It's scary how many people have the same ikea furniture   I have a poang too for listening and an expedit to store my cd's (ikea also has cd racks that fit the expedit perfectly), my crappy stereo and my headphones/amp/dac

What Contador did was not great sportmanship, but it's allowed so I won't complain about that.   However, after the race he declared that he didn't notice Schleck's mechanical problems, I find that hard to believe. If you're going to be so inconsiderate to take advantage of your opponents...

I had an emergency removal of my appendix 8 years ago. If all goes well you'll already feel a lot better in a couple of days. And just like you reminded us that even though we may have a bad day, yours is probably worse, there are a lot of people in your hospital right now who wished they only...

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btw, has someone already mentioned that the poll was correct?   go headfi!, we're the new paul the octopus

Quote:   I agree that every offense worthy of a yellow card should be punished by one. However, as a referee, if you have to give so many yellow cards, you've lost control of the match. Both Spain and Holland got away with some fouls (de jong e.g.) and therefore the rough play continued...

Congratulations to Spain, good game, they are deserved winners.   It was a rough game (especially by Holland, but not only by Holland) the kick by De Jong was horrible. I think the Ref made a mess of it, he should have halted the rough play ( sending de jong off might have done the trick)...

Alltough a holland - Germany game would be great. I'd like to see Spain progress to the final.   That way either Holland or Spain will take the cup, two teams that (IMO) deserve to win the world cup at least once.

Quote: lol, altough he plays with the tough German mentality, it's still VAN Bommel   The Netherlands have not displayed great football this match, they haven't displayed it during the entire tournament. I Couldn't care less, 'we' are in the finals! Go Holland!   Looking forward...

Hectic semi's   A (somewhat lucky) but historic win of the Netherlands over Brazil. After two eliminations (1994, 1998) by Brazil, the dutch finally win and displayed some mental strength which seemed to be lacking in previous tournaments. A crazy match between Ghana and Uruguay. With...

Quote: Do you have to keep reminding us?   Holland only has depth and brilliant players in the attacking line. The defensive line is sturdy but not brilliant and is lacking depth. Brazil are favourites but I'm looking forward to the game.  

No Football today! I don't even remember what I did between 16.00 and 23.30 before the WC   I'm really looking forward to Netherlands - Brasil and Argentina - Germany. Altough I would like to see the European sides to go to the semi's but I think the South Americans have the better cards.

Quote: Me and my friends always predict every game (1/8, quarter and semi) finalists during an EC or WC. I don't know the english word for this.   In any case, I always predict Germany to be the winner just because it pisses a lot of people of when you're supporting them. So Actually...

The US team may not have the best individuals but they are entertaining to watch. They didn't complain when the got on the wrong end of some decisions and kept going untill the last whistle. I'm glad they went through to the next round. Now they have a bit of luck that they won't face any of the...

I do believe that elbows should be punished. In that way, players will try to avoid planting their elbow in their opponents face when jumping. Especially since it's so easy to make it look unintentionally. I do however believe that if they are are punished, they should all be punished. It's now...

I'm not debating whether you learn more usefull skills from chess then from videogames. I'm adressing the article which is clearly about health.   "Someone of this age should be much fitter but perhaps this is the occupational hazard of the professional gamer who can spend around 10 hours...

Quote:   The teams with the highest FIFA ranking are listed.   I didn't find the Netherlands entertaining at all, It's highly unlikely that they will winn the world cup nonetheless.   And France should get their act together, this is getting embaressing  

Not in South africa.  Dutch companies have the tendency to give away orange crap during an EC or WC including a orange vuvuzela.   Good result for switzerland, Maybe it's a good wake-up call for Spain. IMO Spain waisted some good opportunity's trying to make a beautiful goal.

Besides the sound being quite annoying, I miss the crowd anticipating and reacting to the players on the pitch.   I Think the picture posted by Bob_McBob says it all:       However, banning them however goes too far IMO

  Quote:   Van Bommel should be the controlling midfielder. Sneijder is an attacking midfielder but should indeed be masterminding the attack. The main problem yesterday is that Van der Vaart doesn't have any depth and likes to cut inside when he is positioned left. Also, Van Persie...

I'm just trying to be a devil's advocate right here but   Couldn't you say the same thing about professional chess players? They seem to get a lot more respect. Isn't this headline incredibly generalizing. Comparing a single case (the guy with the fitness level of a 60-year-old chain smoker)...

Germany impressed me, for the first time in years.   Holland didn't impress at all, imo.   It's usually the other way around in the early stages of a tournament. Germany tends to do better in the knock-out phase, so let's hope that's the other way around as well :P   I wonder what...

It has finally begun!   Good luck to everybody's national side

Quote: I think that only Ballack is really out from this list

Well, the chance of the Netherlands winning the world cup decreased this weekend. Losing Arjen Robben to injury is a real blow. He might join the group, later on in the tournament.   England lost Ferdinand, Germany is going to South africa without Ballack. Drogba, however, might recover in...