So I sent Michael Laws an email pointing him to Gourdie's post where he got ripped up 
And here replies,
"Can i help it if most soccer followers can't handle the truth? A mediocre achievement by a mediocre team given a free pass to South Africa ... that is not worthy of the hysteria you display."
My email wasn't exactly a Mr mature email. (I told him he got Owned
)
I'm currently replying,
Mediocre? Did you even read the article? Look at the share population of the people who have missed out, and don't think its because little people play football in China etc. China has a very decent league, with good overseas players and a lot of money floating round.
And if you've every had a chat to a football fan, you'll notice no one wants it to take over rugby, and no one expects it to.
A country of 4 million getting to the second biggest sporting event in the world. Thats an achievement.
As for the All Blacks, there's only two competitive nations that have Rugby as their national sport. South Africa and New Zealand. And guess what, we've won less world cup's than South Africa, and they're all turning to football now anyway.
It must be such a great achievement to win a rugby world cup. Oooh - its kinda like American's getting excited when they win the Grid Iron world cup. Imagine if they didn't though, that would be an embarrassment! Oh wait, isn't that like the All Blacks losing the World Cup?
And here replies,
"Can i help it if most soccer followers can't handle the truth? A mediocre achievement by a mediocre team given a free pass to South Africa ... that is not worthy of the hysteria you display."
My email wasn't exactly a Mr mature email. (I told him he got Owned
)
I'm currently replying,
Mediocre? Did you even read the article? Look at the share population of the people who have missed out, and don't think its because little people play football in China etc. China has a very decent league, with good overseas players and a lot of money floating round.
And if you've every had a chat to a football fan, you'll notice no one wants it to take over rugby, and no one expects it to.
A country of 4 million getting to the second biggest sporting event in the world. Thats an achievement.
As for the All Blacks, there's only two competitive nations that have Rugby as their national sport. South Africa and New Zealand. And guess what, we've won less world cup's than South Africa, and they're all turning to football now anyway.
It must be such a great achievement to win a rugby world cup. Oooh - its kinda like American's getting excited when they win the Grid Iron world cup. Imagine if they didn't though, that would be an embarrassment! Oh wait, isn't that like the All Blacks losing the World Cup?
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New reply,
Oh nonsense. FIFA gave the All Whites an open pass. No achievement there.
My reply,
You tell Bahrain, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Thailand, etc that it was a free pass.
By beating Bahrain, it shows that had we been in the AFC, (Like Australia) we could've qualified anyway.
Were you listening to your own Radio station after the event? The rest of New Zealand except the likes of you, thought it was a great achievement. Media from Europe and all over the world thought it was a great achievement. And that's what it is, a great achievement.
And have you ever considered, that not one football analyst has said it wasn't an achievement. Only you. Of cause you know everything though.
I can see this is going to go anywhere. Oh well its a laugh
Oh nonsense. FIFA gave the All Whites an open pass. No achievement there.
My reply,
You tell Bahrain, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Thailand, etc that it was a free pass.
By beating Bahrain, it shows that had we been in the AFC, (Like Australia) we could've qualified anyway.
Were you listening to your own Radio station after the event? The rest of New Zealand except the likes of you, thought it was a great achievement. Media from Europe and all over the world thought it was a great achievement. And that's what it is, a great achievement.
And have you ever considered, that not one football analyst has said it wasn't an achievement. Only you. Of cause you know everything though.
I can see this is going to go anywhere. Oh well its a laugh
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The only team NZ beat was a better Bahrain team. It was a fluke
Reply;
Let me share some insight with you.
When we played in Bahrain we played a 4-4-2 formation. Thats a typical football formation. Bahrain, in front of their own crowd didn't score. Thats an achievement
At home, we played a very attacking 3-4-3 formation. We still kept a clean sheet (That means no goals conceded) In football, when you're not scored against (and you're playing a very attacking formation) its not a fluke.
And by saying Bahrain was only one team, you are criticizing the knock-out format of every sport in the world.
And I'll say it again, you're the only "football analyst" who thinks this was a fluke.
Reply;
Let me share some insight with you.
When we played in Bahrain we played a 4-4-2 formation. Thats a typical football formation. Bahrain, in front of their own crowd didn't score. Thats an achievement
At home, we played a very attacking 3-4-3 formation. We still kept a clean sheet (That means no goals conceded) In football, when you're not scored against (and you're playing a very attacking formation) its not a fluke.
And by saying Bahrain was only one team, you are criticizing the knock-out format of every sport in the world.
And I'll say it again, you're the only "football analyst" who thinks this was a fluke.
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Grid Iron World Cup 
Btw, the USA have only one it once, Japan won the other two finals 
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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He won't know that. I'm sure U.S. would win if they sent their best players? Much like the Basketball WC.
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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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we didnt play 442 in Bahrain
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Michael Laws is not worth your time, and to describe him as a football analyst is giving far too much credit to a man whose desperation to be controversial has left him looking like an uninformed, attention seeking child.
