Now further to my total annoyance about those horns, the World Cup in general, and, the ridiculous way Australia was eliminated by the Italians, in the worst case of acting ever, I thought I let you at least get a laugh from the goings on. \

This is how The Chaser reclaimed the cup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu8Aq0WL1-M

And here is the most amazing footage of a soccer (football) referee ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjynbUNlvWU

Which of course goes to show how laughable the World Cup really is.

Here is one more look at the pathetic acting that cost Australia last time... How much pain is that poor Italian weakling in... even his team mates seem embarrassed by his over acting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr2oTmQ0GwM

The beauti-fall game...their dreamin'

Come on Opinionated2, you'll have someone going down to suck a penalty for that.

What is it with their short bandy legs and fashion challenged clobber? Well, that and the boring, watching mold grow, tedium of minutes wasted while teams continually return to the ball to the keeper to yet again go through the sloooow build-up for a routine move.

Give me AFL any day. The crowds are much nicer too, being able to enjoy the spectacle and get to and from the game without bashing (skin)heads together.

Yes Cornflower...I got a penalty because my typing fingers were nearly seriously injured by typing on my keyboard for that last post...

Ouch ooo Ouch Penalty Ref, Penalty Ref! My fingers hurt..Ouch Ouch!

I think we should be so proud of Aussie rules. I showed it to an American friend the other day and she couldn't believe how athletic those guys are.

I mean no helmets, no padding, can take spectacular marks after a ball has travelled 40 or 50 metres, can sprint, dodge and weave...and she was a little bit (OOps a lot impressed) with the Aussie male body shape.

I think she was watching the game...lol

Not to be too controversial, but could it be possible that if South Africa makes the final the opposition suddenly all get a case of food poisoning?...OOPS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5iQBLgndTU

Amazing!

Bit suss, but not unusual for teams to get jelly belly OT. Note to manager, provide own catering.

Brought a new sense to dribbling on the field. With apologies, sorry about that image.

Thanks everybody for responding. I anticipated a diversity of opinion :)

Australia plays Germany tomorrow morning at 4am. I expect we'll lose, but one of the advantages of football's low scoring is that it'll probably only be by a couple of goals...

As for those extolling the virtues of aerial ping-pong over football, isn't it the last refuge of those who can't hack thugby?

(That was a joke, Joyce)

I have to admit that I'm a sucker for sports of all kinds. My year of TV is taken up with the Tour de France (first [but not chronologically, obviously] and foremost), tennis tournaments and that irritating conflict between AFL and NRL - which to watch?!! Soccer was the last sport to really seep into my consciousness, but I came to love it two World Cups ago. At the end of the day, actors or not, sooks or not, they're all a hell of a lot fitter and more skilled than me. And I don't mind admiring strengths in others!