going by the fact that no teams can put two good back-to-back games together, it should be tunisia.
spain, easily.
Monday, June 19, 2006
tunisia vs spain
going by the fact that no teams can put two good back-to-back games together, it should be tunisia.
spain, easily.
world cup - game 29
saudia arabia vs ukraine.
saudia arabia is an underdog for this match and the ukraine lost badly to spain.
football & soccer - the difference is in the ball
hey FIFA! and all those looking at the world cup on big screen tv's: this is what a real football looks like.
it's got proper seams, looks like a football, every player in the world knows the weight of the ball and how it responds. it also won't keep sailing over the crossbar and reach 3/4 of the way into the opponents half when kicked by a goalkeeper.
this of course is very different to the ugly offering presented to the 2006 world cup. you change the ball just so adidas can sell it? FIFA are selling out to make football a commodity. the new ball is faster and less easy to control; just to make it more visually appealing for television. how many passes, crosses, and shots on goal seem to completely miss their mark....doesn't anyone notice this?
anyone looking at the games can tell that this ball is completely inferior to the one above. the future of world cup football looks very american. sadly.
typicall bullshit, this is being touted as the most accurate football made. it's also selling for $130.00... from adidas.com
referee love - wait a minute! is that biesch?
from bbc
sport:harry kewell could miss australia's crucial group f game against croatia after being charged by fifa for insulting a referee....it was reported in the referee's report that he insulted the referee several times.
what do you reckon he was saying? was it:
"you make the strawberry daiquiris, and me and the mates will provide the tofu fondue. it'll be fun. and cheesy!"
what i want to know is; what is the minister doing playing for australia?
Sunday, June 18, 2006
world cup
brazil vs australia
no contest. this won't be a usa vs italy type game. forget australia's win over japan. this is brazil.
brazil. easily.
world cup - japan vs croatia
judging by the refereeing and standard of play of yesterday's debacle, there will be 8 players left on the field, 4 own goals, 57 dives, 16 yellow cards, and some truly terrible commentating (i think there ought to be a commentators world cup, and we get to vote like american idol).
the ball will also be lighter with different seams. oh i'm sorry; they've already done that.
i'm picking japan, purely because of the shame factor if they lose again.
nutty's BOINC Projects
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amongst all those participating in boinc projects, my world ranking is 43,386 out of 720,018
Saturday, June 17, 2006
usa vs italy
espn's commentary of the world cup matches sucks.
first off, no disrespect, but what the hell is a woman doing in the studio commentating on the performences of the men's game? i doubt you'll find that in any other country that is playing in this year's tournament. it's got nothing to do with equality, but everything to do with world cup football. this of course works both ways.
the guy running up and down the field, calling offsides and throw-ins is a linesman, not a 'referee's assistant.'
when a ball is kicked onto another player and it comes off that player, it is called a deflection, not a 'rebound'; this isn't basketball.
how come i can count an entire play, with the ball being touched by some 10 players, before one of the commentators actually informs us of who has the ball, instead of reading off their very carefully prepared scripts. 'it's called play by play', or 'running commentary'
how come whaen iran take to the field, they always mention the political issues, but when angola play, there's nothing about cholera and the mind-numbing appalling living conditions experienced by many citizens, living on piles of rotting rubbish and sewage of an oil-rich nation?
i heard whilst watching the portugal game that if you were a new soccer fan, you should "watch the czech republic vs ghana game, because it has huge implications on the usa team".
how pathetic! how about"you should try and watch as many of the games being played as possible"? i guess if it doesn't directly involve america, there's no 'need' to watch the other games.
the world cup. every four years americans suddenly seem to get very enthusiastic about football...or have no idea about the game whatsoever.
italy :)
world cup - a huge game for the usa
czech republic vs ghana
have to go with the czech's here. they look very strong.
i wonder what percentage of americans watching the game against italy will watch this critical game that can affect the usa's fate. i reckon less than half.
Friday, June 16, 2006
world cup - angolan shame
mexico vs angola
anyone rooting for angola here ought perhaps to take a look at the new york times front page.
holland vs ivory coast
if holland lose this match, they had better not team up with serbia for the next tournament...what an ugly game.
world cup - game 21
argentina vs serbia & montenegro.
impossible for any englishman to ever root for argentina, but they will advance easily.
how sweet would a serbia victory be against those utterly despicable, cheese-eating argies.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
world cup - game er...
sweden vs. paraguay
got to root for sweden here.
this country deserves more recognition than volvo, saab, and abba, although check this old saab out.
check this out.
go to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/isleofman/tt/index.shtml
then scroll down to
* take an on-board lap of the tt circuit
* get closer to the action with an on-board view
it's a lap on a motorcycle of the isle of man tt races. trust me, there is absolutely no other reason to go to the isle of man other than for this race or a special event.
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