Champions League final open thread
I guess the Mariners are playing today, but it's irrelevant, because today Thierry Henry gets his second crack at the Champions League medal that he deserved to get a few years ago. Damn you Jens Lehmann. Anyway, I don't have access to TV or a reliable stream right now so I'm following it here. Anybody that doesn't want to pollute the M's game thread with CL stuff should hang out over here - it's not like the M's are going to do anything interesting today anyway, right?
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This match is not going to end well for my tastes.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I desperately want to disagree but I fear you are correct
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It seems like Ryan Giggs should be about 600 years old
he’s been playing for United so damn long.
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought I was going to be able to stream this at work. But:
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I’ll go talk to my boss about getting a new ISP for the building.
by Teej on May 27, 2009 11:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Do you have Verizon at home?
I use my home verizon account to watch ESPN 360 at work.
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by bluemax on May 27, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OH HELLS YES IT'S ON NOW!!!!!!!!!!
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GOD I LOVE THAT MAN
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eto'o has always been my fave on Barca.
Until Messi showed up at least.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Henry is my Griffey/Johnson so he's my favorite wherever he goes
but otherwise I’ve always loved Eto’o. Messi is just otherworldly, though, and is awesome to watch.
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's almost too good to be my favorite.
But I followed him coming up as a youth.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ronaldo displays his greatest skill: falling to the ground.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 12:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Actually that's his second greatest skill
Moaning loudly about perceived injustice is his greatest skill.
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where does looking/acting/being..
..a giant douchetool make the list? Surely top 5?
by GhettoBear04 on May 27, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's less a skill than an inborn trait
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good time here by Valdes.
Settle the defense down.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 12:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Apparently Ronaldo is going to take every ManUre shot in this game
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ronaldo's foul complaint to actually being fouled ratio is off the charts
by Nick S on May 27, 2009 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
These stats need to be kept somewhere.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe that makes him the career leader in said stat
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just fired up ESPN 360. Awesome!
I don’t know much about European soccer beyond the biggest stars, but I take it this the best soccer I’ll see until South Africa 2010. Who are the players to watch beyond Rooney, Henry, and He-Who-Flops? Also, this color commentator isn’t Tommy Smyth, is it? I’ve never actually heard him call a game.
by Decatur on May 27, 2009 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If it's an aggressive fake Oirish accent and if he's talking complete bollocks it's Smyth.
Messi for Barca is one of if not the best player in the game right now, Eto’o for Barca is also awesome.
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ESPN 360 is my only source of international Soccer
now that I don’t get the FSC anymore.
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by bluemax on May 27, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fox Soccer has the Champions League starting next year though
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well the thing is
I think FSC is part of the extended sports package on DirecTV and I cancelled that to save money. I’ll probably reup it during College Football but cancel again after.
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by bluemax on May 27, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"And it's Messi to Henry, the shot - YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!"
by Nick S on May 27, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dread the FSC commentators
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've grown to like Bretos and Sullivan in a retarded-cousin kind of way
by Nick S on May 27, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I ever meet Max Bretos I will set him on fire
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lionel Messi, #10, Barcelona, best player in the world
by Nick S on May 27, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. It's Smyth.
Incidentally, I’ve actually met him.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you punch him in the auld onion bag when you did?
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No. He was very pleasant
and talked to me and a friend for 10 minutes even though he had vastly much more important things to be doing.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's good to hear
because his shtick is reeeeeally irritating.
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I desperately miss Wynalda.
Too bad you’re not allowed to be an asshole on TV unless you’re over the age of 50
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do I skip lecture to watch the second half?
Is this even a question?
by Nick S on May 27, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The answer is school will always be there
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yahoo! updates are pleasantly racist.
Dancing run from Messi and he finds Eto’o but workaholic Park gets back to nick the ball off him.
by abender20 on May 27, 2009 12:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I must be missing something.
