So Australia has just qualified for the World Cup Finals next year in Germany. Hell yes. Even if we go crap it doesnt matter, the win against Uraguay tonight felt awesome. It was the most exciting piece of TV I have watched since the Ashes Test which we lost by 4 runs, and more exciting than anything for ages before that.

Anyways I know its not Trek related, but since its the first time we have been to the World Cup for 30 odd years, I think its worth a thread.

england got in it ages ago. yep all about england lol.

Cricket? wtf? lmfao! etc. needs improving by 1) make all the players dress as disney characters 2) replace the cricket ball with a tribble 3) randomly mine the field 4) make female streakers compulsary and sometimes in groups 4) stop refering to the players as "athletes", I played cricket, they are about as atletic as your average dart player

wtg Austrailia. its about time! i cant wait to you guys over here :lol:

well you obviously didnt play a decent level of cricket then. how many games go for at least 6 hours a day in the summer sun? that takes athleticism.

Congrats..! Australie will be one of the underdogs, perhaps they will do a stunt like Greece or Denmark? Anyway we all know that holland will win, right? (is about time)...

ahhh .....someone to talk with!! Ofcourse HOLLAND is going to win! ..........anyway congrats to Australia.....and good luck......They will need it!

They've probably got more chance of winning than england have lol

but it should be fun to watch anyway

well it's about bloody time you soft aussies got there as you can't play Rugby or Cricket anymore lol

oh the soft comes from you feeble Rugby Union pack!

Ye England crushed them - be interesting England vs New Zealand this weekend

CUMON CHASETOWN PLAYIN OLDHAM TONIGHT IN THE FA CUP IST ROUND REPLAY (sorry for caps )

i am so giddy about this right now. giddy and drunk.

what a fracking night \o/

England vs astralia

thats what the final sould be lol it would be good tv lol

course england win

Summer sun? come on! i live in England!, We have Tiffin and rain old chap, lol epitome of cricket STANDING around for 6 hours, at least in football the guys run around, now i would not like to run around for an hour in your Ausie summer sun, as for Austrailia being the underdog? how many times have underdogs overcome all odds? obviously I want England to win but considering I was nearly born in Broken hill I'll be there cheering on the Ausies too.

even though i`m from arg, i want holland to win the cup. ^^

I dont mind who wins it as long as its not the following teams:

France
Barzil
Germany
Argantian

YAY!!!

the reasons below:
France- Win it alot aready
Brazil- Win it all the time
Argintaina - Well im england fan need i say more
Germany- dont get me started Well im england fan need i say more and all i have to say is........................5-1

What a game against Argentina - 3-2

i missed second half went to watch england vs new zeland rugby (38-12) i missed all the good stuff got back to pub and there all sainging lol not fair lol

Wonder how Chasetown are doing?

It's Argentina!

and yes, it was a good match, but none of the two was clearly superior to eh other. You guys had a lot of luck in the end ^^

and france?? they've only won the wc in 98 and an euro around 2000 lately

meh dont like the france team much i guss

oldham-0
Chasetown-0

I don't like france either.....I've seen them to much and they have defeated the netherlands 1 time in the final But this time holland will win

Cricket is tiring, try bowling 10 overs straight!

Or batting for 3 hours.

In the heat.

And the Argentina game was a classic (something I still havent got my head around, a proper friendly?? (where is the world going))

It was so close, don't think we were better, but I also dont think we were lucky. It was just a good Football game decided on one good finish.

Yeah I want Holland to win, they are my fav team. But I hope Australia does well.

Anyways cricket is very demanding, it all depends how much YOU put into the game, if you are serious, then at the end of the day, you should be stuffed.

i have played rugby footnall and cricket at club level and have to admit cricket came second behind rugby on the demanding level

i once batted for a whole match i have never been so tired! and it rely takes a lot out of you ! its such a long game!

Cricket is more of an endurance fitness than a sprint fitness. So I find that hockey is really short-fast-loud and cricket is drawn out and slow.

what kind of hockey are you on about filed hockey is a long hard game while ice hocky hurts lol

I play a high level of field hockey. My coach is a slave driver and because I'm a striker, its 2 35min halfs of constant sprinting. And field hockey is probably more hard than ice hockey, because ice hockey is all about stupid fights.

Ice hockey takes more skill but im a defended for a team in filed hocky and it is a hard game (ifyour up front )

Trinidad and tobago = dutch trainer
Australië = dutch trainer
South Korea = dutch trainer

wow... 3 underdogs led into germany by the dutch people.