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You mongrels. No, not John
O'Neill and the FFA and their attempt to gag SBS in any new broadcast
deal. We're talking about Uruguay, the South American side the
Socceroos must contain and/or beat on Sunday morning and then
next Wednesday night in Sydney to finally reach the finals of
the biggest tournament on the planet: the World Cup.
Bring it on.
And how good will it be when we smack 'em? Nothing unites the
nation like a common sporting goal and if this collective hatred
of another country and their football administration doesn't do
it, nothing will. The events of the last week have been nothing
short of extraordinary... Can someone explain how a country can
lobby up until three days before the game to change the kick-off
time for such an important match? And can someone explain how
FIFA can let them change the time from 7pm to 9pm and now, finally,
back to 6pm? Yes, they can ... Uruguay are mongrels. They must
be punished.
You sense this is what the Socceroos need. Mark Viduka says Australia
will be tougher, more savvy this time around. Brazil's football
superstar Ronaldo says this: ``The South American players, the
Argentines and the Uruguayans in particular, use more gamesmanship
and always try to provoke their opponents into losing their temper
and getting a red card.''
Hopefully this will fire up Australia's players like never before.
Put fire in the belly, belt the bejesus out of them. And who knows?
At the end of it all, we could be going to the big dance for the
first time in a long time.
Click your way to our Comebacks
page and tell us what you think.
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