gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane » World Cup Thread Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  World Cup Thread   Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:00 pm sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California Sorry...but I would imagine that some of us "euro geeks" are likely into football/soccer...so I have to start a thread here. First of all: GREAT GAME THIS MORNING, with GERMANY beating the stuffing out of Australia! The best part was that Germany looked pretty good, for a young team. There were tons of questions, only some of which have been answered, but as a Germany fan, you couldn't ask for much more than that! Auf gehts Deutschland! Second, and perhaps just as important as Germany winning...THEY MUST BAN THOSE STUPID A$$ HORNS!!! I may not be able to watch any more of the world cup if they don't get rid of those things post haste! _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:55 pm Wisey Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 631 Location: Brisbane, Australia World Cup???? Wasn't that a half baked idea for a season long series of bike races with the ugliest leader's jersey in the history of the sport, usually won by some fortunate domestique who just happend to draw the short straw and get rostered on to more of the designated races that season then anyone else? I thought that canned the whole thing years ago? _________________ Kind Regards, Wisey Delta Dreamin' Go Blighty   Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:04 am verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area Go Blighty _________________ Chas. SF Bay Area, CA USA ============== 1984 Criterium 1969 TdF 1971 TdF 1974 TdF 1984 TdF x 2 Bikes 1970 SC 1971 SC 1972 SC 1984 SC 1984 Team Pro 1985 Professional 1990s Team Replica recent games   Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:30 am SirRyu19 Joined: 10 Jun 2010 Posts: 10 Location: Springfield, MO Germany played a great game. So far I have been able to watch every gamel. I can't wait to see Spain play. I agree with the vuvuzelas, I was reading an article that after spending two hours in the stadium one comes out with the ears ringing, mine are ringing now just from watchin on my tv. _________________ Nothing is impossible! Moris M. Springfield, MO Slovakia v. New Zealand 1:1   Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:24 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California Chas...sorry about that last minute goal. Your guys were robbed! _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:42 am greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA They sold out of VuVuStops (aka ear plugs) in 2 hours. _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:51 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California OOps, Chas. Got it wrong this morning: Slovenia/Slovakia. Potato/Potahto A Slovenian player just guaranteed a victory over the USA: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5288995/ce/us/slovenia-andrej-komac-guarantees-victory-vs-united-states?cc=5901&ver=us _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com History Lesson   Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:39 pm verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area sandranian wrote: Slovenia/Slovakia. Potato/Potahto Slovenia and Slovakia were both part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire which was dissolved at the end of WW I. The Czechoslovakian nation was founded in Pittsburgh, PA after the war by expatriots from that that area. It was made up of the ethnic regions inhabited by the Czechs, Bohemians, Moravians, and Slovakcs who all had similar languages. Yugoslavia was established by the "Allied" Powers after WW I for the same sort of reason. Seven plus ethnic groups were thrown into one kettle because the Brits thought the "Wogs" all spoke the same language. The British wanted to keep everything neat and not have a bunch of small countries running amuck (perhaps encouraging separatism among the Welsh, Scots and Irish). Slovenia and parts of Croatia were part of Austria for 800 years. Serbia, Montenegro and what was to became Macedonia had been part of the Ottoman Turkish Empire for almost 500 years. While the languages were similar the ethnic cultures were all different. Ah, Blighty! So yes, there are similarities between Slovenia and Slovakia but they are separated by 450 km or 280 miles. http://www.slovensko.com/slovakia/slo.htm Slovenian national motto: You can always tell a Slovenian... But you can't tell him ANYTHING! _________________ Chas. SF Bay Area, CA USA ============== 1984 Criterium 1969 TdF 1971 TdF 1974 TdF 1984 TdF x 2 Bikes 1970 SC 1971 SC 1972 SC 1984 SC 1984 Team Pro 1985 Professional 1990s Team Replica   Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:32 am vanhelmont Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 242 Location: Florida Slovenia is also the home of Atomik Harmonik. They have a video on youtube with a guy riding a bike, but it's not a Gitane, so don't waste your time looking for it. Germany loses to Serbia - CRAP   Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:30 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California That game was absolute bullshit. Since when do the referees think that they get to decide the game and the group??? Klose will miss the next game, which could decide it for Germany. Of course, they should have buried that penalty kick, which would have changed the entire outlook (a tie would have been a good result). But all the yellow cards??? What the heck was that all about??? Serbia did a good job of completely clogging up the middle of the field. Germany seemed to be able to adjust in the second half. But kicking out Klose is a HUGE blow. Like I said: Bullshit. _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:33 am Chaironea Joined: 07 Jun 2010 Posts: 14 Location: N. Germany / Oldenburg Well, Klose will surely be hard to replace, but there are other good players and it's time for the team to show if they are fit for a big tournament. Lots of cards, too many even, that is correct. If you stop the players and their creativity and especially their fighting spirit dead by making them fear any move they make it all goes down the drain. But that is the way soccer goes, the guy with the whistle is always right as long as he is on the field. No sense in complaining afterwards, all you can do is buck up and see it through - or go home. And I think the German coach is the right man to tell that to his players. Besides: Serbia really did well, no arguing about that. So Germany might also have lost under better circumstances.   Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:30 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California We'll see if Cacau can step it up against Ghana. Still have faith that the team will rally after this setback. _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com england   Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:59 pm bowser Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Posts: 94 Location: lancashire uk judging our performance against the us of a and the mighty nigeria i think football will be "coming home" sooner than we anticipated   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:59 am tjchad Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 67 Location: Southern California Go USA! Algeria went down at 90' +1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! USA 1 Alg 0 _________________ Chad San Diego, CA   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:56 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California What a game, eh? 91st minute! The US is a scary team. They have a lot of firepower, and I don't want the Germans to face them in the next round...assuming the Germans pull their heads out of their arses and BEAT FRIGGIN GHANA! _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com World Cup Thread     gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours   Page 1 of 2   Goto page 1, 2  Next All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Gitane USA----------------Vintage GitaneGitane RacingModern GitanePro Racing - Classics/Giro/Tour....Owner Gallery   Powered by phpBB © 2001-2004 phpBB Group Designed for Trushkin.net | Themes Database.