Makes a big difference everywhere. England are playing at a similar altitude to

Denver, which you can really feel.

In poof rugby, loads of long FGs are scored at Mile High Stadium.

Having said that, if the Germans are staying the whole group stage at sea level which I think they are, that could be tough for them to make the transition in the knockout stages

Posted By: Steve in Holland on June 15th 2010 at 11:14:39

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Heres why the Germans were so good the other night... (Other Football) - DemoniCanary, Jun 15, 10:15:43
- The French had them for 4 months too. More helpful for ze Germans was playing at sea level (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 15, 10:40:31
  - i didn't realise that (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:45:09
    - Makes a big difference everywhere. England are playing at a similar altitude to (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 15, 11:14:39
    - they've introduced a new ball for Wimbledon this year too (n/m) (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 15, 10:48:18
      - yeah they're always heavy these days (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:51:43
        
        oh (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 15, 10:52:37
        
        no the balls do often change (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:53:31
        
        see (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:55:34
        
        They should get faster bats to compensate. (n/m) (Other Football) - tudders, Jun 15, 10:55:07
        
        Mexican free-tailed ones (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 15, 10:56:57
        
        every nine games or so I think (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 15, 10:54:14
        
        that's not a new design of ball though, that's just a new ball of the same design (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 15, 10:57:02
        
        7 i thought (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:55:23
        
        no it's 9 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:56:45
- Carragher would do well to shut the fuck up (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:19:55
  - The world cup is all about him (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:21:21
    - He was the one doing the press conference you arse (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:25:17
      - and casillas, schwarzer, brazil keeper, james (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:31:04
      - Good debate - keep up the rigour (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:30:05
        
        Come on pants, do keep up (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:34:00
        
        He's only at those sessions to deflect away from his own performances (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:39:03
        
        Rota of players put up - his turn (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:42:13
        
        Everyday since the loss, the only two players I've heard are Terry and him (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:44:21
        
        *draw* (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:44:35
        
        lol thought i'd missed something else too! (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:45:42
        
        he didn't lambast anything (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:42:10
  - Ey! Calm down soft lad! (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 15, 10:20:58
    - His voice makes me want to punch him (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:22:05
      - Some excellent portable gallows prejuduce in light of a perfectly reasonable comment (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:24:52
        
        reminds of the salem witch trials (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:29:48
        
        Oh come on, Carragher was utterly shit (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:30:31
        
        What the FUCK has that got to do with his voice or his comment about the balls? (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:32:37
        
        I find his voice annoying (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:34:17
        
        "Carragher would do well to shut the fuck up" (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:37:11
        
        He would though (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:39:55
        
        who was carragher slagging off? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:43:37
        
        monkeys (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:45:22
        
        oh (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:46:31
        
        I have explained this in a separate post (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:38:41
        
        Someone who finds anti-Liverpool rhetoric irritating (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:45:21
        
        Blubbing? Eh? (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:48:12
        
        Your prejudices are obvious. I do so hope that clarifies the situation (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:50:44
        
        You're right (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:52:56
        
        that's no reason to hit him (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:35:34
        
        I'd just like to clarify (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:37:57
        
        you want him to stay silent during press conferences? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:40:43
        
        I'd rather he didn't do the press conferences (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:41:27
        
        Indeed it is (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:44:20
        
        I'm not precious (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:50:13
        
        I do so love the way you are deconstructing your own posts (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:52:34
        
        Where's the u-turn? (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:54:36
        
        Keep up the rigour (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:57:05
        
        Oh, is WOTB now a swear-free zone too? (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:59:13
        
        Swearing is very funny in the right hands (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 11:01:30
        
        *others* (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 11:02:32
        
        grammatical corrections.. you are GOOD (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 11:04:13
        
        Normally (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 11:06:21
        
        ^fail^! (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 11:04:08
        
        A reasobaly summary of your anti-liverpool based contribution to this entire thread (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 11:06:47
        
        Still hasn't grasped my earlier clarifications (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 11:08:47
        
        You started this by telling me to fuck off (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 11:13:50
        
        Fair enough! (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 11:16:26
        
        Good man (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 11:19:42
        
        That's blown the cobwebs away good and proper (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 11:20:42
        
        *reasonable* (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 11:06:58
        
        I'd rather no-one did them. What's the fucking point? (Other Football) - tudders, Jun 15, 10:43:59
        
        doing media is part of the job (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:46:19
        
        JACKPOT!! Winning time for the "Compare everything to tennis" is timed 10:46:19" (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:50:28
        
        camcan did it too (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:52:48
        
        This is starting to remind of how Roeder saved us from relegation and got the sack (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 11:01:42
        
        i agree he was very poor (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:32:02
        
        You'd never subvert a thread to talk about something else (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:34:53
        
        This is starting to remind me of the 1953 Iranian coup d'?tat (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:43:05
        
        v poor. (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:37:22
        
        i take threads off on other tangents yes (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 15, 10:36:33
        
        I have explained above (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:39:03
        
        exactly! (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:34:24
        
        and it was only Altidore (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:31:45
        
        ... (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:35:01
        
        Carragher? Reasonable? (Other Football) - pants, Jun 15, 10:29:14
        
        They have had the ball in German football for four months (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:31:05
        
        Oh fuck off (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:25:52
        
        Good debate - keep up the rigour (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:27:30
        
        I wasn't debating (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:29:16
        
        You want to punch Jamie Carragher because of his point (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:32:05
        
        Of course, wroth threads always stick rigidly to the original point (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:36:06
        
        He said he wants to punch Carragher because of his voice, not his point. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 15, 10:33:48
        
        And he thinks he should shut the fuck up because of his point about the ball (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:39:22
        
        I have explained above (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:40:31
        
        I think you're talking shit - I do hope that clarifies the situation (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:46:37
        
        Good debate - keep up the rigour (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 15, 10:51:02
        
        pantsbook of responses from a dried up old well (n/m) (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 15, 10:59:53

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