From: RickyBobby on
There is good reason that everybody is not nuts about football. This is a
good example. The officiating is no better than the play. One time they
call offside and the next time they do not bother to call it. Not exactly a
riveting game.

From: Lawrence Jenkins on

"RickyBobby" <nascar42(a)cox.net> wrote in message
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> There is good reason that everybody is not nuts about football. This is a
> good example. The officiating is no better than the play. One time they
> call offside and the next time they do not bother to call it. Not exactly
> a riveting game.

Everyone is making an exceptional big deal about this game as its the first
ever world cup to be held on African soil and probably the last as far as
sub Saharan Africa goes.

Nice opening goal though but both sides feeble.


From: RickyBobby on


"Lawrence Jenkins" <lawrence13(a)sky.com> wrote in message
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> "RickyBobby" <nascar42(a)cox.net> wrote in message
> news:XYtQn.147179$jt.45744(a)newsfe04.iad...
>> There is good reason that everybody is not nuts about football. This is
>> a good example. The officiating is no better than the play. One time
>> they call offside and the next time they do not bother to call it. Not
>> exactly a riveting game.
>
> Everyone is making an exceptional big deal about this game as its the
> first ever world cup to be held on African soil and probably the last as
> far as sub Saharan Africa goes.
>
> Nice opening goal though but both sides feeble.
>

They did bounce the ball off the the goalposts a time or two. That is
almost like a score.

It is nice that the event is taking place in South Africa. That adds a bit
of flavor.

I think next time they should expand it to 64 teams. 32 is not very many
when there are over 200 nations that play football. If it it reputed to be
the World's game then it should be more inclusive.

I think it was a slightly better game when they used the 20th Century ball
with the thirty-two panels. It seems like it had more seams to catch the
wind and the skilled players could do more with it. This modern ball seems
to be too slick. They sailed a lot of kicks high of the goal and it could
not all have been nerves.

But if they changed the construction of the ball it must have been for a
good reason.

From: Swerve on
On 11 June, 18:35, "RickyBobby" <nasca...(a)cox.net> wrote:
>
> I think next time they should expand it to 64 teams.  32 is not very many
> when there are over 200 nations that play football.  If it it reputed to be
> the World's game then it should be more inclusive.
>

OK enough.

Are you really this thick, or is it just an act?

Serious question.
From: Justin Thyme on
On 11/06/2010 18:18, Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
> "RickyBobby"<nascar42(a)cox.net> wrote in message
> news:XYtQn.147179$jt.45744(a)newsfe04.iad...
>> There is good reason that everybody is not nuts about football. This is a
>> good example. The officiating is no better than the play. One time they
>> call offside and the next time they do not bother to call it. Not exactly
>> a riveting game.
>
> Everyone is making an exceptional big deal about this game as its the first
> ever world cup to be held on African soil and probably the last as far as
> sub Saharan Africa goes.
>
> Nice opening goal though but both sides feeble.
>
>

None of the teams in group A have looked that good on first showing.