Shibby Share Posted June 18, 2010 USA public, welcome to the world of football! Teams and countries have to live with these mistakes, nothing will be done afterwards, you'll be lucky to get an apology from the ref.? Link to post Share on other sites
Richteralan Share Posted June 18, 2010 USA public, welcome to the world of football! Teams and countries have to live with these mistakes, nothing will be done afterwards, you'll be lucky to get an apology from the ref.? they will nuke that ref :rofl: Link to post Share on other sites
Alladaskill17 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Should be 3-2. They probably shouldn't continue saying that refs name on TV for his own safety. There are people far more into this than I that would actually do something about it. Link to post Share on other sites
Jonny_ Rockafella Share Posted June 18, 2010 This result really helps England in the group. Fantastic comeback from the USA, one of the best games I've seen all week! Link to post Share on other sites
episode Share Posted June 18, 2010 England better win later and beat Slovenia next week. Link to post Share on other sites
Piggy Share Posted June 18, 2010 Should be 3-2. They probably shouldn't continue saying that refs name on TV for his own safety. There are people far more into this than I that would actually do something about it. haha please, you guys don't know anything about football or football riots. :p Link to post Share on other sites
episode Share Posted June 18, 2010 Should be 3-2. They probably shouldn't continue saying that refs name on TV for his own safety. There are people far more into this than I that would actually do something about it. Ehh, not a big deal. There are many, many bad calls in sports all the time. An ump just cost someone a perfect game a couple of weeks ago on an awful call. Hes not dead. Link to post Share on other sites
mounty Share Posted June 18, 2010 that was a clear goal there, shocking decision! Link to post Share on other sites
Alladaskill17 Share Posted June 18, 2010 USA obviously proved they deserve to be there more than Slovenia. Call me what you, but we had more possession, our chances were they - they got lucky overall. Great first strike by Slovenia but overall USA showed much more today to deserve the win, the 3 points, and a bit of respect. Terrible call. Link to post Share on other sites
episode Share Posted June 18, 2010 USA public, welcome to the world of football! Teams and countries have to live with these mistakes, nothing will be done afterwards, you'll be lucky to get an apology from the ref. We have baseball. The epitome of bad officiating. If I'm doing my math correctly, England wins both of its two games and USA beats Algeria, and both US and England advance, correct? Link to post Share on other sites
kaffra Share Posted June 18, 2010 Is there any way to review and or appeal after the game?? nope Link to post Share on other sites
Richteralan Share Posted June 18, 2010 USA obviously proved they deserve to be there more than Slovenia. Call me what you, but we had more possession, our chances were they - they got lucky overall. Great first strike by Slovenia but overall USA showed much more today to deserve the win, the 3 points, and a bit of respect. Terrible call. welcome to the real sports world where everything high in statistics don't always translate to win. Link to post Share on other sites
Darksoft Share Posted June 18, 2010 We have baseball. The epitome of bad officiating. No way. Basketball has the worst... Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Gibs Share Posted June 18, 2010 USA obviously proved they deserve to be there more than Slovenia. Call me what you, but we had more possession, our chances were they - they got lucky overall. Great first strike by Slovenia but overall USA showed much more today to deserve the win, the 3 points, and a bit of respect. Terrible call. SVN had 49% possession to USA's 51% SVN is ranked 25th, USA is ranked 14th SVN commited 15 fouls with 4 yellow cards, to USA's 18 fouls with 1 yellow card. Amazing how the team that doesn't win / draws (though American newspapers somehow seem to think that a draw = win), always blames the ref, the ball, claims the other team got lucky eh? -- Otherwise, great game by both teams and quite an amazing comeback for USA. Link to post Share on other sites
episode Share Posted June 18, 2010 No way. Basketball has the worst... The NBA isn't a sport. Its a glorified exhibition. College Basketball officiating is generally pretty good. Amazing how the team that doesn't win / draws (though American newspapers somehow seem to think that a draw = win), always blames the ref, the ball, claims the other team got lucky eh? The call in the box was dreadful, you can't deny that. Link to post Share on other sites
Black Flash Share Posted June 18, 2010 Great game, that last goal should have counted :angry: Link to post Share on other sites
Alladaskill17 Share Posted June 18, 2010 SVN had 49% possession to USA's 51% SVN is ranked 25th, USA is ranked 14th SVN commited 15 fouls with 4 yellow cards, to USA's 18 fouls with 1 yellow card. Amazing how the team that doesn't win / draws (though American newspapers somehow seem to think that a draw = win), always blames the ref, the ball, claims the other team got lucky eh? -- Otherwise, great game by both teams and quite an amazing comeback for USA. USA newspapers aren't retarded. I assume you mean the headline from the USA v England game...they were just referring to the fact that England was heavily favored and we were able to draw. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Gibs Share Posted June 18, 2010 The call in the box was dreadful, you can't deny that. I dunno, from what I was seeing it looked like the whistle got blown before the ball passed the line. Could it have been a bad / unlucky call? Certainly, but they do happen all the time. However, the ref's decision is final. Football (soccer) doesn't seem to use technology as much as other sports do, and I really hope in the future they go invest more in it since it will only make referee decisions more accurate and fair. USA newspapers aren't retarded. Didn't say that now did I? But a draw is still not a win, regardless of how favored one team is. It was an exaggeration and thats that. Link to post Share on other sites
Growled Member Share Posted June 18, 2010 It was a great game. I'll take a draw. :) Link to post Share on other sites
qdave Share Posted June 18, 2010 SVN had 49% possession to USA's 51% SVN is ranked 25th, USA is ranked 14th SVN commited 15 fouls with 4 yellow cards, to USA's 18 fouls with 1 yellow card. Thats the beauty of football....it's not about statistics! Link to post Share on other sites
name in use Share Posted June 18, 2010 Sets us up hopefully to advance. Link to post Share on other sites
Elliott Share Posted June 18, 2010 USA obviously proved they deserve to be there more than Slovenia. Call me what you, but we had more possession, our chances were they - they got lucky overall. Great first strike by Slovenia but overall USA showed much more today to deserve the win, the 3 points, and a bit of respect. Terrible call. Statistics != win. Uruguay beat South Africa 3 - 0, yet Uruguay had 49% of the possession vs. RSA's 51%. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Gibs Share Posted June 18, 2010 Thats the beauty of football....it's not about statistics! Oh totally, this world cup has been nothing but proof of that. But I was just referring to Alladaskill's point about USA deserving to win, and SVN being lucky. From what it looked like, both teams were pretty even and both played well. USA's comeback was certainly impressive, probably even the best in the 2010WC so far, but that doesn't mean SVN's play was just pure luck. Link to post Share on other sites
icewolf30 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Good comeback for the USA. They managed to get at least a point from this. A loss would have been the end. While the refs had some bad calls, the USA team needs to finish and not waste chances. Link to post Share on other sites
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