Thread: The Official World Cup 2010 Thread

Originally Posted by ketel&tonic

****! Paul the Oracle Octopus picked Spain to win Sunday. That cheeky BASTARD!

He has been 100% when deciding German games this World Cup, so its hard to say he will get this wrong.

Paul is going to be right! Go Spain go

Love that Suarez is getting the Rob Blake treatment from the fans for his cheating ways.

Originally Posted by chu gar

He has been 100% when deciding German games this World Cup, so its hard to say he will get this wrong.

Except for that fact that his overall record is 80%. And also, see: his pick for the Euro cup FINAL 2 yrs ago. He was wrong then, and I'm hoping he will be tomorrow as well!

Originally Posted by ketel&tonic

Except for that fact that his overall record is 80%. And also, see: his pick for the Euro cup FINAL 2 yrs ago. He was wrong then, and I'm hoping he will be tomorrow as well!

You're right, but for a psychic he is pretty awesome. I love Spain, but I won't be sad if Holland can upset. I am just hoping for a great game tomorrow!

Can not wait for tomorrow's game

The Dutch will have to put up one hell of a performance tonight.

What makes Spain so difficult to play against is that they do not have a set formation with positions that they stick to, if a player finds space he stays there and this is what led to Germany essentially chasing shadows for most of the night.

Van Bommel and De Jong are key tonight, they need to keep the ball long enough to give their forward a players a chance to find some space. Schweinsteiger and Khedira gave the ball away way too often and when you give the ball away to the Spanish you aren't getting it back for another 3-5 minutes.

Good luck Netherlands and for Jo's sake I hope they do it.

For an organization that trots out kids in "fair play" gear, the final was nothing but dives and theatrics. The ref fell for EVERY Spanish dive.