They dropped Xavi?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

THEY DROPPED XAVI????

[PSRB]

dare I say it, not bringing on Cesc. Cazorla looked bright when he came on but needed more than 15 minutes

[Bergkamp's Brain]

unfortunately for Spain, their only plan B was Torres

[PSRB]

Chile were brilliant though

[The Tony]

What a waste that first half was with him labouring on.

Almost like he hit his peak and just a firm nosedive now....

Also....yet another 4-2-3-1 busted by a variation of the 3-5-2

Just happening again and again.

[Ears are alight]

She and Hazel are flying there on the day of the final for a week with the inlaws.

[Berni]

I'm suggesting the Spaniards are all drug cheats, see?

[The JBear]

[PSRB]

[Ears are alight]

You're right, of course.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

They didn't look like they were on performance enhancing drugs against Australia.

[slow&low]

Or is that a false assumption?

[Berni]

An odd combination, but rather good, actually.

['Neg]

a large store of blood bags through airport customs, which could be tricky.
In 2006 Doctor Fuentes drove up and down to Germany during the World Cup. Not sure how they did it in 2010, but SA is stll connected by land, although it would be quite a drive.

Perhaps many of them shy away from the other option of microdosing EPO intravenously.

[Snin]

[slow&low]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[slow&low]

btw, did I tell you Oranje is ****, or didn't I? Very bad performance yesterday. FFS, they let Cahill score a brilliant goal, how **** is Oranje?

[Snin]

[Ben.]

Would be ironic if Spain were the only clean team in the group.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

That fúcking ref must have been half Australian. Every Dutch tackle was a free kick, and as for the penalty...

However, I don't think Germany or Argentina will be ****ting themselves about playing Oranje :-(

[Snin]

just too damn crabby / fishy ..flavorsome and often seems to have little crunchy bits in ? Even tried a crab patty burger in usa..only jsut forced it down with lotso f chilli sauce and beer

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

In top restaurants it's a thing of delicate beauty.

[Berni]

[Snin]

:-|

[Classic Jorge]

I see neg has pounced on it already, like a low countries cat

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It's a magnificent thing. And there will be no bits, I guarantee it.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Did you ever see them closing teams down? Hmm?

[Classic Jorge]

If anybody killed it, it was derek bosky by dropping the false nine system in favour of a big number nine, and also playing alonso and busquets yesterday to a lesser extent.

[Classic Jorge]

I think the whole 'drug cheat' thing was a bit of an overreaction and that all teams use a fair bit of sports science.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

instead of the whole false 9 thing. Costa has thrived in a counter attacking team, not one that plays like Spain.

It was wasted on her of course, but she was my only outlet.

[Snin]

[Ears are alight]

[Pat Vegas]

who seem to get faster as the game went on.

Bayern do the same.

When we've played either of them they swarm around our players in great numbers.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I've seen teams (including us) unable to get out of their own defensive third because each of their players was swarmed by 3 Barcelona players, and they kept that up for 90 minutes. I think it perfectly reasonable to find such an extreme suspicious.

[Classic Jorge]

to concentrate on.

And saying "tempo" at least once a sentence.

[Snin]

like the taste so if he cant do it for me then no one can imo

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

['Neg]