| [Becks] Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:18:16 PM | |
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| Todays the day! Woohoo! Can't wait for the matches to start! |
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| [Becks] Saturday, June 05, 2010 3:18:53 PM | |
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Yeah that was a surprise! I hope they can rattle a few teams in the tournament.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:55:44 PM)| |  | _strat_ wrote: | | | A big surprise of this cup - DPR Korea! Qualified for the first time since 1966, got into a group with Portugal now, which, as it happens, is the same team that eliminated them 44 years ago! I hope they do well, not the least because Im concerned about what will happen to the players if they dont do well. |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:55:44 PM | |
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| A big surprise of this cup - DPR Korea! Qualified for the first time since 1966, got into a group with Portugal now, which, as it happens, is the same team that eliminated them 44 years ago! I hope they do well, not the least because Im concerned about what will happen to the players if they dont do well. |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:53:23 PM | |
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Terrible. His final game for France too. He could have picked a better way to say goodbye.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:37:00 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | HA! I remember that! After that it was all downhill for France - they were the better team on the pitch that game and should have won the cup.
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:52:45 PM | |
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I have a hunch that you will. Italians always had a serious issue with arrogance, and they are definately a team that plays well against the big names, and loses to the underdogs. Best of luck.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:34:33 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Yeah I agree about the second half, it dragged a bit more - we were pleased to keep you guys scoreless that half LOL! Last time we played Italy, we nearly beat them, they only won 4-3, in extra time I believe. Yep it's a great morale booster for you guys - like it was for us beating Serbia! We will try our best to upset Italy for you hehehe.Yeah Rooney is a good player but will foul heaps.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yeah, it wasnt one sided at all. The first half specialy was great, tho the second one was an unbelievable drag. Novakovi� is a great player when all is said and done, although it has to be said that the two goals he scored yesterday were lucky. He had two free kicks from great positions, and made the most of it, but counting on good free kick opportunities isnt going to get us far. Then again - we will be playing against Rooney Flintstone, and he will probably make more fouls than all the rest of the players combined. IDK, overall we are all pleased with the game. Score is great, and it is a nice morale booster for the cup.
Well... Best of luck to your guys. Please, PLEASE - beat Italy for us! They are our neighbours and we hate them dear.
Oh, and speaking of a massive achievement - when our team eliminated Russia from the qualifiers, to qualify for the WC... Our Prime minister went into the changing room and cleaned their football boots. Nuff said.
| | | Becks wrote: | | Cheers Strat  what are your thoughts on that match? I thought, bar the scoreline, it was pretty evenly matched. A big difference was your strikers were much quicker than our big tall fellas lol. It didn't help when our goal keeper did that whoopsy which lead to the 3rd goal, but your second goal was a bit of a contentious one I feel. Novakovic took about 3 steps or so away from our defender before he fell over and got a penalty. NZ will have to watch out cos we play quite a physical game which some teams may take advantage of and the refs may not like. We'll see what happens! Most NZ fans are realistic, that coming away with a point or two at the WC would be a massive achievment (just being there for us is huge!) - football is not our national sport, unfortunately. Best of luck to in the WC Slovenia too!
South Africa v Mexico, I pick Mexico. But I will be cheering on the host nation to make it hard for them!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [Becks] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:37:00 PM | |
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HA! I remember that! After that it was all downhill for France - they were the better team on the pitch that game and should have won the cup.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:33:16 PM) |
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| [Becks] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:34:33 PM | |
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Yeah I agree about the second half, it dragged a bit more - we were pleased to keep you guys scoreless that half LOL! Last time we played Italy, we nearly beat them, they only won 4-3, in extra time I believe. Yep it's a great morale booster for you guys - like it was for us beating Serbia! We will try our best to upset Italy for you hehehe.Yeah Rooney is a good player but will foul heaps.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:26:43 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yeah, it wasnt one sided at all. The first half specialy was great, tho the second one was an unbelievable drag. Novakovi� is a great player when all is said and done, although it has to be said that the two goals he scored yesterday were lucky. He had two free kicks from great positions, and made the most of it, but counting on good free kick opportunities isnt going to get us far. Then again - we will be playing against Rooney Flintstone, and he will probably make more fouls than all the rest of the players combined. IDK, overall we are all pleased with the game. Score is great, and it is a nice morale booster for the cup.
Well... Best of luck to your guys. Please, PLEASE - beat Italy for us! They are our neighbours and we hate them dear.
Oh, and speaking of a massive achievement - when our team eliminated Russia from the qualifiers, to qualify for the WC... Our Prime minister went into the changing room and cleaned their football boots. Nuff said.
| | | Becks wrote: | | Cheers Strat what are your thoughts on that match? I thought, bar the scoreline, it was pretty evenly matched. A big difference was your strikers were much quicker than our big tall fellas lol. It didn't help when our goal keeper did that whoopsy which lead to the 3rd goal, but your second goal was a bit of a contentious one I feel. Novakovic took about 3 steps or so away from our defender before he fell over and got a penalty. NZ will have to watch out cos we play quite a physical game which some teams may take advantage of and the refs may not like. We'll see what happens! Most NZ fans are realistic, that coming away with a point or two at the WC would be a massive achievment (just being there for us is huge!) - football is not our national sport, unfortunately. Best of luck to in the WC Slovenia too!
