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From: RickyBobby on 1 Jul 2010 10:07
How much farther did Lampard have to put the ball into the goal in order for
it to count? I thought the rule was that the entire ball had to be past the
entire goal line. It was clearly that. So how much farther into the goal
would the ball have to be to count?

From: NealR2000 on 1 Jul 2010 11:38
On Jul 1, 10:07 am, "RickyBobby" <nasca...(a)cox.net> wrote:
> How much farther did Lampard have to put the ball into the goal in order for
> it to count?  I thought the rule was that the entire ball had to be past the
> entire goal line.  It was clearly that.  So how much farther into the goal
> would the ball have to be to count?

It didn't need to go any further. It was over the line. No-one is
disputing this now. The goal should have been given. The ref and
linesmen were not in a position to have seen this. The German
goalkeeper clearly saw it cross the line. He admits this now. In the
more honest days of football, the keeper would have simply left the
ball where it was, having seen it cross the line. Unfortunately,
honesty in sports is a thing of the past, and he took a chance that
maybe someone didn't see it and pulled it out. He probably couldn't
believe his luck.
From: RickyBobby on 1 Jul 2010 11:48


"NealR2000" <nealr2000(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 1, 10:07 am, "RickyBobby" <nasca...(a)cox.net> wrote:
>> How much farther did Lampard have to put the ball into the goal in order
>> for
>> it to count? I thought the rule was that the entire ball had to be past
>> the
>> entire goal line. It was clearly that. So how much farther into the
>> goal
>> would the ball have to be to count?
>
> It didn't need to go any further. It was over the line. No-one is
> disputing this now. The goal should have been given. The ref and
> linesmen were not in a position to have seen this. The German
> goalkeeper clearly saw it cross the line. He admits this now. In the
> more honest days of football, the keeper would have simply left the
> ball where it was, having seen it cross the line. Unfortunately,
> honesty in sports is a thing of the past, and he took a chance that
> maybe someone didn't see it and pulled it out. He probably couldn't
> believe his luck.

Thank you for the honest answer. Now perhaps you understand why Americans
reject football and FIFA.

That is one fucked up and worthless and meaningless game if the goals scored
do not even count.

You can have it. It is so messed up that nothing even matters or even
counts.

From: Diablos Rojos on 1 Jul 2010 12:00

"RickyBobby" <nascar42(a)cox.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> "NealR2000" <nealr2000(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:66988ae7-09c5-4518-ba9f-f8114b485edf(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jul 1, 10:07 am, "RickyBobby" <nasca...(a)cox.net> wrote:
>>> How much farther did Lampard have to put the ball into the goal in order
>>> for
>>> it to count? I thought the rule was that the entire ball had to be past
>>> the
>>> entire goal line. It was clearly that. So how much farther into the
>>> goal
>>> would the ball have to be to count?
>>
>> It didn't need to go any further. It was over the line. No-one is
>> disputing this now. The goal should have been given. The ref and
>> linesmen were not in a position to have seen this. The German
>> goalkeeper clearly saw it cross the line. He admits this now. In the
>> more honest days of football, the keeper would have simply left the
>> ball where it was, having seen it cross the line. Unfortunately,
>> honesty in sports is a thing of the past, and he took a chance that
>> maybe someone didn't see it and pulled it out. He probably couldn't
>> believe his luck.
>
> Thank you for the honest answer. Now perhaps you understand why Americans
> reject football and FIFA.
>
> That is one fucked up and worthless and meaningless game if the goals
> scored do not even count.
>
> You can have it. It is so messed up that nothing even matters or even
> counts.

Matters enough that you have spent every waking moment of the last fortnight
posting about the game.... have a word with your psychiatrist he may be able
to help you over this strange new obsession.


From: RickyBobby on 1 Jul 2010 12:14


"Diablos Rojos" <diablos_r0j0s(spam)@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "RickyBobby" <nascar42(a)cox.net> wrote in message
> news:EoWdnZr6kvSsJLHRnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d(a)giganews.com...
>>
>>
>> "NealR2000" <nealr2000(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:66988ae7-09c5-4518-ba9f-f8114b485edf(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Jul 1, 10:07 am, "RickyBobby" <nasca...(a)cox.net> wrote:
>>>> How much farther did Lampard have to put the ball into the goal in
>>>> order for
>>>> it to count? I thought the rule was that the entire ball had to be
>>>> past the
>>>> entire goal line. It was clearly that. So how much farther into the
>>>> goal
>>>> would the ball have to be to count?
>>>
>>> It didn't need to go any further. It was over the line. No-one is
>>> disputing this now. The goal should have been given. The ref and
>>> linesmen were not in a position to have seen this. The German
>>> goalkeeper clearly saw it cross the line. He admits this now. In the
>>> more honest days of football, the keeper would have simply left the
>>> ball where it was, having seen it cross the line. Unfortunately,
>>> honesty in sports is a thing of the past, and he took a chance that
>>> maybe someone didn't see it and pulled it out. He probably couldn't
>>> believe his luck.
>>
>> Thank you for the honest answer. Now perhaps you understand why
>> Americans reject football and FIFA.
>>
>> That is one fucked up and worthless and meaningless game if the goals
>> scored do not even count.
>>
>> You can have it. It is so messed up that nothing even matters or even
>> counts.
>
> Matters enough that you have spent every waking moment of the last
> fortnight posting about the game.... have a word with your psychiatrist he
> may be able to help you over this strange new obsession.
>

There is not much going on in sports over here in America beside the endless
baseball regular season. So I have been watching this FIFA World Cup
tourney. The game sucks and the officials are even worse.

And then the team from Japan put a defended in to take the after hours free
kick. What did you think would happen? He missed the goal. What did you
think would happen? Did you think that the defender would actually be able
to kick the ball correctly? No. If he could kick the ball he would be on
offense instead of defense.

It is a terrible game. Nothing at all about this game makes the least
sense.



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