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WORLD CUP - Love it or loathe it?

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amymum · 29/05/2002 09:36

Only two days to go until the start of the best sporting event in the World! Don't know how I'm going to cope with the trials and tribulations of the England team alongside BB3. Anyone else getting excited? Would love to know how well you think England / Ireland are going to do and who you think is going to win.

Sorry, but I'm a huge footie fan!

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SueDonim · 29/05/2002 14:48

Gosh, you've got me there, Elwar - I have no clue who Gerard Houllier is!! But will ask the gf this evening.

I won't be getting up early to watch the footie as we should be in Indonesia by Sunday (although our visas haven't turned up yet........). I'm only a football fan when it's a big occasion, don't support a team or anything, but good luck to England!

elwar · 29/05/2002 14:52

Gerard Houllier = Liverpool manager

jessi · 29/05/2002 18:51

As there are so many L'pool fans on here I just had to add I'm an arsenal supporter. And not because they won everything this year, I grew up in the area and even my 84yr old Granny went up to see the parade on Upper Street a couple of weeks ago. (She likes young men with good legs!)

susanmt · 29/05/2002 19:45

I'm afraid there's not a lot of tension about the world cup in our house. I'm Scottish so generally embarrassed about football anyway and dh is Irish - his great excuse is that without Roy Keane they wont get anywhere. We are both just waiting for England to get hammered in the first round, I suppose!!!!

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Enid · 29/05/2002 21:35

jessi, hurrah another gooner. My grandad is actually buried (well his ashes anyway) by the goalpost on the north side at Highbury, so I guess its in the blood!

Kia · 29/05/2002 21:47

I'm getting one of those second sky sets in because I cannot bear the thought of wall to wall footie for the next however long. Lord knows what will happen in our house if we actually win anything!

Tinker · 29/05/2002 22:57

sobernow - I guess it's a bit of both. Brought up with football loving dad and 2 brothers so lack of liking football seems like an absence now.

Joe1 · 30/05/2002 08:06

I much prefer a rugby player, dh plays both, than a football player much more manly.

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amymum · 30/05/2002 09:30

Glad to see I'm not the only one who's looking forward to tomorrow. Really pleased to hear that Becks is fit - just hope he doesn't go the same way as Bryan Robson in 1982! I agree Tinker about England not topping the group - Argentina are just too good. But the downside of that of course is that there is a high chance of us meeting France in the second stage! Should be quite a game! My personal tip to win is Italy - only one injury scare story from their camp, otherwise very quiet which is ominous. The other thing I love about the World Cup is the national anthems - just goes to show how c* 'God Save the Queen' is. Particularly enjoy singing the Man Utd alternative version of the French anthem, celebrating one of the finest players ever to put on a red shirt!

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emsiewill · 30/05/2002 11:10

I'm actually fairly interested, but having sat opposite the man organising the office Fantasy World Cup and finding it increasingly annoying, me & a friend are planning on going along to the matches that are being shown in the office (again, to stop unnecessary absenteeism), and saying things like "ooh, I don't like the colour of those socks" and "they've mowed the grass differently this time". This is a game that me & my step-mum like to play to annoy my dad and dh. Such girly fun to be had!

elwar · 30/05/2002 11:35

amymum, ditto re: national anthems. We drone on monotanously about an outdated monarch, while other countries celebrate the people and the land. Some of the south american anthems are particularly rousing, on about 'freedom or death'! This is a decent site, has them all translated... www.thenationalanthems.com

SueDonim · 30/05/2002 12:22

Elwar, no, GH isn't ZZ's godfather, as far as DS2's gf knows!!

elwar · 30/05/2002 13:32

Blimey, what a lot of acronyms! That's a shame, thought he might sign for Liverpool if it was true

salalex · 30/05/2002 19:56

Hooray, girls who love footie! Tinker, I;m with you, shameful I know, but a bloke who doesn't like footie wouldn't do it for me. Living in Scotland, they don't care about this world Cup - except if England get stuffed then all the guys in my office will all be excited. I can't wait. But then I'm a sheffield wednesday fan so it'll be a change to watch some proper football!

muss · 30/05/2002 21:58

I love football however I am running out of ideas how to scive work to see the games. Anyone else having this prob.

leander · 30/05/2002 22:40

I dont know what I've done. I've just volunteered(sp?) to cook breakfast for 11 people (so far) on Sunday morning for the England game!!!!!!!! The worst thing is that i'm going out Saturday night to see Grease then into Town I haven't yet been able to get drunk since Ds was born , bet i can this time.
Come on ENGLAND.

elwar · 31/05/2002 09:13

muss - depends where you work. Long lunches for the 12:30 k.o's will work for me, and 7:30 k.o's will mean a later start in the morning. Don't know what to do for 10am matches. Might be able to sneak to the canteen for some of them & crowd round the portable, but not all! Have you thought about a mini pocket portable? (60 quid I know, but hey, it only happens every 4 years!) Come on you Senegal!!!

Jaybee · 31/05/2002 10:01

leander - at least I am not the only mad one - I think numbers for my Sunday am breakfast bar-b-q is now up to 13.
Work Fantasy Football team has been submitted, dh is at home like a kid on Christmas Eve, England flag hanging out of ds's bedroom window!!!
I think we are ready!!!

leander · 31/05/2002 11:52

Am i the only person who doesn't think that the sin shines out of Beckhams A*E, dont get me wrong he's a good player but we aren't a one man team. I don't think that we should playing him all the opposition know that they only have to stand on his foot to take him out of the game! and i think that his place on the squad could have gone to someone who is fully fit.

leander · 31/05/2002 11:53

Sorry that should have said sun.

Joe1 · 31/05/2002 12:17

Leander I agree, it is a shame they seem to think we can only play well if Beckham is playing, although they have proven they can play just aswell without him. I just hope that they go into their first match believing in themselves and dont fall apart, like you say, if someone treads on his foot.

Why have I gone all footbally, I dont like it mmm please dont let me start shouting at the ref on Sunday.

honeybunny · 31/05/2002 13:45

LOATHE IT! ARGHHHHH!
Thank god I've got a new baby and 19mo old to keep me occupied. I'm too knackered to watch tv in the short evenings I have B4 bed, so I definitely won't be watching. Think my dh will be secretly delighted as he'll have a free run of the tele from 8.30pm onwards.

elwar · 31/05/2002 14:39

WOW, WOW and WOW again! Well done Senegal! Les Bleus are beaten! What a result, I can't wait for the next match. Just wish I could've watched it instead of reading Skysports.com's 'Minute by minute'...

Tinker · 31/05/2002 14:48

Damn. I've got France in our sweep. The BBC site kept crashing as well.