Comments on: football fever: bahrain vs. new zealand

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:18:33 +0000

Congrats to New Zealand!

By: A. Howard

A. Howard — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:51:13 +0000

Hi Sam,

Thanks for your comment on my NZ-Bahrain preview :)

I’ve got an account over at Yellow Fever and get on there most days but only post occasionally. I’ll definitely be writing a preview for the home leg closer to the 14th either on WDKF.co.uk again or at my own site. I’ll try and remember to flick you an email when I get round to writing it!

Cheers,

Adam.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:25:49 +0000

I just discovered your match preview for the first play off match (rather late and based on a google of anything with New Zealand and Bahrain). Its good. Im impressed by your knowledge of the squad and the perhaps misleading nature of our ranking.

If you do a preview for the Wellington game I will make sure to give it some profile on our website – http://www.yellowfever.co.nz

But because there is a good chance Ill forget to check your blog feel free to visit the site and place a link to any football blogs you write. It will definitely get picked up by one of the moderators.

By: glamorousdiss

glamorousdiss — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:09:03 +0000

Well I certainly hope NZ makes it to the WC. I follow a bit of the A-League (Perth Glory in particular since I lived for a while there before )and I’d like to see Shane Smeltz get a crack at some world superpowers. I get the same feeling of optimism that Australia had before the Kewells and Vidukas of this world were household names, circa 1997 when they played Iraq in a playoff to qualify for France 98.

The people were excited, and it was a first for me to see Aussie rules and Cricket take a backseat, and even non-Socceroo fans were excited about the playoffs. Hopefully though NZ does one better than the Socceroos did as they choked in the 2nd leg at home and Iraq went on to play in WC98.

By: Tokyo

Tokyo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:57:55 +0000

Thanks for the article, my Kiwi friends here have done nothing to fill me in on the current state of their side.

The way Bahrain cocked up last time vs T & T gives me hope NZ can make it to S Africa.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:40:57 +0000

Respect to Kiwis.

I was hoping to see you take the Champions Trophy but getting to the final was no small feat.

Best of Luck to you.

And Come on Eireann!

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0000

Thanks for this article. This is a very important time for so many nations as it really comes down to the crunch for the remaining WC spots. Unfortunately my nation is slowly moving down the rankings, and more importantly is losing quality throughout it’s footballing setup (Scotland). I envy the opportunity to get so excited and nervous about my national team, especially in such a make or break game.

Bahrain have never qualified for the WC so either way the result will be a good one for world football. Good luck, and may the best team win.

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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:53:54 +0000

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