From: Don speaks the truth on
On Jul 1, 3:41 am, "Adama" <s...(a)invalid.com> wrote:
> "Don speaks the truth" <don200...(a)rediffmail.com> a écrit dans le message denews: 659e9142-a1fa-4aca-895d-3b0246c51__BEGIN_MASK_n#9g02mG7!__...__END_MASK_i?a63jfAD$z__(a)y2g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>
> > India should get a special bye into next FIFA world cup...with 1
> > billion followers i think
> > India should be considered for special quota in next world cup..it
> > will make the world
> > cup more exciting...the worst they can do is get beaten in all 3 first
> > round games like
> > a few teams have done now...but at least it will provide excitement
> > for 1 billion
> > people more than the current football fan following...
>
> Isn't India a joke that get thrashed even by Asian's minnows ?
> Surely, if there was interest for football in the country, they would be at
> least decent judging by asian standards. (like China)

Did you read my post properly? The worst they can do is lose all their
3 games
like some of the other teams...but look at the euphoria and marketing
opportunities it would create for a population of 1 billion....FIFA
would definitely
benefit out of it.

Don



>
> In the 2010 qualifiers, they lost to Lebanon in the first round (1-4, 2-2).
> Lebanon then moved on to lose their 6 group games (against Saudi Arabia,
> Singapour and Uzbekistan)

From: Raja, The Great on
On Jul 2, 3:33 am, Don speaks the truth <don200...(a)rediffmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jul 1, 3:41 am, "Adama" <s...(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>
> > "Don speaks the truth" <don200...(a)rediffmail.com> a écrit dans le message denews: 659e9142-a1fa-4aca-895d-3b0246c51...__END_MASK_i?a63jfAD$__BEGIN_MASK_n#9g02mG7!__...@y2g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>
> > > India should get a special bye into next FIFA world cup...with 1
> > > billion followers i think
> > > India should be considered for special quota in next world cup..it
> > > will make the world
> > > cup more exciting...the worst they can do is get beaten in all 3 first
> > > round games like
> > > a few teams have done now...but at least it will provide excitement
> > > for 1 billion
> > > people more than the current football fan following...
>
> > Isn't India a joke that get thrashed even by Asian's minnows ?
> > Surely, if there was interest for football in the country, they would be at
> > least decent judging by asian standards. (like China)
>
> Did you read my post properly? The worst they can do is lose all their
> 3 games
> like some of the other teams...but look at the euphoria and marketing
> opportunities it would create for a population of 1 billion....FIFA
> would definitely
> benefit out of it.

Yeah they would do no worse than N.Korea.