Just average, nothing above standard, on the pitch and off it. So South Africa had a complete security lockdown for a few weeks off the pitch to deal with the large potential of trouble, that's not a great achievement, there were some minor issues with journalists treated badly but I don't think many of us will feel sad there. In terms of fans they mostly seemed to have a great time but then South Africa is a fantastic country when you look at all aspects (yes I have been), with some great people, even if the cocky humour sometimes gets lost on foreigners. I don't think fans will ever have a bad time at a World Cup overall, after all, they have all paid a lot of money for the privilege so you are looking to make the most of it.
In fact on the pitch it was considerably below standard, and as that is what 99.9% of the audience is made up of (the average tv viewer) I would say it made it an average World Cup. Whether that applies to the host I don't know, just as much the ball I would say, it was awful. An then of course the vuvuzelas.
No. You're bitter because Italy & England failed miserably. IMO it was great to see so many shock results & it made for an unpredictable event.
How teams perform is not the host countries problem, the official ball is not the host countries problem. Vuvuzela's were brought to FIFA's attention way before SAFA even began bidding for the WC, so if you wanna use that as an excuse, you can blame FIFA for not banning it. As for the empty seats in certain stadiums, you have to realize that FIFA fucked up there, they priced these tickets according to the European demographic which put the average person out of contention to buy them. Many federations & companies bought bulk tickets to butter up investors & those weren't even used.
What a lot of you guys don't realize is that FIFA, has complete control over the event.There were many street vendors that couldn't make a profit off the WC because FIFA wanted royalties for every damn thing.
One thing the organizing committee failed with was adequate transport & security for broadcasters.Other than that, the even was a complete success & it just doesn't sit well with certain doom merchants & africa bashers. Saying the WC was average off the pitch when you weren't even here during the WC smacks of ignorance. The english media reported the most outrageous bs about SA & the average englishman obviously ate that up. I'm not putting you in that category because i know you're a smart & sensible person.
That being said, do you guys realize how many foreigners were arrested? I'm not talking about africans. There were many europeans & south americans arrested for fraud like making fraudulent insurance cliams, selling fake tickets & accommodation.Not to mention human & drug trafficking. Funny how no mention of that was made in your local newspapers, it's only important to highlight how unsafe & backwards this country is.