Quoting Stuart Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > --- Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 6, 2006, at 9:31 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > > > > > If you weren't convinced that diving is an art > > form, check out > > > this video of Portugal v. France, with the > > commentators focusing on Portugal's diving. > > > > Another story: Germany's Beckenbauer calls for a > > summit to stop the diving: > > > > ( -or- http://tinyurl.com/rj56g ) > > > > Umm, funny that the bad guys shown on the BBC happen > to be Portugal. The English sure hold a grudge. No > mention of the Owen dive a couple years ago nor the > quote by Lineker himself that it is part of the modern > game. > > And these were the same commentators complaining a > week earlier that the referees are handling out yellow > cards like confetti. I don't like it, but unless we > accept dozens of bookings in a game it is here to > stay. > > Stuart >
What made me laugh after the game was Ronaldo bleating on about the referee: "We played well and did our best but the referee didn't help us," said the Manchester United player. "Everyone who saw the match could see that the referee wasn't fair." Too right - if he was being fair he would have sent half the Portual team off. Pretty much all teams have people that go down easily (yes, shock horror, even England) but the antics of Portugal the other night would make even pro's like Robben and Ballack stand back in amazement. The fact is that they have a lot of skilful players but they sure didn't win any friends during this tournament. Bunch of winkers ;) Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
