Worst World Cup?

I was joking too. just wanted to know why 34 would be better than 38. They won 'em both!

The bl oody vuvuzelas even reached Brazil last time, GRRRRRRRRR. Walking down the street was an absolute pain in the butt!

Germany beating England in the 1/4's by sheer willpower, an amazing goal poaching Gerd Muller helping them
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Peter The Cat helped them quite a lot too

1934 didn't have any Group Stages so it was poor insofar as teams were expected to make huge journeys to play one game and get thrashed and go home.

1954 in my opinion was an outstanding world cup. An absolute explosion of goals. Scotlands debut ofcourse but the first time England really flexed their muscles, after the debacle of 1950. That 4-4 draw with Belgium, that incredible quarter-final between hosts Switzerland and neighbours Austria, where the Swiss burst into a 3-0 lead only to be 5-4 down by half-time , eventually losing 5-7.

And then there were the great Magical Magyars. Still think there was something amiss that they didn't win the Final. 2-0 up inside 8 minutes having destroyed everything in their path up til that point. Really think 1954 is quite underrated, just so long ago that people have either forgotten or they don't think it counts as much as the ones in colour TV

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I loved 1994 - some great matches but a disappointing final. 2010 was the worst I've seen and I think the ball must have had something to do with this.

Euro 2000 and 2008 were probably better, in terms of sheer quality, than any World Cup in my memory.

Drink Little

As did Jack Charlton from my fading memory, not exactly Mr Mobile, though clearly later an inspirational manager to Ireland.

comment by bomdia (U13941)
posted 14 hours, 37 minutes ago
Drink Little

As did Jack Charlton from my fading memory, not exactly Mr Mobile, though clearly later an inspirational manager to Ireland.
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Bom dia, Bomdia Are you gonna provide daily updates from Brasil? I was thinking of going but my friends in Salvador said don't waste your money it's gonna suck. Not the football, the social conditions. It's a shame. What are the locals opinion on the tournament where you are?

Well I'm actually back in the UK for most of it haha, but there are daily strikes and protests about the spending vs what is spent on public sector pay/ infrastructure so Rio is crazy (ok crazier) in the afternoons. Police strike last week, so they were unable to direct traffic so consequently it flowed much more smothly.

Hotel rooms are beginning to come available, lots of people cancelling trips who were put off by the thoughts of the chaos and the crime. Most looking foward to it, hoping Brasil will win, scared s( ***) less that Argentina might! Very few I know seem to have got tickets but are looking forward to the 1/2 day holidays in Rio when games at the Maracana.

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comment by bomdia (U13941)
posted 14 hours, 37 minutes ago
Drink Little

As did Jack Charlton from my fading memory, not exactly Mr Mobile, though clearly later an inspirational manager to Ireland.
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Bom dia, BomdiaAre you gonna provide daily updates from Brasil? I was thinking of going but my friends in Salvador said don't waste your money it's gonna suck. Not the football, the social conditions. It's a shame. What are the locals opinion on the tournament where you are?
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Drink Little, Happy to give some info for those coming. Manaus will be stinking hot and rooms hard to come by I believe, it's expensive even by Brasilian standards as everything is flown in, Sao Paulo has traffic that is difficult to believe, anyone going there needs to look at the journey time, double it and add 30 minutes for any journey, also do not expect taxi drivers to have even the vaguest idea where anything is, so have a map handy to show them, and learn the Portuguese for left, right and in front. Don't hail a cab in the street unless you want a long ride in the wrong direction, get one from a hotel. Belo Horizonte (Belo Rizonch) is smaller and a bit more relaxed though with less infrastructure when I was last there.

Temps in SP and Belo tend to be mid to upper 20's in winter. Brazil is expensive, drink the local beer (choppi), it's much cheaper and use Pratos restuarants where you pay the weight of the food on the plate. The steakhouses are great but really pricey.