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Going to throw a tantrum were you.

Very likely. FFA's best defense will be that its no worse than what others are doing.

Obviously you only hang out with selfish individuals who put their own good ahead of the good of the game. It's stupid talking about what you would have preferred after you lost anyway, I would have preferred lots of things to go differently that week, they didnt. ( Grand Final decided...

You think? When the result is more important than the game there is a problem. I suppose if a game of chess became stalemate, playing scissors rock paper to decide it would be better than trying to stay awake for another game. An MCG full of people were happy to pay for the privelage of the...

It would be like the Olympic games if they only had one event, and no big opening closing ceremonies. Peoples will watch it on TV then they will watch it again on TV then they will get bored and watch repeats of 2 and a half men.

AFL is the league. I thought the Netball final at the Commonwealth games was rivetting, and those girls exhibited far more physical toughness than any soccer game I've seen.

Netball must have a participation rate approaching that of Soccer, but recently it seems to be gaining in popularity a lot.

Some people embrace the culture of their new country, while others tend to whine about it in such a way that you'd think they'd been sentenced to a penal colony.

So how did they "earn" the millions in bribe money for the cup bid?

I'd just like to know what all the money in the bidding process went to. We can all sit back and roll our eyes at the corrupted forces in FIFA, but who are the corruptors? Is it condoned by our government? How did it come to pass that the media suddenly adopted the term "Football" as referring...

Problems with comprehension? What I wrote above does not imply that all soccer supporters, support soccer for that reason or go backpacking. It refers to SOME of the people POSTING HERE. It's the whole obsession with "world stage" which seems to equate to bragging rights which becomes a bit...

So do I to an extent. Some of the people posting here seem to prefer soccer because it gives them more cred while they are backpacking through europe. This seems to be the underlying theme of the whole world stage thingy. Funnily while I prefer the home grown footy, I like motor sports a...

This is where you like to twist things around. Barkley has stated that he believes that people are putting down Aussie Rules BECAUSE it is Australia - ie "culture cringe". I dont believe he has advocated that other sports are inferior because they are Foreign. In fact I believe he is a strong...

Prime time television ratings > profits from venues.

Well if thats true I guess we shouldn't be supporting the Australian Soccer Team during world cups. Half the team are probably Bogans anyway. Of course many people would consider your opinion to be infantile and pathetic. ( Your team didn't win , haha mine did, and guess what my dad would be...

So if General Motors want to build a new assembly plant, they will be evaluating the economics of all the various sites ," hmm China, Thailand, India, bugger all this financial mumbo jumbo lets choose South Africa because they had the world cup " you seem to have a strange concept about what...

And guess where all the WC revenue goes. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/406843-money-makes-the-world-cup-go-round "Although Blatter spoke movingly in Soccer City of “a dream coming true” and “the spirit of Mandela ”, he had revealed his organisation’s priorities a few weeks earlier when he...

You love the use of the word sophisticated don't you, though there is nothing in your thread to support the claim as being anything more than your opinion. AFL must be particularly unsophisticated since it has failed to capitalise on the vast market of Vezuvela's. :rolleyes:

I noticed there wasn't much info easily located regarding the Brazilian Football League. It may well be true though, since the Brazilian Football league is actually a loose alliance of multiple leagues. Whether it can therefore claim the total revenue is another matter, since such revenue may...

Haha was that when we sent Fev? I thought you gained a lot of respect in Ireland if you were good at barroom brawling. :D

"Sea salt" is the one that really gets my goat. I remember seeing piles of sea-salt at the Cheetham works during my first trip to Geelong as a child. Then they filter out the dirt and bits of seaweed and shell and its "table salt" I want to see one of these bloody lifestyle cooking show...

No I havent eaten one in Naploli, ( or Naples if this thread is in English, but I'm always a bit perplexed why Nationalities with common language basics call other peoples places and names something different. ) but I've spoken to enough people who have been "surprised" at how bad the Italian...

I know you value our overseas reputation very highly ( it seems to be one of the main reasons we should fork out for a W.C.) but you will have a lot of work to do if you think you can stop all Australians from going overseas and making a dick of themselves.

While I am yet to conduct a full first hand analysis my current opinion is that Aussie Pizza's may well be the best, certainly the best in the Southern hemisphere. :D Everyone I have spoken to who has had the genuine italian item seems to agree that they are not very good at all...

Personnally I find it amusing when ( particularly American ) people don't know the difference between Australia and Austria. It certainly doesn't hurt me. While I admit that if some of the former Soviet and Yugoslavian countries, and maybe some of the smaller African countries were to have a...

Absolute hogwash. They are cheap because there are a lot of them. There may be a difference in panel fit and finish but ask a taxi driver about their reliability. Bet you can't find me a Honda that has survived 400 000km Look at the resale of your BMW's. They hold no value, because there is a...

What is all this world stage crap?

Of course you can. Have you heard the expression one eyed, it referrs to someone who is incapable of looking at something objectively. Most rational people would accept that very little in this world is perfect and most things have good points and bad points. Thank you for explaining the good...

Don't cringe but shortly after the last Falcon was released "Wheels" declared the Falcon better than the Accord after back to back tests. I'd also rate them better than the low spec bottom of the price range cars BMW sell to people who buy them just to get a BMW. ( Ask someone from Europe if...

No it bloody doesnt. The value of the fish and chip shop is its saleable value now. Otherwise I could sell my house for double its value because i'm planning an extension. Stop saying stupid things, this thread is low enough already and you arent helping your cause .