Australia!

[misscam]

Australia qualified for the football World Cup.

Ye Gods. In penalty kick-outs, no less, wrecking havoc on my poor nerves as I was watching (Eurosport was sending it, thankfully). Now I can cheer for Australia in the WC, given that Norway is so not going to manage to qualify. (Norwegian team, you suck.)

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi oi oi!

Well, this cheered me up drastically.

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[cadiliniel.livejournal.com]

Wales didn't qualify. Wales are rubbish. So I feel you pain at the suckage of national teams *g* Yay the Aussies!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Oh, we made it to play-offs. We're playing the Czechs tonight. But since they beat us 0-1 on our home turf, we're so gonna get ass-kicked.

And the game we played was abyssmal.

[hadria.livejournal.com]

Canada doesn't even know what "football" is.

But! I think Serbia/Croatia/Slovenia made it in and you should pity-cheer for them all since, well, they all suck in events like this. I have trouble reconciling this heritage with the bits of German in me.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Clearly, you need to learn. Most popular sport, baby.

Serbia and Croatia qualified and are off to Germany. Slovenia, not so much. Croatia is actually not half bad. They did okay in the 2004 Euro.

I know way too much about this stuff.

[hadria.livejournal.com]

Aw, I thought Slovenia did. That might have been hockey though. They must be a smart people. ;)

Oh, Serbia/Croatia/former Yugoslavia always do "OK". Problem is they never actually do...excellent. I believe they won the world cup once ever. The rest of the time they're sucking right at the bottom or end up in fifth place overall. ARGH.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Slovakia is in the play-offs (decider tonight), so maybe you got them confused.

Aaaw. In 1992, Yugoslavia didn't get to play the Euro due to the war and Denmark got their spot and won the whole thing. Life's so unfair, innit?

[msgenevieve.livejournal.com]

Oi oi oi!

I'm exhausted by all the screaming in the living room - I'm sure the neighbour thought we were being murdered. I cannot *believe* we've finally made it after so long. Huzzah!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You've won an Olympic winter gold medal at last and qualified for the WC. You're on a roll!

Must be madness over there. I'm kinda sad I'm not there to see it all, now.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

We did?

Holy crap, we are teh greatest! *does happy dance*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You did.

Tsk on you for not knowing.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, I wasn't watching the telly, was I?

[shandydann]

Yay! Aussies! *cheers as boyfriend's an Austrailian*

I hope they do really well. I need to make a cheer!icon

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Next year should show.

[briasoleil.livejournal.com]

Best. Sport. Ever.

Well, it's the only sport worth mentioning. And it's a truly brilliant sport in its own right.

I think we should be able to yellow and red card governments and militaries. Could you imagine? Diplomacy a la soccer. *g*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

In fact, instead of wars, we could just let the countries settle it over football. Same national pride, less injuries. Mostly.

*red cards Bush*

[briasoleil.livejournal.com]

But, but, but, but... Canada will never win an international conflict, if this is the way things are decided. And sometimes, we're quite reasonable. But yes, obviously the UN needs to take this into consideration. And no more veto to certain countries!

*red cards Bush too*

[the-grokster.livejournal.com]

*joins in the red carding*
Can we enforce a lifetime ban?

Also, Terry Pratchett's Jingo has a rather nice explanation of how football beats war.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

We might allow it to be decided by hockey sometimes. Perhaps. It must be taken up to careful consideration.

[the-grokster.livejournal.com]

I won't even mention how the US is doing in football since it's just...sad. I'm cheering for Argentina (and THIS time we will beat Brazil! Honest!) and England out of adopted country pride, and of course for Australia, simply because of the oi oi oi. It's so much fun to chant, isn't it?

But, "Vamos, Argentina! Oi oi oi!" lacks a certain something. Crossovers don't work well in footy.

...I need the mindbleach now for thoughts of "ZOMG Croatia and Germany OTP so canon!" We could just transform the fans into shippers, really...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You didn't do too bad in your own World Cup so time back, though. But that was a while abck, granted. Times not improved?

[the-grokster.livejournal.com]

Well, if you ignore the fact that the Cup was hijacked as a political stunt by the military dictatorship in power then, no, we didn't do badly. We always do pretty well (*holds up Olympic gold and shoves it in people's faces humbly acknowledges a match well played*) and then lose in the crucial round. But yes, props to Argentina.

[idreamedmusic.livejournal.com]

Yay for Australia! (They played Uruguay, no? I'm so out of the loop.) I always enjoy seeing them play for some reason.
Bummer about Norway, though. Sorry to hear. But then I'm not sure that Germany would have qualified in the state they are in right now...

"Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda! You'll come a waltzing matilda with me..."

[melliyna.livejournal.com]

I think the neighbours thought a small explosion had taken place in our living room when that penalty kick went in

*cheers*

I'd also love to red card Bush

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Lucky for you you're host nation, then.

*pets poor Norway* We'll have to cheer for Sweden. And Australia.

Heh, more people know that song than the actual Australian anthem.

[idreamedmusic.livejournal.com]

Extremely lucky. We suck so bad right now... at least we tied France. Sweden and Australia - nice mix. I'll root for Germany (d'oh), England, and the Aussies. Can't wait till next summer. So glad I live in Berlin.

I couldn't sing the Australian anthem, but then they seem to like Waltzing Matilda better themselves, at least I hear it more often.

[chunkylimes.livejournal.com]

Yay Australia! I do wish Norway had gotten in, though. Their uniforms are nice.

[limegreen-sloth.livejournal.com]

I was watching it while working a trial shift at my new job. When that last penalty went through, well, it was lucky I wasn't holding any glasses at the time. 32 years!

There's nothing like watching it in a pub full of pissed Aussies too. There was hugging and dancing and the loudest cheering I've ever heard, and that includes Grand Final celebrations.

[siraj.livejournal.com]

"Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi oi oi!"

Could someone tell me where in the name of Anubis that saying came from? I've been trying to figure it out for about a decade.

[ljghost.livejournal.com]

Well, I *think* it started with the cricket and just migrated to all sports from there.

"oi" is just something we say, often to mark attention "Oi, you!" instead of "Hey, you!" or you could use the surprise "Oi!" when something in particular happens to you - kind of a noise we make when we get the fright of our life... now that I think about it, we hardly use it consciously.

[siraj.livejournal.com]

*nods* okay, now it makes a little more sense. Thanks!

[erhothwen.livejournal.com]

I just want to hear the sexy Aussie accents. (And see some good Aussie bum)

[elvenpiratelady.livejournal.com]

*cheers for the team* I was finishing an essay last night when my mother came home and was all excited about the soccer. Go, Aussie, go! Who knows, we might even arouse the general public's interest in the game win! *begins making massive banner*

And I'm also all for us winning a game if it means the players run around shirtless. :P

[the-grokster.livejournal.com]

Mmmm...shirtless football players...