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mishlert
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| COME ON GIVE US KOREA VS AUSTRALIA |
Don't know how that could happen, as it's going to be Italia vs Australia. |
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jaganath69
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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| mishlert wrote: |
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| COME ON GIVE US KOREA VS AUSTRALIA |
Don't know how that could happen, as it's going to be Italia vs Australia. |
I think its possible if Korea come second in their group and then beat Spain and Australia beats Italy in the round of 16. |
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Billy Pilgrim
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: |
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Funny, a country playing above themselves (in terms of world rankings at least), with a bunch of rabid supporters behind them in Germany, and everyone is falling over themselves to support the underdog.
Korea, on the other hand......
EDIT: though I take no issue in particular with posters in this thread. Just an observation given the shear numbers of "Will Korea just lose and shut up already" threads around this forum.
EDIT 2: I hope Australia smash Italy to bits, by the way, and hope Korea topple the Swiss. |
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mishlert
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:06 am Post subject: |
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COME ON GIVE US KOREA VS AUSTRALIA
Don't know how that could happen, as it's going to be Italia vs Australia.
I think its possible if Korea come second in their group and then beat Spain and Australia beats Italy in the round of 16. |
You have your groups mixed up. 1st place in G (Korea's group) plays 2nd pace in H (Spain's group). Australia is not in group H, but group F
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/group/index.html |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:32 am Post subject: |
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Australia seems to be conducting themselves rather well. I don't honestly feel badly about cheering for them because I am extremely confident that if I was in Australia they wouldn't be shoving it down my throat. Australians are a pretty easy going lot in general. I can appreciate that.
I like cheering for underdogs. I will cheer for the underdog in the Korea - Switzerland game. Switzerland is ranked 35th, Korea is ranked 29th. Simple really isn't it?
I will cheer for Ghana. I always like the African teams and I hope the win the whole thing someday.
I will cheer for Spain because they always have the potential to win but they never seem to put it all together. I always cheer for them every World Cup.
Go Oz! Go Swiss! Go Spain! Go Ghana chocolate! 
It is a wonderful game though, regardless of who you cheer for. ^^ |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Dream on skippy. Next game up it's lights out time for the socceroos!!!  |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| as a WOG.. IM a winner either way!! |
What's WOG? Anything like a NIP per chance?
Speaking of which, i was impressed right off the bat with Australia's show of grit & ability.
Would be great to see them SHOCK THE SPORTING WORLD !!! |
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hermes.trismegistus
Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:47 am Post subject: Re: Aussies go thru... |
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| Hermes.Tuberculosis or what ever you name is, where you watching? Nasty brutish game to watch, but that famous Aussie fighting spirit got them thru. |
The FIFA WC blog described it as a "manly man's game". I'd edit that to "Neanderthals pummeling each other, while kicking a ball around." It was entertaining though, because Croatia was equally as rabid. Thug vs. thug doesn't bother me so much.
Decent match, but disappointing, because I thought the Socceroos would pull out a win.
Alas, I don't know think they'll stand a chance against Italy. It'll be interesting to see though, because Italy likes that rough-and-tumble rugby-esque BS too...
Namaste. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: Aussies go thru... |
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| hermes.trismegistus wrote: |
| jaganath69 wrote: |
| Hermes.Tuberculosis or what ever you name is, where you watching? Nasty brutish game to watch, but that famous Aussie fighting spirit got them thru. |
It'll be interesting to see though, because Italy likes that rough-and-tumble rugby-esque BS too...
Namaste. |
Give over. Italy are a bunch of vain little girls. When an Italian player goes down and the stretcher comes on, it's accompanied by someone to fix the guy's hair. Go Aussies! |
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Neil
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:15 am Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
| as a WOG.. IM a winner either way!! |
What's WOG? Anything like a NIP per chance?
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It's used in Australian slang and refers to those of Mediterranean ancestry. While once a pejorative the term has lessened massively in tone over years and being 'woggy' is now regarded as something to take pride in. It causes a bit of confusion when Aussies travel to the UK as they seem to be unaware at first that wog is an offensive term for a black person in that part of the world. |
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Futooomsh
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| Neil wrote: |
| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
| as a WOG.. IM a winner either way!! |
What's WOG? Anything like a NIP per chance?
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It's used in Australian slang and refers to those of Mediterranean ancestry. While once a pejorative the term has lessened massively in tone over years and being 'woggy' is now regarded as something to take pride in. It causes a bit of confusion when Aussies travel to the UK as they seem to be unaware at first that wog is an offensive term for a black person in that part of the world. |
In Aus the 'wogs' refer to themselves as 'wogs'..... it was a term used many years ago after many Lebanese, Greeks, Italians migrated to Aus. Alot of them became road workers etc, they wore overalls that had WOG written on the back in big letters. ... Worker of the Government.
Its not derogatory. |
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