Re: Japan's road to Germany it's interesting to see a lot of the discussion is on group A. but group B is actually kinda crazy -- the top two...
helloo, rkim... :) you're right, the rivalries can bring a good amount of interest to the games. Since there was no KoreavJapan games this year,...
Re: 2004 J-League thread [R] would be more fun for Tamada to play in a team that could back him up better, but without too much duplicate...
hmmm... difficult one. I'm not really sure how exactly they choose these things -- (does anyone? I guess you can ask...) Do they look at...
This is a weird tournament, I think... it's probably only really exciting for the six teams who are battling it out to get to the finals.... or...
lol
wow, what a scoreline on both sides -- 6-1 and 7-0, was it?
playing against teams that play with such a ridiculous amount of players in front of the goal is not a good indication of anything.... I am just...
hey Lakeside! How've ya been? I agree with your comments. Though to be honest, if you assume the missed penalty was a goal, the score really...
I'm not sure what you mean by "bribe foreigners"... you mean refs? other NTs? you mean spend money to play with good teams? True, though,...
ugh. LET'S avoid the playoff... i can take these "qualifiers" for only so long... you know, the US is one of the teams being seriously...
that's what I mean: Malaysia owes nothing to anybody, they can do whatever they want, and they're not doing it for anybody but...
I don't think a "bunch of squares" really was the issue. China has to deal with their problems in international relationships and image as...
Malaysia is in a completely different boat here, so it's not realistic to compare. Malaysia could care less about who goes through, China or...
Re: J-League thread [R] i didn't know this was the worst record; do you think the re-scheduling had something to do with it? Usually the EC...
I felt that the arrogance china displayed was disappointing. I know they have painted themselves into a corner, but like Kwok said, it's their...
I definitely think that all the attention on this game will help HK keep focus, and perhaps screw up the rhythm for China. HK's only aim will be...
yeah, being the Host for the Asia Cup could have definitely put pressure on things. You're right though, I think that Sun could have rested up...
Thailand will win!
there's a thread in the Korea forum about this same problem with player selection. Asian teams have a number of "famous" players that have gone...
ok, you're funny ,and I'm sorry to hear about that wasted voucher -- but I hope the Ichi-roll was good! :D i'd say the more Japan knows their...
Re: No changes for the Maldives game... are they currently playing test matches to prep for wednesday?
lol, not 4, but 6, if it all ends now. whew, that's a f-ing long time!! image how old we'll all be by then... :( and I don't want to think of...
is there a gap between the way the Chinese coaches want the team to be put together vs what Haan does? do the players support one way or the...
I heard the coach/team said something about how they would be able to make at least 5 goals... hmm... under this sort of pressure, I'm not sure...