World Cup 2014

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I believe that on the 30th April the Thai TV regulator ruled that all 64 World Cup matches must be shown on free TV.
This ruling has annoyed RS Pay TV who only wanted 22 matches being shown live with the rest being viewable only through their pay TV network.
So it looks like the matches will be shown live on channels 3,5,7,9 etc. but,this being Thailand,dont take anything for granted ! :wink:
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where can I buy a RS box in Hua Hin?
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Wasn't sure where to put this, but hopefully this will do. Even if you're not a Liverpool fan an England fan or indeed a Gerrard fan, it's an interesting read about what makes the player.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27681798
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Well, England went into the game against the mighty Honduras with their probable starting 11 to play Italy. Surely this would be a walkover for a team ranked amongst the world's 10 best. It would definitely be worth losing a little beauty sleep to see the lads go into the World cup finals with a mighty, confidence boosting victory.

I had been secretly hoping the negativity surrounding England's world cup chances had been misplaced.

What utter crap!! Playing against only 10 men for the last 30 minutes, England hardly made any chances, and when they did, the forwards were seriously lacking.

Where was England's width? Every attack was straight down the middle. The only width was a couple of full backs, who were rarely used.

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Agreed, it was pathetic by any standards. Wellbeck and Sturridge were truly awful, Wilshire showed an outstanding ability to carry the ball too far and lose it, Berkley was the only occasional flash of originality.

Oh and the ref appeared to think he was in charge of the Battle of Little Bighorn rather than a low grade, low tempo friendly.
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England arrive in Brazil
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U.S. World Cup team's Americanness sparks debate

http://worldcup.usatoday.com/2014/06/09 ... rit=206567
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Maybe we will do OK this time. In true Brit fashion we are giving off all the negative vibes possible. Remember the last WC? We thought we would sail it. Personally I think they and Germany will go further than most punters think and my money would be on a Germany Brazil final.

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richard wrote: Remember the last WC? We thought we would sail it.
Did we? Blimey.
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Vanishing spray, seems like a good idea, maybe we will see more free-kick goals.

Howard Webb has accidentally set off a can of the new vanishing spray, designed to stop defenders at the World Cup encroaching at free-kicks, much to the amusement of his fellow referees..........

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This is like something from a Carry On film.

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England fans look away now...
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The 'song' everyone is plugging to get to No.1 after the great Rik Mayall's untimely passing.....

Not quite Olivier or Branagh, but great fun!

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Brazil 3 - 1 Croatia.

I see tonight's referee managed to ensure the desired result was achieved. :twisted:
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