Things we learnt from the 2nd Week of the World Cup
2. FIFA can act very quickly when they want to. Maybe it was because the reputation of the world cup was at risk but they banned Suarez both the teeth marks had faded.
3. It's harder to score direct from free kick. Just two direct dead balls have lead to goals. The ball, the humidity or better goalkeepers but the ball isn't whizzing in like it seemed to in the past.
4. After having multiple games every day for a fortnight having a blank day just feels wrong
5. Good teams beat good players. So far it has been the well organised countries who play as teams and to their strengths who have won through (apart from maybe Argentina and Messi but he is one hell of good player)
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Honduras apart, the lack of cynical, abrasive football.
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Suarez still takes 'show your hunger' too literally.2
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England make mugs of the fans that support them1
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The Asian Football Federation needs to have a good hard look at itself.
All four members out at the first hurdle.
Apart from the match-fixing, violence, corruption and illegal betting, what on earth is holding back the Chinese from making the World cup finals?0 -
They're crap.A-R-T-H-U-R said:
Apart from the match-fixing, violence, corruption and illegal betting, what on earth is holding back the Chinese from making the World cup finals?1 -
...indeed, but there's 1.7 billion of them.
Law of averages suggests they should be able to rustle up a dozen contenders?
39% of Chinese are interested in the World Cup, according to Time magazine, compared to 29% in England and just 11% in USA.
One thing I have learnt is that The Solomon Islands has the world’s highest Google search volume index for “World Cup.” This tiny archipelago northeast of Australia—its team isn’t even in World Cup this year—is Googling “World Cup” like crazy. Next are Vanuatu, Liberia, South Sudan and Sierra Leone.0 -
Not to get too excited.
Remain in a negative frame of mind & you won't be disappointed.
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Maybe not many newspapers or a readily available tv service there?A-R-T-H-U-R said:...indeed, but there's 1.7 billion of them.
Law of averages suggests they should be able to rustle up a dozen contenders?
39% of Chinese are interested in the World Cup, according to Time magazine, compared to 29% in England and just 11% in USA.
One thing I have learnt is that The Solomon Islands has the world’s highest Google search volume index for “World Cup.” This tiny archipelago northeast of Australia—its team isn’t even in World Cup this year—is Googling “World Cup” like crazy. Next are Vanuatu, Liberia, South Sudan and Sierra Leone.0 -
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A cannibals feast.MrOneLung said:
Maybe not many newspapers or a readily available tv service there?A-R-T-H-U-R said:...indeed, but there's 1.7 billion of them.
Law of averages suggests they should be able to rustle up a dozen contenders?
39% of Chinese are interested in the World Cup, according to Time magazine, compared to 29% in England and just 11% in USA.
One thing I have learnt is that The Solomon Islands has the world’s highest Google search volume index for “World Cup.” This tiny archipelago northeast of Australia—its team isn’t even in World Cup this year—is Googling “World Cup” like crazy. Next are Vanuatu, Liberia, South Sudan and Sierra Leone.
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That the officials will try their best to help Brazil win it0
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Rooney is, pound for pound, the most overrated footballer ever.0
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Some England 'fans' will still dig out Rooney even though he was better than 90% of the rest of the squad1
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After Reza !Absurdistan said:Rooney is, pound for pound, the most overrated footballer ever.
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No matter where the World Cup is held, the cameramen are perverts0
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Can you support this assertion with hard evidence? Please?ValleyGary said:No matter where the World Cup is held, the cameramen are perverts
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the evidence is certainly hardIdleHans said:
Can you support this assertion with hard evidence? Please?ValleyGary said:No matter where the World Cup is held, the cameramen are perverts
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They all fail the CL height testA-R-T-H-U-R said:The Asian Football Federation needs to have a good hard look at itself.
All four members out at the first hurdle.
Apart from the match-fixing, violence, corruption and illegal betting, what on earth is holding back the Chinese from making the World cup finals?
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South Korea are without a doubt the worst divers in history!!!!!0
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England would struggle to beat charlton1
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That's because of those Japanese veterans still lost in the jungles of Guadalcanal. Now Japan's out, watch that index drop.A-R-T-H-U-R said:...indeed, but there's 1.7 billion of them.
Law of averages suggests they should be able to rustle up a dozen contenders?
39% of Chinese are interested in the World Cup, according to Time magazine, compared to 29% in England and just 11% in USA.
One thing I have learnt is that The Solomon Islands has the world’s highest Google search volume index for “World Cup.” This tiny archipelago northeast of Australia—its team isn’t even in World Cup this year—is Googling “World Cup” like crazy. Next are Vanuatu, Liberia, South Sudan and Sierra Leone.0 -
That it's too long. It's difficult to keep the same enthusiasm by the start of week three.0
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I think it was a rhetorical question, but the Chinese have proved with chess, just like the Soviets did, that if you put enough backing into something, you can improve your world ranking. We've done a similar thing with the Olympics. Perhaps football's harder to do this with, or maybe you have to wait longer to be good at identifying the young talent.wwaddickson said:
They're crap.A-R-T-H-U-R said:
Apart from the match-fixing, violence, corruption and illegal betting, what on earth is holding back the Chinese from making the World cup finals?0 -
Not perverts, just almost certainly nearly all men.ValleyGary said:No matter where the World Cup is held, the cameramen are perverts
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A-R-T-H-U-R said:
Apart from the match-fixing, violence, corruption and illegal betting, what on earth is holding back the Chinese from making the World cup finals?
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That I must remember to put winky smiley faces on the end of my posts0
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A full-stop would do.ValleyGary said:That I must remember to put winky smiley faces on the end of my posts
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someone's tiredAddicksAddict said:
A full-stop would do.ValleyGary said:That I must remember to put winky smiley faces on the end of my posts
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