All tongue in cheek. Reilly is great. Though i am sure this will upset the die-hards.
Agreed. My all-time favourite sportswriter(opinion writer anyway). I grew up reading his SI articles, he is a golden god. That mag just isn't the same since Reilly jumped to ESPN(and Rushin left too).
Wasn't it just a couple years ago that a Calgary sportswriter got canned for basically plagiarising a Reilly SI article? Maybe it was an Edmonton writer, I've lived here too long..
Hey havn't read much past the first couple pages...any Slovenian fans here? I was thinking of going to the ship Friday morning, pm me if interested in meeting up.
Hmmm brain is telling me to bet on Argentina but the payout is almost not even worth it. South Korea is 7-1 and a draw at 3-1 is almost but not quite tempting enough to bet against Messi and co.
Hmmm brain is telling me to bet on Argentina but the payout is almost not even worth it. South Korea is 7-1 and a draw at 3-1 is almost but not quite tempting enough to bet against Messi and co.
It's a tough one. I would learn toward Korea (+1) just to have a buffer. Not sure Argentina can score alot of goals against an organized Korean defense. Or Argentina (-1) if you're feeling confident. Gotta go that way cause betting Argentina at 1.20 is silly.
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I feels harsh cause it's a terrible rule. It was implemented in the 90s because defenders would purposely hack down guys on breakaways outside the box and get sometimes a yellow card for it. Then the free kick would be wasted. So they thought a red card would stop defenders from doing this, creating more goal-scoring opportunities. I like that part of the rule but to apply it inside the penalty area and for keepers is pretty stupid.
You'll remember this one. Watch this play from the 1998 World Cup England against Argentina.
Watch the penalty at 6:20. A stricter ref could have sent Seaman off and totally ruined the game 5 minutes into it. But since it was more to the side compared to the one today and not directly in front of goal the ref decided that it was just a yellow.
Stupid rule to apply automatic red cards in the box
Or here is another scenario, how would you rule this?
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Hey havn't read much past the first couple pages...any Slovenian fans here? I was thinking of going to the ship Friday morning, pm me if interested in meeting up.
cheers
I know me and Poison are of Slovenian decent and Slovenia fans. Sadly i'm in Edmonton, or I would have come out.
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Dismantling is a bit harsh. Argentina goals were from an own goal and a nice set play (flick on). Argentina looks good stroking it around but still can't really finish.
First 15 minutes of the 2nd half will be interesting.
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It's been a pretty thorough dismantling so far. Korea has basically had nothing except for a really awful play by the Argentina defender. All types of danger coming in wave after wave the other way though.
