This weeks podcast where Numbernine and The Fool discuss the opening three games of the world cup.
Games discussed / played when recorded:
Brazil v Croatia
Mexico v Cameroon
Netherlands v Spain
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The latest podcast is now up over in the football section In this weeks podcast we discuss the first three games; Brazil v Croatia, Mexico v Cameroon and Netherlands v Spain.
World Cup balls, 1930-2014
An interesting link that was phoned in my a long time listener, first time caller: The NY Times has an interactive look at the balls used in the World Cup from 1930 onward. Here’s the ball from 1930: World Cup balls, 1930-2014
More Important than Life or Death
ninesixfourtwo: My erstwhile colleague gave his crystal ball gazing predictions for the first week of games last tuesday, and to follow that up I thought I would give you all my opinion on each team’s chances, where I think they will end up and some predictions on how the groups will finish. As we mentioned… …
Calm before the storm (or not)
ninesixfourtwo: The other day as we were watching one of the many news stories about the approaching World Cup, when one of my colleagues advised a flatmate of his was going to watch the tournament in Brazil, staying there with his family. At this point several other co workers started commenting on whether… Calm before …
More Important than Life or Death
My erstwhile colleague gave his crystal ball gazing predictions for the first week of games last tuesday, and to follow that up I thought I would give you all my opinion on each team’s chances, where I think they will end up and some predictions on how the groups will finish. As we mentioned in …
Calm before the storm (or not)
The other day as we were watching one of the many news stories about the approaching World Cup, when one of my colleagues advised a flatmate of his was going to watch the tournament in Brazil, staying there with his family. At this point several other co workers started commenting on whether said flatmate would …
The Opiate of the Masses
ninesixfourtwo: I have fond memories of watching past world cups, especially those of my childhood, from 1986 through to 1998. These I watched at home in front of my TV watching as many games as I could on our free-to-air TV channels. I have vague memories of the 86 world cup, some of which have …
Countdown to destiny.
ninesixfourtwo: I can hardly believe we are only a few days away from the opening game in Sao Paulo. The Fool and myself have been quietly (or not so quietly) anticipating this week for a long long time. And why would we not? The first weekend has a huge line up of games with several …
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