. We can actually beat some of the better side but never when it counts, when theres no pressure we come up trumps but sadly we just about always fall apart when it really matters.




Well we have only been in the Oceania federation before and the only other side that has ever given as any sort of competition was New zealand and I cat rememer us ever aactually losing to them. I look forward to having to go up against some of the real quality soccer sides, we may lose at first but eventually it will help us become a great team.

If rugby players put on pads, american football players would still smear rugby players into the mud and hurt cha. I think rugby is for a bunch of gay guys trying to find a reason to touch one another because rugby has no cordination nor any skill. It's like a big game of smear the queer ya'll buncha ninnies. ha ha ( don't take it personal, just my way of saying hi to members with a little humor )

thats fair enuff but its hardly original.


and the fact that american football is mainly played by americans must say something about how good/ bad the sport is.


agreed with nick.


its sheeeeeiite, now kindly bugger of with your jock strap and strange grunts, back to your pissy NFL threa.

Well maybe so, but this is STILL a thread about the game that's played with a properly round ball that's not to be picked up by any other hands than the goalies when in play.

Whys he insulting rugby? meh who cares I hate the sport anyway.

Although the point about ummm...'smearing rugby players into the ground' kinda grinds. Most sumo wrestlers would grind american football stars into the ground. Does that mean it's the best sport around?

Sweden - Iceland 2 - 1 after the first half after goals by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrik Larsson!

Tut tut, if old Hermann Hrediarsson was playing you wouldn't have it so easy

And that is...?

Sweden won by 3 - 1!!!

World ranking
Hmm... Sweden's tenth, ahead of for example both Italy and England...

Nice try as a comeback, but sumo wrestlers don't 275lbs and run a 4.2 seconds in 40 meters. They're not that graceful. If there was any sumo wrestler that do so, they would have been drafted into American football. They wouldn't refuse the millions of dollars offerted to play, plus a few more million as a signing bonus, plus a few more million each year as a bonus to stay healthy for next season. There's a reason they get paid millions isn't there.
Oh and the part about skill-less football, takes much more than skills, takes brains, knowing the shift in the lines, play option pass, play option fakes, draws, there are over 100 plays that the players have to remember and how to run their routes. Each reciever knowing how many paces foward and then how many paces left or right to takes. See, the ball is usually thrown to the reciever before the reciever even finishes his route, so as he takes his last step and turns, the ball is there, leaving him vulnerable to be hit by defensive player, and yet he still holds on. I guess football is boring enough to be the largest most watched event world wide on Superbowl day, eh? Enough to charge 1 million dollars per second for commmercials that want to aire during halftime. ha ha
I turn rugby on when I need something to watch to fall asleep.

And I wouldn't expect an American to say anything different. Not meaning to completely stereotype, but it is true.

England 2-1.

Should have been 2-0 really.

Hey guys, don't take it seriously, it's just fun and games. It's something my friends and I always dog on each other about. A lot of them love Rugby....it's just I'm rubbing it off on you guy...... nothing intentional.......

"Most watched world wide"? Bollocks! I ain't never heard of loads of people outside the US watching that, only loads of people IN the US! And sure, that's a LOT of people, 'cos the US is a big country, but world wide? Not a chance!

That's the World Cup.

And now, will you PLEASE shut up about rugby and American "football"? Make your own bloody thread if you have to, just don't go snarking at eachother about it HERE!

Well said Sofia!!

Congrats to Sweden btw

I was impressed with England tonight, from the kick off they looked like winning, i would'nt change a thing if possible for our next game against Argentina but knowing sven you never know lol ..

does anyone know if Spain is through?

spain are in the play offs but won 6 0 v san marino . no rep of ireland

ha ha ha....no sense of humor eh! World Cup?...that's funny....ah ha ha...It's more watched than the World cup. ..you probably don't watch do you?, doesn't mean that's true. I'm outta of here...I see how a bunch of manly rugby fans can get their panties in a bunch...LOL

ive seen rugby players bench 275 to 300 easy plus can 100 meters in 11 to 12 seconds try getting a linebacker to do that

Thanks for the info on Spain jasibaby

Shame about the republic of ireland i like to see them do well!!

