Let's get one thing clear from the outset: I'm the first person to admit that my knowledge of, and indeed interest in, football is slightly less than zero and I have absolutely no intention of changing that, no matter what tournament is being fought over played for. It's a tedious winter game with no summer respite, but thankfully our TV is allergic to it and is incapable of showing any, other than isolated incidents shown on the news. So that's good.
Okay, having made that clear I have a query. In the world cup match against the USA I gather that someone from the England team scored a goal early on, and that later on someone from the US team scored. So why is the England goalkeeper being blamed for the TEAM failure to win, when there were another 10 members of the team who had 75 minutes or so to score again? Why were the rest of the team not preventing the opposition getting the ball down to the England goal in the first place? Surely the goalkeeper is the last defender, not the only one.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
The football it has taken away the wee bit of sense he had
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I don't see what the fuss is all about, it's only a game.
It was an own goal by the England keeper.
Does that mean that England scored twice?
If so then we must have won!
It's not a matter of life and death, it's more important than that.
How astute of you, JG! Doesn't excuse the shocking mistake, though.
The Brits love to get behind their team. Until they can find a scapegoat.
Hoorah for JG! I was thinking that myself.
Because they're all paid so much, it becomes far more corporate. Thus, when one person makes an error that could have been prevented by many, that one gets hung out to dry. Human Beings like to get value for money. y'see.
Course it was a silly error and it is fair to give a bit of ribbing about it but to go the lengths of some fans/pundits beggars belief. Who can honestly put their hands up and claim robotic perfection?
Oh, and did you know these footballing chaps get special training to deal with the trauma of cocking up in front of the whole world? The emotional weight must indeed be staggering without people yelling Judas in reaction to a simple mistake.
Not to mention the vuvuzela!
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