these have been a good read to pass the slowest week ever
these have been a good read to pass the slowest week ever
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these have been a good read to pass the slowest week ever
Hand of God goes All Whites Stalking and gets a bit emotional
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Nice stuffYou know we belong together...
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Hand of God Says Brazil can get lost, Mourns the Injustice of the Irish and looks toward the draw
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Great blog ML, totally agree with everything...
You know we belong together...
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Just listining to radio sport...... So theres 650 days to the rugby world cup, blah blah blah.
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Good blog. certainly got folk talking. Now you just need to stand for mayor of Whangavegas
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Is the WOrld Cup bigger than the Olympics?
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In short - it is, by any objective standard.
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Yes. f**k the Olympics.
Three for me, and two for them.
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I'd call them about even. The Football World Cup is massive, but so are the Olympics. I prefer the Football though, obviously.
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Does the different nature of the events make it harder to measure even objectively though? In the Olympics you have 12 hours of sport a day for 2-weeks, with different events that appeal to different people.
World Cup you may have 3-games a day for a couple of weeks but after that down to 2 and 1 games per day.
This would change the nature of the way people watch it I would think. Pretty pointless argument though if you ask me.
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Terrific blog, no doubt in my (biased) mind that the importance of the World Cup is far, far greater than that of the Olympics.
You know we belong together...
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more people take notice of the Olympics but I'd bet that a greater number of people - take leave, pull sickies, and have heart attacks during the world cup (even if you divide that by 2 -as the worldcup is twice as long) - which incidentally means it is twice as sustainable as a media event
of course they both leave the rugby 'world' cup so far behind it is invisible in the cloud of dust as it lies twitching and trampled in the dirt
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I think a lot of people don't realise how big the World Cup is in Europe for example - Europe literally stops for a month when the World Cup is on.
People follow the Olympics too, but you don't get the impression that the whole continent is on a collective holiday when the Olys are on.
People follow the Olympics too, but you don't get the impression that the whole continent is on a collective holiday when the Olys are on.
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Too right El G, I was in Europe during the 2002 Word Cup, there's nothing else on people's minds. I couldn't go down a street in England without seeing an England shirt, most likely with Beckham on the back.
That was the experience that changed my liking for football into an obsession.
You know we belong together...
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Hand of god goes a little loopy ...
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Top shelf limericking Marius.
Its no longer a problem.
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Too right El G, I was in Europe during the 2002 Word Cup, there's nothing else on people's minds. I couldn't go down a street in England without seeing an England shirt, most likely with Beckham on the back.
That was the experience that changed my liking for football into an obsession.
Which part - the ubiquitous England shirt or having Beckham on the back?
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
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Prizes for the best football limerick submitted on the blog -
Dont be shy.
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There was a young man named Kruse...
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
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Too right El G, I was in Europe during the 2002 Word Cup, there's nothing else on people's minds. I couldn't go down a street in England without seeing an England shirt, most likely with Beckham on the back.
That was the experience that changed my liking for football into an obsession.
Which part - the ubiquitous England shirt or having Beckham on the back?
You know we belong together...
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Prizes for the best football limerick submitted on the blog -
Dont be shy.
I prefer the Haiku...
Normo's coming home
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Prizes for the best football limerick submitted on the blog -
Dont be shy.
I prefer the Haiku...
Fasten seatbelts tight
Your seat cushions float gently
Headsets five dollars
Three for me, and two for them.
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Prizes for the best football limerick submitted on the blog -
Dont be shy.
I prefer the Haiku...
Ka Mate or Kapo o Ponga?
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
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hand of god looks at where the All WHites are likely to get drawn to play - leave your togs in nz, but pack your mace
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Not as simple as that ML. Check the comments section on the blog within the next half an hour or so.
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tell me how far off am i? if bollocks i should change
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I am think complexity must come from having to keep south americans sides apart for instance, yes?
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Tbh that Aussie setup sounds like my kinda gig.
Three for me, and two for them.
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I'm confused. The blog is about which cities NZ can play in? But being in Pot 2 makes no difference to those chances. We know Pot 1 will go into "position 1" of the groups, all the remaining positions are drawn randomly. Are you perhaps thinking pot 2 = "position 2"?
Waiting for El G's comment to appear in case I've missed something...
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Tbh that Aussie setup sounds like my kinda gig.
Might be fine for the first few days but would be hard going over several weeks. Shades of Hi Dee Hi and yellowcoats? Or a refugee camp after Hurricane Katrina.
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
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thanks guys - being pulled and revised!!
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Complete bollocks. Pot 1 mean position 1 in a group. All other pots do not mean a particular position in a group.
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I'm confused. The blog is about which cities NZ can play in? But being in Pot 2 makes no difference to those chances. We know Pot 1 will go into "position 1" of the groups, all the remaining positions are drawn randomly. Are you perhaps thinking pot 2 = "position 2"?
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Waiting for El G's comment to appear in case I've missed something...
That was exactly the point SiNZ. It's all cleared up now, ML will fix it.
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Id made assumptions based on internet sources about pot no reflecting group no (and not realised there was a second draw for the latter) - of course, in future i shall return to the method of forum consultation that has served so effectively in teh past (and which accurately predicted the shape of the groups).
lesson learned.
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As well as conferring with the forum for the anorak input (El G and me, I guess), FIFA and UEFA do a reasonable job with publishing PDFs once something is official.
However, El G seems to have a good contact for info before it is official.... must have a mole on the organising committee?
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Tbh that Aussie setup sounds like my kinda gig.
Might be fine for the first few days but would be hard going over several weeks. Shades of Hi Dee Hi and yellowcoats? Or a refugee camp after Hurricane Katrina.
Meh. I could handle it. Sounds like plenty of fun to me. YF should think along these lines.
Three for me, and two for them.
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