All I can say is be ready to give him an absolute barrage when the All Whites win in South Africa
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Michael Laws is not worth your time, and to describe him as a football analyst is giving far too much credit to a man whose desperation to be controversial has left him looking like an uninformed, attention seeking child.
All I can say is be ready to give him an absolute barrage when the All Whites win in South Africa
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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Im calling him a football analyst to prove a point. :P
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When we played in Bahrain we played a 4-4-2 formation. .
wrongYou know we belong together...
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Honestly, why is a 16 year old who says 'owned' representing us? no offence :P
I think rational arguments and Michael Laws don't go very well together anyway to be honest.
valeo2009-11-26 21:58:59
I think rational arguments and Michael Laws don't go very well together anyway to be honest.
valeo2009-11-26 21:58:59
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You're just giving him enjoyment and a sense of self worth
Allegedly
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Michael Laws can't analyze anything. He uses plagiarism. A fact that I personally had known him to do in the past. He sounds all good on the surface but he is built on other peoples good deeds and palm things off as his own. Don't ever expect him to connect/link any logical dots.
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Honestly, why is a 16 year old who says 'owned' representing us? no offence :PI think rational arguments and Michael Laws don't go very well together anyway to be honest.
A 16 year old can form a better argument than Law, demonstrates how superficial Law is.
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So I sent Michael Laws an email pointing him to Gourdie's post where he got ripped up And here replies,
"Can i help it if most soccer followers can't handle the truth? A mediocre achievement by a mediocre team given a free pass to South Africa ... that is not worthy of the hysteria you display."
My email wasn't exactly a Mr mature email. (I told him he got Owned)
I'm currently replying,
Mediocre? Did you even read the article? Look at the share population of the people who have missed out, and don't think its because little people play football in China etc. China has a very decent league, with good overseas players and a lot of money floating round.
And if you've every had a chat to a football fan, you'll notice no one wants it to take over rugby, and no one expects it to.
A country of 4 million getting to the second biggest sporting event in the world. Thats an achievement.
As for the All Blacks, there's only two competitive nations that have Rugby as their national sport. South Africa and New Zealand. And guess what, we've won less world cup's than South Africa, and they're all turning to football now anyway.
It must be such a great achievement to win a rugby world cup. Oooh - its kinda like American's getting excited when they win the Grid Iron world cup. Imagine if they didn't though, that would be an embarrassment! Oh wait, isn't that like the All Blacks losing the World Cup?
And here replies, "Can i help it if most soccer followers can't handle the truth? A mediocre achievement by a mediocre team given a free pass to South Africa ... that is not worthy of the hysteria you display."
My email wasn't exactly a Mr mature email. (I told him he got Owned
) I'm currently replying,
Mediocre? Did you even read the article? Look at the share population of the people who have missed out, and don't think its because little people play football in China etc. China has a very decent league, with good overseas players and a lot of money floating round.
And if you've every had a chat to a football fan, you'll notice no one wants it to take over rugby, and no one expects it to.
A country of 4 million getting to the second biggest sporting event in the world. Thats an achievement.
As for the All Blacks, there's only two competitive nations that have Rugby as their national sport. South Africa and New Zealand. And guess what, we've won less world cup's than South Africa, and they're all turning to football now anyway.
It must be such a great achievement to win a rugby world cup. Oooh - its kinda like American's getting excited when they win the Grid Iron world cup. Imagine if they didn't though, that would be an embarrassment! Oh wait, isn't that like the All Blacks losing the World Cup?
Mike good on you for sending in the email, but you made two errors.
First the WC is the biggest sporting event in the world either 2.5 or 5 times the size of the olympics .. you see football in the olympics accounts for over half the world wide audience. Also the WC get more than twice the audience of the olympics... as and aside the Womens football world cup has a larger international TV audience than rugby..
Second by far the biggest code in SA is football and it has been that way for yonks.. just ii is the game the game the blacks pay .. has little money and until very recently no government help like building stadiums etc...
Socceroo/ Mariner / Whangarei
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is an open pass almost like that general cliche an open goal?
2 countries with rugby as the national sport are NZ and Wales
james dean2009-11-27 01:19:57Normo's coming home
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Laws is having a "major" panic attack he sees the growing popularity of "Football" ... GO WHANGANUI!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wanganui home of Wembley Park and football hating Michael Laws,ironic really!
The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.
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Olympics is bigger than football world cup in my books. All depends how you define 'big' really.
Allegedly
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Olympics is bigger than football world cup in my books. All depends how you define 'big' really.
World wide TV ratings ... thw WC gets a bit more than double what the Olympics get... and the U 23 Football in the Olympics gets about 52% of the Olympics total world wide TV audience...
Socceroo/ Mariner / Whangarei
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tv ratings, money (income generated, costs for companies to advertise, etc) are the two key ones.
Olympics are bigger when it comes to the number of fireworks and meters of lycra.
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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I sent him mails too, got similar replies.
His article had a fairly valid point but he ruined it with all the terrible "evidence".
He's just come to the game with the wrong-shaped balls, and got a whipping.
His article had a fairly valid point but he ruined it with all the terrible "evidence".
He's just come to the game with the wrong-shaped balls, and got a whipping.
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