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HoG - TIme for NZ World Cup Bid

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HoG - TIme for NZ World Cup Bid
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Jee, that no-show (comment #2) comment is a grumpy one. I've left a thorough debunking of no-show's illogical ramblings. It should be comment #31 or somewhere around there. .. . .
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I am currently writing 2 songs to be released (double A side) at some stage between qualifying and going to the world cup.  Does anyone have Ray Woolf's number.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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Frankie Mac wrote:
I am currently writing 2 songs to be released (double A side) at some stage between qualifying and going to the world cup.  Does anyone have Ray Woolf's number.
 
Thommo on lead vocals....Bucks on back-up.
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Thommo's performance on the last podcast has ruled him out of the running.  Lead vocals are currently a 3 horse race between Bucks, Bic Runga or Dave Dobyn.
 
At the moment Bucks is the favourite as he is cheaper which means more profits for me.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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Sam - the Hand of God blog with nearly 40 comments?  A miracle!  Get your mug up the top!

Normo's coming home

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Sammy they really are quality mate keep it up.
 
Best football writer in the Fairfax stable?

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.

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Frankie Mac wrote:
Thommo's performance on the last podcast has ruled him out of the running.  Lead vocals are currently a 3 horse race between Bucks, Bic Runga or Dave Dobyn.
 
At the moment Bucks is the favourite as he is cheaper which means more profits for me.


You're thinking short term there Frankie!

Sam Buckle, nice, well-spoken bloke that he is, doesn't have the appeal to middle New Zealand.
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why is Pancakes's picture at the top of H.O.G again?

Founder

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quality read - the away goal rule isn't going to matter though, we will win it 2 - 0.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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enough with the blogs already. Have your family left you or something?

Founder

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great picture on the blog Sammy.  You are a very handsome man.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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Am in the same boat, sort of more follow a few teams overseas. Reading and Liverpool are the ones I more regulary keep tabs on, though I do like to keep an eye on the Kiwis around the world. But I'm hardly depressed about Liverpool being 5 losses out of 6 and Reading being in/near relegation. Nor was I really happy about Liverpool beating the Mancs.
 
Die hard Phoenix fan, but a half hearted overseas follower.
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Man, they're nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Partick Thistle's current away kit :
 

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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Sexy, that.
You know we belong together...

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"Come Monday, however, Ricki Herbert needs to roll in the sports hypnotists, witch doctors - whatever it takes - to dispel the myth of A League home advantage."

Except of course for the nix AWs for the following Saturday.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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Good blog Sam - I can't fault anything.  DAMMIT!

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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"I�ve read over my this blog and edited it a couple of time"
Found something

Good blog.
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GreenieRootzHardnews   #5 
 
KP or C-Diddy. Who was it?
 
Buffon II2009-11-09 14:57:52

Three for me, and two for them.

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aitkenmike wrote:
"I�ve read over my this blog and edited it a couple of time"
Found something

Good blog.
ha ha. never been strong on details!
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[QUOTE=Marius Lacatus]Football is a Kiwi Sport Now - http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/blogs/hand-of-god/3044960/Football-is-a-Kiwi-sport-now[/QUOTE]
 
Without knowing full NZ history, the below comment was interesting. If you posted that in an Australian Football Forum (say The World Game Forum), you'd get a 50 page thread.
 
 
"Others won�t care and some may even feel I am slighting expats or suggesting they are not, in some way, sufficiently "Kiwi". I don�t mean to. Expats and expat communities were for many years the lifeblood and driving force of football in New Zealand. And I don�t just mean British expats, but Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Croatian � to name just some. They established local clubs, they ran local clubs, they coached, they funded, they played and, in the case of the �82 All White expat contingent, they inspired. They have contributed a huge amount to the game in this country. They still do.

 

But for the game to truly flourish in New Zealand, it needed to break free of the limitations of its expat history. The �82 All Whites contributed to that "breaking free" more than any others."

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Yes, i figure.
 
Quite different over there though i think. Its nowhere near as ethnically parochial and we have had very little of the kind of angst and difficult rivalries you have experienced in domestic australian football (if thats what you're getting at). The expats did the pioneering work, laid the foundation. The changing of the All White guard reflects the growth and evolution of the game and a generational shift.
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Also probably related to numbers  - we might be just as diverse as Oz but no ethnic group has a huge presence.
 
Although I'd prefer to think that like all things, our expats are a cut above Oz's expats!

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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Marius Lacatus wrote:
Yes, i figure.
 
Quite different over there though i think. Its nowhere near as ethnically parochial and we have had very little of the kind of angst and difficult rivalries you have experienced in domestic australian football (if thats what you're getting at). The expats did the pioneering work, laid the foundation. The changing of the All White guard reflects the growth and evolution of the game and a generational shift.
 
Same here about the evolution, I agree both NZ and Australia have evolved as per the last bit of your comment above. Obviously the initial migrants have now had kids (and grandkids) raised in Oz and NZ so the shift towards 'local' matters is more paramount now.
 
But yeah, I was also referring to the "difficult rivalries" in the game here as you (well) put it.
 
That's the best I can comment give I am at work (3pm Melbourne time as I write this). Mybe after hours I can edit this.
 
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Just need to get in one more cheap shot:
 

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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