So, it is almost upon us! Hurrah for the World Cup starting. I'm quite surprised by the amount of hype there is in Australia regarding this but I also recognise that as soon as Australia get knocked out the residents of Melbourne will once again think that the clash between Essendon and Collingwood is the best sporting event in the world EVER!
So here are my predictions!
Winner: England. This is the first time I've ever predicted a win for England but I just have a gut feeling that this will be our year.
Beaten Finalist: Germany. Well it just has to be doesn't it?
Biggest flop: Italy. I predict they will go out in the group stage.
Overachievers: Australia - I reckon with Guus in charge they could make the Quarter Finals.
So here's to four weeks of staying up till 2am, getting up at 5am and desperately trying to contain my optimism regarding England's chances.
I just have one request for the Aussies out there: please stop calling it 'soccer' just for these four weeks? Please? You'd make me a very happy man.
Contains lots of Britney and lots of ranting.
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- Shaun
- An Englishman in Australia with too much time on his hands. Likes music, politics and having opinions.
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4 comments:
I dont think we should accept any words made up by Oxford hoorah henrys (apologies Mernie ;) ) to be gospel to be honest. Soccer may be the abbreviated term used then but it's clear what the actual name is, and that is football. It's not a confusing name to the majority of the world where football is the name of the game. Clubs aren't suffixed with SC, they are suffixed with FC - FOOTBALL club. FIFA is: Fédération Internationale de Football Association, NOT Federation Internationale de Soccer Association. It's football. End of. :P
It's pretty much only in the ex-colonies where it is described as 'soccer'....
And just think. If Heaven was recognised as a country in it's own right there would then be three whole countries with rugby union as their recognised national sport. Bless.
Are you suggesting in some way that I'm a Hooray Henry? :oP
And of course it's football.
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