FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa
 

OK guys, an hour to go. Please keep all posts regarding the 2010 Fifa world cup in South Africa to this thread. Also please keep all posts on topic.

Enjoy the tournament everyone and lets hope for some great football that only the best teams in the world can deliver.

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well i make it 3 hours I won't be watching the opening ceremony.

Am working from home but have some actual work to do

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Am working from work with work to do lol, got the live webstream in the corner though :) its not distracting ... :D lol

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Any predictions for the opening match? I'd like South Africa to win but with the way Mexico attacked against England in our penultimate friendly I wouldn;t bet on that result!!

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Well South Africa have never lost & Mexico have never won an opening World Cup match

Are you going to add a poll?

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well it's finally started and got in HD too ;-)

I hope the Man U player comes on and gets 10 goals although there is always the chance our other find from last season "Own Goals" has a good WC and gets a few :D

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10min in and those horn things are driving me nuts already.

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I agree. They just create a constant buzz and drown out the audience noises. It makes the spectacle quite boring...

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South Africa never had to qualify either ;)

As for a poll the pre-tournament thread had one for a month before the start no point in adding another now the tournament has started

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Those Vuvuzela's are doing my head in aswell, and I believe they have been made quiter than the usual ones.

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SA score! :shocked:

Great finish... :tu:

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Was a nice goal!

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Someone on DS mentioned it sounded like a swam of wasps and and such is very intimidating and distracting. p.s. 1-1

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Come on Uruguay, beat the frogs, as it should be Ireland there.

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France get the first card of the tournament (I think), sorry its ther 5th

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Allez les Blues!!!

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The RSA v Mex game had 4 yellows

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Need to put this to rest. Ireland were not winning when France scored. In fact, France had got back into the game. There is nothing to say Ireland would have gone though had France not scored that goal.

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This 'humming' on the world cup games is totally ruining the games for me

As long as Henry doesn't win the fair play away this tournament, I don't think anyone will care that much. Maybe why he's starting on the bench :D

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Yeah I totally agree, having spent a bit of dosh on a nice surround setup.

I could of just found a local wasp nest and sat it in the chair beside me.

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Yeah they are giving me a headache. They are ruining the World Cup at the moment. I'm seriously considering muting the TV.

Les blancs pour le moment ;)

Unless your family are Uraguayian ;)

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What time and channel is the England game on tomorrow? (Being lazy now);):D

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhSZFrII40Y - I'll drink to this. :beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::drunk:: drunk::drunk::drunk:

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ITV 7:30pm (That's kick off time. I think the show starts about 6:30pm)

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My observations so far. Like the enthusiasm of the South Africans towards everything, but hate those sodding horns.

Adrian Chiles... awful, dull, boring, ugly nobody, what is he doing leading the ITV coverage.

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I didn't just see Thierry Henry claim hand ball did I? Surely not?

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Mind you he knows what a handball looks like:D

That was a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz game

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You some, you lose some ;)

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I was enjoying watching the RSA V Mexico game in this afternoon in the office but had to phone pest control because I had detected the unmistakable noise of an angry wasps hive somewhere behind the speakers. The pest contol experts didn't find anything.

I then come home to find the same hive has moved to my own lounge but the clever little brtrds only make the angry buzzing noise when I'm watching the fitba.

Is this a conspiracy? Has my wife employed a wasp trainer?:confused:

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yeah I've noticed that hive as well LR.... bloody annoying.

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I find Chiles less boring and annoying then Gary..... but thats just me.

abd tes those bloody horns are really annoying near to the point that I want to mute the tv...problem with that you wont hear the commentators.

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The Best Ever English Football Song.!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZWxS...eature=related:):D

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Or this version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fgzI...eature=channel

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Thats good mate but i still prefer the 1996 version.
Just watched the opening ceremony with Shakira and i think i`ve died and gone to Heaven!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfvd63ggcGI
:drool::drool:

Shakira, Marry me.......... I`ve got a 7" tounge and i can breathe through my ears!:D

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have to say I thought both games we so so. Hardly the greatest football on display so far and if it wasn't the WC I prob would have turned over.

Lets hope tomorrow is better

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As much as I dislike The Sun, this backpage is amazing;

http://i46.tinypic.com/ehnbb9.jpg

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Well what a completely boring game France v Uruguay was. It was a complete non-event as far as a spectator sport goes. Maybe it`s to do with it being the first game of a tournament or the fact the other game in the group had been a draw but neither side even looked like they wanted to win!

I`m sure there`s an expression for the game but i can`t think of it right know. :D

I also had to turn the sound down, stupid air/plastic, whatever they where horns should be banned! :mad:

COME ON ENGLAND...

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I adjusted the sound (bass, middle and hitone) and found a good compromise setting that dulls the horns but still lets me hear the commentary. Probably a different setting for every TV but worse of all was trying to listen to it via my 5.1 system :cry:

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South African stores run out of Vuvu-stopper earplugs

:D

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just wish that the noise would stop argh watching the world cup is going to be very annoying with that wasps nest in the stadium. On another note GO USA

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I can forgive Gary Lineker for the years he put in as our best striker, but Chiles has done nothing at all apart from be miserable on TV.

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There was all this "Could an African" country host a World Cup?

Well its obvious now its a no. They've ruined it for everyone.

and then Blatter chimes in...

Yes, I wondered how long it would be before we were labelled racist.

And its really come to the point where people are going to World Cup football matches with earplugs?

Oi. Just watch it or i'll tell the Home Office you're in league with Geert Wilders.

