nelsonpom

Er why, most games will be in evening so breakfast time here. Have watched many games at that time and the last world cup there were queues to get in the bars in Wellington at 3 am ish

Perry Groves

R Whites lemonade, I'm a secret Lemonade drinker!

Justcol

Now theres a song for the terraces if i ever heard one.

I'm a secret lemonade drinker. All whites All whites

It makes no sence but the best ones never do, its just about having a laugh
and creating atmosphere

Perry Groves

we did it.

Wooly_Cow

Like Rory Fallon said (on his t-shirt)

WHITE IS THE NEW BLACK!!

Justcol

Bit of a nail biter but congratulations to the All Whites.
God knows what will happen if they get drawn
against a real good side in SA,
they looked al over the place on saturday.

adamlt1972

With the way the World Cup is seeded they almost certainly will play a good team. Of the top seeds 8 only South Africa will be a weak team, and theres a chance that even England wont make it into the top 8 seeds. How about a group with Brazil, England, Australia and New Zealand?

Wooly_Cow

So the top seeds will be;

Brazil, Spain, Holland, Italy, Germany, Argentina, - definately

Plus two from England, Potugal and France.

The irony is that despite Potugal and France having to play qualifiers, they will get more ranking points under the FIFA sytem than England playing friendlies.

Also the seeding system goes on perfonces int he last WC and EC too. France and Potugal will out score England in that case.

We could see a group with Brazil, England, Australia and New Zealand.

Wooly_Cow

Think thats a trifle unfair. They were under HUGE pressure and nerves for the first 15 mins, but settled to their task well. One volley and the pen aside, they kept a team ranked 21 places higher than them under control for 90 mins.

In the end they were the stronger team....

.....and as to how they will perform in South Africa...well that's what makes football such a good game. The best team on paper doesn't nearly always win (unlike most other team sports - rugby, cricket, basketball etc.)

Think about Greece a few years ago, or Wimbledon!

adamlt1972

South Africa will be seeded too, as hosts. So it'll be one from England, and Portugal+France assuming they get through the qualifiers. As France made it to the final last time we can assume Steve Macs disastrous Euro campaign as England manager has made their attempts to win it this time more difficult.

Wooly_Cow

Yeah I forgot about that.....hmmm a team ranked BELOW the All Whites is going to be seeded...go figure huh!

adamlt1972

Yeah, always been the way with the hosts. So you could end up with England, Brazil, Ivory Coast and the USA in a "group of death" but South Africa, Serbia, Uruguay and New Zealand in an errr "Group of Life"

Justcol

Whatever will be will be, we're going to Africeeeeee, Que Sera, Sera

It'll be nice to cheer for two teams but its ENGLANDS cup this time
We've not been in such a strong a position for decades

The Froggies aint there yet so COME ON IRELAND

Wooly_Cow

You didn't see the highlights of the game against Brazil then :-(

Matewx

Need I say more??