South Africa Confederations Cup 2009

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Stekelly wrote: »

Might be to do with whats around him. I've never been overly impressed with him for Everton

I thought he had great season at Everton.

Guy:Incognito

Headshot wrote: »

I thought he had great season at Everton.

In fairness, I havnt seen a huge amount of Everton games in full.

Bounty Hunter

Everton fans love Pienaar think a few mentioned him as one of the players they would consider it a nightmare if they left in that other thread. Personally id consider him an excellent squad midfielder for a top premiership team but not much more, easily the SA star player though now that McCarthy seems out of the picture

titan18

Headshot wrote: »

I thought he had great season at Everton.

Definately, he's a very good player, and is more consistent than Arteta for example.

Holsten

What's the statement he made about the horns? Link?

Aidric

Headshot wrote: »

finally blatter is going to do somthing about those horns

Well fair play to him if he does. The noise is focking septic, I've switched off all the games so far after a few mins because of it.

Tom65

I did a quick Google search about what Blatter says: if it's this that you're referring to, I wouldn't be so hopeful:

RUSTENBURG, South Africa — FIFA president Sepp Blatter stood by South Africa's beloved vuvuzela trumpets on Wednesday and said that the relentless noise would be a trademark of next year's World Cup.
"When we go to South Africa, we go to Africa," Blatter said after the colorful plastic trumpets got their global premiere during the Confederations Cup. "It is noisy. It is something else than in the rest of world."

The vuvuzelas have been a trademark of South African football for years, just like the crazy and colorful miner's helmets stitched together from recycled materials. The vuvuzelas make a lot more noise, though.

"It is energy," Blatter added as he was often interrupted because of the sound of fans blowing their vuvuzelas outside in the stadium where South Africa was to play New Zealand.

But because of complaints of European broadcasters that their listeners could hardly hear them above the din of the trumpets, Blatter said he would take it up with local organizers ahead of the World Cup.

"We are aware of it and we will discuss with the local organizing committee," Blatter said, indicating that a ban would be out of the question.

Stadiums need only to be half full for the trumpets to exceed the noise level in many a European venue. It usually starts as soon as the first fans enter the stadium and continues throughout the game, turning into a monotonous blare as if produced by a million bees.

Danny Jordaan, the head of the local World Cup organizing committee, said that the local Bafana Bafana fans start celebrating before the match "in case they cannot celebrate after the match."

Jordaan relished the thought of hearing 94,000 fans in the Soccer City Stadium, where the World Cup final will be played.

"It will be the noisiest World Cup ever," Jordaan said at the start of the Confederations Cup.

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ha ha ha

Guy:Incognito

Did I just see a guy in a clan mask in the crowd?

mike65

Stekelly you saw a fella in white but he was black.

I think its going to become a serious issue (even if it amuses Heatshot!) cos the World Cup like all such events is driven by sponsership and advertising. If people are driven to distraction and don't watch as much as they otherwise would then money will talk.

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mike65 wrote: »

Stekelly you saw a fella in white but he was black.

I think its going to become a serious issue (even if it amuses Heatshot!) cos the World Cup like all such events is driven by sponsership and advertising. If people are driven to distraction and don't watch as much as they otherwise would then money will talk.

what!

when did i say it amuses me

mike65

I thought the ha ha ha was referencing the quoted article posted above (or were you laughing at South Africas finishing/New Zealands passing?)

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mike65 wrote: »

I thought the ha ha ha was referencing the quoted article posted above (or were you laughing at South Africas finishing/New Zealands passing?)

No :pac:

i was laughing at the SA player that did the fresh air shot and him falling over as a result

think someone owes me an apology

Guy:Incognito

Dont do it mike.

mink_man

kenny cunningham the tool said the horns are brilliant in the stadium but only he loves the horn!

mike65

mink_man

And you are planning on staying here long?

Aidric

mink_man wrote: »

kenny cunningham the tool said the horns are brilliant in the stadium but only he loves the horn!

He made some piss poor joke about the white guy for South Africa getting booed and making their job easier as well. George got the horn.

mink_man

mike65 wrote: »

mink_man

And you are planning on staying here long?

what did i say now?!

