The Official World Cup 2006 Thread

thanks for the sheet evo, especially helpful to have EST to go by.

for those in the states... what's the deal with TV coverage. is espn showing all the games? that's what i'd heard... better get my eye tv prepped!
 
cool,

just curious....


"If it's a problem, take it up with the mod who made it a sticky. Good luck."

just a question, no need for that.
 
quigleybc said:
... the NBA, NFL. MLB threads are just....threads....
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You've just answered your own question.

They are merely 'threads' whereas football is the fabric of life.
 
jelloshotsrule said:
thanks for the sheet evo, especially helpful to have EST to go by.

for those in the states... what's the deal with TV coverage. is espn showing all the games? that's what i'd heard... better get my eye tv prepped!
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ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will have live coverage, Stateside. The two openers on Friday will be on ESPN2. Can't wait for it to start! :)
 
Peterkro said:
"It's not just a matter of life and death it's more important than that"
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great quote, by the legend that is Bill Shankly



J-Lo ... same as the last WC, ESPN and ABC will show all the games live between them...personally i'd recommend watching the games on the Spanish channels like Telemundo, the commentary is so much better, and i don't even know the language.
 
oh, news just in.....


Djibril Cisse has just broken his leg in a friendly v China.

how unlucky is he? he snapped his left leg against Blackburn a couple seasons ago, and now he breaks his right leg, in the last game before the World Cup.
 
evoluzione said:
J-Lo ... same as the last WC, ESPN and ABC will show all the games live between them...personally i'd recommend watching the games on the Spanish channels like Telemundo, the commentary is so much better, and i don't even know the language.
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hahah. awesome. i'll definitely have a look at both. anyone planning on taking some "sick leave"? ;)
 
Quick question for folks out there. I was listening to my iPod today and one of the songs on the playlist that came up was the Ricky Martin Cup of Life from 1998. It got me thinking - I really don't remember any of the other Cup Songs™. What were they, and how on earth are they not more well known (at least in the US) than the Martin from France98?

As an aside, I should explain that I keep it because I think the Spanish version really did an excellent job of putting the spirit of the event and the sport (as I remember it when going to games in South America, not really the games in Europe - which make it being the 98 song even funnier) into song. I'm sure there are others that are better, but I can't think of any...
 
World Cup Wallchart

those of you that downloaded the World Cup Wallchart i made, well, I've just updated it to include every countries flag, and embedded a link to our LFCNY podcast (which has some decent football discussion, about the World Cup, not just Liverpool)

the link is the same as before - you can get to it through LFCNY's multimedia page

:)
 
nbs2 said:
Quick question for folks out there. I was listening to my iPod today and one of the songs on the playlist that came up was the Ricky Martin Cup of Life from 1998. It got me thinking - I really don't remember any of the other Cup Songs™. What were they, and how on earth are they not more well known (at least in the US) than the Martin from France98?

As an aside, I should explain that I keep it because I think the Spanish version really did an excellent job of putting the spirit of the event and the sport (as I remember it when going to games in South America, not really the games in Europe - which make it being the 98 song even funnier) into song. I'm sure there are others that are better, but I can't think of any...
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I can think of a couple, i guess. Not really official WC songs but cool nonetheless...

one is by Depthcharge, and is called "Goal". some great commentary samples from when Pelé scored Brasil's 100th goal in the WC.

another i remember quite well is, i think, just a theme song, to the BBC's coverage of the '86 Mexico WC, called "aztec gold".

There was a cool song by "collapsed lung" too, called "eat my goal".

well, my mind's now gone blank...time for beer. :)
 
nbs2 said:
Quick question for folks out there. I was listening to my iPod today and one of the songs on the playlist that came up was the Ricky Martin Cup of Life from 1998. It got me thinking - I really don't remember any of the other Cup Songs™. What were they, and how on earth are they not more well known (at least in the US) than the Martin from France98?

As an aside, I should explain that I keep it because I think the Spanish version really did an excellent job of putting the spirit of the event and the sport (as I remember it when going to games in South America, not really the games in Europe - which make it being the 98 song even funnier) into song. I'm sure there are others that are better, but I can't think of any...
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Ya, it's the regional flavor in a global setting which would be one of the reasons why songs probably haven't been all that widely adopted. We were living in Colombia in the 80's and the theme for the '86 Copa (Mexico) was "Bienvenidos" and sung in Spanish. I'm sure there were other themes for it depending on coverage from other nations, but the Spanish version is the one we knew and recognized.
 
So... Sven reckons Rooney could play for England as early as the match against Trinidad and Tobago.

So – is it desperation on his part, mindgames to unsettle the opposition, or is he just trying to wind Alex Ferguson up? :p
 
evoluzione said:
boy do i hate those ads, enough to make me never buy another nike product again (not that i buy many anyway)

i mean come on, the fat idiot preaching to us about beautiful football and fair play? waht about his ridiculous lash out at a palace fan? yeah there's some great football in the clips, but ever brasil are guilty of disgusting cheating, Rivaldo was it a few years back?
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That 'fat idiot' is a football legend (and I hate man utd)!

The Palace 'fan' he kung fu kicked had purposely run down ten rows of steps to tell him to 'f**k off back to france', which is racial abuse. Now while I don't condone violence, it made for a beautiful photo!
 
mouchoir said:
That 'fat idiot' is a football legend (and I hate man utd)!
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Fully agree, although to be fair he did also think that Crouch was bought just as a goal scorer (despite what the manager who bought him has repeatedly said). So I wouldn't give the cantona opinion my credit when he dislikes his own players ;)

which is racial abuse
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Techinically not
 
BakedBeans said:
It's coming home can't be just walked over
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I won't disagree it's a fine football song. But the original (and vastly superior) version was released as our European Championship song, so I'm giving New Order the nod when it comes to judging World Cup ditties. ;)
 
Jaffa Cake said:
I won't disagree it's a fine football song. But the original (and vastly superior) version was released as our European Championship song, so I'm giving New Order the nod when it comes to judging World Cup ditties. ;)
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;)

Ahh, that is a good point...

...however, that full stadium rendition (including hte people that sang the song) was.... emotional..
 
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