tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post822631341244736965..comments2023-10-27T20:27:57.900-04:00Comments on Kid Dynamite's World: Catching Up - Back from Vegas, World CupKid Dynamitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17475987512856310577noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-77152639528158145302010-07-04T23:13:50.916-04:002010-07-04T23:13:50.916-04:00yeah - for some reason i have a memory stuck in my...yeah - for some reason i have a memory stuck in my head of the 1994 world cup being an amalgamation of tremendous games. this WC, i agree, has been less than stellar. Spain can string together some nice passes, but it all gets ruined when Iniesta dives like a bitch.<br /><br />Germany's counterattacks vs England were the Excellence of Execution, but i could have defended them better than England did.<br /><br />I know the Brazil play you're referring to - it was a nice one.Kid Dynamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17475987512856310577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-28650109469612532692010-07-04T14:23:39.713-04:002010-07-04T14:23:39.713-04:00This is a kickball tournament Kid. There have been...This is a kickball tournament Kid. There have been exactly 3 seconds of real, beautiful soccer in the last weeks, and they came from Brazil when Robinho refused to go down, passed to a team mate who back heeled it to KaKa, who curled it on goal, only for the goal keeper to make a great save. This says it all. The rest of the soccer is inaccurate passes, poor controlling of balls, deliberate diving intended to generate set plays (free kicks). There is barely any passing into space or long balls in the air. It's a joke to watch Americans try to watch this crap(even though I do, because I grew up with the game, and am a degenerate at four year intervals) because it really is lousy soccer. Blame FIFA, blame the players and coaching, blame the ball(supermarket ball according to players). <br /><br />As for Ghana losing out, if I were on the goal line as last defense, I too would have used my hand(did you notice the other defender on the line also used his hands to try to block the ball?). And when Gyan missed the PK, he made a 5 year old kid's error of not keeping the ball down. Really pathetic; the technical term for his error is, 'he is the goat.'<br /><br />Still, I can't predict who will win. Look forward to your Vegas debrief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-45166686520877472362010-07-03T07:37:12.086-04:002010-07-03T07:37:12.086-04:00Ghana got completely robbed. They should have awa...Ghana got completely robbed. They should have awarded the goal similar to "goaltending" in basketball. I don't know if this is in the rulebook for soccer though.<br />Anyway, I just stumbled across a link that I think you'll find interesting assuming you havent' already seen it.<br />http://rajivsethi.blogspot.com/2010/05/blame-instructions-not-machines.htmlStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-90299223975812077022010-07-02T22:59:27.948-04:002010-07-02T22:59:27.948-04:00Yes, Ghana is heartbroken, but that final free kic...Yes, Ghana is heartbroken, but that final free kick awarded to Ghana that led to all the late-game madness in the box was very, very weak. A winning goal (absent the handball) from that kick would have done Uruguay quite an injustice, in my opinion. I think it worked out fairly in the end. Even Steven before penalties. <br /><br />The missed PK proves it. As Sheed says: "Ball Don't Lie!"Senseinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-32574675510662547722010-07-02T22:25:00.935-04:002010-07-02T22:25:00.935-04:00A bit off topic, but how many USA Americans realiz...A bit off topic, but how many USA Americans realize that Uruguay and Argentina are populated by Europeans. 90% of both coutries are European. I bring this up because it should be clear from watching the FIFA matches, but yet we have to endure bogus racial and ethnic categories in this country that equate a Spanish surname and origin of south of the border with "Hispnaic."<br /><br />I could care less except for federal discrimnatory programs known as affirmative action.Blurtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997520846655923035noreply@blogger.com