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From: Alessandro Riolo on 27 Jun 2010 10:41 "Bruce D. Scott" <bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de> wrote in message news:i07npq$2kv3$7(a)gwdu112.gwdg.de... > Suddenly England have the play... a Webmleytor!!! ball over the line I > thought but no. .. It was over the line, big way. > The goal was in by 2 meters! England totally ripped off! Yep, but then, the principle of reciprocity has been at the cornerstone of the indoeuropean conversation probably since its own inception ;) -- ale http://ale.riolo.co.uk
From: Bruce D. Scott on 27 Jun 2010 10:45 Alessandro Riolo (alessandro.riolo(a)gmail.com) wrote: : "Bruce D. Scott" <bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de> wrote in message : news:i07npq$2kv3$7(a)gwdu112.gwdg.de... : > Suddenly England have the play... a Webmleytor!!! ball over the line I : > thought but no. .. : It was over the line, big way. : > The goal was in by 2 meters! England totally ripped off! : Yep, but then, the principle of reciprocity has been at the cornerstone of : the indoeuropean conversation probably since its own inception ;) What a fine way to put it! This is something the Americans will _never_ understand. (Commentary shows it, as on TV, as in the blogs, as on Usenet.) But it really is better that the referee is part of the game. England have to do what we did in our matches... go forward, go forward. -- ciao, Bruce drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: Sid on 27 Jun 2010 10:49 * Alessandro Riolo [2010-06-27 09:41] [rec.sport.soccer]: > It was over the line, big way. > >> The goal was in by 2 meters! England totally ripped off! > > Yep, but then, the principle of reciprocity has been at the cornerstone of > the indoeuropean conversation probably since its own inception ;) Along with Daniele's post a few days ago - POTY for me. :) Sid -- 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 remove the espam bits to mail
From: higgs on 27 Jun 2010 10:52 On Jun 28, 12:38 am, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote: > OH THE IRONY!!!!! > > HURST EAT YOUR HEART OUT!!! > > -- > MANCHESTER UNITED FC > CHAMPIONS LATEST > ENGLAND 2009 - UEFA 2008 - WORLD 2009 How so? Hurst's was in. One of the arguments against *that* goal has been that it couldn't possibly have crossed the line by the laws of physics
From: SHUSSBAR on 27 Jun 2010 10:59
On Jun 27, 9:38 am, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote: > Now the German back line gets destroyed on a short free kick cross, > Upson heads it in and it is but 2-1 at 37' > > Suddenly England have the play... a Webmleytor!!! ball over the line I > thought but no. Now Germany go back, and Plodi barely misses! What a > match! > > The goal was in by 2 meters! England totally ripped off! > Well, barely a meter but I did not even need a replay to see that. Gotta love soccer. |