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by bluemax on May 27, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
argentines are fluid and dancey and koreans are industrious workers
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hello, industrious little fellows!
by abender20 on May 27, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Although I am surprised that it wasn't Henry doing the nicking
by abender20 on May 27, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
french people are lazy and surrender easily
this lazy stereotyping thing rules!
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kind of figured he might be Korean
but I wasn’t sure.
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by bluemax on May 27, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, nice first half.
After watching the shitfest in Stamford and the latest Sounders games, it was pleasing to watch a talented and mostly foul free 45 minutes.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 12:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't be Drogba, Messi.
You’re better than that.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 12:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It does seem ominous
Barca really really need to sneak a second goal in the next few minutes to put it away
by Nick S on May 27, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've always wondered
how do the referees communicate with the players when it is such an international sport? Especially in the World Cup and other international competitions it seems like there would be problems communicating. I guess a lot of the communication is using their hands, but things like notifying the ref a player seems to be holding a jersey, or explanation on a call need to be done verbally. Personally I kind of hope when the refs and players are arguing they are just blindly screaming profanities in their home language at each other.
by Zwakamatsu on May 27, 2009 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
English and French mostly as far as I can tell.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure all the refs at the 06 World Cup all had to speak English to some extent
by Nick S on May 27, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but for that to be worth it the players would too. I guess as long as you pick your captains as ones who speak english they are the only ones that really deal with the ref.
by Zwakamatsu on May 27, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a lot of "no no no no no no"
anyways.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL
MESSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIII I LOVE YOU YOU LITTLE PERSON
by Nick S on May 27, 2009 1:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
MESSI!
What a pretty ball, and maybe even a prettier header. That was amazing.
by Zwakamatsu on May 27, 2009 1:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA---
-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL
by Decatur on May 27, 2009 1:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That was gorgeous
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by bluemax on May 27, 2009 1:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of good, is there any FanGraphs equivalent for soccer?
by Decatur on May 27, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Billy Beane is working on it.
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by bluemax on May 27, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Billy Beane more or less runs an MLS team.
I would be shocked if he didn’t keep whatever he develops propriety and off-limits to the public (unless he’s already contractually obligated to make it public).
by Decatur on May 27, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He also works with Spurs
but I guess that’s what you meant by “MLS team”.
ZING
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fear not
If this off season goes as the last few have, Arsenal will be down in Spurs’ neighborhood by December.
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by pdb on May 28, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And one of these years, Spurs will get the memo that they don't just measure results starting in January.
That whole fall schedule thing? NOT exhibition games, apparently.
Some continuity at coach/director of football might be nice, too.
by marc w on May 28, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Henry just needs to get one and this will have everything I want from Barcelona.
Though if someone were to kick Ronaldo and Rooney in the nuts, I would take that as well.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 1:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Need another. A send off would be perfect.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's gonna happen
United are in bitch mode
by cougfan on May 27, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, Puyol
don’t get fancy there, just fire it on.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 1:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTT
BARCA BARCA BARCA!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
THAT WAS AWESOME
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 1:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Glad to get to root for Henry holding the trophy this time around.
by Matthew on May 27, 2009 1:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I got home in time to see the second goal but then had to leave again
I’m tivoing the end of the game in the vain hope that ESPN will show the medal ceremony.
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I have a reason to go home!
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Barca!!!
Although, running into another person wearing a Barca jersey today was jarring, I’m glad we don’t look like fools now.
by GhettoBear04 on May 27, 2009 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
FUCK RONALDO
CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP
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by pdb on May 27, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love you guys. It shows how smart you all are with your universal hatred of The Greatest Team In The Galaxy, EVAR.
I was in Manchester last night at the cinema [refused to watch the game after the pain of last years final] and you cannot imagine how hard it was to hide my grin when walking past their ugly, pathetic, SUPER-AIDS infested rat-like faces when walking back to my car just after the game. Life would be insufferable today if they would have won. Instead, I am gaining great joy from the pain of others.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 28, 2009 2:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sippin on that Haterade eh?
