Jim Dandy: Cant wait to find out!! GO SOX!!!

MadMonkey: Okay then, since you asked for it, Why arent you in my ponds fellowship???

Jim Dandy: The American League, again, because they won the all star game

Walter Montego: Dont count on it

GO BOSOX!

ustica tnp: Actually, I think my Pats had one of the best offensive lines, and we already went into the bears home field and beat them this season! So, yes I did see them live, on tv, and I get the NFL sunday ticket, so I saw them play at least some every week!
You want to bet a membership on it?

Ferris Bueller: The bears looked so good this season only because they played such weak opponents! This wil be proven when they get killed by Indy! It wont even be fun to watch, unless you are an Indy fan. There are 5 teams,at least, from ther AFC who would make the Bears look like a high school team!

awesome: I would like the bears pats, so we can get back at them for killing us in the super bowl in 1986!!!

Any predictions for the football (American style) games tomorrow?

BTW, just curious if the NFL playoffs get any play or attention in the rest of the world, or just the Super Bowl?

Looks like the NFL football Giants will play a regular season game VS. the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium in London next season!!!

Does someone have a big link on here that is messing up my page? Sometimes something like that will make the page really big, and I was hoping to get this fixed, thanks!

Nothingness: who do you have in the firsts two slots?

What is the story behind the purple paint canisters on the 18th green?

Andre... double or nothing on todays match??????

Congrats andre!!!!!!!!

now ecstatic!!!!

and even better now

now somewhat happier

diogenes: Thanks, I guess that does make some sense, but it seems so harsh for to lose that way!

now very unhappy

now not so happy...

Andre is happy now!

Czuch Czuckers: Can the same person kick a penalty kick? What if because of red cards, you are down to one player, maybe 2 players to 1????

on a penalty kick, once the kicker starts his approach at the ball, can he stop or stutter, or does he have to go in one fluid motion?

Penalty kicks to deeside games like this are so stupid IMO! Plus why do you give one team an advantage because of a red card, then now they have to lose that advantage this far into the game???? Doesn't make a lot of sense for me!

Can someone explain the point of England not using their last sub?

Pedro Martínez: Do you think that the guy who was pulling on the jersey of Rooney before he got stepped on was a fair play? To me, if the official had blown the whistle for that, there would have been no foul for getting stepped on!

Pedro Martínez: So, just so I understand, in your perfect world, the officiating will become so tight that players finally learn and there are no more tackling plays and you dont dare even touch someone in the box for fear of a penalty, and the scores rise 4 to 5 instead of 1 nill? Im not disagreeing, Im just curious.... it seems if you agree that more officiating is better, then thats where the game will go. You must be able to agree that there are some "ghost" calls, especially in the box where people tend to fake getting tripped or whatever, where the game is decided because of the officials and not by the best team winning?

Pedro Martínez: So you would say that the record amount of cards is because of finally good officiating, where in the past some calls that should have been made were not? That could be another possibility I didnt consider.

I still would argue for the rules to distinguish between an intentional elbow to the face, and a hard tackle where the ball is being played, I think there is a difference, and the same punishment for both isnt warranted.

Czuch Chuckers: Some great points Czuch, I think the high number of red and yellow cards is due more to poor officiating than to any real increase in the number of aggressive plays. But, there has also been a push for the officials to try to clean up the play a bit as well, so maybe a combo of reasons. But, I also have to agree that its not right to watch a well played game be blown for one team because the officiating makes a poor call!

Since I do not follow international soccer very closely, I dont have anything to compare this world cup with. So I want the opinion of some people who do follow it closely. There have been a record number of yellow and red cards already and there are more than 10 matches left! The games I have watched, it appeared that many of the fouls did not warrant yellow cards, and many red cards were unwarranted as well.

So, is this record amount of fouls due to increased illegal physical play over past world cups, or is it due to poor officiating?

My opinion is that the officiating has been poor, but I have been told that all the fouls I have complained about were warranted....

What do others think?

I really think it is a shame when a great match ends 1 to nothing because an official calls a foul on a player in the box, when the replay clearly shows that the guy tripped over his own foot, for example. I personally would rather the officials let them play more, with only obvious and purposeful fouls called.

Has there been a rash of injuries or something recently that has made the need for closer officiating? I dont want to see people get hurt, but it seems like a lot of player really fake how injured they are, and roll around hoping to get a foul call! And quite often, the officials give it to them!

I would also like to see a rules change, so that t6here could be different levels of red card infractions. Since for me, I think a person who gets two yellow cards doesnt deserve the same punishment as someone who purposely elbows a guy in the face and knocks him out of the tournament. Maybe something like two yellow cards and you are out for the rest of the game. And red card fouls ranging from minor, to major, where you can be excused from anywhere to one extra game to out of the rest of the tournament. Has this type of punishment ever been discussed?

Gabriel Almeida: I think Ghana is spelled Ghana in Portuguese or English? Plus there is always the spell check option!

Andre, the word is "pride" ;)

Pedro Martínez: I think that an intentional hand ball to stop a goal should allow the goal to count, and it would be nice if there were some difference in the infractions. Maybe a red card without loss of next game and one with loss of next game and one with loss of whole tournament, or something like that!

Pedro Martínez: Wow, even the Italian commentator on the US broadcast said that he thought the second red card was a bad call..... But I dont follow the world cup enought o know myself, maybe they are trying to crack down on sliding tackles? The guy had no yellow card and did a slide where he got the ball and no real injury, a yellow at best in my book.

According to you, a guy who takes an intentional elbow to the head and requires stitches is treated the same as someone who is tackled witjout injury and even gets part of the ball.

Pedro Martínez: Well the US has a couple out on red cards as well, did you see that game, very poor officiating IMO. Sorry to say, I am now a fan of the Italians :(

I think Pedro must be hung over and very grumpy today?

Walter Montego: I like any sport that I have a bet on!

Did you hear our new chant...

We are the Yankees!
We are not afraid!
You beat us tonight!
Thursday we invade!

USA looked dominant until the officials got involved

Is it poor educate during the world cup to root for a team to lose?

cindsman: Poor coaching and lackluster play, looked like we hadnt played in a month!

Andre Faria: Down 2 nill at half, 75 losses and 4 ties in world cup play :(

Looks like a bad start for me, and a good start for you!

We look terrible today!

Yikes, we are totally outmatched!!!!

Pedro Martínez: Didn't your simulator game show it as a draw?

Will you be watching the match today?

Andre Faria: I know what you mean.... I would have prefered at least a tie for your game! Well done though, so far!

ustica tnp: Portuguese 1 nill????

Andre Faria: I was wondering what happened to you.... thought maybe you would diappear and not pay up! Monday will be a big day for the US, when is your first gamez?

Pedro Martínez: I thought Fencer would read this board on Sunday....

Hey fencer... how about a free lifetime membership if we beat you guys tomorrow????

Germany looks good!