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[Benny The Noon]

Some final pictures.... what a great world cup it's been. Now begins the countdown to Brazil!!!

Do you think Bav? I thought it was one of the worst World Cups I can remember, if not the worst.

Second lowest goals per game World Cup, too much controversy, and perhaps too many fouls and over-reactions to said fouls.

And of course those bloody vuvuzelas  may well mean the legacy aftermath of the world cup may go on until all venues/events ban the bloody things - at least I hope they do

Oh stop moaning.. vuvuzeula this and that.... like a bunch of whingers... 

I like them. They are part of their culture so get over it. Are people going to start moaning they don't want to hear samba drums in 2014?

I'm pretty sure that only the brazil games will have the drums and I'm pretty sure they don't produce a constant irritating noise that drown out the fans singing and chanting - im glad they are being banned at most sporting venues around the world .

As for the ball - every tournament has a new ball and all countries get a chance to use it at least 12 months before the tournament starts .

[fivecups]

As for the ball - every tournament has a new ball and all countries get a chance to use it at least 12 months before the tournament starts .

All true, but none have impacted on a tournament like the Jabulani.

[Benny The Noon]

As for the ball - every tournament has a new ball and all countries get a chance to use it at least 12 months before the tournament starts .

All true, but none have impacted on a tournament like the Jabulani.

How come the Germans didn't have a problem with and they get on fine with it ? I think the state of the pitches and weather and altitude didn't help as well

[Kharhaz]

Highlight of the World Cup for me?

Mick McCarthy. He made even the dullest games worth watching, listening out for his comments alone !

[fivecups]

Highlight of the World Cup for me?

Mick McCarthy. He made even the dullest games worth watching, listening out for his comments alone !

Robbie Savage of all people made me laugh on 5 Live.

[bigmick]

I think the Germans were able to use it in the Bundeslegia as their sponsorship deal didn't forbid it, whereas in the Premierhship it wasn't allowed. Even then though, even the Germans weren't able to pass the ball long with any accuracy, nobody in the whole tournament was able to strike free kicks consistently accurately, and corners etc were a bit of a non event.

I also think that while in the past for sure there has been a different pattern on the ball, this time the actual physical behaviour of it seemed to be altered. Germany's goal direct from the goal kick was a perfect illustration. True it was terrible defending from England, but Terry actually goes to head it in the first instance, and it clears his head by a good three yards. It was kind of like the difference between a normal frisby and one of those space age jobs with the metal rim and the hole in the middle. Bonkers really.

[fivecups]

I think the Germans were able to use it in the Bundeslegia as their sponsorship deal didn't forbid it, whereas in the Premierhship it wasn't allowed. Even then though, even the Germans weren't able to pass the ball long with any accuracy, nobody in the whole tournament was able to strike free kicks consistently accurately, and corners etc were a bit of a non event.

I also think that while in the past for sure there has been a different pattern on the ball, this time the actual physical behaviour of it seemed to be altered. Germany's goal direct from the goal kick was a perfect illustration. True it was terrible defending from England, but Terry actually goes to head it in the first instance, and it clears his head by a good three yards. It was kind of like the difference between a normal frisby and one of those space age jobs with the metal rim and the hole in the middle. Bonkers really.

Absolutely, good analogy. Why introduce such a radically different ball just before the world cup?

[tubby]

Some final pictures.... what a great world cup it's been. Now begins the countdown to Brazil!!!

Do you think Bav? I thought it was one of the worst World Cups I can remember, if not the worst.

Second lowest goals per game World Cup, too much controversy, and perhaps too many fouls and over-reactions to said fouls.

And of course those bloody vuvuzelas  may well mean the legacy aftermath of the world cup may go on until all venues/events ban the bloody things - at least I hope they do

Oh stop moaning.. vuvuzeula this and that.... like a bunch of whingers... 

I like them. They are part of their culture so get over it. Are people going to start moaning they don't want to hear samba drums in 2014?

I'm pretty sure that only the brazil games will have the drums and I'm pretty sure they don't produce a constant irritating noise that drown out the fans singing and chanting - im glad they are being banned at most sporting venues around the world .

As for the ball - every tournament has a new ball and all countries get a chance to use it at least 12 months before the tournament starts .

Well seeing as locals get most of the tickets you will probably hear them in more than just the Brazil games. So what if the fans get drowned out singing. It's not like it's at a Liverpool game or anything it's the world cup.

[Kharhaz]

Highlight of the World Cup for me?

Mick McCarthy. He made even the dullest games worth watching, listening out for his comments alone !

Robbie Savage of all people made me laugh on 5 Live.

  I like Robbie Savage.

As for the ball though, yeah it definitely made a difference, and for the worst.

[zarababe]

ITV should give-up .. BBC much better in their coverage - that Adrian was awful..

[zarababe]

Campeones back on Spanish soil -  !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10601076

World Champions meet the King:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10606200

[Benny The Noon]

Bav once you have been to a sporting event and had to put up with that awful noise then you will start to get highly annoyed - they are being banned for a reason . That constant noise is not atmosphere - the crowds cheering , bands playing , players being booed , songs being sung , chants they are all what makes up an atmosphere at a football ground not the constant high pitch noise from a plastic tube . The games I went to in Germany were great atmopshere - the vuvuzela just spoiled every single game .

[bigmick]

I must admit at the start I was all for the Vuvu thingies, towards the end though they just got on your t!ts the fecking things.

[Igor Zidane]

Dirty tw.at Pique spitting on the Valencia president .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMhmXBuUkzs&feature=player_embedded

[Benny The Noon]

I must admit at the start I was all for the Vuvu thingies, towards the end though they just got on your t!ts the fecking things.

I went to a Twenty match in Bristol the other week and the away fans brought them with them and after about twenty mins of constant irrating noise people complained and the stewards asked them to stop - they have now been banned . Bloody awful noise .