Well, there are really only two sports to talk about today; football and rugby.
We've been hanging out for the FIFA World Cup to start, and it's almost here. We reckon it's going to be a fantastic tournament, although we hope that it will be remnembered for all the right reasons, and that the referees will come down hard on cheats right from the start of the tournament. Players who dive especially are a scourge on the Beautiful Game. So here's your challenge for today; who will win the World Cup, and why?
And let's not forget that the All Blacks open their international season tomorrow in New Plymouth. We'll do a proper preview tomorrow morning, but feel free to add your thoughts today. And has the NZRU scored a coup in signing Sonny Bill Williams? Our thoughts on the big guy changed when Brad Thorn gave him a ringing endorsement during the week. Brad Thorn doesn't say a lot, so when he does, it's worth a listen. If SBW can develop some of Thorn's work ethic, he could be a sensation; then again ...
So that's it from us; what say you?
5 comments:
With the World Cup starting in a few hours the London roads are filled with cars sporting white flags with red crosses. By coincidence I received this doozy of a joke on Monday:
`A leading professor of Psychiatry has developed a theory that there are two sizes of p*nis amongst UK men.
There are those which fall within the normal size range and those which are less than two inches when erect.
In order to further develop this theory the professor has appealed for additional data to help continue his research.
Could all men in England with extremely small p*nises make themselves known over the next six weeks by flying a white flag with a red cross from their cars ?'
Shop people look at me in amazement when I try to get a NZ flag - obviously they don't cater for bigger men. lol.
Notwithstanding the start of the Soccer World Cup the real game for me this weekend is in Paris.
South Africa v France - both at near full strength and both definite contenders in 2011.
Well said pdm - that match should be a cracker. Australia vs England could be a good contest as well.
There's no doubting SBW's talent with an egg-shaped ball, it remains to be seen whether he can make the change to proper rugby. Can anyone point to a really successful code-switch in an actual play-making position rather than in the forwards or back-3?
Iestyn Harris tried 10 then 12 then gave up and went back to league.
I'm going to be watching the game in Perth closely to see if MJ is making any progress with England and whether RD is building on Aussie's S14 improvements.
Can I fly one of those flags in NZ without skewing the research?
JS - England were awful in the 6 Nations and could well have finished last if that idiot Welshman hadn't foot tripped and been sin binned.
They had as much creativity in their back line as a block of concrete. But I guess that is understandable when they write up Rikki Flutey as a star playmaker. His positional play is like Nonu's hopeless.
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