# 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 10, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677 "2010-06-10T17:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 90
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1781 "2010-06-27T19:02:45Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > This World Cup has convinced me, beyond any argument, of the need to use replay technology. No ifs, no buts, no excuses, no whining about “tradition” or “the human factor” or any other crap like that. > > Just use the fucking technology. I really can’t disagree. Mexico is losing their focus. Argentina 2-0 now. Wow that defender was sloppy. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1782 "2010-06-27T19:02:49Z")
No doubt about that one tho’. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1783 "2010-06-27T19:03:15Z")
Well, no officiating error on that goal; just an awful play by the Mexican defender. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1784 "2010-06-27T19:05:14Z")
It’s looking like the earlier game. A horrible, horrible call goes against them and they lose their composure. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1785 "2010-06-27T19:07:52Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > This World Cup has convinced me, beyond any argument, of the need to use replay technology. No ifs, no buts, no excuses, no whining about “tradition” or “the human factor” or any other crap like that. > > Just use the fucking technology. Apparently, there’s only Sepp Blatter who is against it. How the fuck does one man get such a say in an event of this magnitude? ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1786 "2010-06-27T19:23:48Z")
Do FIFA refs decide who they want to win in advance? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1787 "2010-06-27T19:41:17Z")
What a strike! 3-0 ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1788 "2010-06-27T19:41:30Z")
Hell of a strike from Tevez. Can’t believe Argentina’s turn-around! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1789 "2010-06-27T19:43:07Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > What a strike! 3-0 NO kidding. That was staggering. A lightning bolt from Tevez! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1790 "2010-06-27T19:46:51Z")
> [@Xan](#): > > Do FIFA refs decide who they want to win in advance? In the case of the 2002 game between South Korea and Italy, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1791 "2010-06-27T19:59:41Z")
Minor peeve - what is with the American habit of adding an “s” to words that don’t need it? Offsides? Daylight Savings Time? Oh and 3-1 - nice goal! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1792 "2010-06-27T20:03:23Z")
Mexico is having a much strong second half, but it won’t be enough. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1793 "2010-06-27T20:18:55Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Minor peeve - what is with the American habit of adding an “s” to words that don’t need it? > > Offsides? > > Daylight Savings Time? > > Oh and 3-1 - nice goal! Yeah, and calling a single at-bat an “innings”! Who would do that?!? Oh, wait, that’s the English. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1794 "2010-06-27T20:24:08Z")
> [@TheBoltEater](#): > > Yeah, and calling a single at-bat an “innings”! Who would do that?!? Oh, wait, that’s the English. 😉 The difference is that “innings” is correct in British English, but neither “offsides” nor “daylight savings” is correct in American English. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1795 "2010-06-27T20:31:04Z")
For the Americans wondering what our team needs to step up and play with the elite teams of the world, look at Tevez’s and Hernandez’s goals and that last strike by Messi. We don’t have, and have never had, players who can create on their own like that. Give those kind of players an inch of space and they’ll come up with something spectacular. Our teams are getting better year after year, but we can’t seem to produce superstars. All the best teams have one, we don’t. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1796 "2010-06-27T20:31:48Z")
Well, Congratulations to Argentina. I have to say that I was getting really annoyed with the local and national Univision coverage, there where many times were interviews with astrologers and “witch doctors” were shown on TV, they expressed confidence that Mexico was going to win. :rolleyes: Where are your brujos now? 🙂 :Sigh: Reporters usually never go back to those “prognosticators” and explain to the public how stupid it was to give them broadcast time. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1797 "2010-06-27T20:32:49Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > The difference is that “innings” is correct in British English, but neither “offsides” nor “daylight savings” is correct in American English. 😛 Actually, they are. Even if they are idiomatic, they are still correct. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1798 "2010-06-27T20:40:02Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Except that I find it hard to believe the England would have been so aggressive and only left one defender back on the free kick that led to the third goal had the game had been tied at the time. Exactly. England had to press forward to score a goal they had already scored, leaving themselves exposed at the back. I am fully of the opinion that England should refuse to take part in any further competitions unless goalline technology is used. I am fed up of this shit. I’ve watched football for too long and seen too many of these incidents. Somebody with clout has to take a stand. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1799 "2010-06-27T20:41:03Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Apparently, there’s only Sepp Blatter who is against it. How the fuck does one man get such a say in an event of this magnitude? Apparently by a lot of money changing hands to get the votes of the football associations of certain smaller countries. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1800 "2010-06-27T20:41:28Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well, Congratulations to Argentina. > > I have to say that I was getting really annoyed with the local and national Univision coverage, there where many times were interviews with astrologers and “witch doctors” were shown on TV, they expressed confidence that Mexico was going to win. :rolleyes: > > Where are your brujos now? 🙂 > > :Sigh: > > Reporters usually never go back to those “prognosticators” and explain to the public how stupid it was to give them broadcast time. It wasn’t impossible for Mexico to win today, but no one in their right mind, Mexican homers notwithstanding, could have seriously predicted it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677.md?page=91)