World Cup Fever

[Matt R.]

Myself and a fair few of us involved in WHB are avid football (soccer) fans. Does anyone else follow the sport? Looking forward to the world cup?

With our mix of nationalities in our team and clients, it'd be great to get some friendly debate on who's going to win (England, of course! ).

[mrcreeek]

I'm definitely looking forward to it. I'm an England supporter and we appear to have a good team together for once. I'm never particularly optimistic about our chances, but this time around I'm not so quick to count us out.

It'll also be interesting to see if many of the African teams to well too, since there will be something of a home advantage. It'll be interesting to see the contrasting styles of play.

[Maxim M.]

too bad Ukraine is out. :_( still no idea how we could lose that play-off..
damn Greece!

it was a huge success for us in 2006 - reached quarterfinal.

now looking forward to winning EURO-2012
the final game's gonna be England - Ukraine 0-3

[Matt R.]

I was optimistic about it as an England fan... but Mr Terry seems to have taken attention off the pitch due to his bedroom antics. Not a divide we really need in the team.

[Maxim M.]

good luck over there.
I'm planning not to miss a single match this summer!

[mrcreeek]

Yes, it's a real shame that the newspapers keep harping on about it really. In a sense he brought it on himself, but it's really bad timing and certainly won't help the team. We can only hope that it all dies down in a month or two and the papers find something else to moan about.

I agree with you about Ukraine. I really like the style of play of the eastern european teams. They're so tough and give it their all.

I saw somewhere online that a few games are going to be shown in 3D in some locations (cinemas etc). I've managed to avoid the whole 3D craze but it would be interesting to check out. I'm looking forward to this world cup more than previous ones for some reason. I hope England don't let us down (again ).

[Matt R.]

Yeah, I heard about 3D too. But to be honest, around here it's difficult to find a seat/standing space in a bar/pub to watch the game anyway to be honest. We need more screens throughout

[Maxim M.]

I don't think the case is worth changing English team captain...
Terry is a professional player. As far as I know he keeps playing well in Chelsea. Then what's the issue?

god damn paparazzi always make a mountain out of a molehill