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  • #1022
    Meglamonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭Meglamonia


    Beefy78 wrote: »
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    http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/11/world-cup-2014-countdown-live-updates-brazil

    That's a joke.I presume this pitch will start tearing up very easily with the state it's in right now?

    Fairly annoying they can't get the pitch right for a World Cup.


  • #1023
    Beefy78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    Meglamonia wrote: »
    That's a joke.I presume this pitch will start tearing up very easily with the state it's in right now?

    Fairly annoying they can't get the pitch right for a World Cup.

    I don't think it is just this pitch either. The pitch at the Maracana looked a right state last week during one of Brazil's warm-ups.


  • #1024
    Meglamonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭Meglamonia


    Beefy78 wrote: »
    I don't think it is just this pitch either. The pitch at the Maracana looked a right state last week during one of Brazil's warm-ups.

    Yeah and I saw a picture of the stadium in São Paulo last week and there was no turf on the pitch.


  • #1025
    Antibac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭Antibac


    One Football Brazil free in the iTunes App Store. Might be handy for anyone trying to keep track of news,games etc


  • #1026
    MagicIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,902 ✭✭✭MagicIRL



    Good job they've got plenty of time to sort this pitch out #sarcasm #Manaus #England pic.twitter.com/rErwh5qZVD


    https://twitter.com/mrdanwalker/status/476673046707965952


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  • #1027
    RayCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,007 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Got Ivory Coast in the draw in work :( .. there's €10 I wont see again.


  • #1028
    aodea
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    RayCon wrote: »
    Got Ivory Coast in the draw in work :( .. there's €10 I wont see again.

    I have got Korea in mine, i have jumped on board though and the dest has few flags up


  • #1029
    Pudsy33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,978 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    I have Mexico and Costs Rica, I'd ****ing love the ivory coast!


  • #1030
    Jairo Ugly Dashboard
    Posts: 27,583 ✭✭✭✭ Jairo Ugly Dashboard


    Can anyone confirm are RTE doing Apres Match for the WC???


  • #1031
    RayCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,007 ✭✭✭RayCon


    aodea wrote: »
    I have got Korea in mine, i have jumped on board though and the dest has few flags up

    You've inspired me ... just printed off a flag and stuck it up on the desk !!!


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  • #1032
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    I got Greece. Gonna 1-0 their way to the tournament :cool:


  • #1033
    astonaidan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    RayCon wrote: »
    You've inspired me ... just printed off a flag and stuck it up on the desk !!!
    you could have just stuck your Irish flag upside down


  • #1034
    Nerdlingr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭Nerdlingr




    Just to get ye in the mood. Great Montage!


  • #1035
    RayCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,007 ✭✭✭RayCon


    astonaidan wrote: »
    you could have just stuck your Irish flag upside down

    Who says I didn't


  • #1036
    Beefy78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    RayCon wrote: »
    You've inspired me ... just printed off a flag and stuck it up on the desk !!!

    Same here. Flag of Ghana is now flying proudly at my desk.


  • #1037
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,880 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    Anyone else sort of up for England? I realize it would be a different ball game if we qualified but I identify the most with them so I'd be quite pleased if they could pull off an upset.

    If they get to the semi's I'd almost hedge my bets and book a holiday out because if they win it will be carnage!


  • #1038
    Beefy78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    An England World Cup win would be the best day ever. I can only imagine the celebration.


  • #1039
    Pro. F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,219 ✭✭✭✭Pro. F


    TimeToShine wrote: »
    Anyone else sort of up for England? I realize it would be a different ball game if we qualified but I identify the most with them so I'd be quite pleased if they could pull off an upset.

    If they get to the semi's I'd almost hedge my bets and book a holiday out because if they win it will be carnage!

    I'm not up for England, but that's because of their style of play rather than any other reason. They're one of the most interesting teams to talk about because everybody who watches the PL knows the players and can have ideas about what should be done differently. And their perennial under achievement makes discussing their selections and tactics even more interesting.


  • #1040
    Nerdlingr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭Nerdlingr


    Stat in the Guardian - England have played the most goalless draws at a world cup than any other nation - 10.

    I like watching england but havent enjoyed watching them since 96-98. Theyre just a poor team to watch for the players they have, rarely do they click. It will be interesting to see if the likes of Sterling, Barkley, Ox can have any effect on their games.


  • #1041
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,880 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    Ox is out.

    Hopefully Wilshere gets a run out and performs. Barkley, Sturridge and Lallana could well light it up and you never know what the story is with Rooney.


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  • #1042
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    TimeToShine wrote: »
    Ox is out.

    Hopefully Wilshere gets a run out and performs. Barkley, Sturridge and Lallana could well light it up and you never know what the story is with Rooney.

    Where are you hearing this ?


  • #1043
    Beefy78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    Pro. F wrote: »
    And their perennial under achievement makes discussing their selections and tactics even more interesting.

    England are a last-eight side and consitently get to around that level (only Germany and Brazil have made that round more frequently in the past eight World Cups).


  • #1044
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    TimeToShine wrote: »
    Ox is out.

    Hopefully Wilshere gets a run out and performs. Barkley, Sturridge and Lallana could well light it up and you never know what the story is with Rooney.

    from twitter
    At #england training in Rio. No Welbeck, no Oxlade-Chamberlain #worldcup pic.twitter.com/IMnoNha4Fm

    and
    Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews · 2m
    Danny Welbeck and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain miss England open training session.


  • #1045
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    Ahh, out of the Italy game, not the tournament.


  • #1046
    astonaidan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    RayCon wrote: »
    Who says I didn't
    Mary from accounting


  • #1047
    Nuri Sahin
    Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    The pitch in Manaus is in grand condition. England vs Italy is the first game on it.

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  • #1048
    Dickerty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭Dickerty


    astonaidan wrote: »
    Mary from accounting

    That woman can NOT keep her mouth shut...


  • #1049
    Pro. F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,219 ✭✭✭✭Pro. F


    Beefy78 wrote: »
    England are a last-eight side and consitently get to around that level (only Germany and Brazil have made that round more frequently in the past eight World Cups).

    Germany, Brazil, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Argentina have all had a hell of a lot more success than England in that time.


  • #1050
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    The pitch in Manaus is in grand condition. England vs Italy is the first game on it.

    Bp1lgDmCUAAGxjm.jpg:large

    That's shocking - like a Mid December non-league pitch after months of rain. Surely they could have made a better job of a World Cup pitch in 21st Century,


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  • #1051
    Dickerty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭Dickerty


    Well yeh, if they hadn't built a stadium in the middle of the bloomin' Amazon.

    Wiki - Manaus has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) according to the Köppen climate classification system, with more or less consistent temperatures all year round. Because the driest month, August, sees less than 60 mm (2 in) of precipitation, the city's climate falls under the tropical monsoon climate category instead of the tropical rainforest climate category.

    Sounds like a great place to try and plant and maintain a smooth green playing surface.

    This tournament had better produce GREAT football, cause it's planning and legacy will leave a lot to be desired...


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