tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post4555291379312663923..comments2023-12-14T10:28:43.397+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: The World Cup: Does It Come In Diamante?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-35680748032790132032010-07-08T20:14:24.000+01:002010-07-08T20:14:24.000+01:00Enrique - You're remarkably calm for a man who...Enrique - You're remarkably calm for a man whose nation will be contesting its first World Cup final on Sunday. If it was Ireland, I'd need tranquilisers. Oh, hold on ...<br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-58454611103105269062010-07-08T09:28:50.501+01:002010-07-08T09:28:50.501+01:00Declan, very interesting post.Declan, very interesting post.Enrique Galindonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-7664477003934298192010-07-08T05:07:46.869+01:002010-07-08T05:07:46.869+01:00The world has been waiting for this rematch of the...The world has been waiting for this rematch of the Eighty Years' War.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-67743804498103370652010-07-05T15:01:56.297+01:002010-07-05T15:01:56.297+01:00Eoin - You're on the ball, squire - best World...Eoin - You're on the ball, squire - best World Cup in a dog's age, since the knock-out phase started, at least. <br /><br />As for Spain v Holland - absolutely, it'd be terrific to see two teams playing for their first World Cup. But I fear the Germans ... even though they're playing lovely football, for a change. <br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-41361219275007006472010-07-05T12:52:03.942+01:002010-07-05T12:52:03.942+01:00Declan, continuing on from your religious theme, i...Declan, continuing on from your religious theme, it would be interesting if the former Nazis [Germany] met the former ex-Nazi harborers [Uruguay] in the final. Forget the lump of gold at stake, they could play for ownership of the Graf Spee. <br /><br />Seriously though, we call this the World Cup but when teams such as Italy, Brazil, Argentina, England go out early it somehow becomes devalued. Read any English paper today and you'd swear that its been the worst tournament in living memory. To me its been the most memorable since 86. <br /><br />Anyway, while I do own a couple of Uruguay shirts [much to the annoyance of some Scots I used to play football against], if you're prediction does come through not only are you a genius but it would present us with the glorious spectacle of a final between 2 teams fighting for their first world cup. That would be something to look forward to and may give us the best final since the last time it happened [which for the unfootballecated was 1978].<br /><br />To that I say Yay!Eoinhttp://www.enganobooks.comnoreply@blogger.com