Recent content by Axolotl

Well, yes, but you might win the way Germany usually does, that is playing boring, but efficient football. Is that the price you wanna pay? :smug:

Psst! We've been invaded by Holland! There's a reason for Louis van Gaal being dubbed "the General"! The fact that I'm starting to make jokes is proof enough that they've already begun to alter us. They want us to play as attacking and attractively as they would usually do, in order to beat all...

After that Invalid Link Removed, it also was quite a special revenge for Müller. :D I can't understand why he was booked for Invalid Link Removed, though. Ironically, Messi had touched the ball with his arm himself just a second before. So Müller will miss the semi-finals match, just like Suárez...

While I'm of the opinion that Germany and Argentina would have won their respective matches anyways, this refereering and FIFA's refusal of even considering using replays is a disgrace for the sport. Seems to be some old men's "it-has-always-been-like-that-so-why-change-it" attitude. I'm even...

The Netherlands, and it's not even close. Spain has had some good players from time to time, but the current generation is the first that's capable of winning a WC. The Dutch teams of the mid-to-late 70s, the late 80s, the mid-to-late 90s, and of course the current team, all had or have several...

Group stage's finished. Chile's through, Switzerland's out.

Forgot to mention that both Boatengs have a German mother (though not the same one). The fact that the one who grew up in a middle-class neighborhood now plays for Germany, while the one who grew up in a working-class neighborhood now plays for their father's home country, is a matter for the...

If you're referring to Jérôme Boateng, I have to slightly correct you: He was born in Berlin, just like his half-brother Kevin-Prince Boateng, who now plays for Ghana. There has been a Ghana born player in the German team before, though, Gerald Asamoah. Cacau is, in fact, the only really...

Yes, he is of Turkish descent, but unlike the Altintop brothers, who were born and raised in the same German city as Özil (Gelsenkirchen), he opted to join the German team.

The last meeting might have been quite traumatic for the English fans, but if I'm not completely mistaken, it's some 20 years ago! Since then, they've met at the 1996 EC semi-finals and the 2002 WC qualifiers, but not at WC finals. Congrats to the American team, too, of course!

Sry, call me naive, dumb, or whatever, but I don't get it. So what do you assume the thief has told the cops then? If you just want to get rid of it, why go straight to the cops anyway?

Welcome to TB and congrats for having your Status back! I'm wondering if they'd register a car as a "vehicle with black tires" or something... :rolleyes: So you don't know what had happened to your bass in the first place? Considering it had been handed to the police, someone might have...

It has even happened before that a ref changed a call based on a spectator's protest: http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-vs-france-1982-world-cup/

Oh, he can for sure. He can take every decision back until playing has resumed, that is until the following kick-off.

Don't want to take part in the ongoing rant, so I'm just posting a few side notes that come to my mind: The European Football (soccer) body, the UEFA, introduced two extra match officials placed behind the goals last season, so there at least is some will to experiment. Yet in fact, I can't...