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Bang a drum its almost on, the final of finals is just 3 sleeps away.

After all the ups and downs that are part and parcel of the beautiful game it has produced 2 worthy finalists - France and Italy. Both teams are recognised European powerhouses of football yet both were not picked as winners. Les Blues (France) almost did not make it past the first round despite having a fairly comfortable grouping. The Azzurri (Italy) repeatedly rode their luck with a much agonised win over the Socceroos and then a special goal minutes before going into penalties against Germany.

Yet both teams have such class that none are surprised that they are playing for the cup. Between the 2 they have one the World Cup 4 times, France more recently in 98 and Italy 34,38 and 82. To truly show the quality of their lineups, Les Blues and the Azzurri have 7 out of the 10 men shortlisted for the Golden Ball - the mvp of mvp's.

Now the real question is what sets there game apart from what we do down under? And the answer is obvious and clear if you read the previous paragraphs - they have cool names.

Not only are the teams names very cool (they both reference the colour blue) but the player names themselves are hela cool. Sure we have the socceroos but it does not cut the mustard in global standings - even first timers Ghana are called the Black Stars (cooler than ours because they have black in their name - that is the new black).

Then if we start to look at actual player names we also drop the ball. In our entire line up we have no single named players (Ronaldo, Ronahldinho and Stern John to name a few) nor any lastnames ending in 'o' - nicknames like davo don't count. If we really wanted to be taken seriously we need to develop players with alliteration involved - Zinedine Zidane. When you have a last name like Zidane and you name your child Zinedine you are destining them to acheive great things in either the sporting fields or the circus.

In order for us to move forward as a footballing nation we need to embrace the single name, alliteration and the 'o' endings. The only player in our current line up who i think can hold a candle up to the global gale of cool names is the bean pole Joshua Kennedy. While there is no 'o' or alliteration he looks like Jesus (pronounced hes-us) and that has to count for something.

TimeWastin:
After all that get you brazillian name - if you are not happy put your middle name in as well

The capt'n has delivered again Crouch and Rooney

Been out for ages but still cool - Chuck Norris Facts

To balance it out a selection of Mr T. Facts

David by another name...

Senor Grunstein,Dave,Grunners,DJ Funstein,Groon,Groony,Wookie,Funksteen,dude
and the ever popular...47

All of the above represent one character who, when he isnt "hitting that shit" or celebrating "green monday","messy thursday" or "destroying a toilet", is a mate and its his birthday today - HAPPY BIRTHDAY. For a present i will ensure its kresners round when next we get together.

TimeWastin:
Found this again - armageddon possibly the funniest things i ever heard on the net needs real player
It seems like a good idea - http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/ check the vids
For the basketball fans - 720 dunk short video

Gobble Gobble

With all the recent uproar about the big brother house and the "sexual assault" of a housemate i think its time i put my massive two cents into this debate. While i do not officially watch the show Tam is mad keen on it, so as a result i watch it out of nothing better to do. Also it gives me ammunition for watching sbs arthouse (read: porn) movies..."I watched big brother so you can watch this documentary on carpet munching"

In case you are unaware of what happened over the weekend a female housemate was held down and slapped on the head by a male member of the house's member - video currently available here - and as a result the incident caused both of them to get the ass. This is known as a Turkey Slap and begs the question who the hell slapped a turkey and then thought that's the same sound as a penis hitting a face. I mean teabag i can understand...

While all will agree that it is not right to rub your genitals in someones face without permission - is it right to call it sexual assault, when it was clearly done in jest and no complaint was made? If it is technically sexual assault, and supposedly it is, why are they not being charged for it? The police have been shown the video and will not press charges but these dudes are having reputations destroyed - surely something is not right here, either charge them or shut the hell up. These boys did something stupid, funny though, and have paid the price for it - they have lost the 15 minutes of fame they had awaiting them and the opportunities that gives - surely the papers labeling them as sexual predators is not needed.

On the other hand its a worse crime to televise this crap and take up valuable viewing time...

TimeWastin:
today's distraction is a late inclusion from weeds - good work bud.

One better than the bunnies

If my maths are correct i have managed to write 2 days in a row, if only the mighty rabbitohs could manage the same. Maybe big Rus will get his 30 foot of grunt into gear and pound a performance out of them. Could be worse i suppose - i could support the roosters...

The boss is back today after a wonderful 3 weeks absence and accordingly the pressure is back on. That said the mood upon his return is far better than expected so must have had a good time. Did not get anythin good from his trip except from Croatian beer - bonus, will drink it while watching a replay of the mighty socceroos teaching them a footballing lesson on how to draw and win crowd support.

Speaking of football, tonight is the first semi final and while i am not particulaly keen for either Germany or Italy to go through, I choose pasta,pizza, fast cars and canoli (Mmm...canoli) over sauerkraut - Ze germans are playing very well though and probably will win.

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Following are received from Captain Slezmak - well in G-slez

The hobbies of Fabio Grosso (Player who's dive ended our chances) -







*Update: check the Peter Crouh link from yesterday as it has more - genius work.

I choose to begin now

After many an evening spent talking crap - to be honest i do not restrict my bullshit to evenings as those who know me will agree - i have decided to take the next step and put fingers to keyboard.

The purpose of this page is to let the world know what i am doing/thinking/eating whenever the whim takes me. Sure i could just call people up and advise them such things but i am lazy at communicating at the best of times. While some may think that it is hypocritical to say that i am lazy and point out that if i were truly too lazy to communicate then i would not do the blog in the first place. I look at it logically - i spend 15 minutes typing crap and then email all and sundry about it and everyone is up to date - with one small click of the publish button i can reach all and get back to being lazy. The internet is the lazy persons perfect medium for communication - maximum exposure, minimal effort!

Given the current climate in our great city i must address the inevitable - Socceroos. As a long time soccer player (still getting used to the football re-brand) and supporter of the game I am super happy that our boys stood up for themselves and really put on some quality - and at times physical - football. With years of watching our national team play the beautiful game far from beautifully, it was emotional to see our boys not only notch a win onto our world cup scorecard but get through to the round of 16. Well done you footballroos and i trust that this will be the start of our football glory.


For all those who hoped on the bandwagon make yourself comfortable because, as Old Blue Eyes puts it, the best is yet to come.

TimeWastin:
More of the Peter Crouch photos
Best world cup site - just need it in english. click on the score to get video replay of goals.