2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

[HunterMed]

Originally Posted by masterceo

Euro 2012 will be uber fail, nothing and no-one in Poland (and Ukraine) is ready for it. There are no highways, not enough hotels but more important-the stadiums won't be completed on time. At least not in Poland

no man, they said the exact same thing when the cup went to south africa...

[Aquiller]

Originally Posted by masterceo

Euro 2012 will be uber fail, nothing and no-one in Poland (and Ukraine) is ready for it. There are no highways, not enough hotels but more important-the stadiums won't be completed on time. At least not in Poland

Originally Posted by HunterMed

no man, they said the exact same thing when the cup went to south africa...

Masterceo apparently your absence in Poland left you without proper perspective. While I agree on the highway and hotel issue - I'm more than sure that stadiums will be built on time.

Take a look for yourself. And sorry for the slight offtopic.

Warsaw:

Courtesy of 11.pl

Gdansk:


Courtesy of m4rio_cg

Poznan:


Courtesy of Euro Poznan

Wroclaw (this is the only stadium in Poland that might have a trouble reaching deadlines):


Courtesy of Wroclaw 2012

[masterceo]

Oh wow, that's...surprising in a positive manner. Last time I was in Warsaw (about 9 months ago) not much has been done to be honest, but it looks like they did accelerate with the work, I'm very happy to see that...all tho you know Aquiller how things get done in Poland, everything seems fine now, but in the future some "problems" might occur. Hope not.

But about the highways I'm dead sure they won't reach the deadline, Poland will see the biggest traffic jams and accident rate in our history. That frightens me a bit.

BTW: just saw the Dutch team fly over my house in a Chinook and a Eurocopter, accompanied by what seemed to be a Alouette III and a Bell 412. Apparently they landed on a military airstrip to meet the queen.

[MonkeySoldier]

Originally Posted by alec89

Looks like the party is over, now lets wait till euro 2012

What do you mean with the party is over? The Dutch team just (3 mins ago atm of writing) flew in a chinook over the 'museumplein' (museum square) in Amsterdam, over thousands of fans. They just landed at a Navy base, are having a boat trip through a part of Amsterdam with thousands of fans awaiting them.

Edit: Did you also saw the 'orange lion' they put on the side of that Cougar?

[masterceo]

Yeah, pretty neat.
I even have a vid but but it was made with my phone so you can't see anything.
My father actually told me he met the team, because they landed in the military base right next to the NATO facility where he works. I should of asked him for an autograph from Robben

[Gore]

football fever finally over, now it's tour de dope that takes up the screen. tired of watching that ****.

[black-wolf]

Originally Posted by masterceo

Oh wow, that's...surprising in a positive manner. Last time I was in Warsaw (about 9 months ago) not much has been done to be honest, but it looks like they did accelerate with the work, I'm very happy to see that...all tho you know Aquiller how things get done in Poland, everything seems fine now, but in the future some "problems" might occur. Hope not.

But about the highways I'm dead sure they won't reach the deadline, Poland will see the biggest traffic jams and accident rate in our history. That frightens me a bit.

BTW: just saw the Dutch team fly over my house in a Chinook and a Eurocopter, accompanied by what seemed to be a Alouette III and a Bell 412. Apparently they landed on a military airstrip to meet the queen.

They were in those? I saw them too. O_O

[MonkeySoldier]

Link (in Dutch) to photo's of today. Fighter escort, being flown with a Chinook and a Cougar, speech from the PM, visiting our queen, military band, music artists, boat trip, and many, many (~500.000) cheering fans. I am sure they won't forget this day. BBC link

[Linx_esp]

I will miss the vuvuzelas :'(

[alec89]

Originally Posted by MonkeySoldier

What do you mean with the party is over? The Dutch team just (3 mins ago atm of writing) flew in a chinook over the 'museumplein' (museum square) in Amsterdam, over thousands of fans. They just landed at a Navy base, are having a boat trip through a part of Amsterdam with thousands of fans awaiting them.

Edit: Did you also saw the 'orange lion' they put on the side of that Cougar?

Lol, a chinook? You've been playing way too much PR