Footy Bits
Following the just concluded match between Liverpool and Sunderland, the revered Armchair Critic, that is moi, shall have his say.
This is a home match, for chrissake! Against a just promoted team! Why on earth are they playing with just one striker? No wonder 1-0 nia. And what's it with formations with a player in the 'hole' behind the striker? All soccer pitches I've seen are flat - no holes. Neh.
And hairstyle-a-match Djibril Cisse has shown that he's really good at running in a straight line. But my granny, or yours for the matter, could probably finish better than him.
On a brighter note, it's heartening that Liverpool has finally found a player who can take a freekick without blasting it straight at the wall (read: Riise, Hamann, Cisse, Gerrard et al). All hail the new freekick king. Xavi! Xavi! Xavi!
Mohamed Sissoko's not that bad too. He looks, runs and tackles like Vieira, but without the sweaty chest!
I'll add a comment on the commentators, many of whom are former footballers. And we all know that footballers aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. Now, when a defender tackles a player and the player falls to the ground, these commentators are always adamant that either a foul is committed, or the player has dived to deceive the referee into giving him a freekick. Don't they realise that it is entirely possible that that player might have accidentally tripped himself or lost his balance? No foul, no dive, nothing. Play on. Not exactly a rocket science concept to grasp, non?
And in earlier news, Chelski has finally signed Michael Essien for €38 million after the longest transfersnore saga of the summer. Essien immediately stated that he isn't worth that amount of money. This boy's such a sweetie for saying that, but don't we all know that already?
That will be all for now. :)
This is a home match, for chrissake! Against a just promoted team! Why on earth are they playing with just one striker? No wonder 1-0 nia. And what's it with formations with a player in the 'hole' behind the striker? All soccer pitches I've seen are flat - no holes. Neh.
And hairstyle-a-match Djibril Cisse has shown that he's really good at running in a straight line. But my granny, or yours for the matter, could probably finish better than him.
On a brighter note, it's heartening that Liverpool has finally found a player who can take a freekick without blasting it straight at the wall (read: Riise, Hamann, Cisse, Gerrard et al). All hail the new freekick king. Xavi! Xavi! Xavi!
Mohamed Sissoko's not that bad too. He looks, runs and tackles like Vieira, but without the sweaty chest!
I'll add a comment on the commentators, many of whom are former footballers. And we all know that footballers aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. Now, when a defender tackles a player and the player falls to the ground, these commentators are always adamant that either a foul is committed, or the player has dived to deceive the referee into giving him a freekick. Don't they realise that it is entirely possible that that player might have accidentally tripped himself or lost his balance? No foul, no dive, nothing. Play on. Not exactly a rocket science concept to grasp, non?
And in earlier news, Chelski has finally signed Michael Essien for €38 million after the longest transfer
That will be all for now. :)
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