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Oiii thats wayyy below the belt.... I didnt vote (need to register myself again with the dutch embassy in london (they have my details but never been able to vote here dont know why and never bothered to look into it) but if I did I would've done anything and everything to stop the racist w*ore mongering barsteward of ever getting into politics.. perhaps it needs 1 of those moments like JFK or something similar.

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It's quite painless. You rneed to register for a postal vote in The Hague. But you need to take action when you know there's an election. Once you are registered in The Hagua, they *should* send you the ballot papers automatically.

http://overheidsloket.overheid.nl/in...oduct_id=11225

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sorry kymmy it was punky that started it. Now so far i haven't really seen any great games at least 1 team has won a game

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The France game yesterday was so boring that I fell asleep, even abouve the Vuvuzela's :D

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Is it me or are the argie's playing crap, or are Nigeria Good?

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The Nigerian keeper is class.

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Either that or the Argies ain't that briliant team, or blinded by the light that they see shining out of deigo maradonna butt.

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think the argies showed they had another gear they could go up to but even so they didn't really look like they were favs based on that performance.

The South Korea game this morning was better but so far none of the games have been really great

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Agreed the S Korean game was the best so far, but now one of the favorites is about to play, now well see how football should be played.


'COME ON ENGLAND'

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Its quiet astonishing that there are USA fans in South Africa that have very little idea about their team.

how can you travel half-way around the world to watch a team that you can only name 2 players of?

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England

• 12 Green
• 02 G Johnson
• 03 A Cole
• 06 Terry
• 20 King
• 04 Gerrard (Captain)
• 07 Lennon
• 08 Lampard
• 16 Milner
• 10 Rooney
• 21 Heskey

Substitutes:

01 James, 23 Hart, 05 Dawson, 13 Warnock, 15 Upson, 18 Carragher, 11 J Cole, 14 Barry, 17 Wright-Phillips, 22 Carrick, 09 Crouch, 19 Defoe

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See you at half time.

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GOAL 1-0

England, Gerrard, 3:30secs

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Did anyone elses ITV go to ads at that moment of the goal!!!?

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If you saw it:mad:

bloody ad mistake:mad::mad:

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ITV are a bloody shambles!!

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LOL. Not the first time it happened to ITV either!!

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okay how many complaints are itv going to get for that especially when just scored nice goal of gerrard

ITV HD Miss england goal
 

cant believe ITV went to add break 3 minutes into the game - and missed the england goal.

Was this just HD or the main channel as well?

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No they are something stronger that begins with f but cannot be said hear.

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same here ps u beat me posting lol

just hd m8


come on england

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Yes, bloody morons.

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Just HD mate. I missed it too but folks telly in other room not on HD saw it.

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Good start from Heskey.

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Watchig the HD channel too and went to adverts then went blank then back to a goal tht we missed!!

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Yeah - ours did that as well - I don't think it was a proper ad break though - I didn't think ITV had ad breaks during major games?

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Already being talked about in the World cup thread

ITV HD ad problem Threads merged

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113 not hd any more it in sd theres no itv hd logo in top right hand conner

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No they never do. It was a mistake, they did it a while ago as well for another game.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/me...l-1546767.html

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Clearly a cock up. We were on HD, did it happen to the normal feed as well ?

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113 not hd any more it in sd theres no itv hd logo in top right hand conner

yh just happend 2 hd

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I was just jokeing about missing a goal before it happened! I couldn't believe it! (HD)

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United States are not doing too bad.

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ITV HD back

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HD is back

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HD back (Sky HD)

Wonder want happend and who'll get a P45 on Monday morning?

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After the good start of both ITV and BBC HD channels, ITV go a make the biggest mistake, WHAT A MESS after all the hype World Cup in HD, the most importamt moment we miss.

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Just had my mate who works for VM call me and ask the same thing - he has said that both SD and HD feeds come direct from South Africa i.e. FIFA control all media outputs with TV companies buying into SD/HD and 3D rights.

This is not a ITV issue and has happened to TV companies who have bought into HD rights.

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HD's gone?

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1-1, what a mistake to make!!!

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LOL! What a mistake!

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HD keeps coming and going here

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Why did he put Green in instead of James!

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HD just wet off for me an he dropped the ball into our goal :O!!!

EDIT: slipped out of his hands

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James has a dodgy knee which is being rested.

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Don't think you'ld want to see that in HD!

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thats a youtube moment and dont think he'll get another game in now

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Has anyone see Fabanaski and Rob Green in the same room before?

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What's with the annoying and seemingly constant drone from air horns?

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Lol, what a moment!

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What a load of rubbish this HD broadcast is

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When the HD works :/

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He'll get another game, it was just a error that can happen to any keeper.

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Er no - No ad break here - I guess this is a HD issue?

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Some people said it went off for them on normal ITV! Probably a regional thing then.

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I missed the goal on ITVHD! What on earth made somebody decide to press the 'advert' button? :p:

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This is a world wide issue, HD output is controled by FIFA's media centre i.e. ITV buy into the SD/HD media rights from FIFA.

Spain and France blogs have also reported same issue.

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:mad: No HD still. Do you reckon there is someone out there who's job it is to deliberately annoy everyone. AGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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What a joke. ITV-HD went to adverts just as England scored. Hope we have a good second half now.

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Someone has uploaded a clip of the HD channel unschedualed ad error on YouTube for those of you would like to see what pain the HD viewers went through http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv3GoUlHu18

(still no HD :( )

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I think the replays are over the top.

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Another one here very pee'd off with the noise :mad::mad::mad::mad:

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I can't stand football at the best of times, I'm only making an effort tonight because it's England in a World Cup match.

That bloody droning is seriously getting on my teets though :-/