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elle10 wrote:
<!-- bmi_SafeAddOnload(bmi_load,"bmi_orig_img");//-->I know good old TVNZ gets a bit of a bashing on this forum but I just watched their 10s clip on the under 20 match v Portugal and couldn't believe they managed to chuck in four factual errors in this very short space of time.
Firstly, they showed the penalty and said it was the first goal in the first half
Secondly, they showed the free kick, claiming it was the second goal in the second half
Thirdly, apparently both goals were "penalties"
Fourthly, they claimed the Gambia game is Thursday (it's Friday).
You may be asking what Veitchy got right? The score, but that was about it....
 
Not defending TVNZ here but the game was Thursday in Canada (friday down in NZ).  And yeah thats some pretty bad errors. 
 
 Clearly being in the UK I've not seen this news item but as I've mentioned in other threads NZ's broadcast media loves to chop football down especially TVNZ and that twat Tony "Pofta" Veitch.  As to the America's Cup... no one in Europe gave a toss, the only info I've heard about it has come form back in NZ so one has to question the governments huge capital injection into a "hobby for rich pricks" which for some reason us kiwis seem to believe represents us all. 
 
I see also the government is planning another 10 mil, this money would have been far better spent sponsoring the U20 world cup as it is OFFICIALLY THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD THIS YEAR.  So what if most kiwis don't watch football, look at how many other people do!
 
Sadly things won't change in most kiwi minds as we are pretty thick in the head at times... can't wait for the bulls**t excuses in September when we yet again blow out at the Rugby World Cup non event (again not that while this is Rugby premier event, the U20 comp still blows it out of the water)!
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Just cos I can, I wrote to Trevor Mallard and asked for his resignation over the America's Cup. ( Like that's going to happen ). My line being that he put up the $34M to win the trophy and Team NZ did NOT. Someone has to be accountable...
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dairyflat wrote:
Just cos I can, I wrote to Trevor Mallard and asked for his resignation over the America's Cup. ( Like that's going to happen ). My line being that he put up the $34M to win the trophy and Team NZ did NOT. Someone has to be accountable...
 
Based on that argument will you be asking Serepisos to part with the Phoenix if we are losing finalists this season? 
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dairyflat wrote:
Just cos I can, I wrote to Trevor Mallard and asked for his resignation over the America's Cup. ( Like that's going to happen ). My line being that he put up the $34M to win the trophy and Team NZ did NOT. Someone has to be accountable...
 
Based on that argument will you be asking Serepisos to part with the Phoenix if we are losing finalists this season? 
 
Serepisos spent his own money - he doesnt have to justify it as an investment if he doesn't want to. And in fact he clearly states that he expects to loose 1 million in the first year.
 
Mallard spent someone elses money, and he claimed it was an investment in something that never materialised. Now he's trying to justify the expenditure by different means.
 
Which one of these is more honorable? And how do they really inform us? How is Serepisos accountable to anyone other than himself for his money? And even if the WPFC don't win, he will still be jsutified becasue he has never claimed that they will, or that it is the main reason to invest.
 
Unfortunately the comparison is flawed, and the logical relationship implied -  is not real.
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Totally agree with your opinion on the blog.
can't believe the apathetic nation that we are, sit back and don't demand Mallards head on a plate. To have the audacity to invest a further $10 million on a team of losers (twice over) is criminal.
The way TVNZ and the Govt cheerleadered this poxy event made me sick!!!!!!!!
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I have no problem with money being put into the americas cup.

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