Otokonoko

>>> And I don't mind admiring strengths in others! <<<

Exactly. The round football is not my game, I posit that one's fave sport is tribal - a cultural thing depending on where you grew up - much like religion. But like religion, that doesn't mean one has to stick with the same code, nor close one's eyes to the benefits of other codes.

I don't really care who wins. Which is a good thing, because Australia were massacred by Germany.

I do hope that no team develops "jelly-belly" - I reiterate that I wish the entire tournament is a success for South Africa.

Thanks CJ for a fun topic.

Horns are annoying and to be honest adults tripping over other adults and getting paid millions for it is obscene.

Yes, well, my prediction about Australia vs Germany was correct, albeit a worse result than I anticipated. At least 4-0 sounds better than 40-0 :) Let's see if they can do better against Ghana.

About the horns - it's an African thing, rather than a feature of football per se. I agree about the obscenity of paying sportspeople of any description the millions they get paid, but football is certainly not the only offender there.

At any rate, they don't get paid millions to play for their countries in the World Cup.

Whilst I was hoping that Germany wouldn't beat us...I suspected they would.

But once again, (not that we would have won), the Tim Cahill send-off was laughable. He did everything he could to limit the challenge and yet he was still sent off.

Good old soccer proves itself an annoyance once again.

I too admire all those who play for their athleticism and skills.

To all you people who sat up to watch the loss...I admire your determination, dedication and sorry that it couldn't have been a better game for you.

To those like me who were warm and cosy asleep in bed...Did I miss anything?...lol

Hold on, 4-0 is nothing like 2-0, it is a solid drubbing, an embarrassment.

That is why the hankies are out today with players and coach having a good cry while administrators are talking about the knacker's yard.

How old are the Ghana players and are any of them close to receiving the pension? Is a loss of 2-0 feasible or is it too much to ask for?

Opinionated2
Bed was infinitely preferable to that one-sided training game. However what you said reminded me that so much of the after game conversation about soccer focuses on the referee and penalties. That says volumes about how deathly boring it is.

I hope that puts an end to the hype and outlandish displays of overconfidence. Made us all into a laughing stock after all the boasting.

I watched a few minutes of the Greece v Korea game and it was the most boring thing Ive ever seen. Continual backpassing to the goalie and wild kicks down-field or over the sideline. I kept wondering how they could make the game more interesting. I was thinking of things like make the goals bigger or get rid of the goalie. 2 balls could be fun. And then it came to me.
The best thing they could do to make soccer a better game would be to let them pick the ball up. hehehehe