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Australia v Croatia

Well done Ozzies! Cracking game, looking forward to the meeting with Italy now.

Great refereeing from Poll and all :D
 
I saw an exciting game of football astronaut but you seem to be intent on reading a whole critique of a nation into it. You can't take away the fact that I had a great time watching it last night, moan as much as you want, your voice droning on and on and on to be lost as background noise amongst people who aren't listening...
 
astronaut said:
When the Aussies win at cricket or win a gold medal, they take it a certain way, they assume it has a certain meaning, an extreme arrogance, and that is entirely negative, IMHO. It takes the enjoyment out of the game.
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It was the checkers championship of the whole known galaxy.
My brother still had all his pieces, I was down to my last three.
When he triple-jumped me I got angry and my temperature soared
Then he said, "King me!" so I crowned him with the board.

Sore loser. Sore loser. Sore loser.
I'm grinning when I'm winning 'cause I'm feeling so great,
It's just the losing that I hate.

It was the bottom of the sixth, we were losing 2 to 1.
We had the bases loaded when the coach said to me, "Son "
I walked up like a superstar and struck out 1 2 3.
I threw my bat, I threw my hat and the umpire he threw me!
("You're outa here!")

Sore loser. Sore loser. Sore loser.
It's easy to be breezy when you're pulling your weight,
It's just the losing that I hate.

I know... win or lose, you got to treat 'em the same,
I know ... it only matters how you play the game,
I know... I made the effort. I tried my best,
I know, I know, so why am I so depressed?

Cause you're a sore loser. I know I am.
Sore loser. I'd give anything to win. Sore loser.
Sore, sore, sore, sore loser!

Now when I win it's wonderful how gentlemanly I can be.
I'm happy yet I'm humble with a gracious personality.
I'm a great congratulator you oughta see me spray champagne.
But when I lose, bad news! I can never ever stand the pain.

Sore loser. Sore loser. Sore loser.
I'm grinning when I'm winning 'cause I love to celebrate,
Oh the glory and euphoria is totally great,
And the cheering is endearing but you've got to pay the freight.
It's just the losing that I hate. I hate it!

:p :p :p
 
LD Rudeboy said:
Sore loser. Sore loser. Sore loser.
I'm grinning when I'm winning 'cause I'm feeling so great,
It's just the losing that I hate.
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I find it quite amazing that being a sore loser is ridiculed, but being an arrogant winner is not.

Anyway:

1. I haven't lost anything (I'm not English), so I can't be a sore loser.

2. I would have thought, as a kiwi, you would have had enough of Australian arrogance for a lifetime.
 
Being a succesful sporting nation is nothing to be ashamed about, what should the Aussies do - start losing more?

IME experience Aussie fans are always good losers, they were great after losing in the last Rugby World Cup and the last years Ashes.
 
astronaut said:
I would have thought, as a kiwi, you would have had enough of Australian arrogance for a lifetime.
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You’re really into your stereotyping aren’t you. ;)

I really don't find Australians any more arrogant than anyone else.
 
Swivel on it, astronaut. You're being negative, dull, repetitive, sweeping, sneering, judgemental and unpleasant.

I've rarely seen you post elsewhere on the boards, let's hope I never get to if these posts are representative of your attitude. I mean attitude problem.

Almost everyone else I know about, Aussie or not, Urban 75 or not, thought it was a cracking game, full of entertainment, incident, excitement and farce, in which the better team got through.

And would have won the match too, but for Poll blowing his whistle after the ball had left Kewell's foot but before it crossed the line!!!
 
astronaut said:
I really don't give a flying fuck if you think I'm an idiot/drooling moron/fool or not. You don't know me from Adam. I have my reasons for what I write. You have a problem with that? Tough shit.
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Has an Australian "jumped your fence" at any time?Shared you lunch perhaps or just met a few of my countrymen.If you want to indulge in insulting behaviour you can talk to yourself.Pretentious jerk
 
The truth is that astronaut went to Oz for a holiday and was racially abused by some red-neck bogan in middle of bum-fuck nowhere and is under the misleading impression that it has something to do with the Aussies winning last night...

so he's not happy.
 
Well leaving aside the crap reffing that denied Australia 2 penalties and kept 2 Croation players on the pitch who should have been sent off (2 handballs in the penalty area of a game would be enough for that wouldn't it? IIRC the handball dude got carded in the 1st half as well)...and for my money while the Croats looked dangerous on the break, the Aussies pretty much had the run of the game for most of the 90 mins.

What was really great was watching it with an Oz present and seeing someone from another nation go thru the torture that England fans have to endure most games the national team play :D (and Gary Linneker said something to the same effect to the Brazilian pundit dude after Brazil went 1-0 behind)
 
astronaut said:
The World Cup is a festival of football, and most countries seem to appreciate that. It should be about playing great football.

Some countries however seem to think the World Cup, or any sporting event, is about superiority. "We're there, therefore we're better than you."

I've argued about this before, and IMHO, Australians are the worst at this.

When the Aussies win at cricket or win a gold medal, they take it a certain way, they assume it has a certain meaning, an extreme arrogance, and that is entirely negative, IMHO. It takes the enjoyment out of the game.

I'm not Australian, I've been there many times, but I came there with a fairly objective outlook on the place, but was astonished at what I saw and heard - the racism, the arrogance, which I have suffered there myself, and the many Asians and Jews I know who have suffered it there.

Moreover, I'd like to see it being less inclusive, to give access to the best teams, not teams that had to beat Vanuatu to get in.






No, neither am I Japanese or Brazilian or Italian.
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Which ironically by condeming the whole nation is exactly what you're guilty of.

Tosser.
 
mhendo said:
It's actually not arbitrary.

The length of the game is officially 90 minutes, with 45 minutes for each half.

During each half, there may be unscheduled stoppages in play. This happens most often for injuries, such as when a player goes down in a screaming heap and play is halted while he recovers or is stretchered off the ground. There can also be stoppages for other reasons, like the referee conferring with his line judges over a play, or giving a player a yellow card for time-wasting.

Each time one of these unscheduled stoppages occurs, the clock that you see on the screen continues to run, but the referee actually stops his watch. So, when the 45 minute mark arrives, the amount of time used up in stoppages during that half is added on.

According to the official FIFA Laws of the Game:For the complete rules, go here, scroll down a bit, and click on the part that says "English Laws of the Game 2006."
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Thanks to you and Yossarian.

You'd think they could just stop the clock when a whistle blows.
 
Johnny Canuck2 said:
Thanks to you and Yossarian.

You'd think they could just stop the clock when a whistle blows.
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They do this in rugby union and its poor relation rugby league. It's bloody helpful.

:cool:
 
Johnny Canuck2 said:
They do it in all our sports as well: hockey, football, basketball, etc.
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ah - you see the problem then.

if rugby players and americans do it, it's clearly not for FIFA ;)
 
If the clock was stopped and the players could see the clock then that might lead to an unfair advantage to the team in possesion.In this country at the aussie rules you never know how much time is left until the siren goes.If you are watching at home the time left is displayed on screen
 
astronaut said:
Like I was saying to a friend yesterday afternoon, before the Aussie win, I have been very disappointed with the quality of this competition. I think it is the worst world cup for many years.
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Utter bollocks. This is already a vastly superior tournament to 2002, where so many top teams underperformed and where there was barely a knockout game of real note
 
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