Wogball? Welcome back to the 1960s/70s. The great Johnny Warren would've been proud
. Soccer was codified in England don't forget CUB
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I didn't get tickets to Thursday's game but I went to the Iran qualifier at the 'G in 1997 and yeah CUB the atmosphere there is awesome with 90,000 people all passionately barracking for the Aussies.
I like soccer but prefer playing it than watching it. A top game full of drama and spectacular freaky goals like last week's FA Cup is great to watch but I couldn't follow soccer every week. Highlights on SBS is one thing but there's too little action IMO when you actually sit through 90 minutes of a typical match. Really despite the worldgame tag the real superstar quality is only in the rich teams of the best leagues in Europe. I went to a Melbourne Victory game over the summer and the standard was shocking for supposedly professionals. Slow as! I remember walking out of Olympic Park saying Aussies rules has nothing to worry about.
What I also don't like about professional soccer is money decides the champions. I can never understand why most soccer fans of the non big 4 clubs in England don't create a fuss over their teams never ever being able to win another premiership in their lifetime unless a rich Russian comes out of nowhere and buys them one. At least the World Cup has some purity to it left and the best country wins. Go the Socceroos!
