Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Hoppy, You are absolutely right that the Australian players have improved because most of their players play for clubs in the English Premiership and elsewhere in Europe. The experience they get there is serving them well in the World Cup. The same is true of other minor countries (in a football/soccer context) such as the African countries or the USA. Cheers, Nathan G Hopkinson wrote: > Nathan, I'll respond as one of the Aus LUGgers > There's quite a bit of exposure locally on their campaign, as you may > imagine. Soccer (football) is really only just increasing a little in > profile locally, with other football codes dominating. > It's amazing how unexpected success (cheering for the underdog) can > generate > patriotic fervour as well as a crop of instant experts amongst our sporting > public. Reminds me of the America's Cup yachting. > > I would think that the number of players that are overseas based is an > indication of their growing expertise and need to play with the "big boys" > for development, remuneration etc. > > My (10yr old) son is off shortly for their local contest, their team > currently being on top! > Now if you want a challenge, try shooting the action with a 90 on your M. > > Cheers > Hoppy > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:00:53 +0200 > From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> > Subject: [Leica] Congrats to the Soccaroos! > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Message-ID: <449B6775.6080908@nathanfoto.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Since we have several list members Down Under, I want to congratulate > them on the Aussie team making it to the second round of the World Cup. > It was a truly impressive performance that earned Australia the 2-2 tie > against Croatia, and they were robbed of two clear penalties during the > game. > > Well done! > > In fact, watching Australia was kind of like watching a second England > team, given that the majority of the players play in the English Premier > League. It was especially satisfying to me to see Liverpool's Harry > Kewell score the vital goal that made it 2-2. > > Nathan > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog