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After many years absence I thought I come back and say g’day to my old friends on my favourite forum. I’ve been following the pages last few days and great to see some old timers still around ISP and actively posting. Looking forward to catching up with you all in relevant threads. Apologies to...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2014/luis-suarez-faces-two-year-3757497?rlabs=3 Knowing FIFA though, they're a soft touch and probably wont impose anything near the maximum! In my opinion, this filthy animal has form, this is the third time he'll be appearing for biting alone...

https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/the-rio-report/seven-truths-iran-better-england-spain-klose-goal-234739304.html Iran are better than both England and Spain Sure, Iran are fairly limited in the final third, but then so were England and Spain. Crucially, however, Carlos Queiroz's side are...

Hello friends, The family and I will be travelling to the US and Canada in June/July. Our itinerary will take us to Toronto for 3 days. We will be staying in Downtown. As I know many ISP-ers are Toronto residents, I thought I might get good tips for sightseeing, places to visit, "must do"...

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/iran-antiwest-speech-sparks-un-walkout-20110923-1knnd.html Iran anti-West speech sparks UN walkout September 23, 2011 - 6:39AM AFP Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has gone on the warpath against the West at the United Nations again, sparking...

I'm a great admirer of Lionel Messi. Not since Maradona have I enjoyed watching someone play as much as I like watching Messi. And in the ensuing period there has been many "great" players. Cantona, Ronaldo (the brazillian one), Rivaldo, Zidane just to name a few.... I know that its unfair to...

On Wednesday night there was 2 shows on Australian TV channel SBS about Iran. The first was a French language animation "Persepolis" (with English subtitles) which tells the story of the life of a girl and her family from just before the revolution until she grows up. It was then followed by a...

Guys, I've come to the realisation that it doesn't matter who the next coach of TM is. Whether its Hiddink or MK it won't make much of a difference to our football in the long term. Sure, Hiddink maybe able to get us to a world cup and win the Asian Cup, but what happens after he leaves...

We lost because in 30 years we haven't learnt that in tounrament football you need to lift your game to a higher level with each game. You just can't simply rely on your form from the group stage to take you right through. Excuse after excuse is simply not good enough. Yes the core of our...

Poor refereeing has plagued every tournament in my living memory but generally the level of play and the drama of the momentum changes in games itself made one put those to the side. I think the reason why this time around there seems to be more press against the refereeing errors was simply...

Before I start let me just say I'm "neutral" on spain. As in, I didn't favour them to win the world cup, but at the same time I really wouldn't mind if they did. Obviously this is a very talented team with half the starting 11 knowing each other real well from their club Barcelona. They are...

Anthems are done! Brazil heavy favourites. Typical Betting Agencies: Brazil 1.65 Holland 4.75 Draw 3.30

This should be a good game! After Holland put us through a torture test yesterday!

At group level Asian nations played 12 matches for 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses! Here's the breakdown against each continent: Asia v. Europe Played 6 Won 3 Lost 3 Scored 7 conceded 14 Asia v. Africa Played 4 Won 1 Lost 1 Draw 2 Scored 4 Conceded 6 Asia v. South America Played 2...

After group stages is complete, this world cup has been the dryest in terms of goals per game on record! Below are stats of Goal per game averages after the group stages of the post war world cups. And if the last 2 world cups are any indication, the goal average dries up even further in the...

With the likes of South Korea, Ghana, Paraguay, Slovakia, Japan, USA in the second round, its time for these teams to continue their good work that's lead them to the knockout stages and not go into a (defensive) shell! They are now the prides of their respective countries! There's no shame in...

In 2010, for the first time in World Cup history, there are more African nations than South American nations present. After 2 rounds of group matches here are the stats: Africa: Played 12 Win: 1 Draw: 4 Loss: 7 Goals scored: 6 Goals conceded: 15 South America: Played: 10 Win: 8 Draw: 2 Loss...

I didn't see a thread for this game. Sorry if I broke any rules opening a thread! Game's just kicked off!

Now that everyone has played at least one game I'm putting up the goal stats of this world cup compared to that of previous world cups at the same stages. some very interesting finds in there but nothing that we haven't been noticing. On the second page, you'll also see the goals per...

Not like him to be missing for such a long time? Did he lose a bet or something??? Mahdi khan kojaee?