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England went through after scraping a 1-0 win against Slovenia. Could only draw against the US and Algeria, so they were getting a pounding from the press and fans alike.
The German win against Ghana in your group, Rob, means that England will face Germany on Sunday.
That’s a huge game for us. Germany always is.Just don’t mention the war.
The Aussies were good value I thought, NZ are an even bigger surprise.
I put £5 on Ghana to win the WC before a ball was kicked at 80-1, nothing I’ve seen so far tells me they aren’t good enough to go the distance. Pele once said it’s only a matter of time until an African team wins it, and apart from Ghana the rest were absolute shite, I picked the right Afro team for sure.
@rickshaw92 wrote:
Soccer is gay and will continue to be gay untill the players stop playing and start fighting like proper athletes. Some ice and some sticks woild help.
Speaking as a seasoned football nut of many years I can safely say that the spectacle of 22 men kicking a bit of leather around a grass pitch is about 10% of the essence of “Football”. It is a calling, a way of life, some people in the UK are defined by their love of football; it’s more deeply ingrained than almost anything else for a great many working class British people, as it is around the world. The actual game is just one part of the whole culture.
Bill Shankly:
“Someone said to me ‘To you football is a matter of life or death!’ and I said ‘Listen, it’s much more important than that’.”
To me, a game is a game and pretty much dependent on culture. Where I was brought up, it was league. The greatest league player of all time was from my suburb. The only place I have really seen similar entrenchment of a game in culture was in England with football.
If you ebrought a stick to a rugby league game in Australia, the league players would call you gay too. ;)
Between the officiating and watching all these drama queens taking dives and then rolling about grimacing like someone just shanked them in the ribs, it’s a shame because I really love to watch these games.
It amazes me that the Vuvuzelas seem to get FIFA’s attention but this other stuff is a collective “meh” to them. “That’s just the nature of the game” is a lame rational, especially given the limited nature of the event. No question in my mind that next time around there needs to be video review, lord knows where technology will be 4 years from now!!
Best,
Stiv@flipflop wrote:
I put £5 on Ghana to win the WC before a ball was kicked at 80-1, nothing I’ve seen so far tells me they aren’t good enough to go the distance.
I hope you’re right.
@Stiv wrote:
Any Spaniards or Netherlanders hanging around these parts???
Not quite, Stiv. But happy days nonetheless. ;)
@ROB wrote:
Was surprised to hear that Spain had never actually won the thing.
Yes it was, I’m happy though that at least this go around it will be a first time team whomever comes out on top.
I’m rooting for the Netherlands though I think the Spanish will more than likely prevail hopefully it will be a good close game that doesn’t end in penalty kicks (my Yankee predispositions are showing I’m sure) or something stupid like a missed call.
Go Germany for 3rd place!
I REALLY enjoyed the tourney this year, a good friend of mine who visits me regularly is very glad it’s over simply because of having to listen to the vuvuzelas. He found them unbearable but they honestly didn’t bother me at all…
Best,
Stiv
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