Especially the guy who called Ronaldo “He-Who-Flops” then asked for the rest of the starting team. Unreal.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 9:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
your point?
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by pdb on May 28, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure
you got the point. That’s why you responded.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I'm genuinely curious as to what the point of that post was.
Why is it unreal that people don’t like Manchester United?
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by pdb on May 28, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
United and all their fans are rat-faced twats who deserve plague.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 28, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think only one of them got stabbed this time
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
11 got arrested in Manchester for fighting after the defeat.
Fighting with one another, that is.
Retards.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 28, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lionel Messi had his house broken into last night between 1945 and 2137 GMT.
Police are questioning the Manchester United midfield as their whereabouts during that time are completely unknown
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Texting that to my rag friends right now.
Kudos.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 28, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hahahaha
well done. The ManU midfield was disgusting last night. Why Tevez, Berbatov and Scholes weren’t starting is beyond me.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
UNITED MISSED 'BIG GAME' FLETCHER!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 28, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This from the guy who just got owned for stupidly accusing someone of plagarism.
by Decatur on May 28, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And also, I was being partly tongue in cheek about "He-who-flops",
But the Italians made the 2006 World Cup Final a horrible experience to watch with all their flopping – I may not know a ton about soccer, but I know that excessive flopping makes a game really shitty to watch, whatever the legality or morality of it.
by Decatur on May 28, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Owned?
I got owned? I don’t think, in any rational persons world, that having someone disagree with you over the internet is getting “owned”. I read an article by Dave, read the exact same article two minutes later and thought it was fishy. Sure, I could have gone about it in a better way but I certainly don’t apologize for looking out for a writer I respect the shit out of.
by TheTank123 on May 29, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fine, I admit I was being a bit hasty.
I have no interest in a flame war, Tank, so I say we just let bygones be bygones. But you’re really gonna rub people the wrong way if you go around calling people haters like you did to me and pdb – it’s not all that far from trolling. You’re not a troll, obviously, as you’re clearly contributing some valuable things to the discussion here. But if you have a problem with what someone says, be clear, straightforward, and respectful in your first response – only go for the mockery and sarcasm if you get continuously met with disrespect. It makes for a much more pleasant environment.
by Decatur on May 29, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If people were ragging on my team I don't think I'd be all happy go lucky about it.
Not to pick sides but something to keep in mind.
by acblue on May 29, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, but there are plenty of ways to defend your team without insulting the other people in the thread.
Especially when it’s the first comment you make on the thread. Or am I misunderstanding your point, ac?
by Decatur on May 29, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Respect
And no, that was not a sarcastic respect in relation to your last sentence. Actual respect :-)
by TheTank123 on May 29, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
I said the guy who called Ronaldo “He-Who-Flops” yet can’t name more than three players on either team “unreal”. A) Calling someone out in soccer for flopping is absurd. Every single player on the damn field flops. It’s part of the game. B) How in the world is Ronaldo “He-Who-Flops”? Has anyone here seen Drogba play? Flopping might be his single greatest offensive attribute.
And yeah, I think the “hate” for ManU is pretty funny. It’s just like hating on the Yankees for being good.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also diving is not part of the game and I want Drogba off my team.
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Be serious here Graham
Diving is absolutely part of the game. You may not like it but it’s part of it (I certainly would like it gone, but what I want is irrelevant)
It’s just like watching Paul Pierce throw one of those ugly head fakes to get a guy in the air and then jumping into him. It may not be the classiest way to go about it, but its part of the game.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Diving is cheating in my books, and far more obnoxious than PEDs in baseball
But I’ve been a defender my whole life, so I’m pretty heavily biased towards wanting strikers to beat defenders fair and square.
And I have no idea what on earth you mean about Paul Pierce so I’m going to assume it’s a basketball thing.
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
If Pierce is able to get a defender to bite on a headfake, that's the defender's fault.
