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Oh, Serbia is good no matter the rankings. The current A team was either a world or a European champion (or close to one of those two) in the youth divison. Anyway - definately my 2nd favourite team on the cup.
Tomorrow is a good game: England - USA. Im rooting for the Americans, and since this is the opening game of our group, so we will see who do we have to fear the most. Al Qaida said that they will bomb the match, which might not be that bad... Then us and Algerians qualify automaticaly. 
And Im hoping against odds that Nigeria can beat Argentina - I cant stand Maradona.
Good luck against Slovakia on tuesday!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, June 11, 2010 2:02:01 PM)| |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah thats true, we beat Serbia in the warm ups which was awesome as LOL! And we're ranked well below them, mostly because we never get to play hardly any international games.
Well, two draws to start the tournament, Uruguay and France drew 0-0. Very interesting.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:02:01 PM | |
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Yeah thats true, we beat Serbia in the warm ups which was awesome as LOL! And we're ranked well below them, mostly because we never get to play hardly any international games.
Well, two draws to start the tournament, Uruguay and France drew 0-0. Very interesting.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 9:02:12 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 9:02:12 AM | |
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Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, June 11, 2010 8:56:12 AM)| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:56:12 AM | |
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| Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:56:06 AM | |
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| Oh, well... 1-1. Great game. Im looking forward to Urugvay - France in the evening. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:42:52 AM | |
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Hmmm............me thinks that may give the Mexicans confidence, but who knows.......
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 8:40:43 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | | Shit. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:40:43 AM | |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:30:20 AM | |
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Yay!
If they only scored one... two... three more... Just to be on the safe side... |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:16:58 AM | |
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| Well that was a bit surprising LOL! I think it may spur Mexico on though, but we'll see. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:04:48 AM | |
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Yeah should be an interesting half.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 8:03:50 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yup. SA was pretty vague at the beginning, but they are coming along. The last minutes of the first half were theirs, and I think that hte second half looks very promising.
| | | Becks wrote: | | I was thinking the same thing Strat. SA aren't doing badly so far, bar a few defensive areas too close to their goal, not marking etc. When they are on attack though, not too bad!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | | Still rooting for SA, but Mexico are A LOT better then I expected - hell, they just scored, but it was cancelled because of an offside! Still, it will lift their spirits considerably. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:03:50 AM | |
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Yup. SA was pretty vague at the beginning, but they are coming along. The last minutes of the first half were theirs, and I think that hte second half looks very promising.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, June 11, 2010 7:48:43 AM)| | | Becks wrote: | | I was thinking the same thing Strat. SA aren't doing badly so far, bar a few defensive areas too close to their goal, not marking etc. When they are on attack though, not too bad!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | | Still rooting for SA, but Mexico are A LOT better then I expected - hell, they just scored, but it was cancelled because of an offside! Still, it will lift their spirits considerably. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 7:48:43 AM | |
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I was thinking the same thing Strat. SA aren't doing badly so far, bar a few defensive areas too close to their goal, not marking etc. When they are on attack though, not too bad!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 7:45:06 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | | Still rooting for SA, but Mexico are A LOT better then I expected - hell, they just scored, but it was cancelled because of an offside! Still, it will lift their spirits considerably. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 7:45:06 AM | |
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| Still rooting for SA, but Mexico are A LOT better then I expected - hell, they just scored, but it was cancelled because of an offside! Still, it will lift their spirits considerably. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 7:22:41 AM | |
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| Well I'm up, and watching the game, LOL! Wow it's noisy in the stadium! |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 5:06:45 AM | |
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LOl... Unfortunately all the games are in the afternoon, so we cant be excused from work. Im not kidding: it would be a perfectly acceptable excuse.
Im already thinking about deleting all Americans and English from my friends list. Friendship is all fine and well, but football comes first.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Friday, June 11, 2010 1:18:40 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY!!!!!
Going to a big-screen kick of party at 2pm today which is going to be awesomeness incarnate! Then the match kicks off at 4pm today our time I think.. How anyone in SA is expected to work like it's a normal friday is beyond me.
Kids are so hyped up and er so are we ha ha ha haha!
To all my Mexican friends: We can still be friends up until 4pm today and then we kick your butts! I mean er.. Good luck may the best team win!!! Hahahahaha |
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| [joedraper] Friday, June 11, 2010 4:44:32 AM | |
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I hope it does go well for us.... we've been waiting for this for... ever! lol
Kids are all kitted out and almost time to leave for the opening party.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, June 11, 2010 1:29:37 AM)| | | Becks wrote: | | The game kicks off at 2am our time, but I am thinking I may get up to watch it anyways cos even though on paper Mexico should smoke SA, I think SA will certainly give them a run for their money  home advantage, first football world cup on African soil etc.
| | | joedraper wrote: | | IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY!!!!!
Going to a big-screen kick of party at 2pm today which is going to be awesomeness incarnate! Then the match kicks off at 4pm today our time I think.. How anyone in SA is expected to work like it's a normal friday is beyond me.
Kids are so hyped up and er so are we ha ha ha haha!
To all my Mexican friends: We can still be friends up until 4pm today and then we kick your butts! I mean er.. Good luck may the best team win!!! Hahahahaha |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 1:29:37 AM | |
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The game kicks off at 2am our time, but I am thinking I may get up to watch it anyways cos even though on paper Mexico should smoke SA, I think SA will certainly give them a run for their money home advantage, first football world cup on African soil etc.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Friday, June 11, 2010 1:18:40 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY!!!!!
Going to a big-screen kick of party at 2pm today which is going to be awesomeness incarnate! Then the match kicks off at 4pm today our time I think.. How anyone in SA is expected to work like it's a normal friday is beyond me.
Kids are so hyped up and er so are we ha ha ha haha!
To all my Mexican friends: We can still be friends up until 4pm today and then we kick your butts! I mean er.. Good luck may the best team win!!! Hahahahaha |
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| [joedraper] Friday, June 11, 2010 1:18:40 AM | |
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IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY!!!!!
Going to a big-screen kick of party at 2pm today which is going to be awesomeness incarnate! Then the match kicks off at 4pm today our time I think.. How anyone in SA is expected to work like it's a normal friday is beyond me.
Kids are so hyped up and er so are we ha ha ha haha!
To all my Mexican friends: We can still be friends up until 4pm today and then we kick your butts! I mean er.. Good luck may the best team win!!! Hahahahaha |
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| [Becks] Thursday, June 10, 2010 9:42:15 PM | |
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LOl oh yeah technically tomorrow, the opening match is at 2am here. Matches will be kicking off between 2am and 6am our time  the free to air tv channels are showing all the NZ games live and a few other matches, plus plenty of highlights packages. Yay excited!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:44:33 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Nope. Tomorrow is the day.
At what time will the matches be in your time zone? It will be at 2 past noon by our time (the first match). Wont you ahve it in the middle of the night?
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Todays the day! Woohoo! Can't wait for the matches to start! |
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| [_strat_] Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:44:33 PM | |
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Nope. Tomorrow is the day.
At what time will the matches be in your time zone? It will be at 2 past noon by our time (the first match). Wont you ahve it in the middle of the night?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:18:16 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | | Todays the day! Woohoo! Can't wait for the matches to start! |
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