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Subject: [Leica] RE: Congrats to the Soccaroos! (Nathan Wajsman)
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Fri Jun 23 14:56:17 2006

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

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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>
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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

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