Friday

It's amazing how one one absolutely terrible decision can change a Friday night for a whole nation.

Instead of being able to stroll down the pub and cheer on Australia against Ukraine we now have to do the exact opposite, and actually barrack for the Ukraine.

The only consolation is they do wear yellow, and if you squint your eyes or have had a couple to many, you may just be able to imagine that's Viduka scoring that goal tonight, and celebrating with Luke "the cutter" Wilkshire and teammates taking Australia to its rightful place, the Semi-finals of Germany 2006.


O yes it would be wonderful if it were true, but alas, it's not.

At least we can take pleasure at hurling abuse at the Italians, as they are hopefully crushed by the World Cup debutants.

Come on Ukraine do it for the teams that wear yellow (except Brazil they need no help), and spank those Italians senseless, do whatever is necessary, just please beat them!

Tonight I have an empty space in my heart, as I think about what should of been........

‘Roos of the future

The Socceroos have had an awesome impact during their 15 days at the Round Ball Footy World Cup in Germany 06. There’s been so much to reflect upon (and get very worked up about), but so much to look forward to.


See you, Boss. We love you. Don't forget about us over there in Russia.

Unfortunately, we all knew that our Maestro Guus would be leaving us, and now we’ve got to find ourselves a new Maestro to lead us through the Asian Cup, into the Beijing Olympics and on to ROUND BALL FOOTY GLORY IN 2010!!

RBF takes a moment to mull over some of the changes that will occur.

A new Maestro?

The big-money question. Who will it be?

It's hard to say, there'll be a lot of high-power discussions and wheeling-and-dealing in the FFA boardrooms. But Round ball Footy is sure of one thing:



Oh dear God, no!!!

We'll just leave you with that shocking thought ... just don't let it happen, Round Ball Footy fans!!




The retirees...

It’s the end of an era for many Socceroos, some of our golden oldies will be:


Tony Poppa, Workhorse Stan (pictured) and Capt’n Craig – they will lead an exodus into the A-League and international retirement.
Boxhead: soon-to-be A-League workhorse


(We don’t know where the Fumble-Spider will end up.)

It looks like Weezy and the mighty Shwarzenegger will continue on as regular starters till they drop dead – along with our ‘youngsters’: Boy-Wonder Lucas, Hero Timmy, Jason Culina, the Jaffle, Bresha, and the Mega Fauna himself, Joshua Kennedy.

(V-Bomber may try and have a few more kickabouts in the Green & Gold, but if he doesn’t score in his next 2 games, he’ll be outta there too.)



Onya boys!

I’m definitely aiming at still being around. My goal is to be there with Australia in 2010
-Mark Schwarzer

Referees for Aussie games

These are the four so called "refs" of the Aussie games. We faced a total penalty count of 98 against and only 59 for.

Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt). Despite his refereeing we won this game, he is still crap and should go home. Fouls: Australia 22 - Japan 11.

Markus Merk (Germany) Fouls: Australia 25 - Brazil 9.

Dude just PISS OFF!

Graham Poll (England). What a disaster this fella turned out to be, have you got any idea about what you are doing My Poll. Fouls: Australia 25 - Croatia 22, remember this match featured Round Ball Footy's first inductee into the Hall of Dirtiness Josip Simunic so we all know that's just Bull Shit. Get out of the World Cup. See ya!

Luis Mendaja Cantalejo what a crap referee! Thanks for kicking us out of the World Cup Mr Cantalejo, Fouls: Australia 26 - Italy 17, Including that RIDICULOUS PENALTY!

You're a wanker!
Yes, I am still very bitter about this Mr Cantalejo.

The show must go on

Well the dust has settled, the tears seem to have stopped for now at least (just don't mention that moment) and I guess with great reluctance, it is time to accept that there is still a World Cup to be won.

Only 8 teams are left and here is the draw.

Hopefully Italy will get spanked by the radiation fuelled and Shevchenko lead Ukraine in the quarter finals.

At least the Ukraine wear yellow and lets face it Round Ball Footy fans, yellow is the new black.

Who else to support? Now that's a tough one. Any ideas Round Ball Footy fans?

That game against Italy.......... and that

BLOODY PENALTY!!!!!!

Oh no. I shouldn't of thought about that again, quick pass me a tissue...........

