I just realized Wimbledon will overlap with World Cup football this year. :awww: since the English are bat crazy about football, is the attendance going to be hurt at Wimbledon this year? I for one am willing to skip watching Wimbledon for a World Cup that is held in Brasil...anybody gonna watch Wimbledon this year???
come on now lad! let's be realistic here.....watching two sporting events at the same time is nearly impossible. My mate tried watching 2 sporting events simultaneously, and you end up not paying attention to either one.
Week break during the first week of Wimbledon so I can watch both! Also I'm pretty sure apart from late matches at Wimbledon, you're unlikely to see all that overlap.
I omitted the option for both because EVERYONE is gonna vote for both....my question is, if you had an option of watching one event, like a marquee QF matchup or a World Cup game, which would you watch
I personally think the crowd at Wimbledon will be half-empty....I mean NO SANE ENGLISH person will miss watching the World Cup over a grand slam event that happens 4 times a year....especially when English have one of the strongest teams they ever had, and are a championship contender.
ESPECIALLY when the World Cup is in Brasil this year...Brasilian World Cup is a once in a lifetime event
I personally think the crowd at Wimbledon will be half-empty....I mean NO SANE ENGLISH person will miss watching the World Cup over a grand slam event that happens 4 times a year....especially when English have one of the strongest teams they ever had, and are a championship contender.
ESPECIALLY when the World Cup is in Brasil this year...Brasilian World Cup is a once in a lifetime event
not mocking the Brits, but this is a ludicrous statement :lol:
And just for you to know - Uruguay - Costa Rica, Japan - Greece, Honduras - Ecuador, etc., etc. won't keep the Brits glued to their TVs, even with the prospect of an Isner - Karlovic match at Wimby
I personally think the crowd at Wimbledon will be half-empty....I mean NO SANE ENGLISH person will miss watching the World Cup over a grand slam event that happens 4 times a year....especially when English have one of the strongest teams they ever had, and are a championship contender.
ESPECIALLY when the World Cup is in Brasil this year...Brasilian World Cup is a once in a lifetime event
:superlol: :haha: :lol: The only thing Engand is contender is for the 3rd spot of their deathly group.
As for the thread, there won't be many WC matches that are going to be played at the same time of Wimby, but if I have to choose, WC will always come first by a long shot. Even if it's Argelia vs. South Korea.
Argentina have no chances. THEY have not reached the SF since 1990. Remember how Germany thrashed them 4 years ago. As soon as they meet a decent country they are out. Brazil will win at home, finally.
No, unfortunately the Queue will still be as long as ever. Anyway, with the time difference, there may not be that much overlap between the two events.
in the UK, the world cup matches will be starting late at night. 6 in the evening for the earliest matches and then 9 plus for the late ones, Wimbledon will be long over by then for the day. Easily both
Well since I'm a Yankee, I don't give a crap about soccer (or rather fútbol ) so I'll probably just be watching Wimbledon.
Although I have to admit that I watched some of it in 2010 out of sheer curiosity. It wasn't exactly "boring" but it wasn't exactly entertaining, either. It reminded me of baseball: 30 minutes of nothing, 10 seconds of something, and then 30 more minutes of nothing.
Yup, same thing with me. Since I'm a white trash Canadian red neck I couldn't care less about football/soccer. I tried but it is so freaking boring. it might take 90 (or maybe 120) minutes until one team scores something, or the both team score nothing. Plain stupid. You watch 22 guys running around and nobody can win anything :lol:.
This is a tragic first World problem with basically no right answer.. To top it off, I can't decide between my June Sporting entertainment nibbles.. Narrowed it down to Caviar and white truffles.
Will probably get my butler to give me a play by play commentary on the Footie whilst I watch most of the Wimbly..
Non-appreciation of futbol is relegated, imo, to more northern regions of the USA and Canada.
The further south you go, the more of an appreciation for futbol there is. Of course in Florida, Tejas, and California soccer will be big. But even in the southern red neck states it is not as tossed off as it is by the more northern states/Canada. They have hockey anyway.
for Lationos in Florida, soccer will always be at 1st, they don't even know if any other sport exists, maybe baseball. I dont blame them, they are all 5 feet tall, Messi-like, couldn't be bothered to understand something irrelevant for them.
As an Australian it's a formality that we are going to progress to the semi-finals so it won't be an issue.
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