It looks good again for the USA...

[p_p_man]

...to reach the World Cup Finals next year.

This time I'm increasing my bet to a whole £5 (from my usual couple of quid) for them to reach the quarter finals in the competition.

They're looking good!

 

[miles]

WHAT????

Be still, my heart! Do mine eyes deceive me?

A PPman post which doesn't trash the U.S.? This is simply amazing! Absolutely unheard of. A new age is upon us! A new dawn, a new beginning!

Go back to your old style. You're a lot more fun when you make outrageous statements that I can rip to shreds.

Motherfucker.

 

[KillerMuffin]

He's not only not bashing the US, he's actually betting on the US in a soccer competition?!?!?!?!?!?!

Maybe he's sick. After all, he does hate the US and pretty much everyone and everything in it.

You should see a doctor pp.

 

[rambling man]

World Cup? If I were a betting man, I'd plunk my cash on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or the St Louis Rams to win the Super Bowl and never ever bet a red cent on Americans playing soccer against the big dogs

 

[p_p_man]

That was meant to be an outrageous statement!



But I usually bung a bit of brass on the USA in the World Cup. They always carry a strongish team. Whether they'll get to the quarter finals or not next year...I dunno.

But I'm willing to support them that far...

Unless they meet England of course!

 

[miles]

p_p_man

FYI, I was being facetious. You are a tough adversary.

And I'm a compulsive liar.


Sorry, I have this constant need to be a smart ass. I like it.

 

[rambling man]

if we meet a team we cannot beat, just substitute some linebackers and strong safeties from the NFL and beat the competition up if we cant beat them on the field

 

[miles]

A bung of brass???

A bung of brass?

That sounds like a sex act illegal in 15 states.

 

[miles]

Soccer is for British pussies.

 

[p_p_man]

miles

bung a bit of brass = place some money (on)...


As we're getting on so well at the moment I'll ignore your comment about British pussies...

This thread is for the American Soccer Team...


"Come on you Yanks!!!"

 

[miles]

Yank this.

 

[sexy-girl]

p_p_man ... no chance ... crystal palace have a couple international americans playing for us including the american captain so i know alittle about them ... unless they get a very good draw they wont get out of the first group stage

 

[p_p_man]

Yeah, maybe but I've just watched footage of them in their group and they don't look half bad.

There's going to be a few surprises anyway. It looks as though Brazil will only just qualify if at all.

Nah...I feel it in me water.

They stand as good a chance as ever.

And don't forget they are World Cup Winners. What they achieved once they can achieve again! Though I wouldn't want them to go that far...just the quarter finals that's all I want.

 

[sexy-girl]

And don't forget they are World Cup Winners. What they achieved once they can achieve again!

um actually i had forgot they were world cup winners ... the reason why i forgot might have something to do with that they have never won the world cup ... you made a mistake there i think

 

[rambling man]

we won the world cup? When in the hell did we do that? Maybe it was honorary or best sportsmanship or something like that..we could never have won a real live soccer game against a foreign country

 

[p_p_man]

have never won the world up ... you made a mistake there i think

Now where did I get that little bit of information?

I could have sworn blind they won it once, way back when, but I've just checked on Yahoo and it doesn't show on the post WWII results...

I'll look again later for before 1939...otherwise...BOIINNGGG!!

I'm out!

Still doesn't change my mind about next year though...

 

[OUTSIDER]

Mmmmm the USA winning the world cup, I don't remember that but stranger thing's have happened..........I mean we've even won it once or twice !?!

 

[p_p_man]

we could never have won a real live soccer game against a foreign country

I'm on safer ground here.

You do...constantly...

At the moment America is lying second with 13 points in their Group qualifying round. The next team below them has 8 points.

America didn't get there without playing against foreign countries, and some damned good ones as well!

 

[sexy-girl]

America didn't get there without playing against foreign countries, and some damned good ones as well!

lol yeah real tough ... this is there group they only have to finish in top 3 too ... is unfair european groups you only qualify for sure if you finish 1st in group

1 Costa Rica
2 USA
3 Honduras
4 Jamaica
5 Mexico
6 Trinidad & Tobago

i have world cup coffee mug hehe this is the list of the world cup winners no usa sorry


1930 Uruguay
1934 Italy
1938 Italy
1940 Uruguay finished top of a 4 team league)
1954 West Germany
1958 Brazil
1962 Brazil
1966 England ... woohooo
1970 Brazil
1974 West Germany
1978 Argentina
1982 Italy
1986 Argentina
1990 West Germany ... boo
1994 Brazil
1998 France
2002 ??????


p_p_man i know your trying to be nicer to the americans but there no good at football and they know it too and dont much care i dont think

 

[OUTSIDER]

Now I think about it I think P_P_Man is right I think the USA did win the world cup but way back when it may not have even been called the world cup, possibly back in the 1920's.

 

[p_p_man]

It's all come back to me!!

Not the World Cup...they once beat England in the days when beating England meant something...

Whew! Sorry about my mistake just senility creeping up on me...

 

[rambling man]

If it was in the early 20s and we beat you there may have been a good reason we did, namely because all of your young men were buried in France, unfortunately....same with France, Germany, anyone else who would have been any good....

And I'd say that some of those countries in our pool should be decent....those guys live for soccer, their kids only play soccer and maybe baseball

well I'm surprised, didn't know we were doing all that well

 

[p_p_man]

If it was in the early 20s and we beat you there may have been a good reason we did, namely because all of your young men were buried in France, unfortunately....same with France, Germany, anyone else who would have been any good....

And I'd say that some of those countries in our pool should be decent....those guys live for soccer, their kids only play soccer and maybe baseball
well I'm surprised, didn't know we were doing all that well

Now I know why I got it wrong...

The USA beat England in the 1950 WORLD CUP in the group games.

Score was 1-0

Finals played in Brazil.

OK...now I've corrected my mistake I'm still increasing my bet...

 

[p_p_man]

For sexy-girl's benefit...

See next post up...

 

[sexy-girl]

thanks p_p_man


but probably the most famous one is when we lost to them 2 nil fairly recently (last 10 years) but it was a friendly and it was when grahem taylor was manager (mr turnip) ... it just was very unlikely that they would beat us and they did .. but football is like that


we've beat them 10 nil in the past i wouldnt bet on usa because i think they probably have a weaker team now compared to then anyway ... you'd be better off betting on rep of ireland who are doing very well in a VERY tough group