What an odd World cup this has been as South Africa leave on a high

Africa fought well in their last game but were unable to do enough to stay in and their fans should be proud of them.
I still have no idea what happened to the French team who are also out. Just another oddity of this world cup.
Sad to see the French manager refusing to shake the hand of  his counterpart of the South African team, which I think shows the mentality of this little man and probably gives people more idea of why the French team were struggling so badly.

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And now we wait for the England game and see if the players can get some feeling or pride for playing for their national side and we can also be grateful that even though they are playing rubbish, they are still not loosing, unlike France, Germany, Spain, who have all lost games, England have played like crap and still taking a point, so for all those doom merchants, it is still not too late to turn this around and step into the next stage with our heads held high and this is England we are talking about that will do everything the hard way.

I still say the fact that no one has done anything stupid is something to be thankful for, as with the state of play, we could be going into the next game with a lot more players unable to play. But then again some people may see that as a bad thing, stating that for a player to act stupid they would have to actually care in the first place and a lot of people are feeling this team of players are just doing this to add zeros to their own price and do not have the pride in the shirt of others that have gone before. Terry is already trying the blame the manager game in a funny episode that had me puzzled as to why he was talking for the players, as he is no longer captain.
I don't know personally I am just tired of hearing excuses and whining about team position, this one playing with that one or anything else they wish to add, as these are professional footballers playing for their country and heart and pride should make any position the right position. I have seen players going in goal after their goal keeper had been sent off after all the subs had been used and the players did not stand there whining about being out of position, they got on with it.

What I am worried about is the fact Fabio Cappello said in an interview that he was unsure why England were not able to do the same on the pitch as they do in training. Now that worried me a lot, as he has to fix the problem that he does not understand. Then all the interview crap that has been going on, I just feel their time would be better spent fixing the problems, than playing games with the press.

And now onto tonight's football and who to watch, the Nigeria or Argentina game? I am tempted to watch the Nigeria game after the South African game, but the Argentinian game should be a good one, as they will be going for goals, as always.

Well that was fun. Nice to see Martin's again. One of those players that should be great, as he has two good feet and is fast and can maneuver well but is just missing that something. But they are out now along with Greece.

Someone on the radio just said that the Brazilian players are spending their nights with their wives and girlfriends and look how good they are doing, So on that level the British have been stopped from spending time with their wives and girlfriends and they are playing really bad. So I am wondering so how long ago was it when the French players seen their wives and girlfriends?

What ever happened to African Drums?

Everyone who has viewed the World Cup 2010 in Africa will have an opinion on the African Horns, even though at the moment I am starting to ignore the sound. Unsure if that is down to the TV comps changing the sound or just my brain ignoring it, as I am sure they are quieter on the BBC than on ITV.

But the thought did come to me, What ever happened to African Drums? It was their method of communication, celebration and ceremony in every thing I have seen with tribal Africans in it. But it seems for football they have taking up an instrument that is akin to the Aborigine horn or the Bagpipe with the way it grates on the poor person listening to it. I mean from what I recall from Tarzan, I am sure there were drums in the background, and the only horns I recall were from the elephants, as Tarzan had them trample the bad guys

So today's games are over and several players stood out and hopefully the England players can learn something from the North Koreans, like Heart, even though they struggled to maintain their shape into the second half, they really did show the spirit of the sport, even fighting enough to get a late goal.

I am also very happy to see Christian Renaldo's diving antics were quickly carded, even though he still got away with a few more dives, it was good to see a referee willing to quickly stamp it out. I also found it interesting that Portugal's game stopped the moment it happened and the Ivory Coast players were allowed to run past them and take the ball without the likes of Renaldo falling down, rolling round the floor and then demanding a card for the player. Maybe they are not as good as they thought they were?

As you can tell Renaldo is not one of my favorite players, as I just think his diving and demanding cards is just his cover to hide his flaws, as if you are as good as he thinks he is then he would not be loosing the ball so much and have to resort to frightening the opposition into staying away from him.
Maybe I am wrong and he does not dive just to put the opposition at a disadvantage, but if I am and he really does fall so often and with such effect, then maybe he should start playing for the girls team, as playing with the men is obviously too much for him.

Now onto the next days games and hopefully I can get to watch them all, as so far things keep coming up and I have to be driving someplace or other.
Has anyone noticed that the radio are not talking about the football, so once you are away from the TV you can't find out what is happening? I know one of the radio stations are supposed to be broadcasting the games or the England games but they don't come up on my car radio, so I am rushing back trying to catch whatever is left or the highlights, if I am pushed.
I have to be pushed to watch the highlights, as it is like watching a different game at times, as they are so heavily biased toward whatever team the person selecting the clips is partial to, and I want to make my own opinion of who played well.

Spain tomorrow, which should be a good game and South Africa's second game and set in the booby game morning spot is Honduras versus Chile.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/worldcup2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/table/2010/mar/22/world-cup-2010-tv-fixtures

So time for Auction selling hell

If you are not loosing your customers to the World Cup 2010, then the Big Brother show could swallow them up, so when to end your listings is a nightmare for the auction sellers.
On the upside you can always rely on your team or in my case the England teams dismal display to depress people enough to maybe want to do some shopping therapy to cheer themselves up. Not that I want England to do badly but being a Newcastle united and England fan does sort of get you used to football failure after all those years of hurt. This video captures the emotion of being an England fan perfectly

 

But every chance we get we willingly sit through the misery, as the alternative shown on the video is even worse.

Yes I have been watching the games even though I ended up missing most of the England match, and what I did see was very disappointing. Normally I would look at the other games and think there is no one there to be frightened of. But with the England performance I did see, there was no one there I could be sure we would beat. Maybe I am wrong and I hope I am but England just got held to a draw by a team they should have walked over.

We can't even blame it on the vuvuzela or what ever they are called. God those things are annoying and I am sure most of us have a suggestion of where they can shove them, rather than making that annoying noise.
The new damned world cup ball on the other hand, we like other teams could be blaming, as so far the only team that has had any success, has been the Germans, who have somehow been using  the same ball for the past six months. Why they can't all agree to use one ball as standard across the world so we don't have this same ball change every World Cup. Yes I know we used to play with anything that was round or otherwise in a lot of cases, as children but these or superstitious primadonnas that think it is unlucky to step out of the dressing room on the wrong foot. So they don't handle change well. FIFA sort the bloody thing out, it can't be that hard. Just look at the goal drought of this world cup and the dire grade of football we are getting.

The Big Brother part of the problem, I don't even know if anyone is watching it at the moment, but it does have a tendency to sneak up on the viewers and suddenly they are watching it religiously, every bloody night.

I have been looking at the schedules for both the World Cup and Big brother, and there is the occasional thirty minute window but soon we will have the dreaded Penalty Shootouts, which knock any timing of it all to hell, and then your item goes out for the asking price. Probably to some heathen seller that does not like Football (and that is proper football to our American cousins, which you play with your foot.You call it soccer. Just in case you missed the fact you have a team playing in Africa playing in a world cup tournament.)

I suppose now is as good a time as any to add more to ebid.net, as you really will kick yourself later if you see your hard fought for items appearing on some sellers ebay store in a few days or weeks.
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And now who is playing tomorrow that I can scream at through the television?