Ned Zelic

Not sure if everyone thinks he's a tool, but here is a site made by some like minded people. Ned Zelic "Fansite".

Be Proud Australia

Today will go down as the day Australia got knocked out of the World Cup.

Round Ball Footy fans we must be proud of the effort that the Socceroos made. Love the Green and Gold, wear your Socceroos scarf everyday for the rest of winter, and most of all love your Round Ball Footy! Over the past weeks we have lived, breathed and died by the Round Ball.

Aussie fans all over the world can be proud of the achievements of the Socceroos.

It has begun Round Ball Footy fans
VIVA THE REVOLUTION!

Please don't forget about our mighty Socceroos, they will be back and need you more than ever!

Just because we are knocked out doesn't mean we have to stop singing! So go on download the song have a beer and a sing!

Italy are a disgrace

We all know the story:

Australia is dominating a tiring, 10-man squad as extra time approaches. Italy, knowing that they can't last another 30 mins and that the Socceroos will run over the top of them, resort to their only real 'talent': diving.

(We all know that the main function of Serie A is diving practice for Italians and match-fixing shenanigans behind the scenes.)

Grosso beats a couple of players on the left flank, reaches the penalty area, and hurls himself over the fallen Lucas Neill.

The Dive

He's milked the penalty, and not even the Shwarzenator can pull off the miracle save to restore justice to this horrible, farcical ref decision.

With disbelief, it seems that our World Cup has ended the way it began: with no luck from those bastard refs.

It shouldn't have ended this way.

With no other teams impressing for 2nd-team supporting rights, it looks like we'll be left to ponder who we hate more right now: Italy (for being filthy divers and crap match-fixers) or Spain (for sending us that stinky, Grosso-loving ref).

Italy, you are a disgrace. Catch some radiation when you're diving all over the Ukraine.

That Hurt

OUCH!!!!! Hey Ref that hurts.

Almost as much as this......

You bastard

Rorted

Bullshit, ref.

That's all for now. Too upset...

The new biggest RBF game ever!!

After having endured a succession of 3 'biggest Round Ball Footy games ever', Australia is gearing up for the next in the series: the new biggest Round Ball Footy game ever!!

So many questions remain unanswered—but not for long!!



Will the Geezer play?

Of course he will, dragging himself off the bench to limp around the attacking third for the last 20 minutes (of regulation time).



Who will replace Emmo?

The first Guus tactic will be to try to fool FIFA into believing that ‘The Cutter’ Wilkshire was responsible for Emmo’s 3 cards, meaning that Brett will be able to take the field after all.

Plan B, obvious enough, is to start with Bresha—so thankfully Chippers won’t be ruining any more set-pieces for us.

How much will we win by?

It’s hard to say, but looking objectively at the two teams, it seems that the game can realistically only go one of two ways:

• we win by plenty OR
• we crush their fragile pale-blue hearts in the penalty shoot-out: 3–nil (after only 6 attempts) is enough for us.

Just over 12 hours to go till we all find out!!

Poor Emerton, poor Kalac

One got screwed by the ref...



...the other just screwed up.

We won’t be seeing either of them tomorrow night.

Looking ahead...

The Round Ball Footy Datamatronic has been working overtime to chart Australia’s progress through the final rounds of the World Cup. In an international, world, global exclusive we can reveal the make-up of the final for Germany 06.

And it’s looking like the Socceroos will be lining up against Brazil in the Round Ball Footy World Cup final. What a game this’ll be!!

That’s right—a much-anticipated rematch of the age-old Group F rivals will take centre stage this year in Germany.

After hard-fought tussles with Argentina and the Portugal, respectively, the big-hearted ‘Roos will have the chance to exact sweet sweet revenge on the Samba Boys.

Turns out that 19 June was just a dress rehearsal for the biggest Round Ball Footy game in the world: the Cup final. Who will emerge victorious??

Round Ball Footy doesn’t want to give the game away. But with the benefit of having hacked into the FIFA communications department intranet, we have a strong feeling that the Socceroos will put the disappointment of the Markus Merk–led defeat behind them ... to trounce the Selecao in an ugly battle.

Having learnt their lessons from the group stage, the ‘Roos will put on a cultured display of diving and simulation the likes of which has never before been witnessed—leading Australia to a 2–0 victory over the naive Brazilians!!

Ha!!! (that was the last laugh). Ha ha!!!!