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« Reply #1 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 09:51:07 » |
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Ex-Town front man, has just fired New Zealand to the World Cup, scoring the winner against Bahrain, in their play-off. Fair play. Hope we get them in our group.
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 09:51:55 » |
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Yeh, they are really poor and would be a nice easy three points (should)
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 10:34:01 » |
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Yeh, they are really poor and would be a nice easy three points (should)
Just like T&T were...
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 10:39:14 » |
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exactly. Hence the nervous should but hey we probobly wont even get them, that would make it too easy for us
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 11:22:41 » |
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Someone has to say it-how I wish he was still here!
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 11:52:46 » |
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I wish he was still here, along with Sam Parkin, Simon Cox and Eric Sabin..
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 14:27:04 » |
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It's a double for the Fallon family, as his father coached the NZ team in '82 which was the only other time they made it.
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 14:31:19 » |
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Fair play. Some achievement.
Although it has to be said that the Asian qualifiers must be some of the weakest?
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 14:59:46 » |
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how many ex-Town players could there be at the next World Cup then?
Rory Fallon for one obviously.
Milner and Carrick have a chance of making the England squad. Shay Given if Ireland get past France. Theo Walcott at a push. None of those were full time Pro's for us though...
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 15:25:30 » |
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Fair play. Some achievement.
Although it has to be said that the Asian qualifiers must be some of the weakest?
The Asia / Oceania qualifying is a bit weird. Oceania only gets half a place (ie the winner has a playoff with a country from Asia). Australia were pissed at always fucking it up, so they switched to Asia qualifying as they thought it would be easier - which it was, as they've qualified. Leaving New Zealand a far easier route. It still pisses me off that crap teams from other FIFA zones end up qualifying whilst far better teams in Europe don't due to the way places are allocated. Time for the World Cup to be extended again I reckon, go up to 40 countries and then have the 16 lowest ranked play in an extra round before the current first round.
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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 15:26:57 » |
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Fair play. Some achievement.
Although it has to be said that the Asian qualifiers must be some of the weakest?
The thing is that Australia moved from Oceania to Asia, due to the fact that it used to come down to 2 games against the 5th place from South America, which they used to narrowly lose. But having announced they were 'moving' they beat Uruguay to qualify for Germany. Due to the fact the South Americans like having 5 teams at the WC (out of 9 who can), FIFA changed the play-offs, so the 5th side in South America now plays off with the 4th place in CONCACAF, which is the might of Costa Rica, and the winners of Oceania, now New Zealand, who beat the likes of Fiji and New Caledonia, plays off against the 5th team in Asia, which was Bahrain. Oceania, who struggled to have one representative qualify, now has 2 with Australia, qualifying first out of Asia.
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« Reply #12 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 15:32:58 » |
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« Reply #13 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 15:44:50 » |
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The Algerians are running round with flags and chanting outside my flat in Finsbury Park. Has the game been played?
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« Reply #14 on: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 15:52:18 » |
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The Algerians are running round with flags and chanting outside my flat in Finsbury Park. Has the game been played?
It literally all kicks-off at 5.30 GMT, so I think they are warming up.
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