chuckers <chuckersjp@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 10:35?am, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 29, 6:53?pm, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
> > wrote:> But like they say, if you've gotta go, make sure it's in as irritating a way as
> > > possible. Going 0-0 through extra time only to lose because you missed one (1)
> > > penalty kick is pretty irritating.
> >
> > Better that than the way England or the US went out, IMHO.
> >
> > John W.

> A straight out loss versus something that could have been done in its
> place and
> saved 2 hours of running around the pitch?  Hrmmm...not sure I agree
> with that.

> They had a good go at it and holding Paraguay to a 0-0 draw is a
> pretty good effort.

A friend of mine had a good description of soccer; it's the "Twilight" of
sports. 2 hours of running around, nobody scores, and its one billion fans
try to convince you that they're not the insane ones.

Mike