‘Football or soccer depending on where you come from is very big in South Africa. It is played in virtually every school in the country. It is the country’s biggest sport before rugby and cricket.’
^That’s so not true. Even though I’d like it to be (If the soccer was on better standard) it’s not.
Nah..It’s Africa and it’s going to be bad..

Traditionally Cape Town is very fond of rugby and i believe it is these folks that are against the footy. They can get ****.

The WC IS defo happening in South Africa. It might not be like Germany but thats ok. Its Africa and its gonna be awesome. World Cups have been in South America, where the crime rate is not exactly under control (no offence guys) so i dont see what the whole fuss is about crime.

Regards Benni…..SAFA is useless and lets hope Perreira can convince him to come back. The guy is used to playing in a professional encvironment and whenever he gets called up to play for his country its like coming to the circus. Players that are ineligible to play get called up and flights are not booked and there is no transport for players, and then they criticise their best player…what a joke.

Firstly, the World Cup WILL be held in South Africa. FIFA’s comments were just a wake up call to get moving. There is no doubt that the stadia will be ready. Theres just too much at stake for them to be complacent and slow.

The writer states that South Africa has hosted other tournaments (cricket and rugby world cups etc) and goes on to conclude that because of this they are capable of hosting the WC. I don’t think that conclusion can be drawn from those facts because in no disrespect to those other tournaments, they are small fish compared to the Football World Cup which is, perhaps with he exception of the Olympics, the biggest sporting event.

Nevertheless, I still believe they will be ready. It is about time this tournament came to Africa but I doubt, unfortunately, that the tournament will be as great a spectacle as the last 2. That I seriously doubt.

Regarding Benni, there is no doubt that he is by far our best player but his ego is a MASSIVE problem. A player like him can severely affect the morale in the SA camp. He has this belief that when he plays for SA he is untouchable and it seems as if he looks down on the rest of the players. This will be a big call for SAFA and Carlos Parreira. Lets hope they get it right.

It’s regrettable to see FIFA push SA through the media like they have recently – supporting them one minute and then talking about alternative the next.

I don’t doubt that South Africa will be ready – West Indies were ready for the cricket World Cup, weren’t they?

But considering that it’s coming after Germany 2006, which was a great world cup for visiting fans, SA 2010 has some standards to live up to, and that might be hard.