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Offline Nash

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« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2006, 02:04:12 AM »
God bless the Onion.
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Offline Holden McGroin

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« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2006, 02:14:09 AM »
Really Nash, 0-1-1...

USA scored on an own goal to tie Italy, then played virtually the entire second half with only 9 players when two were red carded.
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« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2006, 02:25:43 AM »
I haven't really followed soccer....

It's actually a suprise to hear that there are winners and losers, 'cuz I sure as hell haven't been fortunate enough to be around when scoring takes place.

But I was doing this weird fundraiser thing today.... where ya go to a bunch of different restaurants and.... well it's boring..... but....

In one of the restaurants they had all the large screens where that game was playing. And I watched as these two guys went up for a header, and one of them collapsed.

"Big, big surprise" thought I.

Because as far as I was concerned, soccer consisted of two things: the lack of scoring, and folks flailing about all over the field in dramatic fashion, in order to draw colored squares from men in black gear.

But this one guy, he gets up, and his face was covered in blood.

I couldn't believe it!

So maybe there's more to this thing than I thought.
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« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2006, 02:29:57 AM »
Even though I have yet to figure it out, for me, Aussie rules football is much more enjoyable to watch than soccer.
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« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2006, 02:33:06 AM »
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I haven't really followed soccer....

It's actually a suprise to hear that there are winners and losers, 'cuz I sure as hell haven't been fortunate enough to be around when scoring takes place.

But I was doing this weird fundraiser thing today.... where ya go to a bunch of different restaurants and.... well it's boring..... but....

In one of the restaurants they had all the large screens where that game was playing. And I watched as these two guys went up for a header, and one of them collapsed.

"Big, big surprise" thought I.

Because as far as I was concerned, soccer consisted of two things: the lack of scoring, and folks flailing about all over the field in dramatic fashion, in order to draw colored squares from men in black gear.

But this one guy, he gets up, and his face was covered in blood.

I couldn't believe it!

So maybe there's more to this thing than I thought.


lol.

Yeah, its pretty boring stuff.

I once was at a "british pub" here in Phoenix and some soccer team was playing. This British guy was writhing in his chair from the pure excitment of the ball being kicked up and down the field.

He was on the edge of his seat, smiling and staring at the "action".

I think I remember that the game was in the 559th minute, score was 0-0.

Then the game was decided by some free shots on a the goal in the tie-breaker. Pretty amazing! Play a team for 16 hours, then decide the game with 2 guys taking shots on the goal.

Boring game.

Actually, if they just played the game like it is during the tie-breaker, it might be more exciting to watch.
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« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2006, 02:38:37 AM »
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Even though I have yet to figure it out, for me, Aussie rules football is much more enjoyable to watch than soccer.


Hmm... not familiar with that... but it's south of the equator, so maybe it's like soccer, only backwards. People running in reverse...

That'd definitely be worth a look.
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« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2006, 03:48:26 AM »
For the uninitiated, it's a bunch of guys (actually 2 bunches) dressed like rugby players (no pads) running around on a round field with a rugby style ball. The game consists of two teams running around non-stop, kicking and catching and passing a ball. Every few minutes, the official signals that somebody scored somehow.

At opposite sides of the field there exist four goal posts.  Kick the ball thru the center pair and you get more points than if you get it thru the outer pair.  You don’t have to kick it to score, I think you can run thru the goal too, but any advance by running opens the runner to violent attack.

You pick up the ball and run, but after like 10 steps you have to hold the ball in one hand and punch the ball with the other hand and pass it to a teammate.  (Hand Pass) If you run too far without a hand pass it's like traveling in basketball.  If you run at all, you open yourself to a vicious physical attack.

You can kick the ball downfield to a teammate.  If he catches it and attempts to advance it toward the goal, anybody has the right to attack him with extreme violence.  If he runs backwards, they have to leave him alone and he can either kick it farther downfield or hand pass to a team mate.  

Any kick pass ends up with several members from both teams jumping into the air and trying to occupy the same space so as to catch the ball.  While overt physical attack seems to be frowned upon during the catching phase, the maneuvering for best catching position looks very much like a group mugging.
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« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2006, 03:55:26 AM »
:rofl

..... holy christ....


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« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2006, 05:05:23 AM »
I hereby vow to never ridicule team USA again, what they did yesterday, against superior numbers and superior skills was equally impressive as it was entertaining. Taking the fight to the Italians with pure zeal and at the same time  beating them when it came to teamwork and creativity...

Kudos!
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« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2006, 05:29:20 AM »
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I hereby vow to never ridicule team USA again, what they did yesterday, against superior numbers and superior skills was equally impressive as it was entertaining. Taking the fight to the Italians with pure zeal and at the same time  beating them when it came to teamwork and creativity...

Kudos!
Indeed!! At this rate, Mr. Big will become an ardent fan!! (He only likes to back the horses whose noses are already past the winning post)
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« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2006, 07:13:00 AM »
Aussie Rules makes the NFL look like a pansy's game.
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« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2006, 07:46:43 AM »
I didn't watch all of the game yesterday but I did watch some of it.

Holden et al...you guys should be proud of your players.  They played really well and held together despite having two guys sent off.  (Note...the Italians had a red card too, so they were down to 10 men)

Instead of making silly posts about your feeling about the game why not try and support your players?  They held off one of the favoured teams in the world cup.
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« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2006, 11:50:39 PM »
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Holden et al...you guys should be proud of your players. They played really well and held together despite having two guys sent off. (Note...the Italians had a red card too, so they were down to 10 men)


Here you go Curval...

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Really Nash, 0-1-1...

USA scored on an own goal to tie Italy, then played virtually the entire second half with only 9 players when two were red carded.
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« Reply #28 on: June 19, 2006, 07:34:49 AM »
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« Reply #29 on: June 19, 2006, 08:42:52 AM »
I dunno, I think liking soccer or supporting the players threatens some people's manhood or something. It's the only reason I can figure out that they always come into a thread to talk about how boring the game is and how it doesn't interest them at all. If it's boring and it doesn't interest them, why do they always come post in a thread about it?

oh yeah... they must just be trolling.  :D

Anyways, very gutsy effort by the US players. It was a shame that McBride was offside on Beasley's goal. That would have been something, 9 men against 10, and scoring a goal, and potentially even winning the game.

The other one that I wish we had back was Reyna's shot in the 2nd half that went wide. He should have played a ball to Donovan who would have been in alone on Buffon.

Italy was fortunate that Perrota (I think it was Perrota) was able to continue after he went down. Italy had already used all 3 subs, and if he couldn't have continued, it would have been 9 on 9 for the remainder of the match.

Just have to hope for an Italy win over the Czechs while beating Ghana now.  Or just beat Ghana by like 5 goals to make up the goal differential.
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