Comments on: 10 Reasons to Be Optimistic About World Cup 2010 in South Africa

By: fussball

fussball — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:48:05 +0000

Gute Arbeit hier! Gute Inhalte.

By: amir

amir — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:46:07 +0000

wc2010 gonna be sweet

By: Alexander Penley

Alexander Penley — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:52:48 +0000

1) Zakumi- sei un mito!
2) Bafana Bafana- ummm… well…. perhaps someday
3) Free tix- wooo hoooo!!!
4) Quarter-finals – you cannot be serious. Sorry but this is rather akin to saying if San Marino had qualified- they could make it… . I would not even share this “insight” with my Nigerian friends nor do I think any of them would agree with this.
5) It will be great if this kills the ratial make-up of SAFO fans. With history- it must be said- so many different people checking out SA for the match could kill the crappy way that SA fans are mostly black and whites like cricket- come on people- kick racism, homophobia AND racial divides out of the beautiful game- wooo hoooo!!!
6) Perhaps the Orlando Pirates will gain some international acclaim- for their cool name, politics and emblem if nothing else… .

By: Bobo

Bobo — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:01:05 +0000

For some reason, I strongly believe England will win in 2010. As long as they don’t go to PKs.

By: Klaus Holzapfel

Klaus Holzapfel — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:09:52 +0000

You are making a lot of good points. I like your comment about the mascot. Right on;-)

Lionel Messi? It is very hard to predict the dominant player in advance.

Who will win this event? WAY too early to make any predictions!

I’d like to know how many tickets will be given away to low income locals. I think it could be a key element to gather more support from the general population.

The public viewing parties in Germany in 2006 were a HUGE success. If something like that could be organized in a peaceful manner it would send a very positive signal to the rest of the world.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:52:45 +0000

Hey SDFSD, if your gonna be like that, actually theoretically NOT any country can do it. Like Eritrea, who withdrew from qualifying. Or the dozens and dozens of teams already eliminated from qualifying. They can’t do it either.

SO GET A GRIP.

By: daryl

daryl — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:37:57 +0000

Feeling a bit pedantic sdfsd?

OK, so it’s badly phrased. But the meaning is obvious.

A World Cup in Africa possibly represents the best ever chance for an African team to go beyond the quarter-finals.

By: sdfsd

sdfsd — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:45:57 +0000

“But 2010 looks like the ideal chance for an African team to break that quarter-final barrier. Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria? Any of those teams could theoretically do it.”

This comment was pretty stupid…
Theoretically any country can do it.

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:35:12 +0000

Can’t wait. Ill be there hopefully. As for predictions? Wouldn’t Argentina Spain in the final be heaven for 90 minutes (or more!)? Im backing Egypt to be the African nation that is the dark horse. Strikeforce of Mido, Zidan, Zaki then throw in Aboutreka, Ghaly and some others…. They have the potential…

By: diana

diana — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:46:00 +0000

You pretty say everything, Daryl.

Speaking of time difference, that means there is going to be a six-hour difference between South Africa and where I come from (Singapore). Except during the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea (where both countries are an hour ahead of here), I have to watch football matches late in the night or rather in the wee hours of the morning. It happened in the 2006 World Cup and it was the same thing during Euro 2008 last year. I am used to it though.

‘It stems from extreme poverty, and I’m sure there’s going to be a LOT of security in & around stadiums and tourist areas.’
Yup. The Olympics in Beijing last year was already an example when it comes to implementing security measures.

It is always about the crime rate in South Africa which generate the headlines. But seriously for me, since this is going to be the first time the World Cup is going to be held in the African continent, it is going to be exciting.