Soccer Australia

ricardo · Post by **ricardo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:06 am

Dare wrote:
ricardo wrote:But ATM i think we can forget about France according to today match
Hehe. You just blew your free updates for the next 4 years.

Oops!!

Fred, please foregive me!! I was drunk!!

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:14 am

ricardo wrote:
Dare wrote:I do believe we can manage a draw -v- Brazil.
Is this some kind of new religion???

Yes - Faith is a fundamental requirement.

oryaaaaa · Post by **oryaaaaa** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:26 pm

Aaaaaaa.... Yagagisawa naze hazusu?

Ausralia vs Brazil
Tanosimi... Australia wa kate! kate! Cheer!!

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:05 pm

Brazil 2, Australia 0.

No gain but NO SHAME either!

Congratulations Brazil. At the end there, som Brazilian class started to show.

srod · Post by **srod** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:09 pm

You were pretty evenly matched for most of the game; and a damn site better organised at the back!

A shame you didn't tuck away at least one of the chances you had.

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:15 pm

Some chances there. A bit scrappy at times.

Pre-Match, I really did think we could at least draw Brazil and maybe tip a win.

Post-Match? Bring on the next one! I think we can win!

We gain experience with all this stuff and that is only good, we get better. (in Oceania group we had NZ and zillions of islands to play against. Now in Asia we get some more battle hardening!)

oryaaaaa · Post by **oryaaaaa** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:48 pm

I was able to enjoy watching very much.
Congratulation Brazil.

Barney · Post by **Barney** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:18 am

So, I was right at the beginning. It will be Australia vs. Croatia to decide who will go into the second round. I'm sure it's going to be a very good match.

Barney

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:07 am

It will be a good match.

If Croatia were to win, Australia could consider that 3 possible Australians were still in the WC.

When Australia does win, Croatia can consider that 5 possible Croatians are still in the cup.

PS: If Brazil play as they did -v- Croatia and Australia, Japan could sneak in a win. Wouldn't that be something.

Beating Brazil and getting eliminated in first round - bittersweet!

Barney · Post by **Barney** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:05 pm

Dare wrote:If Croatia were to win, Australia could consider that 3 possible Australians were still in the WC.

When Australia does win, Croatia can consider that 5 possible Croatians are still in the cup.

Yup. Either way, both countries will win and that's a good reason to have some nice cold beer ready in the fridge.

Barney

ricardo · Post by **ricardo** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:51 pm

Barney wrote:So, I was right at the beginning. It will be Australia vs. Croatia to decide who will go into the second round. I'm sure it's going to be a very good match.

Barney

I guess Australia will win, looks much better than Croatia.

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:19 pm

It's a bit OT I know, but I wanted to ask wether you guys get to see videos of our country and the cities where the plays take place. I mean when the Olympic games where in Australia all television channels also showed some movies on the country itself.

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:37 pm

Hi Nik,

We do here. We have excellent coverage by an excellent TV station called SBS, which is not a commercial station and which is dedicated to providing "foreign language" content and etc.

So we get uninterrupted coverage and, if we missed it (being from 10pm to 4am), a full repeat.

Between, we are learning a lot about Germany. For example, we got a look at marzipan production after Togo-Switzerland and before Ukraine-Saudi Arabia.

* coldies are ready *

oryaaaaa · Post by **oryaaaaa** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:00 am

It is replay many times as for this scene. the television of Japan

Croatia vs Japan
1... YANAGISAW(FW) miss shuot
2... TAMADA(FW) miss shout
3... KAWAGUCHI(GK) fine saved

In the hugest diary service of Japan (Mixi, SNS)

YANAGISAWA 33549　posts
TAMADA 10403 posts
KAWAGUCHI 74361 posts

NAKATA 27912 posts
ZICO 49740 posts

Brazil 114258 posts
Austraria　98923　posts
Croatia 149138 posts
Japan 441455 posts

Australia had been brainwashed like this if not strong.
But, Australia was strong.

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:33 am

Heya oryaaaaa!

Japan must beat Brazil 2:0!
Australia must beat Croatia 2:0!

Table:

Code: Select all

TEAM       Pts  GF  GA  diff
Australia    6   5   3     2
Brazil       6   3   2     1
Japan        4   3   2     1
Croatia      1   0   3    -3

Nothing personal intended but this way Australia tops the table!

Mind you, with Group E any of 3 can go through. Would rather see Australia play Italy, then USA, then Ghana, least preference Czech.

Pull-out supplement in today's paper explaining Soccer (football) so that all Aussies can understands things like offside, strikers, 4:4:2, the ball is round, you kick into the goal and not over the bar to get a goal, and etc - this way we can have more "experts", which is important. Spectators can participate without looking too foolish! This is actually a big advance for the code!

A cartoon (reflecting reality)

Panel - Tennis
.. Hewitt wins Queens - Polite applause

Panel - Golf
.. Ogilvy wins US open - Polite applause

Panel - Soccer
.. Brazil beats Australia - Massive applause -
Celebrations, cries of YES! because it wasn't a hiding and we can still get through.

(Sports players and teams are judged on heart, not only results. Lose well and be a hero, win like a wimp and get caned.)

More big names from the other three codes emerge to knock the code, calling it a flash in the pan, one day wonder, etc. They're worried. Australia will getting more people keen on the world game. More youngsters playing in paddocks and in junior teams. More sponsors. More support generally. And this starts to pay off big time in 10 to 12 years from now.

Go Socceroos!