Go Aussies !! Cracker of a game, the referee nearly f'ed it up for us, as did our goalie, what a fluffer.

Did you guys see the part where one of the Croats was sandwiched by two of us near the goal-line, the ball came flying in and he fully knocked it away with his hand?

I was just sitting there with my mouth gaped when there was no penalty. I mean, I know absolutely nothing about Soccer, but one of the fundamentals is 'don't punch the ball away with your hand', right?

Is it just me who thinks that playing a Croat goalie was a dumb move? Looks to me like he gave them 2 goals...i didnt think it was that good a free-kick on the replay.

Anway, Kotter, how much are they paying students who can upgrade to HDTV on a whim:eek:

Jock, good luck for tonight, I'm WFH today...work laptop sh1t itself last night...not happy.

yeah, the hand ball, the muggings in the box, it was rough and we should have won outright but we went through so bring on the other wogs, the azzuri ones..... :)

Just a quick diversion, can anyone spot the irony of this?

http://www.orsm.net/fem/2006/allamer...american05.jpg

BLOOT!

Great game. Shocking ref again. No penalty for the most obvious handball? And then sending Emerson off for an unavoidable one? Three yellows for that croat? And why was that closing goal disallowed, or at least not a penalty? Crikey.

Who's up for Norton st. on monday night?

after the final whistle, wasn't it?

I thought there was a single whistle first? Maybe the 3rd card was for dissent, rather than a foul, and it was the final whistle. Pretty unusual to blow the final whistle in play in the box though. I'm gonna have to watch it all again:)

True. Should've been 3-2.


Zelko Kalac obviously felt the tug of the mother land....:(

would that be the " friendly fire " incident about to take place?

:lol:

:D

Aussie ..... oi!

I pick up my new (second hand) roadie next week. 06 DBR Podium Pro plastic fantastic with Ultegra. Good deal on trademe.co.nz with money left over from the insurance claim for some better forks on my MTB. Amazingly I managed to research and make a purchasing decision without starting any threads on bikeforums - Should I buy the red bike or the blue bike?; Will I climb faster on carbon or steel? Should I spend $3,000 to save 25g? Does my bum look big in this?

In the meantime I'm riding a mates old steel Lemond roadie with 9sp campy, one size too small, but I don't have to miss any club races.

Yes...yes...yes....and..............yes.

yeah, sort of, like Bartko won a 2.6 at tour of Poland prologue in 2001ish, in about 2002, Wiggins won the notoriously soft prolouge of Tour de l'Avenir.

Go Millar...anyone else like to see him win? or as an aside...care to pass comment on how Virenque was (re)-accepted and that part of his career gets overlooked by most?

i think I'd rather see Lanceyboy win.

and I don't want to see that. why are people so gentle on Millar? 'Oh the poor puppy' wtf? Cheated. Busted. Fullstop.

.

Go Rogers, although it's too short for him. Still, I'll support Rogers over Millar any day

I think it comes from open admission of guilt?
Cheated = yes
Busted = yes
BANNED = yes (and rightly so!)
Gentle = Im not sure, 2 year ban, hammered in the press...? Hence the Q regarding old golden bagette Virenque?

As for Rogers, I agree I'd like to see him do something (at a tour)but not sure about his latest team move...?

Open admission after they found the shtuff in his house:rolleyes: Oh well at least he didn't say it was his mums. Did he really cop a shellacing in the press? I don't remember a huge to do, and the last six months it seems like his return's being feted as if he's some role model, rather than a cheat. Must have a good marketing team.

On Tmobile, despite it sucking the life of plenty of hopefuls, I do believe there's good things to be learnt there, he can do worse than learn at the shoulder of the only racing TdF winner; and the timing for Rogers there may still turn out alright for him, particularly if Ulle fails to win the TdF again and retires. And Walt(getuponthe)Goodfoot seems to be such a bangup guy and all:D

Anyway enough of this world sport malarkey. Lets talk about matters of really significant importenance. What do YOU think Our Nicole's wedding dress is going to look like?

HDT - i will be at Calga if I can get my daughter looked after, 50/50 at this stage.

More importantly do you think our Keith will shave for the wedding?

No Calga for me, mate just arrived from Holland and wants some help buying a car :(
oh well, gonna ride to kulnura from palmdale on sunday...should be a fun climb at the start....

Or even more importantly, will Nicole?

Is he one of yours?

on the floor... with tears. thankyou

born in sheep shagger land so I believe

Nooooooo....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...6/s1669962.htm

Thanks, but where the hell will you be? Just jump on the CCCC Boozer Bus and get down here.

Skinnies will go out of business

Moe, Frankston declare state of emergency as looting and panic buying erupt

damn, no more teenage skans down the local sops in farkin ghey pink uggs. oh the humanity....