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So who do you think will win the trophy? Who will win the Golden Boot? And who will be the new kid on the block that everyone will be talking about.
WebmasterWorld is a global forum so there must be lots of different opinions out there.
Nyook ASSEL
LOL, I had to speak that one out loud before I got it.
Anyway, BDW, to tread on your Scottish toes again ;) : is there any chance to end the weird situation that one state (the UK) can send up to four participants to football championships? I realize that would mean the end of an ancient tradition, but the four of you together would make a stronger team.
...but the four of you together would make a stronger team.
Stronger? Hmm. I wonder what the teams of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are doing whilst the World Cup is on...
;-)
Syzygy
that would mean the end of an ancient tradition
The ancient tradition counts for more than results... and really, size doesn't necessarily matter. Australia is very strong in Tennis and yet they are a small nation. Success at world level is more about passion within the nation, and the sport in question being engrained in the culture, like a religion - as soccer is in Brazil but is not in the USA.
In any case we in Scotland invented the game and here is the conclusive proof, [theherald.co.uk...]
I wonder what the teams of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are doing whilst the World Cup is on...
Let's not get this out of perspective.
England population: 49 Million
Scotland population: 5 Million
Wales Population: 2.9 Million
N. Ireland: 1.7 Million.
Scotland in particular has been punching well above its weight in international competition for many years. The English have ten times the population of Scotland so they should do better.
(If we had a population of 49 million in Scotland we would be winning it at least every second attempt). ;)
Yes, but surely half that number are Scots...
>>>Scotland population: 5 Million
Which, over that geographical area, means the population is probably too far apart to be able to pass the ball to one another...
My World Cup Fantasty Football Team is now ranked 188,579 overall - a drop of 12,818 places(!), and second last in the inter-office tournament. Hmm, with selection skills like that perhaps a job as Scotland manager beckons...
;-)
Syzygy
Yes, but surely half that number are Scots
You should be so lucky ;)
BTW there we have more than our fair share of Sassenachs up here. I am going to the pub this evening to watch the TnT game and you can bet your sweet bippy that it will be half full of Engerlund fans :)
Actually my friend, Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. (Unless you count Antartica) Or are we talking about population total or per capita?
I think that it's a flattering score line. England were pretty crappy most of the match and Trinidad and Tobago were unlucky a couple of times.
Lucky, lucky, lucky. (as Kylie Menogue used to say)
Go England! Go Rooney!
My wife: Go England!
Me: Who cares. I rank below my son, my wife and my cat. :/
<added>Oooops. Wrong again. My wife just corrected me. It's my wife, my son and my cat.</added>
Looking forward to this evening: Holland - Côte d'Ivoir.
The TV studio panel had a laugh at this after the game. They thought it was a hoot so evidently they believe that dirty play is acceptable where England are concerned, (and Gordon Strachan thought it was funny too)! I checked all the online newspapers this morning and none of them mentioned the foul. It's as though there is a collective blindness when things like this happen.
Don't believe me? Have a look at the picture ... [england.worldcupblog.org...]
OK so Crouch climbed over the defender but what about Gerrard? Was that a dodgy goal too?
T&T played a negative, containing game and didn't quite get away with it.
I am surprised not to hear anyone commenting on the fact that England's first goal was a clear foul.
We have now... ;-)
Syzygy
OK so Crouch climbed over the defender but what about Gerrard? Was that a dodgy goal too?
The question must be would Gerrard have scored in the last minute if the first goal had not been scored? Who is to say that TnT would not have gone on to score as England threw everyone forward in the closing minutes?
My point is that, like the referee, the media have largely turned a blind eye to this. There has been very little comment about an incident of cheating that could ensure that TnT go out and England progress to the latter stages of the world cup. I'm sorry, but pulling someone's hair to gain an advantage is clearly not on. I just cannot condone blatant dirty play. Can you?
People dismiss this as irrelevant because England are the big name. If TnT had scored after pulling Ferdinand's hair at the other end there would have been a massive outcry in the English media.
Why do the referees allow this blatant fouling to go on?
I am very sleep deprived here in Bangkok but how could anyone miss tonight's match - Holland v Argentina - it could be a classic.
The game has to be careful to not impose too many rules
This already is a rule.
It's just that the players don't obey it because they know that the referees are probably not going to penalise them for it.
They should card anyone that encurages the ref to give someone else a card, and anyone that falls, bounces and does more than three rolls before stopping glimpsing to see if the ref is looking before moaning in agony, only to be running around like a rabbit in a few minutes.
Anyway enough of the rules.. I am just looking forward to seeing the Argentina v Holland match. I do think that Argentina will make it to the finals, question for me is who will they face will it be Brazil or England?
