It's not too late to back out! Three hours of that and you'll be missing the glory days of Adam Bolder.
I'm participating for the opportunity to have a nice day out with my oldest daughter - she's really into this and wants know if we'll dress in "colours" - she asked if she could wear my R's home shirt and could I perhaps wear my special Kilburn 60 away shirt - I'll likely oblige and get a few comments from other spectators. Might even wear my not606 lapel pin too.
As your kids get older, move away to university, then a career, their own family etc. you get to spend less & less time with them, so you have to take advantage of quality time together occasions like this. Unfortunately 10mm of rain of forecast for Sat and we will likely be at the venue from 1:00 - 7:00pm.
In various WWC matches so far I've actually witnessed some really good goals, plus some atrocious defending, as demonstrated in the Brazil v Korea 2-0 match last night, where despite the eventual score line, Korea had three gilt-edged opportunities to score but failed to do so. As far as the woeful defending, I'll feel right at home after our last season.
I enjoyed the bite of the USA v Aussie match too, where both teams really competed hard and bar brawler Hope Solo really kept them in the match. Most people here generally want USA to lose, whatever the sport, and especially against CAN. There are bitter memories of a past match where Canada were leading and US players got in the ear of the ref to invoke the 5 sec goalkeeper ball possession rule, and the ensuing free kick led to a goal and they won the match. CAN captain, Christine Sinclair, called them cheats in her post match comments and was censured with a three match FIFA ban I believe.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/olympi...men-s-soccer-call-continues-to-baffle-experts
I have five daughters and the whole family are watching the WWC matches on the big screen HDTV, so I just join in with the fun - if you've seen the kid's movie, Matilda, it's a bit of a Wormwood family thing!
