Into the playoffs we go, the knockout stages, the all or nothing reckoning rounds - the place where the winner takes all. Whatever you want to call it, the press conferences at RWC 2011 to come from here on in are going to be highly focused affairs where the crème de la crème of clichés are going to be released upon us. Coaches and players don’t mess around when we reach this stage of a tournament, time then for World Cup Press Conference Bingo!

Taking the general rules of Bingo, this is how you play World Cup Press Conference Bingo.

Below is a list of clichés that will be dished out in the press conferences to come:

                     -       History means nothing at this stage

                     -       We just need to beat them by one

                     -       We are obviously treating this as a final

                     -       If we get it wrong on <match day> we know we will be on a plane home the next day

                     -       You can’t take anything for granted at this stage

                     -       Any team is capable of winning this on the day

                     -        This is what the guys have been training for

                     -       We know what we need to do, now it’s just a question of executing it for 80 minutes

                     -       There is no substitute for experience at this stage

                     -       The results earlier this year have no bearing on what will happen on <match day>

                     -       We don’t have a problem with winning ugly

                     -       We are going to need to be very disciplined and not allow them any scoring opportunities

During the press conferences you need to tick off just three of these pearls of wisdom, shout Bingo! and you’re a winner. Listen carefully though as there may be some subtle variations in execution.

Bok coach Peter de Villiers often adds unnecessary words for extra emphasis, Aussie coach Robbie Deans is the world’s most constipated man so he may curtail the words of his clichés as talking is painful for him, same for Kiwi coach Graeme Henry who is often badly hung over thus limits his dialogue.

There are no games ‘til Saturday, just pressers so happy playing!

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