If a striker goes down without being touched, that’s cheating. It’s no different than the flopping that Reggie Evans used to do. Exaggerating contact to beg for an unwarranted call is classless cheating.
by abender20 on May 28, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So here's my question:
Does it work? It is not pretty to see as a fan but it is effective in propelling your team to victory. There’s a reason people do it. Whether or not we “like” it is irrelevant.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But it's explicitly against the rules of the game
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So is time wasting
No one had a problem with Eto’o laying on the ground for 10 minutes after he scored. The referee dealt with the situation properly by telling him to hurry his ass up, not throwing around yellows.
You play/played. You should know as well as anyone that soccer isn’t a cut and dry type sport.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow. 10 minutes?
That’s amazing that he was allowed to get away with that!
by Matthew on May 28, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Excessive celebrations are not the same as trying to hoodwink the referee
Players have been sent off and suspended due to having divers throw themselves to the floor when brushed. Celebrations cost what, 30 seconds of time (and since United tend to get an extra 4 minutes when behind doesn’t it all even out?).
Diving also makes it much harder for referees to call real fouls for penalties. Play the ball, play each other, don’t screw around with the referee.
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Graham...
I mean I don’t really know how else I can say it. I know it’s illegal. We all know its illegal. That doesn’t change the fact that it happens and will continue to happen. Just because it’s technically illegal doesn’t mean it’s effect on the game can be ignored, for good or bad.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't change the argument. No one disagrees that flopping affects the game.
by abender20 on May 28, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And sorry
I’m not sure what argument I’m changing. If you mean about the Paul pierce example, then yeah, you owned me.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh,
You pretty much went from “there’s nothing wrong with cheating if you’re not going to get in trouble” to “cheating happens.” Nobody’s disputing the latter.
by Teej on May 28, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Errr
Is there anything wrong with cheating (IN the game) if you don’t get caught? Morally? Absolutely. In sports? Absolutely not. Morals get thrown out the window when you are playing the most popular sport in the world on the biggest stage. Those guys fight and claw every single day to be that much better than their opponent. If FIFA is going to turn a blind eye or only make half ass attempt to curtail something, are you really telling me that a player shouldn’t take advantage of it?
I do make the distinction when the introduction of foreign substances occurs (PED, Spitballs, PAM spraying football jerseys) but it would be like getting all up in arms because an Offensive Tackle is holding all game. It happens, people accept it as part of the game, and they get past it.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So sports get to have flexible ethics and rules just because they're popular?
That’s a peculiar stance.
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by pdb on May 28, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What?
That is absolutely not what I’m saying and you know that.
Answer a question for me: M’s win the World Series and it turns out they were stealing signs. MLB knows about it, everyone reports on it, absolutely nothing comes of it. Do you not consider them to be World Series champions?
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is what you said though
Morals get thrown out the window when you are playing the most popular sport in the world on the biggest stage.
Morals = playing by the rules. If there were no rules there wIf the M’s win the World Series by blatantly stealing signs, they still technically won the World Series, but it would be tainted in the same way that McGwire’s 70 and Bonds’ 72 are. Does that matter? I don’t know. But still.
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by pdb on May 28, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah man
But it can’t end with “but still”. In an idealistic world where everyone did everything the “right” way it would be abhorrent. But that’s not the world we live in. Reality is that you do what you can to win. Michael Jordan is notorious for being one of the scummiest basketball players on the planet, yet he’s revered as the greatest of all time.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jordan was a prick, but he wasn't a cheater.
by abender20 on May 28, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jordan traveled more than Rick Steves
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by pdb on May 28, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Really?
That pushoff against Russel on his most iconic shot wasn’t against the rules?
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You do what you can to win within the rules, though
which is Graham’s whole point, and one with which I agree. Diving is not within the rules.
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by pdb on May 28, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aw, don't be eatin' doz Cheato's, Tank!
by Decatur on May 28, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But they go so well with a tall cool glass of haterade
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by pdb on May 29, 2009 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh what's up
Dead horse. Didn’t see you there.
by TheTank123 on May 29, 2009 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It'd be pretty easy to make diving go away forever.
