Drogba fractures arm
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From: MH on 5 Jun 2010 19:01 Abubakr wrote: > On Jun 5, 2:43 am, MH <MHnos...(a)ucalgary.ca> wrote: >> Mike Babyak wrote: >>> Paul C wrote: >>>> ..in friendly v Japan. >>> Video of play. >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FFfsad7hm8 >>> That's Essien, Ballack, now this and possibly Rio. Also heard that JS >>> Park was injured for S Korea, but haven't seen confirmation. >> So why does he have to stay on the ground rolling around, get stretchers >> etc.? You can walk off the field with a broken arm (this I know from >> personal experience, and that of several team-mates!). And it sounds >> like this isn't a particularly bad fracture, as SGE allegedly hasn't >> ruled out Drogba's participation yet. > > Come on, man, he plays for Chelsea, been the top scorer in the EPL and > has played in a Champions League final -he's entitled to hold up the > match however he likes. He is a big baby in my view. Remarkably immature for a man of his age, stature, and long-term front page exposure. Also a thug and a cheat.
From: Mehdi on 9 Jun 2010 17:05 > Subject : Drogba fractures arm > From : MHnospam(a)ucalgary.ca And off the pitch a king among men. He ended a civil war. It's scumbags like Terry that we should save our venom for. http://www.nebafuh.com/2010/04/drogba-features-in-times-100-most-influential-people-in-the-world-for-2010.html Drogba Features In 'TIME's 100 Most Influential People In The World 2010' Source:TIME By Eben Harrell If soccer is a religion in England, then the Slug and Lettuce pub in Putney is its Vatican. There, over warm beer and soggy fries, middle-aged men pontificate on everything from the inherent sinfulness of the offside trap to the fallibility of Wayne Rooney's left foot. But like church officials confronted with Galileo's telescope, football's high priests can't quite make sense of Didier Drogba. "He's a weapon, not a footballer," says one. "A specimen," says another. "The scariest footballer in the world." Drogba, 32, a striker for England's Chelsea Football Club and the captain of the C�te d'Ivoire team, has shown the world what's possible when power and grace fuse on the soccer pitch. Imagine the body of an NBA star with feet as nimble as a prima ballerina's. When the World Cup kicks off in South Africa in June, he will carry the hopes of a continent as Africa's best-known soccer star. (West African fans will toast him with a beer glass called the Drogba. It's nearly twice the size of a normal mug.) No one knows the rickety and high-spirited but often heartbreaking touring bus that is African soccer better than Drogba. At the 2006 World Cup, his homeland ravaged by civil war, he organized a statement from the Elephants, as the Ivorian national team is referred to, calling for peace. Many credit the ensuing calm for allowing reconciliation to begin. At a match last March, 22 Ivorians were killed in the crush to see their beloved heroes play. After the game, Drogba resolved to donate every dollar he earns from endorsements to a charity he set up to build new hospitals in the country. Drogba is conflicted about his stardom; the same love of No. 11 that brought Ivorians together in 2006 also led to the fatal tumult last year. "I'd like the country to ultimately be able to deal with political problems itself," he says in his soft, French-accented English. "It's not really good to depend on the win or defeat of the national team. That means there is something wrong." -- http://soccer-europe.com Rss feed : http://soccer-europe.com/RSS/News.xml
From: Alkamista on 9 Jun 2010 17:26 On Jun 9, 5:05 pm, Mehdi <Be...(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote: > > Subject : Drogba fractures arm > > From : MHnos...(a)ucalgary.ca > > And off the pitch a king among men. He ended a civil war. He organized a statement from the national team appealing for peace. Noble gesture, that's all. Doesnt take the heart of a lion nor the brain of a genius. From your statement one would think he wore wore a bullet-proof vest deep into the Ivorian jungle and single-handedly broke up warring militias.
From: Mehdi on 10 Jun 2010 21:32 > Subject : Drogba fractures arm > From : alkamista(a)hotmail.com > He organized a statement from the national team appealing for peace. The key word being HE. > Noble gesture, that's all. Doesnt take the heart of a lion nor the > brain of a genius. He's not a politician, he's a footballer and his actions had a major impact. > From your statement one would think he wore wore a > bullet-proof vest deep into the Ivorian jungle and single-handedly > broke up warring militias. Sometimes the pen is mightier than the sword. -- http://soccer-europe.com Rss feed : http://soccer-europe.com/RSS/News.xml
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