The official 2010 World Cup thread

[Mick Mac]

little hobbits.

[Ladymuck]

nowt wrong with hobbits...

I'm torn between the carrots and the hobbits. Who would you like to see win the finals MM?

[Mick Mac]

brazil or germany

[Ladymuck]

Not one of your best...

1/10

Write one hundred times:

I must learn the difference between humour and being facetious.

[SimonM]

As a Hemingway fan I am familiar with 1 or 2 choice Spanish insults involving "thy mother's milk"....

OK the final is being shown simultaneounsly on BBC1 and ITV. I reckon the ratings will be something like 7:1

[Narnia]

I find Adrian Chiles more entertaining than Gary Lineker. Hanson is a bit boring now. However it's the adverts that will probably put me off watching on ITV.

[Keef]

Well Spain deserved to win last night, although I do feel sorry for a good German team (did I just say that?).

Not sure I'll be supporting either in the final, as I'd be happy with either winner. Should be a good final though (hopefully).

Same applies to Rooney.

I am shocked at you Anna!!! ;-)

[citizenED]

Scousers unite!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Bit of a strange passport question tho..

[Jah Lush]

Buena suerte y viva Espa?a!

[red devil]

Congratulations to Howard Webb...referee for the final!

[wjfox]

Total, fcuk and UPS in joint sponsorship deal with England football team

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/07/06/total-fcuk-and-ups-in-joint-sponsorship-deal-with-england-football-team/

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/capello-sponsors.jpg

[Annasfield]

red devil Wrote:

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> Congratulations to Howard Webb...referee for the

> final!

Pft

[red devil]

:))...what took you so long, at least you beat matthew

[DJKillaQueen]

Spain did their homework against Germany and it should be a high quality final.

I knew Howard Webb would get the final. Best refereeing team in the tournament by far.

[wjfox]

'Psychic' octopus predicts Spain to win World Cup

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10566287.stm

[ruffers]

The octopus is fine in the early round but goes to pieces in the final, the Dutch it is.

I'm not actually as excited by the final as I hoped. Holland I've previously said I'm struggling to warm to as they've got there slightly through luck and by van Bommel's constant cheating... Spain just frustrate me and once they start tippy tappy passing I get bit, well bored.

On balance I want the Dutch to win but I'm actually looking forward to the 3/4th game much more - if they relax and play football that could be a brilliant game.

[Narnia]

Viva Espana

How to commentate the Spanish way.

[Easties EL]

England have no world class players.

Spain have many and so do Holland. This is why they're in the final and England are not.

[*Bob*]

As someone with no interest in football generally, but who usually manages plenty of temporal world cup enthusiasm, En-ger-land left me cold from the off this time.

It wasn't even anything to do with their football, which was admittedly shite - even to the layman. No, it was already there before the first ball had even been mis-kicked.

After a bit of thought, what I put it down to is that my general feeling is that - more than a few England players.. just aren't very nice people. And I find it hard to root for someone just on the grounds of country/skill/blah alone.

Whether it's kicking the sh1t out of someone for not letting you choose the music, or stuffing your knob into anything that moves just because you can, or just generally being a spoilt arse lazing around by the pool with an assortment of, essentially - prostitutes - next to your twenty-six bedroom new-build mock-chateau.. all these things seem to have had a subconscious effect.

Maybe it's different for real fans innit.

[Mick Mac]

I hope we are all following the BBCs lead and are watching the final with suits and ties on. Its compulsory - get the old funeral dark grey suit on everyone.

[*Bob*]

Loving 4 and 5's choices of what to show in the face of the WC Final.

'Beaches'. And 'Sleepless in Seattle'.

[MrBen]

Best place to watch this game? Central Madrid or Barcelona. Or Amsterdam for some solid solemn Germanic style partying. The worst? Wild Bills saloon bar in Banff where I'm sitting with four frustrated Dutch campers, a guy in full cowboy attire and a Spanish Canadian chef. At lunchtime.

[LadyTaTa]

All hail The Octopus.

[Ladymuck]

Yep the Octopus got it right on two counts: (1) Espana would win (2) by 1 goal to nil - amazing!