Warper

Headshot wrote: »

how good is Pienaar,in a class of his own out there

Since Arteta got injured Pienaar has ran the show for Everton. He has great energy and seems to be getting better. I have never seen him play better than in the second half of this season.

Atletico Madrid were supposedly interested but i havnt heard anything since. Another great signing by Moyes though.

mink_man

mike65 wrote: »

mink_man

And you are planning on staying here long?

your link didn't work either!

mike65

It works fine, its not really for your eyes. Anyone who gets banned from AH after a month on boards may need 'breaking in' a bit it seems to me

mink_man

mike65 wrote: »

It works fine, its not really for your eyes. Anyone who gets banned from AH after a month on boards may need 'breaking in' a bit it seems to me

well did you see what i was banned for? he didnt like the look of me!

kinaldo

Spain have now equalled the joint world record of 14 consecutive international victories since drawing 0-0 with Italy in the European Championship quarter finals last summer.

Incredibly, in those 14 games they've scored a whopping 37 goals and conceded a miserly 2!

Vicente del Bosque has managed 12 wins out of 12 since taking over, and Spain will equal Brazil's 35 game unbeaten run if they avoid defeat against South Africa.

Las catorce victorias consecutivas de España:
26-06-2008 Rusia-España 0-3
29-06-2008 Alemania-España 0-1
20-08-2008 Dinamarca-España 0-3
06-09-2008 España-Bosnia 1-0
10-09-2008 España-Armenia 4-0
11-10-2008 Estonia-España 0-3
15-10-2008 Bélgica-España 1-2
19-11-2008 España-Chile 3-0
11-02-2009 España-Inglaterra 2-0
28-03-2009 España-Turquía 1-0
01-04-2009 Turquía-España 1-2
09-06-2009 Azerbaiyán-España 0-6
14-06-2009 Nueva Zelanda-España 0-5
17-06-2009 España-Irak 1-0

mink_man

does it really matter?

kinaldo

mink_man wrote: »

does it really matter?

does football really matter?

probably not.

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USA v Brazil starting at 3.00

should be a right good match

im going for a usa win

Warper

I'm goin for Brazil 4 -2

mike65

I'm going for 'I'z been driven mad by the bees' line now.

Eire-Dearg

Surely Maicon is a far better right back then Dani Alves?

Headshot

nice goal but wasnt a free kick at all

poor usa cant get a break in this tournament so far

CiaranC

Hi lads, just popped in for the latest horn update. Whats new? How do you all feel about them today?

A7X

feckin dive

A7X

CiaranC wrote: »

Hi lads, just popped in for the latest horn update. Whats new? How do you all feel about them today?

About a semi

FatherTed

Onyewu is USA's Delap with the long throws.

mike65

God the yanks are crap.

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god damn i love live betting

get in there

brilliant goal from brazil

Drummerboy2

2.0 Rohinho

Dave!

Cracker for number 2

Man United-esque break

Drummerboy2

Goes to show what a joke the FIFA ranking system is when you consider USA are in the top 20.

Drummerboy2

What a run by Kaka. This is goign to be a turkey shoot.

mike65

Brazil could fill thier boots here.

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Drummerboy2 wrote: »

Goes to show what a joke the FIFA ranking system is when you consider USA are in the top 20.

people really have a bad memories

America were right good against Italy and Brazil were crap against Egypt

brazil are in great form today that's all

FatherTed

A lot of the US problems is down to bad coaching, Bob Bradley has better players on the bench in Torres and Adu but plays Beasley and Klestian instead.

mike65

Appoliges to anyone who has a Brazil -2 goal handicap bet for the first half as I placed a fiver on that and the moment I did USA started to look a bit more competent.

Dave!

God I hate those f*cking horn things....

Eire-Dearg

The second goal was fantastic, what a swift break.

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mike65 wrote: »

Appoliges to anyone who has a Brazil -2 goal handicap bet for the first half as I placed a fiver on that and the moment I did USA started to look a bit more competent.

i did brazil -1 handicap bet for the first half

if usa score im blaming you

mike65

Drummerboy2

Its a bad American team. Only won once in their last 13 games. They done ok against an ageing Italian team who an average Irish team dominated in Bari last month.

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mike65 wrote: »

hard luck