Posts by giovanni tiso
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Shall we go through the France forward pass thing again? Because I noticed it was barely discussed for several consecutive months on this very blog.
That said, whilst I'm in favour of a goalline cam for big tournaments (how many of these line calls are there likely to be - one or two per WC at the most?) I think football is fine, rules-wise and adjudication wise.
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Not if you desperately wanted to agree with their lies - check the tone of that story
I'll say. It was Brown himself who had to provide the factchecking, for chrissakes.
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It's about time soccer adopted the best innvoations of field hockey and finally got out of its shadow!
(But seriously, field hockey remains a puzzle to me with or without offside, but ice hockey has steadfastly held on to its offside rule you'll observe. I think really if you've played soccer after toddlerhood you'll know why the rule is needed, which is why nobody is seriously talking about changing it.)
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Scoring would become a matter of booting the ball forward from defense and centre-forwards 'marking' the opposition goal-keeper. Even when you play socially without linesmen you have to make an agreement to enforce a loose offside or the games are just terrible.
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Just get rid of the off side rule!
Yes. And make five year olds play. I mean so long as it's goals you want. (I can hardly tolerate that age group 'seagulling'. The prospect of adults doing it is chilling.)
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Their supporters would happily swap with Italy, and alternate total rubbish with occasional trophies.
Er... Italy hadn't failed to clear the first stage since 1974, boy-o. Besides winning the tournament twice since then, it lost a final on penalties and two semifinals, one of which also on penalties. Not what I'd be inclined to call rubbish.
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Hard to fault you there. For one thing, Terry stole the leg of time.
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You're just teasing me now Giovanni. Both you and Steve Withers are implying that the only options are the devils you know.
I'm saying that I don't particularly appreciate people trying to sell inexperience as "freshness". As if being a public servant, elected or otherwise, was somehow disqualifying. So, if you ask us if this bloke should get less of a look because he's inexperienced, my answer would be yes. Which is not to say that he won't or shouldn't win, just that experience in local government is actually an asset.
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Not to win, no, but I think they were counted upon to make the semifinal. They were the form team in the qualifications, and gave the impression of having a solid defence behind one of the talents of the tournament in Rooney. That's often a recipe for going quite deep. They must rate as a major disappoinment.
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I couldn't help a nice warm feeling when little Ghana put the mighty US out of contention.
As they did four years ago. I don't think the US went into that game as favourites at all.