Just sad day for sports

Rock Steady · 07-10-2006, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I didn't get to see the final, so I just read up a bit. If the Italian did in fact take a dive, it was a brilliant dive, and Zidane was a moron for letting his temper get the best of him. What a twit.

My hat is off to the Italian player who, whether it hurt or not, did the smart thing and let Zidane hose his own team.

I TOTALLY agree with your sentiment here.

I really believe that the Italian player that was hit was as surprised as anyone else. I watched it live on ReplayTV and watched it several time replayed back.

Zidane just showed his real character.

I also watched the frog forward dive of 5:00 many times. The French should never have had a goal in that game at all.

For rkzenrage to watch the whole game and see the frog dive goal and then accuse the head-butted italian guy for a dive is a complete travesty and utter ignorance.

Elspode · 07-10-2006, 10:35 PM

I wouldn't say that, exactly. Different strokes, different opinions. I read opinions going both ways (Fox excerpt was something like "I've seen worse in peewee hockey games").

The point of the game is to *win*. You do what you can do within the rules to accomplish the point. Italy did that masterfully, and France should learn something.

Rock Steady · 07-11-2006, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode

I wouldn't say that, exactly. Different strokes, different opinions. I read opinions going both ways (Fox excerpt was something like "I've seen worse in peewee hockey games").

The point of the game is to *win*. You do what you can do within the rules to accomplish the point. Italy did that masterfully, and France should learn something.

Sorry, but I saw the game and you didn't. France was the divers/foppers AND the flagrant foulers.

France got their bogus goal masterfully thru a forward flop in the box for a penalty kick. So lame.

Let's say you are up against Michael Jordan in the NBA finals in Game 7 in Overtime. Do you really expect him to head-butt you and possibly get ejected from the game?

When the NHL went from 1 referee to 2, some veterans were caught with their "hand in the cookie jar". I remember Rick Tocchet sucker punching a guy during a faceoff when he thought the ref was not looking at him. Whoooops, the Second Ref rang him up for a 5 Minute Major Penalty for fighting. Whooopps.

Zidane was just soooo arragont that he thought he could get away with a hurtful flagrant foul, and you know what, he can't. Fuck him, swine frog. May his dead career never find peace.

lookout123 · 07-11-2006, 12:53 AM

i watched it live and that was real. i play in a soccer league and, while there are some good players, no one is pro material - but the headshots have tremendous force if done correctly. done correctly right into the sternum? that's a dropper.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2006, 05:23 AM

Chuck Norris would have killed him.

Griff · 07-11-2006, 05:47 AM

Maybe being on the same planet as Chuck is what took the Frenchman down in the fifth minute.

07-10-2006, 10:35 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I wouldn't say that, exactly. Different strokes, different opinions. I read opinions going both ways (Fox excerpt was something like "I've seen worse in peewee hockey games"). The point of the game is to win. You do what you can do within the rules to accomplish the point. Italy did that masterfully, and France should learn something. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog Last edited by Elspode; 07-10-2006 at 10:45 PM.

07-11-2006, 12:53 AM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i watched it live and that was real. i play in a soccer league and, while there are some good players, no one is pro material - but the headshots have tremendous force if done correctly. done correctly right into the sternum? that's a dropper. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-11-2006, 05:23 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Chuck Norris would have killed him. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-11-2006, 05:47 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Maybe being on the same planet as Chuck is what took the Frenchman down in the fifth minute. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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