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Gerrard was just interviewed and started waffling about luck, which is why England fail at them. Taking penalties is a skill you can practice and get good at. It's not "luck".
It has more energy than the Euro quarterfinal crowd!
There is an element of luck to penalties (or pelanties if you're a certain ex-mulleted ex-England winger) but technique matters. The Ashleys both took terrible penalties. One needed to keep a cool head (see: Pirlo) and one needed to place the ball in a spot that's not easy for the goalkeeper to save.
BTW, USA vs. Italy World Cup women's team saber final coming up, streaming live on YouTube! #### Italy! Let's go Zagunis and Wozniak!
Who was it that did it in the World Cup? Because it happens so rarely it's a great move if you know the goalie is going to dive.
It was Uruguay's Sebastian Abreu. In his case it is really stupid because he literally always does it. The Ghana keeper just did not do his homework.
United/MetroStars (suck it NY!) is one of the bigger and older (for MLS) rivalries, they have a name for it.
He's had a better calendar 2012 than Xavi or Iniesta.
Didn't Messi already win? What's a boomlet? I'm confused!
Have heads rolled at Milan for letting Pirlo go?
Galliani knows much too much about Silvio to ever lose his job. And it may well have been Berlusconi's idea in the first place to shed Pirlo.
Come on Shooty. That's why they got Malaysian investors.
Ah. Wouldn't it still be between Messi and John Terry, er, I mean Ronaldo? I would take Pirlo over Xavi or Inesta, though. Does anyone else have a case? Buffon? Ibrahimovic and RVP practically carried their teams on their backs. I can't think of a defender I'd put in the mix this year. No one seemed to have a year like Vidic did in 2011.
You buy red kits we give you turtle shaped as$hole! Win-win!
The Drogba story appears to have been a complete red herring. He isn't in Barcelona, and his people say that he is leaving Miami for China later this week.
Arsenal completed their signing of Giroud. Other than that, pretty quiet again. Tomorrow's game can't come soon enough.
"There's a huge, growing population – the biggest young population on the planet is in Africa, and they are football-mad," said Aidan Heavey, chief executive of Tullow Oil. "Sunderland will become the Premier League club in Africa. Everybody will be wearing the Sunderland shirt, every kid in every school will want a Sunderland shirt which says 'Invest in Africa', believe me. It will be the number one club, so what you are looking at is a huge market and huge exposure, and Sunderland will have that exposure.
"At a stroke, this association will make Sunderland the most popular club in Africa. At the moment, the usual clubs are the biggest, people like Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool. But supporters right across Africa will now see the Invest In Africa logo on the front of Sunderland shirts and take pride in that. From now on, Sunderland will be their team."
My guess they'll be the most popular team in Africa the way Cardiff is the most popular team in Malaysia.
Is this tongue-in-cheek?
That's kind of surprising, no? I'm surprised he hasn't gotten better offers--the LFC fiasco wasn't really his fault and he never had a chance to rework the squad at Inter. A reputation is a frail thing, I guess. Still glad he wasn't up for the Tottenham job, though.
Is this tongue-in-cheek?
Firmly.
Ha! Gylfi kisses the chicken badge! Nyah nyah nyah.
I'm interested in what Spurs and Arsenal do this summer. So far they've spent roughly the same amount of money (Spurs a little less) and Arsenal have brought in Podolski and Giroud and Spurs Gylfi and Vertonghen (assuming it gets done now that it's so close) and each team will probably lose their talisman. Arsenal have brought in the higher profile players but I don't think I could say which pair are better.
Today's Modric rumor is him going to Madrid for Sahin and 30 million euro.
Today's Modric rumor is him going to Madrid for Sahin and 30 million euro.
Yeah, that's been making the rounds but according to Spurs ITK (I know, I know) Sahin doesn't want to leave Real. It makes sense for everyone but maybe Sahin doesn't speak English and doesn't want to be isolated as the only Turk and German speaker on Spurs (though I guess VDV and Sigurdsson probably sprechen Deutsche a bit).
What kind of fee could Arsenal command? He's a transcendent player but he's in the last year of his deal and seems intent on leaving. It's going to be an epic game of chicken.
It's next to Citifield, which means it's in the middle of nowhere at the ass end of Queens.
It's not a sexy spot like a Manhattan stadium would be, but it makes the most sense. It's easy to get to by car or subway and it would be convenient for a lot of people for whom NYRB Stadium isn't. I hope whoever gets the franchise is able to purchase the Cosmos brand as well, but that's a minor point, really. Just don't name the team after something douchey!
