Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021)
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@mariner4life said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Bullshit on the moment of the decade.
Shows how crap public voting is.
as a pure moment, the All Whites scoring to put them in to the world Cup, or Grant Elliot hitting that 6 will stand out pretty much forever.
I think it was the Paston penalty save, that just eclipses the Fallon goal (I actually had to think who scored, rather than automatically recalling the penalty). That was 'the' moment.
But, regardless, the qualifying playoff match was in 2009 . Not in this decade.
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@rapido said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@mariner4life said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Bullshit on the moment of the decade.
Shows how crap public voting is.
as a pure moment, the All Whites scoring to put them in to the world Cup, or Grant Elliot hitting that 6 will stand out pretty much forever.
I think it was the Paston penalty save, that just eclipses the Fallon goal (I actually had to think who scored, rather than automatically recalling the penalty). That was 'the' moment.
But, regardless, the qualifying playoff match was in 2009 . Not in this decade.
fair point
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@rapido said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@mariner4life said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Bullshit on the moment of the decade.
Shows how crap public voting is.
as a pure moment, the All Whites scoring to put them in to the world Cup, or Grant Elliot hitting that 6 will stand out pretty much forever.
I think it was the Paston penalty save, that just eclipses the Fallon goal (I actually had to think who scored, rather than automatically recalling the penalty). That was 'the' moment.
But, regardless, the qualifying playoff match was in 2009 . Not in this decade.
I was at the game and the atmosphere was like nothing I'd ever experienced before, and since. The crowd went bananas for basically the rest of the match after that save. Still gives me tingles thinking about it.
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And to all the All Whites haters you are ignoring the obvious fact that draws are far more common in Soccer than any other sport. To go to a World Cup and not drop a game was absolutely phenomenal. I'm still pissed at the cheating Italians, we should have beaten them 1-0 but for their acting.
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@no-quarter said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
And to all the All Whites haters you are ignoring the obvious fact that draws are far more common in Soccer than any other sport. To go to a World Cup and not drop a game was absolutely phenomenal. I'm still pissed at the cheating Italians, we should have beaten them 1-0 but for their acting.
It was obviously monumental for the AWs to get to the Cup and you can only play what’s in front of you, but I just consider their qualification draw something of a joke. New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu then Bahrain. Now if they’d had to beat a European or South American side to get in that would be a different story
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@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".
That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.
Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injuryDamn, that shit needs a film
Add in that pretty much no NZ sportsman ever suffered a torn adductor - before or since. And for this brief period, we had at least three of them....
Then people went back to having bog standard groin strains.
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@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".
That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.
Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injuryDamn, that shit needs a film
And Beaver running on stinking of whitebait and doing his best Rudy impression with a Jersey two sizes too small, and winning the game for us
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@canefan said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".
That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.
Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injuryDamn, that shit needs a film
And Beaver running on stinking of whitebait and doing his best Rudy impression with a Jersey two sizes too small, and winning the game for us
Also, Cruden skateboarding around Palmy ... with the weather in that place you have a survival against nature story while skating as well.
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@no-quarter said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
And to all the All Whites haters you are ignoring the obvious fact that draws are far more common in Soccer than any other sport. To go to a World Cup and not drop a game was absolutely phenomenal. I'm still pissed at the cheating Italians, we should have beaten them 1-0 but for their acting.
Don't forget that Italy were the defending world champs. I forget who the competition for team of the year was, but I have no problem with them being finalists and they have a fair argument for overall winner
The halbergs always spark up debate about the relative merits of sports and I've always enjoyed it. I wish we'd celebrate the finalists a bit more rather than fixating an the winners. Even in years with an obvious winner, all of the candidates have achieved amazing things and trying to rask them is a bit like asking whether Brodie Rettalick or Colin Meads would have started at lock if they'd been on the originals tour.
No complaint about the moment of the decade here as sporting spectacles Elliot's 6 and the double sculls finish stand out for me, but ultimately than award is about how an individual reacted to each moment and is going to be personal. It's well suited to a vote to see which moment resonated with the most people.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@no-quarter said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
And to all the All Whites haters you are ignoring the obvious fact that draws are far more common in Soccer than any other sport. To go to a World Cup and not drop a game was absolutely phenomenal. I'm still pissed at the cheating Italians, we should have beaten them 1-0 but for their acting.
