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Re: FIFA World Cup 2010
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Maybe im wrong but isnt the shape of the american football pretty essential to the throwing technique?? Last time i threw an empty can it didnt go very far and youd need something to mark out where the end-zone started... And let me get one thing straight I enjoy watching Basketball a lot - in fact that is the sport i played most in school and still a good bit today... I make a huge effort to keep in touch with the Celtics (pity about last night) and aswell as Basketball i also follow the Red Sox and enjoy the Superbowl every year (I cant seem to get into Ice Hockey though )... So please be sure to understand that i by no means consider American sports inferior or that they "Suck" and have never wanted to insinuate that they are bad because of the way they are played or refereed.... ... but in response to BLD who I must have come across quite strongly to in my post (Not intended)... Yes, in essence a game of football between my EXTREMELY FIT AND ATHLETIC friends is (essentially!!!!) the exact same as the Champions League final. The rules all apply and whoever scores most wins... it is a beautifuly simple idea that works wonders. But to think that we are less competitive!? That we are somehow happy with a draw!!!!???? Why in gods name do you think people invest so much time in Football?? Football is the biggest sport in the world - not just Europe - THE WORLD!! - And that is not because people who play football are happy to draw, its because everyone wants to win. And if it is just America that really really really wants to win they have a shit hard time achieving that don't they? ... and USA didnt look like they wanted to win more today until they went 2-0 down.. and woke up and realised that they are playing a pretty decent side. The beauty of football is that on a given day anyone has a chance - even "Tiny Slovenia" (as ESPN so big headedly put it)... whereas in fact i would consider Slovenia's qualification to the world cup a bigger achievement because of the high quality of teams in Europe - much much higher quality than those up against the USA in CONCACAF. Although over the years the USA have gradually gotten much better since World Cup 94 I still think there is a strange ignorance that is promoted in the USA that suggests they are the best by right.. when in fact they are still a little off the mark and the game of football is not as rigorously controlled and predictable as many other American sports are.
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video clip here: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-c...cc=5901&ver=us Last edited by cured; 06-18-2010 at 11:49 PM. |
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anyway; aside from the witless name-calling here, england were shocking last night. unbelievably bad, abject, shapeless, devoid of a plan. it's incredible to have it happen to every single player. yet they couldn't, to a man, get even the basics right. rooney can't moan about the fans booing - i was booing at home - especially as he was the worst player on the field. looks totally unfit - fergie's masterplan at the end of last season has come to fruition!
listening to david james this morning, it sounds like fab's lost the dressing room, brian.
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I thought that was a bit of an easy explanation ... but then i switched over to ITV just as they lost and the commentator says something like: "Cue the boos from the crowd, cue the newspaper articles, cue the wrath of Capello after this disastrous performance!!!" and i laughed
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This is well on its way to being the worst world cup ive ever seen. I'm hoping for a completely vuvuzela-less Euro 2012. Terrible refereeing. And i thought Graham Poll and his 3 yellow cards was a lowpoint of 2006. Thats nothing on the refs from the Germany and USA matches. Blame blame blame. New ball? Vuvuzelas? Bad refs? what to do...
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and the cards continue with Kewell. i believe every player on Ghana got a second-half yellow as well.
i don't feel like this watching club matches... only the WC. its like for some reason with the World Cup, the refs go absolutely nuts. Blown calls, card-happy, you name it. There've been how many Red cards already? 7 or so? Ridiculous. |
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