First the pavlova, then Phar Lap, then Russell Crowe and now, those shameless Aussies are even claiming the All Whites.
Cringing from the still raw memory of their own team's hiding at the hands of Germany, the Sydney Morning Herald today ran a story on the All Whites' 1-1 draw with Slovakia under the headline 'Australasia 1 - Slovakia 1'.
That's right - apparently New Zealand has ceased to exist and is now part of a country called 'Australasia'.
The paper reported that Aussie fans were bristling at the prospect of being upstaged by their trans-Tasman neighbours.
"Even those hardcore Fanatics, camped out at Tent City in Durban, were becoming toey yesterday at the prospect of being upstaged by the Kiwis at the greatest game on turf," said the Sydney Morning Herald.
"As if we didn't have enough to worry about, we're going to have the bloody Kiwis climbing into our faces," Australian Luke Williamson was quoted as saying.
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Scott Kittelty contacted nzherald.co.nz to register his disgust at the Aussies' "blatant attempt at salvaging some remote pride for the Socceroos' dismal performance".
"How dare the Aussies take credit for our win," he wrote. "That we had a fantastic moment of glory for them to piggy-back off is unacceptable."
Spain have already played better in 20 mins than England will manage during the whole tournament.
Unfair comparison, the Swiss have Senderos on the pitch.
Spain look good so far but I need goals.
So far most impressive teams have been Argentina, Chile and (with mitigating circumstances) Germany. Spain don't need to do much more to join that group.
Spain are missing Senna though. Not only was he great at snuffing out attacks with all of the assurance of Makalele in his pomp, but his passing set up counter-attacks and he had that sledgehammer shot he could unleash. Who have Spain got at DM? That cock Sergi Busquets, or Xabi Alonso? Neither as good as Senna.
I'm confused - I don't know what the golden touch is or what I'm supposed to be defending? Is it that middling, unstructured England are better than European Champions, qualifying record breakers and World cup favourites Spain?
In that case, South African internationals:
USA 2 - Spain 0
USA 1 - England 1
There you go, facts don't lie.
Spain need Torres on the pitch, it's all build up no finish at the moment. Trebles for show, doubles for dough etc etc....
Yeah Alonso is a fantastic passer of the ball, I think they've got no issues there, just need someone on the end of it, especially with Iniesta playing so wide. Please Spain to do something great.
In other news
Argentina coach Diego Maradona:
"Pele has to go back to the museum. Regarding Michel Platini, I always had a very distant relationship with him - hello and goodbye. We know how the French are and Platini is French and he thinks of himself as being more than the rest of the world. I've never paid him any attention and I won't do it now."
Laugh-not-quite-Out-Loud. Yeah, Alonso's passing was good, but Sergi & Alonso make the tackling bit look like hard work (in comparision) while Senna was one of those players who's positioning was soo good... he seemed to break up attacks without needing to break into a run.
Would like to see Torres on. Fabregas should save himself for Arsenal; he'll have lots of game time next season when we do the Prem-FA Cup-Champs League treble.
LOL doesn't do that justice, you know, the more of this WC I watch, the more I feel better about last Saturday. Spain are lucky that went in as there was some rather dubious defensive play going on there which seems to have been overlooked.
It's early doors and I expect the Swiss to tire just in time for Torres and future treble winner Cesc to come on but you can't help but feel that if they had spent more time on finishing and less time on crafting a classic goal they'd never have ended up in this situation.
I was just looking at my Fantasy team and reflecting that I shouldn't have wasted money picking a defender just because he's called 'Ponce' when I hadn't got my full quota of Germans, who are obviously best value at this stage of any WC.
really hate spain right now. messing up my fantasy team.
stop hitting speculative crosses, you idiots, you're clearly not going to hit any of your useless, midget strikers. also, iniesta, as good as he is, has been off the pace completely...
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First the pavlova, then Phar Lap, then Russell Crowe and now, those shameless Aussies are even claiming the All Whites.
Cringing from the still raw memory of their own team's hiding at the hands of Germany, the Sydney Morning Herald today ran a story on the All Whites' 1-1 draw with Slovakia under the headline 'Australasia 1 - Slovakia 1'.
That's right - apparently New Zealand has ceased to exist and is now part of a country called 'Australasia'.
The paper reported that Aussie fans were bristling at the prospect of being upstaged by their trans-Tasman neighbours.
"Even those hardcore Fanatics, camped out at Tent City in Durban, were becoming toey yesterday at the prospect of being upstaged by the Kiwis at the greatest game on turf," said the Sydney Morning Herald.
"As if we didn't have enough to worry about, we're going to have the bloody Kiwis climbing into our faces," Australian Luke Williamson was quoted as saying.
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Scott Kittelty contacted nzherald.co.nz to register his disgust at the Aussies' "blatant attempt at salvaging some remote pride for the Socceroos' dismal performance".
"How dare the Aussies take credit for our win," he wrote. "That we had a fantastic moment of glory for them to piggy-back off is unacceptable."
Unfair comparison, the Swiss have Senderos on the pitch.
Spain look good so far but I need goals.
So far most impressive teams have been Argentina, Chile and (with mitigating circumstances) Germany. Spain don't need to do much more to join that group.
Senderos just got subbed, so that excuse is out the window.
Perhaps you can use that golden touch next time England play?
VILLA OVER-ELABORATING! Should be 1-0.
In that case, South African internationals:
USA 2 - Spain 0
USA 1 - England 1
There you go, facts don't lie.
Spain need Torres on the pitch, it's all build up no finish at the moment. Trebles for show, doubles for dough etc etc....
In other news
What a legend.
Laugh-not-quite-Out-Loud. Yeah, Alonso's passing was good, but Sergi & Alonso make the tackling bit look like hard work (in comparision) while Senna was one of those players who's positioning was soo good... he seemed to break up attacks without needing to break into a run.
Would like to see Torres on. Fabregas should save himself for Arsenal; he'll have lots of game time next season when we do the Prem-FA Cup-Champs League treble.
SWITZERLAND!!!!!!!
They don't but I'll be happy if they do.
COME ON YOU STAYING NEUTRAL GOLD HOARDING MUTHA FUCKERS!!
Don't mention the war.
stop hitting speculative crosses, you idiots, you're clearly not going to hit any of your useless, midget strikers. also, iniesta, as good as he is, has been off the pace completely...
Yes that fusked by fantasy side, but that's not going to stop me enjoying it.
Chile to win the group.