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RayB:
Hey, are armless people permitted to play professionally or is that considered cheating?

CheffoJeffo:
From an opinion piece in the local paper:


--- Quote ---His continuous play-acting and outrageous complaining blighted xxxxxx. And every other game he played in. He is a noxious little twerp. That he’s also very good makes it exponentially annoying.

Three words would elevate xxxxxx’s game to genuine greatness: Just. Keep. Running.

He won’t. He has no shame. There is no shame left in football. It’s too far gone.
--- End quote ---

I removed the player's name as it applies to far too many players to be leveled at one in particular (although it was spot-on for that player).

A sober, dispassionate review of this year's World Cup has left me with the conclusion that, yeah, goal line technology would be a good idea, but it isn't the problem. The game isn't beautiful anymore.

The way the game is currently set up, it rewards the two types of players that we all dislike -- the actors and the slashers. My beloved Brasil has always numbered amongst the former, but this year joined the latter. The houligans of this tournament used to be called the Flying Dutchmen for the free-flowing way they played the game. Spain's trademark possession passing was marred by dives and hacks.

The author of the quote above suggested that penalties/suspensions after the fact based on replays for missed/obvious infractions (or, presumably, retractions of incorrect cardings) would be a good start. Apparently they do that in rugby.

I dunno, but this was a pretty disappointing World Cup no matter who you were cheering for and what their results.

Samstag:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on July 12, 2010, 08:40:57 pm ---The author of the quote above suggested that penalties/suspensions after the fact based on replays for missed/obvious infractions (or, presumably, retractions of incorrect cardings) would be a good start. Apparently they do that in rugby.

--- End quote ---

The problem is that when you get down to the last 8 teams the refs are told to be more lenient because FIFA would rather let them play dirty than lose big stars (ie: revenue).  There's probably no fix for that.

But I'd like to see some consequences for dirty play after the match.

Kevin Mullins:
I know little to nothing about the specific rules of soccer/football, but after watching the World Cup this year I can already agree with everything you just said cheffo.  :P
I was able to watch the game from here in Holland and really looked forward to it. Then was rather disappointed, not for losing, but for the gameplay shinanigans in general.


--- Quote from: Samstag on July 13, 2010, 02:53:05 am ---The problem is that when you get down to the last 8 teams the refs are told to be more lenient because FIFA would rather let them play dirty than lose big stars (ie: revenue).  There's probably no fix for that.

But I'd like to see some consequences for dirty play after the match.

--- End quote ---

The problem with that is when things become one sided and only one team has the advantage of playing dirty. (even though they did have a better offense)  

Dartful Dodger:
0 to 0 in the first half.
Followed by an equally exciting 0 to 0 second half.
Then they followed that up with 0 to 0 in the first extra 15 minutes.

Luckily they only have the World Cup every four years, I don't think I'd be able to contain myself if this was a yearly event.

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