South Africa v Mexico, I pick Mexico. But I will be cheering on the host nation to make it hard for them!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:33:16 PM | |
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Yup. Im rooting for the Bafana! Youre lucky that Zidane isnt playing for France anymore - anyone remembers this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYCPt1oAmzM?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:56:54 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | Guido if I don't put my coins on SA I may be shot or impaled with an assagai! Lol
I've got the car decked out with my flag, windmirror socks and me and the kids have our jerseys ready! lol
Strat! You rooting for us!! Ha thank you!!!
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:26:43 PM | |
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Yeah, it wasnt one sided at all. The first half specialy was great, tho the second one was an unbelievable drag. Novakovi� is a great player when all is said and done, although it has to be said that the two goals he scored yesterday were lucky. He had two free kicks from great positions, and made the most of it, but counting on good free kick opportunities isnt going to get us far. Then again - we will be playing against Rooney Flintstone, and he will probably make more fouls than all the rest of the players combined. IDK, overall we are all pleased with the game. Score is great, and it is a nice morale booster for the cup.
Well... Best of luck to your guys. Please, PLEASE - beat Italy for us! They are our neighbours and we hate them dear.
Oh, and speaking of a massive achievement - when our team eliminated Russia from the qualifiers, to qualify for the WC... Our Prime minister went into the changing room and cleaned their football boots. Nuff said.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:06:42 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Cheers Strat what are your thoughts on that match? I thought, bar the scoreline, it was pretty evenly matched. A big difference was your strikers were much quicker than our big tall fellas lol. It didn't help when our goal keeper did that whoopsy which lead to the 3rd goal, but your second goal was a bit of a contentious one I feel. Novakovic took about 3 steps or so away from our defender before he fell over and got a penalty. NZ will have to watch out cos we play quite a physical game which some teams may take advantage of and the refs may not like. We'll see what happens! Most NZ fans are realistic, that coming away with a point or two at the WC would be a massive achievment (just being there for us is huge!) - football is not our national sport, unfortunately. Best of luck to in the WC Slovenia too!
South Africa v Mexico, I pick Mexico. But I will be cheering on the host nation to make it hard for them!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [Becks] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:06:42 PM | |
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Cheers Strat what are your thoughts on that match? I thought, bar the scoreline, it was pretty evenly matched. A big difference was your strikers were much quicker than our big tall fellas lol. It didn't help when our goal keeper did that whoopsy which lead to the 3rd goal, but your second goal was a bit of a contentious one I feel. Novakovic took about 3 steps or so away from our defender before he fell over and got a penalty. NZ will have to watch out cos we play quite a physical game which some teams may take advantage of and the refs may not like. We'll see what happens! Most NZ fans are realistic, that coming away with a point or two at the WC would be a massive achievment (just being there for us is huge!) - football is not our national sport, unfortunately. Best of luck to in the WC Slovenia too!
South Africa v Mexico, I pick Mexico. But I will be cheering on the host nation to make it hard for them!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 7:45:31 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, June 05, 2010 12:33:01 PM | |
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Oh, believe me, I understand. Think I am going to be wearing anything buy a Brazil shirt while I am there? I'd be lynched in the streets were I to do so.
I remember the last time I was there and Brazil won. USA vs. Brazil, though, and I was at a private cricket club PACKED with fanatics. Of course, I made my Mexican heritage well-known that day just in case of a surprising upset. Actually glad the US lost that day!
Enjoy BS. THAT'LL cure what ails ya'!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:56:54 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | Guido if I don't put my coins on SA I may be shot or impaled with an assagai! Lol
I've got the car decked out with my flag, windmirror socks and me and the kids have our jerseys ready! lol
Strat! You rooting for us!! Ha thank you!!!
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [joedraper] Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:56:54 AM | |
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Guido if I don't put my coins on SA I may be shot or impaled with an assagai! Lol
I've got the car decked out with my flag, windmirror socks and me and the kids have our jerseys ready! lol
Strat! You rooting for us!! Ha thank you!!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:49:21 AM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:09:38 AM | |
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lol - I imagine she does. Anyway, I hope Joe and Blackshadow will back me up with this - I am already outnumbered 2-1 by Mexico supporters.
Cant Imagine how it will be like on the 18th when we play against the United States.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:59:08 AM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | My mom is very excited about that match. She asked me a few days ago if I could go back home soon so that we could watch it together. She wants Mexico to win.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:59:08 AM | |
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My mom is very excited about that match. She asked me a few days ago if I could go back home soon so that we could watch it together. She wants Mexico to win.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 7:45:31 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:51:40 AM | |
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Well, if Id have to bet, Id bet on Mexico too. I just like South Africans more. They were in our group in WC 2002, and even tho they are not a favourite, I still like them as a team.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:49:21 AM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:49:21 AM | |
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Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 7:45:31 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 7:45:31 AM | |
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There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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