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Post by ninja on May 14, 2006 14:26:25 GMT 7
Watched a documentary on the story of how the German football team was rebuilt after WW2. Excellent watch, especially when they got to the 1966 World Cup and beyond.
The '74 finals between Holland and West Germany was superb. I remember watching it as a school kid but watching it last night made me appreciate the orange-shirted Dutch even more. Cruyff in particular... a rare breed that one. I admire the German discipline but they play boring football IMHO.
Can't wait for the World Cup to begin.
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Post by Player on May 14, 2006 14:56:00 GMT 7
It would be cool if we could organise some sort of bet, like the ones people organise in offices.
Everybody says who s/he thinks is going to win. If you get it right you get one points, if you lose you get 0 points. At the end the points are tallied, and the winner is going to get something.
What does you think? Would it be too difficult to organise it on an internet site?
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Post by nah on May 14, 2006 20:03:10 GMT 7
the REAL world cup kicks off in 2007 in france.... ;D
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Post by Balls on May 15, 2006 16:13:09 GMT 7
Player, I'll provide the winner with a cup. I have lots of them at home.
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Post by Football Fan on May 15, 2006 16:18:57 GMT 7
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Post by localaunt on May 16, 2006 13:25:21 GMT 7
Football Fan, don't the players have to wear protective underwear? Is that video for real?  |
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Post by calamityman on May 16, 2006 18:02:02 GMT 7
check this out for the teams' roster: football.guardian.co.uk/worldcup2006/story/0,,1775901,00.html Australia: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan), Ante Covic (Hammarby), Michael Beauchamp (Central Coast), Craig Moore (Newcastle), Lucas Neill (Blackburn), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC), Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Brett Emerton (Blackburn), Vince Grella (Parma), Stan Lazaridis (free agent), Josip Skoko (Stoke, on loan from Wigan), Mile Sterjovski (Basel), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City), John Aloisi (Alaves), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Archie Thompson (PSV Eindhoven), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Josh Kennedy (Dinamo Dresden). force to be reckoned with, oz, if they manage to click together and work as a unit as shown in the playoff against uruguay. woo! |
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Post by calamityman on May 16, 2006 18:07:04 GMT 7
Australia: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan), Ante Covic (Hammarby), Michael Beauchamp (Central Coast), Craig Moore (Newcastle), Lucas Neill (Blackburn), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC), Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Brett Emerton (Blackburn), Vince Grella (Parma), Stan Lazaridis (free agent), Josip Skoko (Stoke, on loan from Wigan), Mile Sterjovski (Basel), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City), John Aloisi (Alaves), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Archie Thompson (PSV Eindhoven), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Josh Kennedy (Dinamo Dresden). my first xi: swcharzer emerton moore popovic neill bresciano grella culina kewell cahill viduka |
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Post by ninja on May 16, 2006 19:17:35 GMT 7
I reckon the Socceroos are a chance to go past Rd 1. Beyond that, all bets are off.
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Post by calamityman on May 17, 2006 9:18:20 GMT 7
yeah, i can't imagine them not going past round 1, further than that... hard to say.
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Post by Would you wear it on May 24, 2006 19:25:28 GMT 7
A contact lens developed for the football World Cup. Cool or not?  |
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Post by calamityman on May 25, 2006 19:21:44 GMT 7
madness!
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Post by ninja on Jun 3, 2006 18:08:17 GMT 7
Australia vs Netherlands tomorrow at 10.30pm AEST. Should be interesting.
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Post by calamityman on Jun 5, 2006 20:06:55 GMT 7
ugly match but hey, the socceroos didn't make it to the world cup by being all wussy against uruguay (great match that one!).
interesting to see two of the teams i support in the world cup playing against each other in the prelude.
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Post by No way on Jun 5, 2006 21:13:04 GMT 7
Why can't they win a soccer game by playing soccer instead of rugby? I don't support violent teams. I hope they will get out on the first round.
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Post by calamityman on Jun 6, 2006 18:46:41 GMT 7
it's their strength. ugly teams have won championships before.
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Post by calamityman on Jun 6, 2006 18:47:14 GMT 7
i must add that i'm not implying the socceroos will get the world cup though. far from it. heh.
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Post by So what on Jun 6, 2006 19:11:00 GMT 7
Yes, like high school bullies sometimes get what they want. But I still hope they are going to be expelled with a big kick in the butt!
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Post by ninja on Jun 11, 2006 11:48:41 GMT 7
We shall see how the Socceroos play against Zico's Japan. Nobody knows much about both sides (Australia being more unknown than Japan, who are the Asian champs) since they are pretty much untested at the World Cup level.
But I think I'd rather the Socceroos face Japan than Korea.
All will be revealed tomorrow!
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Post by calamityman on Jun 13, 2006 9:00:08 GMT 7
yeah! go aussie! oy oy oy!
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