It was obviously monumental for the AWs to get to the Cup and you can only play what’s in front of you, but I just consider their qualification draw something of a joke. New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu then Bahrain. Now if they’d had to beat a European or South American side to get in that would be a different story
And they didn’t lose a game....but they also didn’t win.
To go on about their achievements is celebrating “participating” a bit too much for my liking.
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Halbergs are a crock of shît imo. PC Sports Awards with no credibility. It all started going off the rails when the supreme award went to silver medalists. Silver means second.
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@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
To go on about their achievements is celebrating “participating” a bit too much for my liking.
You're a damn tough marker. It's the toughest sports tournament in the world - to (a) get there, and (b) not lose is a significatn achievement. We'll take it.
By comparison rowing has such a small player base that it has teh highest medal rate per participant I understand.
... and now yuo made me defend Soccer. On a sports forum. When it bores me to tears. FFS.
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@billy-tell said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Halbergs are a crock of shît imo.
It's always been an 'olympics' focussed event. Ah well, such is life. Can't give it to teh ABs every year I suppose (particularly not the last 5)
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@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@no-quarter said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
And to all the All Whites haters you are ignoring the obvious fact that draws are far more common in Soccer than any other sport. To go to a World Cup and not drop a game was absolutely phenomenal. I'm still pissed at the cheating Italians, we should have beaten them 1-0 but for their acting.
It was obviously monumental for the AWs to get to the Cup and you can only play what’s in front of you, but I just consider their qualification draw something of a joke. New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu then Bahrain. Now if they’d had to beat a European or South American side to get in that would be a different story
And they didn’t lose a game....but they also didn’t win.
To go on about their achievements is celebrating “participating” a bit too much for my liking.
Soccer is a different beast and they certainly did themselves proud at the cup and it was great to watch, but yeah it does seem a little weird to celebrate not losing but still going out in the first round. Maybe a bit like making the final of the Olympic 100m sprint and not coming last?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@no-quarter said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
And to all the All Whites haters you are ignoring the obvious fact that draws are far more common in Soccer than any other sport. To go to a World Cup and not drop a game was absolutely phenomenal. I'm still pissed at the cheating Italians, we should have beaten them 1-0 but for their acting.
It was obviously monumental for the AWs to get to the Cup and you can only play what’s in front of you, but I just consider their qualification draw something of a joke. New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu then Bahrain. Now if they’d had to beat a European or South American side to get in that would be a different story
And they didn’t lose a game....but they also didn’t win.
To go on about their achievements is celebrating “participating” a bit too much for my liking.
Soccer is a different beast and they certainly did themselves proud at the cup and it was great to watch, but yeah it does seem a little weird to celebrate not losing but still going out in the first round. Maybe a bit like making the final of the Olympic 100m sprint and not coming last?
i reckon if a kiwi did that they would be in contention, and rightly so
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@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
To go on about their achievements is celebrating “participating” a bit too much for my liking.
You're a damn tough marker. It's the toughest sports tournament in the world - to (a) get there, and (b) not lose is a significatn achievement. We'll take it.
By comparison rowing has such a small player base that it has teh highest medal rate per participant I understand.
... and now yuo made me defend Soccer. On a sports forum. When it bores me to tears. FFS.
I don’t disagree with any of that but the pedant in me points to the fact that they didn’t win or progress.
I guess it’s like AB fans looking at Rugby minnows celebrating just making the cup......and obviously the All Whites had nothing but draws in a sport that has a lot of draws. Some of them ( Rugby teams ) had cricket scores against them.....
Fucken good effort by the AWs but worthy a big award ? Na.
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@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
To go on about their achievements is celebrating “participating” a bit too much for my liking.
You're a damn tough marker. It's the toughest sports tournament in the world - to (a) get there, and (b) not lose is a significatn achievement. We'll take it.
By comparison rowing has such a small player base that it has teh highest medal rate per participant I understand.
... and now yuo made me defend Soccer. On a sports forum. When it bores me to tears. FFS.
It is certainly an achievement, but it's also a game where it's much easier to not lose than it is to win.
Rowing, as anyone who did it at school knows, is fucking hard. And winning is an amazing accomplishment unless your competitors give up...
