Reason #456 to hate soccer
in [UK Football]
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From: Kyle T. Jones on 21 Jun 2010 15:00 The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy wrote: > "Kyle T. Jones" <KBfoMe(a)realdomain.net> wrote > >>>> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team >>>> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. >>>> >>>> The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING! >>>> The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is >>>> near absolute zero. >>>> >>>> --Tedward >>> No less random than a shoot-out (IMO) >> Settling the most important soccer games in the world with a shoot-out at >> the end absolutely sucks. >> >> However, it's still better than flipping a coin. > > A cat raping contest would be better than flipping a coin. > > --Tedward > > Not for the cat. Cheers.
From: The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy on 21 Jun 2010 15:13 "Kyle T. Jones" <KBfoMe(a)realdomain.net> wrote >>>>> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team >>>>> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. >>>>> >>>>> The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING! >>>>> The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is >>>>> near absolute zero. >>>>> >>>>> --Tedward >>>> No less random than a shoot-out (IMO) >>> Settling the most important soccer games in the world with a shoot-out >>> at the end absolutely sucks. >>> >>> However, it's still better than flipping a coin. >> >> A cat raping contest would be better than flipping a coin. > > Not for the cat. Depends on the cat. --Tedward
From: The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy on 21 Jun 2010 15:16 "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler(a)blownfuse.net> wrote >> >> >> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team >> >> >> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. >> >> >> >> >> >> The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING! >> >> >> The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is >> >> >> near absolute zero. >> >> >> >> >> >> --Tedward >> >> > >> >> > No less random than a shoot-out (IMO) >> >> >> >> Settling the most important soccer games in the world with a shoot-out >> >> at the end absolutely sucks. >> >> >> >> However, it's still better than flipping a coin. >> >> >> >> Cheers. >> > >> > Is it worse than the way the NCAA decides BCS Championship Games with >> > alternating possessions from the opponent's 25-yard line negating many >> > things a defense can do? >> >> A shootout is definitely unfair to a counrty with lousy goalies. > > The NCAA OT system is definitely unfair to a team with a > bend-but-don't-break defense or a team with a lousy place kicker. Tough boogers. You're still using all the players, and not relying on the kindness of goalies. --Tedward
From: stephenj on 21 Jun 2010 15:27 The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy wrote: > "stephenj" <sjaros3(a)cox.net> wrote > >>> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team >>> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. >> >> to be fair, in our football, playoff tiebreakers (and we're basically >> talking about making the playoffs here) can boil down to a coin flip as >> well. >> >> it's just that it is more likely here in the WC, because a 3-game schedule >> creates fewer opportunities than a 16-game scchedule for statistical >> distinctions (e.g., record within division, conference, etc.) before it >> boils down to that. > > Well then maybe the problem is the dumbass 3-game schedule. > Maybe even amature college baseball has an answer. it's a problem in theory, but when's the last time a team advanced in the WC because of a random draw?
From: stephenj on 21 Jun 2010 15:29
Jefferson N. Glapski wrote: > On 10-06-21 09:11 AM, stephenj wrote: >> The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy wrote: >>> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team >>> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. >> >> >> to be fair, in our football, playoff tiebreakers (and we're basically >> talking about making the playoffs here) can boil down to a coin flip as >> well. > > Tiebreakers in a game consist of playing until someone wins. > > Reason #2132 why football, hockey, baseball or basketball is a sport, > while soccer isn't. well, they do that in the knockout rounds. Except unlike in our football or basketball or baseball, they resort to the bogus hockey method of a penalty shootout as a last resort. Sad ... |