By: powley9
10/10/2009
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| we would be a joke at world cup |
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By: wharfie72
10/10/2009
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Cheating diving and acting is not just football. I have seen Andy Hadens clumsy dive in a rugby match in UK years ago. What about the tries that are not pressed but the players claim to have scored - replays prove them as liars. That is sport. Money is involved. Unfortunately Italy take cheating to a whole new level and most football fans are happy to see such cheats eliminated.
As for 0-0 draws, some of the best games I have seen have been 0-0. Close and so close, nothing separates two teams after 90 mins. Points are not given for kicking a ball over a cross bar or pressing the ball down over a 50m (?) line. How easy!! I would rather see a 0-0 draw than a 67-3 rugby win.
Football is global. Rugby NEVER will be. Too slow, too boring and when people stand up and clap after a ball has been......kicked out (!!!!), then it is obvious why the world wants nothing to do with rugby. As for sevens ( tiggy/bullrush with a ball ) it is boring but slightly better than the 15 man game.
As for your sexual allegations etc, ever seen all the groping and fondling that goes on in a scrum? There is yet another reason the world ignores rugby. Played by fat gay men who live for the scrum touching. Check out 'IGRAB' on Google. |
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By: xtr365705@xtra.co.nz
10/10/2009
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| Interesting 'sporting' scenario emerging about the football match between Mexico and El Salvador. Yet another example of the miss-use of that word sport. |
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By: xtr365705@xtra.co.nz
10/10/2009
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| 'cheating acting diving Italians'. But wharfie72 this is a football thing and they all do it. If they're not doing swan dives, back flips, humping corner posts, kissing themselves; they're kissing their fellow players. The other diving they do we don't get to see because that's in the changing rooms. All this and an entertaining 0-0 draw after 90 minutes. |
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By: wharfie72
10/10/2009
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| Regarding the match tonight, I hope NZ can keep possession and not persist with those useless crosses straight to the opposing keeper, which seem a Ricky Herbert trademark. I'd like to see Bertos told to get to the byeline and pull it back to the penalty spot or some hard low crosses to the opposite 6 yard box corner, with Fallon or Smeltz lurking around ....but not offside! |
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By: wharfie72
10/10/2009
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Anyone see the Hungary v Italy U 20 World Cup 1/4 final this morning on SKY? Great to see those cheating acting diving Italians eliminated. What a game!! I think it is time FIFA started banning countries that persist in diving and acting. How many times do we see an player fall as if picked off by a sniper, clutching his face only to see the replay where nothing happened? Good riddance Italy, the tournament will be better without you.
Funny how the Catholic countries, except Ireland, are the worst cheats in football! |
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By: wharfie72
9/10/2009
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In the last two real World Cups we had Sth Korea, Brasil, Turkey, Germany, Italy, France,and Portugal reaching the semi finals. Favourites like Spain, Holland and Argentina failed. A team like Sth Korea eliminated Spain and Italy.
That will NEVER happen in a pathetic rugby world cup ( ha ha I always laugh when rugbys tournament is farcically called a WC ). Football is global and rugby never will be.
Rugby can only dream of footballs global appeal. |
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By: nidge@xtra.co.nz
9/10/2009
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| the only difffeence between the Rugby World Cup and the Football World Cup is the amount of countries that take part as just like the rugby world cup there has only been a few winners 4 for rugby and 7 for soccer |
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By: mmcnamara96
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| Yes at least people you may learn in reality that football is the world game while rugby maybe only won by say 4-5 countries at the most. |
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By: wharfie72
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With our other sports teams trying to win "World Cups" that are no more than three/four/five nation tournaments that most of the world don't care about, the NZ football team have two tough games against the higher ranked team from Bahrain to qualify for a REAL World Cup.
I am not a fan of the way NZ usually play but I will be hoping that they play well with no silly mistakes and get a result on Sunday morning.
Of course, due to the popularity of football, NZ will never win the Football World Cup but hopefully they can at least qualify. The NZRFU will be praying that NZ lose to Bahrain, because of the threat football is to the slow boring game of rugby in NZ.
Football will always be a winner whether or not NZ qualify. |
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