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NWR: History will be recreated in 5Hrs time >>>
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:36 pm
by Chow Chow
Any footie fans here?
I'm taking off early today @ work to watch the Socceroos overcoming the 0-1 deflicit to qualify for WC for the 1st time in history. Can the talismatic Hiddink weaves his magic once again?
I'm banging on Viduka, Kewell, Cahill and gang to give the Uraguan a trashing.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:54 pm
by platinum
I hope your right.. I wasnt very happy with Recobas comments about Australia been weaker than 4 years ago. Lets see 3-0 over there to 1-0 this time
And a very fortunite 1 goal....Go the Roos
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:59 pm
by Andrew Jordan
Everybody got their bottles of Yellowtail or other furry animal print labelled bottles of Aussie wine ready to celebrate Australia qualifying for the WC?
C'arn the Roos ....
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:37 pm
by Ratcatcher
Didn't Aus qualify for the World Cup in 1974?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:13 pm
by Chow Chow
Too young to realise...
Judging fr the lacklustre response, how do soccer rank against others fr the sport(arm chair)loving OZzies?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:17 pm
by Davo
What is soccer?
Re: NWR: History will be recreated in 5Hrs time >>>
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:03 pm
by Christo
Chow Chow wrote:Any footie fans here?
I'm taking off early today @ work to watch the Socceroos overcoming the 0-1 deflicit to qualify for WC for the 1st time in history. Can the talismatic Hiddink weaves his magic once again?
I'm banging on Viduka, Kewell, Cahill and gang to give the Uraguan a trashing.
Two words:
UNF#*KING Believable!! 
c
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:40 pm
by Davo
Umm, why not save time and just have 5 penalty kicks each right at the start. It would save about 2 hours per game and I reckon you could hold the entire world cup in an afternoon.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:44 pm
by Christo
Davo wrote:Umm, why not save time and just have 5 penalty kicks each right at the start. It would save about 2 hours per game and I reckon you could hold the entire world cup in an afternoon.
Davo,
you have to admit it was a thrilling game though!!
c
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:48 pm
by Davo
Yep, I watched the last 2 min of extra time and the the last 9 kicks. The penalty shootout was particularly enthralling, especially the ample skills demonstrated by M Viduka and the pure arse of the Oz keeper.
Mind you, the other bloke did seem a bit keen to dive left (up until Viduka).
What a funny game it is, and I don't mean comedic.
210 minutes of play for 2 goals. Reminds me of the Wobblies sorta
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:20 am
by Chow Chow
Davo wrote:210 minutes of play for 2 goals. Reminds me of the Wobblies sorta
Davo,
Why bother with fishing?
The fish in the market r bigger, cheaper and save u plenty of valuable time
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:49 am
by Davo
Ah Martin, if I only caught 2 fish every 4 hours I would probably give it away.
I feel very happy for the boys making the Cup finals but have to say I am totally underwhelmed by the sport itself.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:30 am
by grasshopper
I'm not generally an avid viewer or supporter of soccer but I thought it was a terrific night of entertainment. Unlike Davo, I think the low scoring added to the viewing. It forced me to be on the edge of my seat all night. In other, high scoring sports, you often know the result well before the end of the game. At least this way, the theatre remained for the entire 210 minutes of both legs. I guess if you only watched the last two minutes of extra time and the penalty shoot out then you wouldn't really appreciate that.
Admittedly I would have preferred for the match to be decided in normal/extra time and not gone to penalties but such is life.
Well done to the boys. I look forward to watching them run around in Germany (even if they do get smashed).
Cheers,
Andrew
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:57 pm
by bacchaebabe
It was GOLD, all GOLD! to use a term from another branch of football.
Great game and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Unaustralian not to be really. And I'm sure I wasn't the only one with a tear in their eye at the end.
Magic stuff.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:47 pm
by MatthewW
I'm still horse from the shouting this morning. Watched it at my brother's place and my young nephew's now know some new and rather unfortunate descriptors...for Uruguayan players and referees
MatthewW
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:01 pm
by Max
Fantastic result! Mark Schwarzer really showed his class not just in this game but also in the away leg in Montovideo where he made some crucial stops!
Inspired me to put pen to paper - or fingers to keyboard to be more exact - and write about the win from the point of view of Europeans like myself who played the sport in a country that was once not very open to the game!
http://yum.org.au/files/yum_socceroos.pdf
This will probably form the crux of my next lifestyle column for the newspaper I write for...