Although I`m sure no one besides Aussie fans care about this Australia will be playing Uruguay who beat Argentina 1-0 to seal fifth place and a match between the top Oceanic side for a spot in the next world cup.
The first match will be held over in Uruguay with the second match to be held down under which will gives us the advantage we need.

NME dude! THIS IS NOT A RUGBY THREAD

This is 'football' or as you would call it soccer!


This game

Good luck to Australia against Uraguay

^Thanks Lestat34 we have only made the World cup once and that was back in 1974. The first match is early November with the second match 4 days later. Cant wait!

good luck australia but it will be hard vs uraguay they beat you four years ago in the same round you should have your own qualifiing round so you dont have to play the south americans witch is not fair

Ok...someone needs to do there math.......you mean 100 yards. That's it? 275-300lbs benching ain't squat, fact is, plenty of NFL players bench twice that amount, and there's a few that can bench 650lbs. Heck, I remember in High school, some of the football players 16 years old benched 500lbs, hence the term 500 club, highschool varsity football. And remember that theses players weigh in at 275 lbs and over running 4.3 seconds in 40 yards, starting at a dead stop, in a 3 point stance. So a 275 pound player taking off for the 1st 10 yards in 1.3 seconds, and traveling 10 yards per second, your rugby players would be terrified and would look like midgets compared to the average 6'5" american players.
And on top of that, you would have to understand how a linebacker thinks and does, having to be the smartest defensive players, when to shift, read the coverage, calling out the offensive plays, reading the bluffs. Rugby sounds like primative football, before it got more coordinated.



I know, LOL... I've been talking jibber jabber in all the football/soccer , and rugby threads. Sorry, it's just American Football Season for us right now so I'm in "Hostile Fan Mode"......so ok ok ok....no more shannanagans out of me. I'm practicing my smack talking so forgive me everyone, just having fun, man, where's the humor? ......So i guess you guys don't take " your mama " and " you crappy family " jokes lightly then, like us Americans. That's when it gets fun........ Hey, nothing personal....i like soccer, but have some humor.....

Well all the big European football leagues are going on right now, so yeah, I'd say I'm in "Hostile Fan Mode" too, and very much so.

Here are all the qualified nations.

Oh we have humour We just prefer to save it for tossers like Tottenham Hotspur on a saturday afternoon.

3-2. That is all I am saying.

well then guys....you know exactly what I mean....good luck to you and yours and have a good season...... .............now back to taunting people in other threads.

Well Fifa actually gave Oceania one qualifying spot earlier this year but as South America lost the opportunity to have a fifth team go through they appealed and the decision was overturned. But as we are now joining the Asian federation its doesn`t really concern us anymore.

well im gutted about scotlan but am proud of the boys though. the last 5 games have been an inspiration , one bad 45 mins , but since walter's taken over theyve been a different class.

humping the second seeds in the group 3-0 was no mean feat and our best away win for 12 YEARS.

anyway its back to club footie for me.

i go to the hearts game the morra and the 'tic can go top, i also managed to get a ticket for the cup game wi the scum (rangers) in november and that should be awesome , the tickets are golddust.


tiocfaidh ar la

alba go bragh

Go Czechs!

Playoffs

How the hell did spain get in the play offs i thought they would be top of their group

can arsenals injurys get worse now hlebs out dam it . i might turn up and get a game at west brom lol

Danny Murphy has won the Premiership October player of the month award. Bent won it last month so it's a Charlton monopoly so far this season.

Really makes you start to question Sven's judgement again doesn't it

Sure does.


Have to laugh at Arsenal don't you. loosing 2-1 to WBA. hehehe.

Yah, and Freddie's out of it too...

He is.

13 points adrift of Chelsea with a total injury crisis. Their seasons a bust already

Bye bye Henry I think

But Nedved's back!!! I just found an article (in Swedish) saying he's ready to return to the national squad for the playoffs!!! *happy*

See? Writing soppy letters DOES work!

Did you ever get a reply from that letter?
Even just from the website thanking you for taking the time?

Nah, I didn't get no reply whatsoever, but he's back in the squad and that's all I need!