New Zealand Men's U-17s

yeah, the last 10 were not good to watch. Except that it was a NZ team that had put itself into a position to be able to play like that at the end of a game in order to progress to the next stage.- who'd of thunk it, huh?

Bring on the next round!

SWEET 16 BABY!!!!!!

.. good point about NZ controlling the game at th endphoenix rising2011-06-26 13:00:22

Enough with the negativity, we should be very proud of a 1-1-1 record against three very good teams

Not a good game to watch ove rthe last 15 minutes but one of the more mature Nz peformances I have seen. They knew that a draw would get them through so didn't do anything silly and just kept possesion for as long as they needed to.

I guess ramon was the reason the team made it through in 09 as well?

Pipe down sunshine, you didn't even know we made it through in 09 till i mentioned it

well done to our lads, the sending off helped but we did well across the three games and now face a tough game whoever we end up playing (must admit niether Germany nor Mexico - in their den - appeal)

Got to say well down Kazakhstan for winning the group. They were my pick to finish bottom when at the start. Makes our first up win all the more impressive considering they went on to beat two very top teams. Go the Kazaks! 

Japan

Just to clarify, as I saw other posts saying Mexico or Japan - winner of group B (Japan) plays against A/C/D 3, and since groups A and C are the ones from which third placed teams haven't qualified from, Japan plays the third placed team from our group. So they get either us or US.el grapadura2011-06-26 13:10:26

Uzbeks*

Meh, most rugby matches resemble the last 15 minutes of that game to me.

well, yes it certainly looked sweaty out there (or have I misundertood again?)

Game will be...

liverpoolfan12011-06-26 13:14:05

I'm always mixing up my Stans. Alright, go the Uzbeks! Back to bed for me...

Funny how the memory blanks bad stuff out...

Pipe down? ha the funniest bit of muppetry I have read in here in ages was your "Its all down to Ramon" drivel. Actually come to think of it, most of your stuff in here is utter drivel, great comedy relief.

just noticed that TV1 are advertising an hour long FIFA U17 highlights package at 4pm this arvo

Yep. I then agreed with Smithy that others have brought plenty to the team setup as well, but think Ramon brings in a whole new perspective and different experience. You chose to overlook that and attack me personally though, so well done

wont we rather be third then?

It's choosing the lesser evil really. Both have been top class at this tournament.

Anyone know when we find out what place we get?

Looks like we won the raffle..

http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/standings/index.htmlTraitor2011-06-26 13:28:34

All whites facebook said they'd update asap

I think the table looked like that right after the final whistle, so doesn't reflect the drawing of lots yet. Could be wrong though

Hasn't been done yet. That's alphabetical.

[QUOTE=Traitor]
Looks like we won the raffle..

http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/standings/index.html[/QUOTE]

think that just still going in alphabetical order. could be wrong tho

[QUOTE=Traitor]
Looks like we won the raffle..

http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/standings/index.html[/QUOTE]

Highlight for me was the Mexican crowd jeering the yanks through their national anthem, everytime they fouled one of us, everytime they took a goal kick and that red card. Oh and Ole'ing us when stringing together passes, that was awesome.

i thought it was just everytime they had the ball lol

http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=255973/match=300151829/summary.html

According to the bottom of that article the draw is at 8.45pm local time, so 10 more minutes

yep great fun today, but hope we don't face a stadium of them seriously supporting their lot against us

No mate, I think that's just alphabetical.....

how long does a draw take...

Depends on how many papers you use...

knowing fifa about 100, but only 3 have names on them