Putting things into perspective
Whilst everyone has been sinking their collective boots into the Socceroos and Pim Verbeek (myself included) after their poor performance against Germany maybe we should put some perspective on things. We should spare a thought for the fans of Chile, a football mad nation (unlike ourselves) who have had to wait 48 years between wins at the World Cup. For us it has only been four years since our one and only World Cup win, that’s right four years. For what’s it worth, I was pretty impressed with the performance of my second team in the World Cup and it is the subject of my latest blog for 442. Also one must spare a thought for the fans of Greece, a country and football nation that has contributed much to the Australian footballing landscape, have had to wait until 2010 to see their team pick up their first ever point and win and score their first ever goal at a World Cup. Certainly, puts thing into perspective doesn’t it.
Tags: chile, greece, pim verbeek, socceroos
July 2nd, 2010 at 2:23 pm
It certainly does! Australian fans are pretty cruel. Well, the Australian media is. On the one hand a media antagonistic to football and hence ready with venom at the slightest excuse, and on the other hand a nervous, cringing media wanting to stay above the failure that they fear. Not a good stew.