Comments on: World Cup format is flawed

By: superba(superba)

superba(superba) — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:26:57 +0000

Don’t agree with you on this Keo . If Michael Phelps is the most consistent swimmer between Olympics and loses let’s say the 400IM at the next Olympics , then he is not the Olympic champion in that event in 2012 . One has to get it right on the night .He may have won at the World Championships in the previous year but THE big one is that Olympic gold. Similarly there is the 6N and the TriN comps between RWC’s .While the AB’s have the consistency between RWCs to claim ” best rugby team in the world between RWCs ” it would seem that when the crunch comes and other sides are stepping up for the RWC , the AB’s recede and fall away . Something is lacking – or has been .

By: wpjoulekkading(wpjoulekkading)

wpjoulekkading(wpjoulekkading) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:07:15 +0000

All the major North American sporting codes? One of the biggest (and the most similar to rugby), the NFL, has a knockout system to determine the winner and even the finalists. In any case, saying “the North Americans do i differently” is a very weak argument.

There is an even bigger issue with this article. Whoever said the World Cup is the only measure of a team? Not even South Africans would claim the Boks have been better than the All Blacks over the last 15 years.

Besides, an underdog having a chance at glory is what lies at the root of sport. If 80 minutes is not enough for a great team to come out victorious, then at they did not deserve the World Cup in that moment of time. And that is what the Cup is, a snapshot in time.

Is it always fair? No. Is it glorious? Yes!

How much would Keo’s suggested format suck? A whole lot! Nobody would be excited except NZ, and maybe SA and AUS. A knockout at least provides the slight underdogs (think a Wales or a Italy) a dream of winning at all, and that is how it should be.

A case in point is that horrible “super eights” phase in cricket world cups of the past. How boring was that!!!

By: captain fantail

captain fantail — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:38:46 +0000

Finally some recognition and some common sense. Merry Xmas all.

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:30:47 +0000

@Black Panther : 609. If I didn’t know better, I would have thought you were trying to say something nice…

But I do know better…

I know Kiwis like you far too well… Its why I can press all your little buttons and get the reaction I always know that I will get…

Carly Panty, you are the kiwi I always thought you would be on Keo:

- Wise beyond measure on Rugby matters
- Incredibly Witty
- Terribly funny
- A rational voice
- A Keo reader’s choice…

Not…

Just try to remember in the new year, that some bug.gers are always just better…

Like HG…

Maybe in 2011 you will be hanging on HG’s coat tails like you do with Skop… But that will not be a lesson learned… Association aint gonna make you a better blogger… Its your own original content that will… You need to have something more to say other than “karma, karm chameleon”…

But have a great Xmas anyway and try better next year…

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:12:31 +0000

@Transformation : 606. Yup, the duplicitous hysterics are rather amusing. Its Carly Simon and backing band: The Bravery Brothers….

Singing:

“We’re so vain
We probably think this song is about us…”

They also need to be reminded that, at Xmas time, sheep are for eating not other nefarious activities…

By: stormer in a teacup

stormer in a teacup — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:56:34 +0000

What a bollox article. We have strength vs strength comps every year. The world cup is a showcase for all the rugby playing world. Knockout format means standing up andbeing counted every single game. A pass rate of 60 or 70 is not going to win you the title. It is the same for all sides. No mulligans at the RWC.

By: whatever

whatever — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:44:35 +0000

@Black Panther : Don't choke on a mutton bone over Christmas doos.....

By: JL1

JL1 — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:48:03 +0000

@Black Panther : You really need an extended break or get more sessions at your local head doctor You sound as tired as an old takkie, move out of England and stop blogging on Keo,you will be much happier

By: Black Panther

Black Panther — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:07:08 +0000

Reading today’s English papers has been a bit like Keo post-TriN’10.

On Thursday (ie after Day 1, Ashes) all the headlines were ‘Is this the end of Australian cricket ?’ ……’Was this the tipping point that seals Englands domination ?’

the only thing they didn’t say was ‘Aus cricket is KAK’

Well, today’s papers tell a different story.

As Mitchell Johnson might say

“over and out”

Merry Christmas 1 and all, Panther out.

By: Black Panther

Black Panther — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:58:43 +0000

“I don’t have to”.

My God, fella, my young kids are more mature than you !

So you ask loads of questions, pester for answers, calmly infer that I’m a Liar, and yet refuse to answer 1 simple question in reply.

It’s a shame you’ve chosen to lower yourself to Boy Georges standards. Unlike him, I suspect you’re a good fella underneath all this BS you’ve, um, fallen in to the trap of. Oh well.

Have a great Christmas, hope Santa is generous.

By: Transformation

Transformation — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:17:30 +0000

@Black Panther : i don’t have to. this to & fro that you seem to revel in is tired, trite, played out…

you major on the minor.

118. BLACK PANTHER :
December 15th, 2010 at 11:38 am
@Transformation :
Is this a trap ?

are you leaving a trail of Keo-crumbs, lulling me towards a deep pit where I can drown in my own moral superiority ? bwahahahahaha

By: Black Panther

Black Panther — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:14:32 +0000

this thread was dead about 250 posts ago. That’s how long it takes to get an answer out of the Bravery Brothers

and still counting

By: Black Panther

Black Panther — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:04:13 +0000

Boy George

your Christmas gift to the bloggers on Keo is your continual presence here. It’s a bit like going to hospital with a suspected broken toe and then sitting in the waiting room beside a double-amputee.

There is always someone less fortunate, less able.

Amidst all your bravado above, any possibility of a straight answer to 572 – ie who were you referring to about the miners ?

By: Black Panther

Black Panther — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:56:05 +0000

If I’m King of the Hill, a hill that is made up of the Bravery Brothers, then this a 1 moniker I will accept. It’s a bit like saying the Boks are the Kings of African Rugby.

is that what is known as a ‘backhanded compliment’ ?

(you don’t need to answer that one,Transie, because that Rhetorical Question does not require one).

By: Black Panther

Black Panther — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:49:43 +0000

Transie

answer my Question, I’ve answered every single one you asked of me.

Answer my Question. It’s easy, surely.

By: Transformation

Transformation — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:31:07 +0000

@Black Panther : for the last time, this is the initial question that seems to have sparked your proclivity for pathetic one-upmanship.

115. TRANSFORMATION :
December 15th, 2010 at 11:31 am
@Black Panther : 114 did Keo really write an article saying “new zealand rugby is kak”?

A simple yes and furnishing of the evidence would’ve sufficed
but no, your kiwi eyes sparkled at the chance to claim some moral mileage hence your subsequent retort of “is this a trap?”.

What “trap”? Why would you see a trap in a simple question? Duplicitous Carly Simon bwahahaha

@Heavens Game : panty’s inclination for hysterics is lank funny

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:19:16 +0000

Cleared the room…

“Brave” Kiwis abound…

Whaddafarkinglarf!!!

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:07:50 +0000

Kiwi twat…

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:07:23 +0000

@cane : 602… Why, its Carly Simons backing band, not the Who, but the Cane… Cane for the pain…

You probably think this song is about you…

Only the “Brave”…. LOL

By: cane

cane — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:49:27 +0000

@Heavens Game :

Sorry Heavens Pane.

Not Carly ……………………….Pete Townsend.

But WHO cares ………….