I am amused that the assumption is Sigurdsson will get a bigger wage packet from Spurs than he would from Liverpool. Seems just as likely--if not more likely--that Sigurdsson (or his agent, anyway) is well aware that Liverpool have more money than Tottenham and therefore wants greater compensation if he's going to slum it with the second best team on Merseyside as opposed to the club that finished four places higher.
(It's been a while since we had a cheap shot at Liverpool in hopes of stirring AlouGoodbye from his slumber.)
You mean 8thpool? Wakka wakka!
I was enjoying the meltdown at RAWK until the moderators started locking up every thread mentioning Sigurdsson. Seriously, I miss those Pool discussions we used to have and it would be nice to grab a beer with him again when I'm in London but I don't know how to contact him. By the way, you should suck it up and come out for that Chelsea game. You know you want to!
The Willets Point site has always been the one that makes most sense for a real NY MLS team
edit: coke to ursus
Granted it will, hopefully, be easier because the stadium is (at least according the article linked) privately financed, but that's still a little bit like me saying my plan to have sex with Mila Kunis could be completed tonight, although it needs her approval.
You could always try to BTFmail him. It's too bad he went dark; would have been great to get his take on FSG, Suarez, Dalglish, Rodgers, etc.
Ah, the Chelsea game. Yeah, file that one under Things I Would Do If I Was Rich.
I have been. We're in summer mode here at work. I'd always heard about RAWK but never checked it out until the Sigurdsson news broke. It's pretty hilarious there! Team-centric blogs are a reminder to me why I like to talk soccer at a baseball site.
Ah, the Chelsea game. Yeah, file that one under Things I Would Do If I Was Rich.
I destroyed the part of my brain that knew how much I spent on those tickets with beer last night. It's one of the top 10 dumb things I've ever done. When Spurs lose, it moves into the top 3.
Portugal 7/2
Nani to score first goal 14/1
Italy 4/1
Also, I am busy talking myself into DeRossi to score first at 33/1.
BTW, I do think Germany and Spain are clear favs... but they are getting far too much respect from the bookies.
"Manchester City won the championship this year and I hear they're going to lose $156 million. I would rather give that money to charity if I had it. I want every business to stand on its own," the 71-year-old, told CNN.
They lost a lot more than that!
I always wonder about this, not being a gambler. I understand you bet against the odds, not the plurality result. Do you just rely on the fact that you place bets often enough for the long payoff? I guess there's no such thing as an occassional gambler (or not one that comes out in the black anyway).
I have this problem with hockey too, even for the team I'm a fan of. Sadly the BBTF hockey thread has no Shooty to keep it plugging.
He also owns arguably the worst run MLS team.
The BBTF hockey thread is three Blackhawk fans and a secondary steagles fanboy depository.
Or however the #### MLS works now.
Those are both for the regular 90 mins. ET is a loss.
The 'to qualify' odds are:
Spain 2/5 Portugal 7/4
Germany 4/11 Italy 2/1
To bet on either Spain or Germany to go through you have to think either can win more than 70% of the time.
I really think Germany/Italy is going to be an open game with plenty goals, which pushes down the likelihood for a draw. So I really prefer the regulation time odds in that game. Certainly, I think they can win one out of five games. And I think a longer game suits the Spanish more. The way both teams play, I think Portugal is going to be the one that tires first.
BTW, I am really looking forward to see what tactical super-genius Löw does against the Italian monkey-wrench-formation. You would think if anybody can crack that nut on short notice, it would be him. I am glad Italy made it through for that reason alone. Löw was never going to lose with the better players against a 4-4-2 anyway. That's like challenging a grandmaster at chess after only just learning to play checkers.
All I know is I'm chugging a beer every time the camera catches the genius with his finger knuckle-deep up a nostril.
Pretty much. Football season is long, and there are tons of leagues. If you look at e.g. the Portugal odds, you are betting on them to win 1 out of 5. It really doesn't take that long to straighten itself out if you bet 5 games a week.
Edit: And it's not like you should only be taking long shots. You bet where there is value. In the QF's I had Spain to win outright, and Italy to qualify (played it perfectly I might add). Both of those were about 10/11.
For a second I was worried about how that sentence was going to end...
He has now signed long-term deals in May 2010, March 2011 and June 2012. His agent has a nice racket going there.
That maybe was the best "fixed that for you" I've ever seen.
He'll be playing as a defensive mid though.
Yeah, I like to see someone try to pressure them.
I saw that in the break room walking by - the only thing I could think of was that he blew by the last three guys only because they stopped after an early whistle. Dumb, though, to blow it so quickly...
He just wants me to finish respectably!
I think it's Spain that has largely quit dilly-dallying in their own half.
The Guardian's a bit cheeky today.
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