Just suspend everyone who does it. Don’t leave it up to the referee. Have league officials watch each game afterwards and if a player goes down without contact looking to draw a foul, he’s done for a game.
Ta-da!
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You could even leave it up to video review after games to determine whether or not it was flopping,
ensuring that punishment was doled out justly.
by abender20 on May 28, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok...?
But that hasn’t happened and it’s been a problem for years. Until it does, flopping is a darn good way to get an easy advantage.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not disputing that
I just happen to have a different definition of ‘part of the game’ than you do. Meta-gaming the sport is something that deeply offends me, whether it benefits my team (hi Didier) or not.
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Pulling out a knife and stabbing the opposing goalie would probably help win as well.
by abender20 on May 28, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and I'm reasonably sure that stabbing is not in fact prohibited under the Laws of the Game
I did a search for the word “stabbing” and got 0 results. So there we go. It’s incontrovertible!
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
by pdb on May 28, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does the concept of a sports rivalry mean nothing to you?
As an Arsenal fan, I have several legitimate reasons to hate Man Utd, going back to the 1999 FA Cup semi-final and Ryan Goddamn Giggs.
Don’t assume motivations from people unless you get to know them first. Thanks.
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by pdb on May 28, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just back until 1999?
I’ve been singing United hate songs since I was 3
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't discover soccer until 1997 and didn't settle on Arsenal until 98
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by pdb on May 28, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What?
Assume motivations? I simply said you were drinking haterade. And, in fact, you admit to being a hater.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I dislike Man Utd for many reasons arising from matches over the years
none of which include “they’re like the Yankees”.
Haterade? Really?
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
by pdb on May 28, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Remember the user context I mentioned in other threads?
by Matthew on May 28, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What?
If you feel the need to scold me, please do it through PM. I understand this is your website but there’s no need to speak to me like a child. I am not doing anything uncivil.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
uh...
ok.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
by pdb on May 28, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had a very nice journey home from work tonight since the United victory parade, which had already been planned earlier in the week, was cancelled.
You know what that’s called you arrogant rat faced retards? That’s right – hubris. Fuck you all.
I hope City’s owners buy United, and utterly destroy them and turn Old Trafford into the worlds biggest toaster.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 28, 2009 10:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hear that there's an ad in the paper for a welder to put the top back onto a bus.
by Graham on May 28, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MORE!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 28, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On a semi-related subject...
does anyone know anything about collegiate soccer? Are UCLA and Santa Clara quality programs?
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't know anything about it now, but UCLA was quite something when Sigi Schmid coached there.
They’re not bad, but they’ve sort of fallen behind other schools.
by marc w on May 28, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting
My nephew played in the Development Academy showcase over Memorial Day and his coach was contacted by UCLA and Santa Clara. He’s very excited.
by TheTank123 on May 28, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I mean, their RPI this year was 30 or 33 or 35, out of what, a few hundred?
That’s good, but it’s just odd how the balance of power has shifted to the ACC and other eastern schools at the moment.
by marc w on May 28, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know the craziest shit about the most obscure sports.
by acblue on May 28, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know the craziest shit about the most obscure bands.
(and I think that is awesome)
by marc w on May 28, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think your sports knowledge is awesome
it’s just so complete. And I think you probably know more about music than me too.
by acblue on May 28, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I took a look at the top 15 and saw a lot of East Coast schools there. From what my nephew tells me, there’s a huge amount of talent coming out of Florida. A lot of the athletes down there are going for soccer instead of football. Not necessarily the most touch or skill, but athletically freakish.
by TheTank123 on May 29, 2009 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The girls went to Santa Clara in Bend it Like Beckham
by NOLAmarinergirl on May 29, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And if Bend it like Beckham was real life, when they were at Santa Clara they would get destroyed by the University of Portland.
Jose Lopez roxxorz my boxxorz.
51!
by joof on May 30, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
squeeeeeee
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by pdb on May 29, 2009 10:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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