How come nobody's said a word about the World Cup?

It's heartening to see that England remains attached to tradition - well, perhaps not so heartening when in this case it's a 44 year-old tradition of getting beaten by Germany every time in the Worlds. (They did tie in 1982).

The gilded Premier League, once you take away its foreign stars, is starkly exposed by this England team: tactically, they remain in 1966, and technically only three or four of its players are up to World Cup standards. Germany, with a much younger team, has demonstrated that they are evolving with the game and not staying mired in the past.

The problem with England will be rebuilding with younger players who, as far as we know from what they've shown in international play until now, don't have any more individual talent than this bunch of 30 year olds.
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
It has to well played to be attractive to watch (says he, with an air of insouciant superiority about to be humbled).
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maybe you had a point before dunga took over as coach.

o jogo bonito morto
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We'll see... There is no squad more unpredictable.
 
originally posted by Ruben Ramos:
Human error is part of the game. Until FIFA decides to update its technology.
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There's human error, and then there's human incompetence. They are two different things. FIFA is continuing to condone the latter. Between that and the diving soccer has two very nasty strikes against it.
 
Human error may be part of the game, but that's not necessarily a good thing.

We had this discussion (or rather others had this discussion) a few weeks back about baseball and the perfect game. It seems to me that the goal in any sport is for the competitors to compete and let the best performance win. To the extent that we can reduce human referee error and reward better sporting performances, that would improve the purpose of the game.
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
originally posted by Ruben Ramos:
Human error is part of the game. Until FIFA decides to update its technology.
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There's human error, and then there's human incompetence. They are two different things. FIFA is continuing to condone the latter. Between that and the diving soccer has two very nasty strikes against it.
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Unfortunately David the refereeing has been uneven throughout the World Cup. And as far as players embellishing their falls more officials on the field would clear that up. Or allow the fourth official to use instant replay to decide disputed calls.
 
originally posted by Larry Stein:
I have no explanation. I have thought about why that is over the years. Even when my playing days were over, I'd always watch the Grand Slam tournament matches. This has evolved gradually over the past 10 years.
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Larry, you're geting old when you can't concentrate on tennis. I had to quit playing a few years back because my body basically broke down (knees, hip,) from pounding on concrete, which 99% of all CA. tennis is played on. I was a much better doubles player than singles. Nobody ever asked me to carry the ball when I played high school football because of my lack of foot speed. Watching Federer play 2 or 3 years ago who was like a combination of Nijinsky and Jerry Rice was a great treat if you understand tennis. I'm like Rahsaan, watching Wimbledon is a real treat.
 
What's even weirder (and I admit that it is) is that I can watch the final round of the men's Grand Slam golf tournaments. All 18 holes. I've played golf once in my life.

Thinking more about it, I stopped watching tennis (especially men's) after Sampras and Agassi retired. I never picked it back up when Federer came on the scene. Yes, a real oversight to not watch him in action as one could argue that he's the best ever. Watching the women is painful with all that fucking shrieking that many of them do.

If Nadal and Federer make the finals, I do plan on watching it (assuming I have no prior plans).
 
originally posted by Larry Stein:
What's even weirder (and I admit that it is) is that I can watch the final round of the men's Grand Slam golf tournaments. All 18 holes. I've played golf once in my life.

Thinking more about it, I stopped watching tennis (especially men's) after Sampras and Agassi retired. I never picked it back up when Federer came on the scene. Yes, a real oversight to not watch him in action as one could argue that he's the best ever. Watching the women is painful with all that fucking shrieking that many of them do.

If Nadal and Federer make the finals, I do plan on watching it (assuming I have no prior plans).
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You may have plans for Sunday morning at 6 AM (PDT)? That's one hell of a social life.
 
I am! U-S-A...U-S-A...Mus-ca-det...Beau-jo-lais...

However, I'll be at Sandi's place in the city so my social plans will be underway when we wake up. Might have a chance to catch 30-60 min. of the match.
 
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