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All Whites through to the 2010 soccer world cup

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With the All Whites beating Bahrain last night that was heck of a good game with the All Whites wining one nil :rockout: :rockout: :rockout: :rockout: :rockout: :rockout: :rockout: :rockout: .If any of guys were at the game or watched the game on Sky I would be keen to hear your thoughts about the game

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I'm not a big fan, and normally find football about as exciting as watching paint dry, but it was a very exciting game. Our goalie was awesome and he did a couple of excellent saves that kept our 1-0 lead through til the end of the game and got us through. That's my inexpert opinion!!

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I'm not a big fan, and normally find football about as exciting as watching paint dry, but it was a very exciting game. Our goalie was awesome and he did a couple of excellent saves that kept our 1-0 lead through til the end of the game and got us through. That's my inexpert opinion!!

Same here but I found myself jumping around in the last 4 minutes :oops:

It's nice that we're giving another sport some attention too (No offence to rugby or anything)

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Nothing like thrashing the big guns of world soccer like Fiji,Vanuatu and Bahrain to qualify to take on the best.

Hopefully we won`t end up celebrating getting within 8 goals of the other teams in our pool.

Hey we've come close against Brazil a couple of times. Don't write them off just yet. For such a small country we're doing well to be where we are atm.

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Coming close is a bit of a stretch - last game we lost 4 - 0 (which to be fair is a good result for us).

I was at the game and it was an amazing atmosphere - nothing like any rugby match I've ever been to. All Whites played out of their skins; every single one of them were passionately committed to winning that match. Congratulations - it was well deserved. Will look forward to South Africa!

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We may be a small country and the All Whites have given some of the top soccer sides in the world a good run for there money like Brazil and thought that was pretty going for the All Whites when they lost 4-0 against Brazil

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We may be a small country and the All Whites have given some of the top soccer sides in the world a good run for there money like Brazil and thought that was pretty going for the All Whites when they lost 4-0 against Brazil

....I suppose thats good if you are used to celebrating mediocrity....4-0 on paper dosent sound that fantastic to me. I saw the game and Brazil toyed with NZ and turned up the heat when they needed to and popped another goal in.

....never mind I`ll let NZ have their moment.

I remember Portugal celebrating in the rugby world cup when they kept the all blacks to 80 points.

I could never understand these coaches who congratulated people who lost.

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We may be a small country and the All Whites have given some of the top soccer sides in the world a good run for there money like Brazil and thought that was pretty going for the All Whites when they lost 4-0 against Brazil

....I suppose thats good if you are used to celebrating mediocrity....4-0 on paper dosent sound that fantastic to me. I saw the game and Brazil toyed with NZ and turned up the heat when they needed to and popped another goal in.

....never mind I`ll let NZ have their moment.

I remember Portugal celebrating in the rugby world cup when they kept the all blacks to 80 points.

I could never understand these coaches who congratulated people who lost.

Agreed, they got a super easy road to qualify, and there is no chance at all that they will get a result in a single game. Sport is about winning, if your not first your a loser.

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We may be a small country and the All Whites have given some of the top soccer sides in the world a good run for there money like Brazil and thought that was pretty going for the All Whites when they lost 4-0 against Brazil

....I suppose thats good if you are used to celebrating mediocrity....4-0 on paper dosent sound that fantastic to me. I saw the game and Brazil toyed with NZ and turned up the heat when they needed to and popped another goal in.

....never mind I`ll let NZ have their moment.

I remember Portugal celebrating in the rugby world cup when they kept the all blacks to 80 points.

I could never understand these coaches who congratulated people who lost.

I disagree - success can be relative. A draw against Wales last year and a tight loss to Italy this year were two results to be celebrated. Compared to the levels of support that NZ Football receives (financially & from the public) in relation to other footballing nations, I think the results against Brazil, Wales and Italy can be considered a success.

Agreed, they got a super easy road to qualify, and there is no chance at all that they will get a result in a single game. Sport is about winning, if your not first your a loser.

Judging from our other results over the past few years i think that getting a result is well within our reach - especially if the draw is favorable towards us.

Thats a very narrow minded view of sport don't you think?

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I agree as well a draw against Wales and a tight lost against Italy that can be celebrated a suuccess.I can remember the Ireland and Georiga game from the Rugby world cup and I thought good on rugby minow on giving one of the top rugby sides in the world giving Ireland a good run for it's money and that was a good game to watch

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Great night for NZ Football, really proud of all the boys and coaching staff!

27 years is a long wait, I know 82' is what got me into footy,

One of the best All Whites performances of all time, what a magic evening!

Still getting a bit chocked up watching the replays of the goals and post match celebrations, there will be some deservedly heavy heads amongst the lads today!

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Judging from our other results over the past few years i think that getting a result is well within our reach - especially if the draw is favorable towards us.

Thats a very narrow minded view of sport don't you think?

Yeh it is pretty narrow minded, but to be honest thats the view I have on most things in life, if you do something you should strive to be the best not just better than most.

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Judging from our other results over the past few years i think that getting a result is well within our reach - especially if the draw is favorable towards us.

Thats a very narrow minded view of sport don't you think?

Yeh it is pretty narrow minded, but to be honest thats the view I have on most things in life, if you do something you should strive to be the best not just better than most.

Oh I completely agree with you there - there is no point in doing something half-assed.

I just think that credit should be give where credit is due - win or lose.

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Congrats to the all whites for making it through - this coming from an Australian, no not taking the piss :pfft: Hopefully this will start to lift the profile of soccer in NZ, because it isn't all about rugby - there are others sports that deserve the same support and attention from the media.

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