From: Real Mardin on
Let's be honest - whether it be due to one sided games or teams
playing too defensively, this has been one dull World Cup so far. The
few surprises and moments of inspiration have been drowned out by far
too many boring games.

I mean, could I really have been the only person who turned over to
the Sci-Fi Channel last night to watch the cinematic treat that was
"Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus" instead of the one sided Brazil - Chile
game?

I mean, at least Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus is a more even contest!

At least Portugal and Spain are doing what they can to save the
tournament.

Hopefully things will pick up from the quarter finals onward.


RM
From: Starcade on
On Jun 29, 12:36 pm, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Let's be honest - whether it be due to one sided games or teams
> playing too defensively, this has been one dull World Cup so far. The
> few surprises and moments of inspiration have been drowned out by far
> too many boring games.
>
> I mean, could I really have been the only person who turned over to
> the Sci-Fi Channel last night to watch the cinematic treat that was
> "Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus" instead of the one sided Brazil - Chile
> game?
>
> I mean, at least Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus is a more even contest!

And now they'll have the sequel -- with the Grudge Match of the
Decade.

(Too bad, for some, that "Decade" being three decades ago -- Deborah
Gibson v. Tiffany.)

Mike
From: chris909 on
On Jun 29, 3:36 pm, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Let's be honest - whether it be due to one sided games or teams
> playing too defensively, this has been one dull World Cup so far. The
> few surprises and moments of inspiration have been drowned out by far
> too many boring games.
>
> I mean, could I really have been the only person who turned over to
> the Sci-Fi Channel last night to watch the cinematic treat that was
> "Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus" instead of the one sided Brazil - Chile
> game?
>
> I mean, at least Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus is a more even contest!
>
> At least Portugal and Spain are doing what they can to save the
> tournament.
>
> Hopefully things will pick up from the quarter finals onward.
>
> RM

You probably were the only one (at least from the pool of people that
love football). I think that I would probably still enjoy more
watching a 0-0 draw between two teams of the finnish Kakkonen third
tier league than Mega Shark vs Octopus. And not sure I can agree with
the supposed dullness of the current WC. Sure, it's not 1970 or 1986,
but so far I am enjoying this WC more than most WCs since 1990.
From: Vanman on
The tourny started off pretty awful..the first round of games was the worst
in living memory...i don't think any tourny ever started so badly. Since
the second series of games though things have improved substantially. Now of
course there are always going to be some dull games in every WC, and we
still have a ways to go..but right now I would say this is the best WC since
98' (not as good as that one though). That may not be saying much.

"chris909" <chris909303(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jun 29, 3:36 pm, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Let's be honest - whether it be due to one sided games or teams
> playing too defensively, this has been one dull World Cup so far. The
> few surprises and moments of inspiration have been drowned out by far
> too many boring games.
>
> I mean, could I really have been the only person who turned over to
> the Sci-Fi Channel last night to watch the cinematic treat that was
> "Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus" instead of the one sided Brazil - Chile
> game?
>
> I mean, at least Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus is a more even contest!
>
> At least Portugal and Spain are doing what they can to save the
> tournament.
>
> Hopefully things will pick up from the quarter finals onward.
>
> RM

You probably were the only one (at least from the pool of people that
love football). I think that I would probably still enjoy more
watching a 0-0 draw between two teams of the finnish Kakkonen third
tier league than Mega Shark vs Octopus. And not sure I can agree with
the supposed dullness of the current WC. Sure, it's not 1970 or 1986,
but so far I am enjoying this WC more than most WCs since 1990.