Category Archives: world cup 2010

5 months on

By 6000 | 6000 | November 17, 2010

5 months on from the most boring and disappointing games of football ever in the history of my watching football (all my life)… …I am returning to a much warmer Cape Town Stadium to watch Bafana Bafana take on the USA in the Nelson Mandela Challenge. A full house of 52,000 is expected and even [...]

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Seen it all before

By 6000 | 6000 | July 15, 2010

One of the biggest eye-openers you can have is seeing a story in the press which you have personal knowledge of. When you read the article, you can marvel at just how inaccurate and mis-representative the reporter or journalist is being. Applying this new-found enlightenment to other stories in the media can lead to chronic cynicism when [...]

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BBC says goodbye to World Cup 2010

By 6000 | 6000 | July 13, 2010

The BBC comes in for a lot of criticism – some justified, some not. One thing they do better than anyone else I know is their coverage of football. This District 9 themed highlights/credits package for the 2010 World Cup is simply outstanding. So many amazing moments, cleverly and brilliantly presented. Thanks Arcainus

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Scapegoat

By 6000 | 6000 | July 12, 2010

Oh dear. Some orange people aren’t very happy. It seems that they weren’t the ones who won the World Cup last night and they think it’s the referee’s fault. I don’t agree – they were rubbish and they deserved to lose – but let’s let them have their say. Arjen Robben, for example: We sat [...]

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Counter Attacks

By 6000 | 6000 | July 10, 2010

“When I’m feeling blue, all I have to do, is take a look at you, then I’m not so blue.” So sang Phillip “it is here” Collins in his hit Against All Odds. Quite why he couldn’t find another word to rhyme with “blue”, particularly with the massive lexicographical selection available to him, I have no [...]

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