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I went a few years back with the army.
We visited Bloemfontein and Cape Town. They told us not to end on your own, due to it being rough. Some of the lads chose to ignore this warning and subsequently got themselves mugged at gunpoint, however for everyone else who stayed in numbers we had a fantastic time. It’s all about common sense, and being in numbers. At a world cup it will be full of fans from all over.
In Bloemfontein, I did find the locals to be a bit strange, with most of them still being racist, the taxi drivers carried guns for protection. It was still great. Cigs were 40p for twenty. Beer was 40p a pint and my personal favourite was the steak. £12 for a kilo(36 ounce) of Fillet Steak. It was and still is the best I have ever had.
Cape Town was brilliant and seemed to have a better feel to it regarding the people. If I could afford to go next year I would love to go to Durban, as I have heard good things about it. Every place I have mentioned are hosting world cup games.
In summary my advice would be to go and don’t worry about the stories as long as you use common sense and don’t think you are ten men when drunk and end up on your own. The more likeliest time to be mugged is going to a cash machine.
Firstly the top 4 thing was a bit of fun Manny.
Headlines in tabloids don’t tell the whole story Bobby
I have just checked Blackpool’s Last league game team sheet. They had 9 players who took part in both games. I doubt that these players have never played together before. We had 4 that took part. That whole team had barely even met, nevermind being expected to win a competitive game. It doesn’t matter how good players are they will not gel like that. A championship side that comes up and keeps most of its winning players together will more likely succeed than a side that buys all new so called better players.
JR I agree the player that did perform SS should get a start and make the rest more hungrier than ever to impress when called upon.
Is it really that bad?