of course they wanted to win, but only in the sense that it would be fun to beat the Dutch. The Netherlands actually needed to win (unless you actually buy that revisionist nonsense on the Dutch television that this was actually a good thing because we now miss Germany in the quarters).
Don't...
Hilarious stuff, you must have skipped the match and went straight on to Cruyff.
objectives for both teams:
Argentina: draw
Netherlands: win
Netherlands creates ZERO actual chances.
Conclusion: Netherlands was horrible, Argentina had a lunch break before Mexico.
Exactly, that's the whole point behind that WC being terrible.
That turkey/korea/japan nonsense wasn't even the worst part of it, what with Germany making it to the finals while playing horrendously awful.
No, it wasn't, because Asian teams generally play terrible football.
That's like saying the last EC was great because Greece actually made it that time.
Your wife doesn't understand football.
Soccer.
Whatever.
Seriously, once in a thousand years Italy gives you a chance of winning by going all crazy with a own goal - red card combo. The thing not to do is get TWO FUCKING RED CARDS.
You Americans got your shot at making up for Vietnam...
You mean the half-competent chief who will pull out of Iraq?
I don't see how either republicans or democrats could possibly campaign on the prospect of 4 years of trillions-of-dollars-guzzling-thousands-of-american-men-and-women-costing insanity.
Seems like a botched "Iraqization" is a...
This wonderful piece of absurdist fiction by the lovely Craig Snyder has a post-apocalyptic setting so this thread should, like, totally not be vatted.
Plus, it's not that long so it shouldn't upset your busy, masturbation-laden schedules that much.