Group G - Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal

James · 24-03-2010, 04:15 AM

Discussion around Group G involving Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal

Schedule

15 June 2010

Côte d'Ivoire v Portugal at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Brazil v Korea DPR at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

20 June 2010

Brazil v Côte d'Ivoire at Soccer City, Johannesburg

21 June 2010

Portugal v Korea DPR at Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

25 June 2010

Korea DPR v Côte d'Ivoire at Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Portugal v Brazil at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Pothas · 28-03-2010, 04:22 PM

Well Sven has his latest job BBC Sport - Football - Sven-Goran Eriksson to coach Ivory Coast in World Cup

GingerFurball · 29-03-2010, 03:39 PM

Neil Pickup · 29-03-2010, 03:51 PM

Korea DPR? Côte d'Ivoire?

North Korea. Ivory Coast. What the hell is this all about? How many other countries to we refer to in French? Do we say "République centrafricaine"? No - because that would be bloody stupid. Nor do we try to pronounce "Bosnia and Herzegovina" in Serb or Croat, because that would also be moronic. So why do we arse around with Côte d'Ivoire? Whose idea was it in the first place? It's not funny, it's not clever, it's not sophisticated. It's just bloody stupid.

Also, using the word "Democratic" to refer to Kim Jong-Il's personal fiefdom is even more sycophantic than referring to that nutjob who thinks he's in charge of Sealand as "HRH". If a country is so insecure that it wants everyone to call it "Democratic" - whilst banning its citizens from reading any dispute to it, of course - then it can go and salute itself. It began as North Korea, and it can stay that way.

Matteh · 29-03-2010, 04:04 PM

Good job the DDR isn't still around to irk you.

Indipper · 29-03-2010, 05:11 PM

It's still around in my heart.

GingerFurball · 30-03-2010, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil Pickup

Korea DPR? Côte d'Ivoire?

North Korea. Ivory Coast. What the hell is this all about? How many other countries to we refer to in French? Do we say "République centrafricaine"? No - because that would be bloody stupid. Nor do we try to pronounce "Bosnia and Herzegovina" in Serb or Croat, because that would also be moronic. So why do we arse around with Côte d'Ivoire? Whose idea was it in the first place? It's not funny, it's not clever, it's not sophisticated. It's just bloody stupid.

Also, using the word "Democratic" to refer to Kim Jong-Il's personal fiefdom is even more sycophantic than referring to that nutjob who thinks he's in charge of Sealand as "HRH". If a country is so insecure that it wants everyone to call it "Democratic" - whilst banning its citizens from reading any dispute to it, of course - then it can go and salute itself. It began as North Korea, and it can stay that way.

Pretty sure if you ran a democratic poll, you'd find that Kim Jong-Il is immensely popular tbf...

BoyBrumby · 30-03-2010, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GingerFurball

Pretty sure if you ran a democratic poll, you'd find that Kim Jong-Il is immensely popular tbf...

Indeed so. In fact I personally find him infinitely preferrable to genital torture.

Neil raises a good point about The Ivory Coast tho; why do we pander to them? Is it just because we use the Latin alphabet too? Willing to bet Japan or Russia don't write the country as Côte d'Ivoire when referring to it.

Indipper · 02-04-2010, 10:32 PM

No, they write it as Кот-д’Ивуар.

Samuel_Vimes · 03-04-2010, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Indipper

No, they write it as Кот-д’Ивуар.

Pwned.

And isn't anyone slightly uneasy about naming a country after a banned resource? Öne of the colonial things we could probably do without I think.

(Yes, I know perfectly well Côte d'Ivoire is French for you know what. Don't agree with their government either.)

G.I.Joe · 04-04-2010, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil Pickup

Korea DPR? Côte d'Ivoire?

North Korea. Ivory Coast. What the hell is this all about? How many other countries to we refer to in French? Do we say "République centrafricaine"? No - because that would be bloody stupid. Nor do we try to pronounce "Bosnia and Herzegovina" in Serb or Croat, because that would also be moronic. So why do we arse around with Côte d'Ivoire? Whose idea was it in the first place? It's not funny, it's not clever, it's not sophisticated. It's just bloody stupid.

Also, using the word "Democratic" to refer to Kim Jong-Il's personal fiefdom is even more sycophantic than referring to that nutjob who thinks he's in charge of Sealand as "HRH". If a country is so insecure that it wants everyone to call it "Democratic" - whilst banning its citizens from reading any dispute to it, of course - then it can go and salute itself. It began as North Korea, and it can stay that way.

Isn't this the FIFA World Cup?

analyst · 10-04-2010, 06:20 AM

Brazil and Ivory Coast. Portugual struggled to qualify and will struggle against Brazil (who IMO are favorites) and Ivory Coast who are a very consistent side.

GingerFurball · 14-04-2010, 05:41 PM

I'll be amazed if any of the African sides qualify, the standard at this year's ACN was dreadful.

Pothas · 19-04-2010, 04:53 PM

Ivory Coast, Ghana and Cameroon all got reasonable chances, think at least one of them will make it.

BoyBrumby · 20-04-2010, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pothas

Ivory Coast, Ghana and Cameroon all got reasonable chances, think at least one of them will make it.

Ivory Coast have the best squad, but would take Brazil and Portugal to go through. Can't see Ghana beating Serbia or Germany either.

Reckon Algeria have as good a chance as Cameroon tho, tbh. Slovenia & America are teams they could beat and, tbh, our players don't look in prime nick just now either.

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Neil Pickup Cricket Web Staff Member / Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 26,361	Korea DPR? Côte d'Ivoire? North Korea. Ivory Coast. What the hell is this all about? How many other countries to we refer to in French? Do we say "République centrafricaine"? No - because that would be bloody stupid. Nor do we try to pronounce "Bosnia and Herzegovina" in Serb or Croat, because that would also be moronic. So why do we arse around with Côte d'Ivoire? Whose idea was it in the first place? It's not funny, it's not clever, it's not sophisticated. It's just bloody stupid. Also, using the word "Democratic" to refer to Kim Jong-Il's personal fiefdom is even more sycophantic than referring to that nutjob who thinks he's in charge of Sealand as "HRH". If a country is so insecure that it wants everyone to call it "Democratic" - whilst banning its citizens from reading any dispute to it, of course - then it can go and salute itself. It began as North Korea, and it can stay that way. __________________ MSN Messenger: minardineil2000 at hotmail dot com \| AAAS Chairman CricketWeb Black \| CricketWeb XI Captain ClarkeWatch: We're Watching Rikki - Are You? Up The Grecians - Exeter City FC Completing the Square: My Cricket Web Blog

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Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,473	Well Sven has his latest job BBC Sport - Football - Sven-Goran Eriksson to coach Ivory Coast in World Cup

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Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,473	Ivory Coast, Ghana and Cameroon all got reasonable chances, think at least one of them will make it.

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