[kj] (OT) World Cup

[Brendan Quinn]

Elite athletes do not fall over with a shirt tug. Soccer players falling
over left right and centre in simulated agony is despicable. Train that into
them (as they do in soccer academies) and you're training to fail, what the
bloody hell is the point of that?

 

FIFA needs to wake up and get with the times, introduce a video ref and
stiff penalties for histrionics. It's a low enough scoring game that
refereeing is critical to begin with, without the incidence of fake fouls.
There has to be proper refereeing and consequences for unsportsmanlike
behaviour. Legitimate fouls need to be penalised, but pretending to fall
over with no contact or minor contact deserves the removal of that player
from the match. It's a disservice to yourself, your teammates, the fans on
both sides, and all the previous greats who played honourably and took a bit
of contact 'on the chin' so to speak, and got on with scoring goals. (And
scoring multi million dollar pay checks and top-shelf model WAGs ;)

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Neil Perry
Sent: Friday, 25 June 2010 2:57 a.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) World Cup

 

ITALY ARE OUT!!

what a game... good riddance to another bunch of negative cheats

On 24 June 2010 10:38, jon chapman <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

Didn't see that one coming - duh! 

  

  


lol!
 

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:52:32 +0100
From: phil.tofield at virgin.net
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) World Cup

....of testicles.....

On 23 June 2010 21:48, jon chapman <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

Lindsay has got a pair,so i'll watch them.

 


 
 

 

 

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