Oh yes I so miss the world cup. have to wait for 4 long years :(( I miss all the teams and the players. they made my summer less boring but now they're gone I'm bored again nothing good to watch :

I just miss being in Spain during the WC and celebrating with them. Good times.

I'm with Buddha, thank f..k SBS has 2 channels now, when the WC and Tour De France were on simultaneously...it was great, the World Cup lacked sparkle this year, so I was happy to flick it over to the Tour to get some real action. (PS the 2 French birds giving you a kiss if you won say the Sprinters' jersey..mmm)

Even Martin Tyler said on SBS the other night "when I got back heer to England, no-one who watched the WC on TV had a good thing to say about it."

Bring on 2014 Brazil, and let's write off the last WC as a blip.

I think that people are looking forward to the A-League and Euro Club Football now because the World Cup was poo. Even many playes worldwide seem pumped up for the club season. At least they won't have sh.tty horns to deal with.

hahaha..no worries. my family dont mind them and i know a few people who dont like them, but i dont really care, i still use them.

my cousins bird goes crazy the moment i lift the vuvuzela up.

no i dont miss this world cup... bland in all aspects

i was just joking by the way if i asked if i could have a spare, i'd like one but the rest of my family can't stand them

suppose always a good thing to be sure....

well i picked up a few vuvuzelas from him today. he also brought me back a world cup mug. bought my bro a spain vuvuzela keyring...

i just had to be sure

Body barrelling?

why would he be going to South Australia for world cup.....

and there was alot of garbage... England vs Algeria, Paraguay vs Japan, Paraguay vs New Zealand... the later Paraguay games, all the Spanish matches, the Netherlands vs Slovakia although 3 goals i was still bored... there was alot of crap games that lacked intensity and fluidity

Yeah fair enough too. I went through stages of thinking some games were poor, but that was mainly after watching Germany or Argentina dismantle someone... But still, it only comes around once every 4 years and the people really complaining are probably the same people who want to see it more regularly. Anyway, I miss it and I loved it...

Funny though; I went to Germany, but only saw a quarter of the games that I saw sitting here on the couch!

Most matches lived up to my expectations which were somewhat small. But there were a few which made me want to watch the Tour. I am an avid watcher of it every year, but I am football fan first and foremost and that's what took preference for the World Cup, unless the game was garbage

Fair enough... I was lucky (or unlucky) enough to be off work with an injury for the entire duration of the Cup, and I missed (not through choice) 2 games. That's correct, I watched the 10pm and midnight games live then woke up for the 10am replay for the 4am game; at no point did I think I'd rather be anywhere else watching anything else... But, that's just me.

Trust me Hank.
I would rather watch a football match.
But some matches at this World Cup made me want to watch the Tour De France more.

I don't get it, I thought this was a football forum. I love loads of other sports, but you guys (football fans, supposedly) would rather watch the Tour de France vs the World Cup which is footballs show piece event and on top of that is only shown EVERY 4 YEARS?

I'm not saying I'm a super fan and you guys aren't, or that I hate all other sports, but I do find it strange...

That's it.
The Tour de France is one of the few stage races which does not give out time bonuses

well i sort of figured that was the general idea, but isn't there more to it?

The winner is the rider who has the lowest overall time
The Sprinters Jersey gives points for stage finishes and intermediate sprints throughout the stage
The King of the Mountains is given to highest amount of points accumulated at the top of each categorised climb. The big mountains give 25 at the top, and it is scaled down from there

apart from that, how does all the point scoring in the races like the tour de france work?

That was in the olympics.
Mountain stages are great to watch.

the thing that entertains me most is when they ride under those shower sprinkler things, i like them

that and a massive crash, apart from that it's rather dull just watching riding endlessly

Agree with The Doc.

cycling for me is one of those sports you follow and try and find out who won and what ever, but don't follow avidly

Schleck vs Contador beats Paraguay vs Japan easily... total waste of time

Every day of the week...

0-0 draw, over tour de france for me :lol:

I miss Tour De France more than WC because there was alot of shit games at the World Cup that i was pissed off afterwards about staying up for a dull 0-0, whereas the Tour you could drift in and out on for 3-4 hours and there was always something interesting happening unlike Japan vs Paraguay or even Spain vs Portugal

Well, there are 2 that have said something similar in here now... Fucking mental if you prefer the A-League to The World Cup - regardless of how poor it was deemed.