Group F - Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia

[Craig]

Originally Posted by _Ed_

Amazing to see the list of what the salaries are for the coaches at the tournament in the paper this morning.

Capello NZ$10.5m
Herbert NZ$50,000

Can't expect him to stay if we can't come up with something more substantial.

If NZ Soccer (or whatever it's called) don't take advantage of this, of all the exposure etc., well they never will get a better opportunity.

It's sounds ridiculous, but I'm sort of disappointed that we couldn't get a goal and go through, it would of capped off the fairy tale even more. Still though, you have to be proud of them though and what they have achieved. If only a team like France should have the bottle that the NZ team has shown

[R_D]

Italy match was just incredible..... So good to watch.
Still laughing at Italians being out though.... What about the manage running off without handshake.... What a loser.... So hilarious seeing the Italians cry and refusing to shake hands.... No wonder no one likes them.

England aren't really hated.... They are loved all over Asia.... I'm pretty sure alot of ppl in India, China etc will be supporting England.

[GIMH]

Originally Posted by Bahnz

Hmmm, that means that so far Capello has delivered 1 world cup point for every $2.1 million paid, compared to Herbert's $16,670. By some simple arithmetic, if Herbert had coached England and been paid Capello's wage, England would have finished the group phase with 630 points, ensuring they avoided a tough round of sixteen match with Germany. Though I suppose it's easy to spot these things in hindsite, still a tremendous blooper on the part of the FA.

Oh, and in other news my Bull**** alarm just exploded at the rumour of Winston Reid being chased by Arsenal.

[Samuel_Vimes]

Originally Posted by Athlai

Herbert reckons we have a chance of being in the top 24 of world rankings when they change them next ITSTL.

He's wrong ftr. NZ will be 54th or 55th.

Originally Posted by _Ed_

Can't expect him to stay if we can't come up with something more substantial.

Doubt there will be very high demand for a New Zealand coach, notwithstanding their achievements. There aren't many American coaches employed in professional clubs despite the national team having Yank coaches since 1995 and very decent results in the last decade.

[Craig]

Italian politician blames immigrants for Italy's failure

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[GingerFurball]

Originally Posted by Craig

Italian politician blames immigrants for Italy's failure

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Ha, quite a misleading headline.

He's blaming an influx of foreign footballers, not immigrants in general. And tbf, he has a point, not one of Inter's starting XI in the Champions League final was Italian.