U.S.A. ROBBED of World Cup win!!

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**Frazzled**

c34r34lk1ll3r wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
ShumaGorath wrote:
Frazzled wrote:RIOT!!!!!
(what are we rioting about again?)

Lakers playof win.

excellent. You can't have an LA team win something without a riot and at least 13 people shot.

I thought that was called 'Tuesday'?

Good point.

I remember my first week in LA and they noted the weekend body count was slightly higher than normal AT 18. A distinctly WTF moment.
And now to test the new icon, just because I can.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

It still looks like an ork having a cat wash

**JohnHwangDD**

Why so QQ?

It's soccer, for pity's sake.

That's like crying because we're not world-class Curlers.

**Velour_Fog**

JohnHwangDD wrote:Why so QQ?

It's soccer, for pity's sake.

That's like crying because we're not world-class Curlers.

What will you say when you're winning?

Just umm... just wondering.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

QQ ? QQ?
oh it's that new fangled Textsprach

Grown men have been known to weep over footie.

**Velour_Fog**

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:QQ ? QQ?
oh it's that new fangled Textsprach

Grown men have been known to weep over footie.

Don't you mean soccer?

You don't play football with your foot.

**J.Black**

Yeah 'American Football' seems to suffer from the Elephant in the room syndrome more than most other sports.

Although English football should be more accurately defined as 'feigning-injury-ball'.......

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

players seem to forget that it ain't just the ref watching but their antics are viewed from an infinite number of camera angles which get replayed in slow motion.

They may con the ref, but it just shows up the slimey cheating

for what they are.

**generalgrog**

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:players seem to forget that it ain't just the ref watching but their antics are viewed from an infinite number of camera angles which get replayed in slow motion.

They may con the ref, but it just shows up the slimey cheating for what they are.

And the fact that there are hardly any consequences to their actions makes them want to do it more. In fact I have heard the Italians actually cultivate this behavior as part of their strategy, and quite frankly as long as FIFA does nothing to curb it, they are tacitly approving the behavior.

GG

**Kilkrazy**

The Italian league is notorious for the amount of acting. It's just the way they play over there.

If people want it stamped out they need to keep writing to FIFA to complain about it, until instant camera review of fouls is mandatory.

It will slow down play though.

There is something to be said for the ref making a quick decision, even if he is often wrong. It should even out in the end, when he makes a wrong decision against the Italians.

**Zathras**

ShumaGorath wrote:
Frazzled wrote:RIOT!!!!!
(what are we rioting about again?)

Lakers playof win.

Wait...I thought the Lakers played in Los Angeles, not Detroit.