Random Sports Babbling Post 2

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England were robbed of a try. Pretty awful decision I thought. ABs didn't play that well at all and still inflicted a record defeat on England at Twickenham. Keith Robinson was awesome. Great to see him back, he's much better than the erratic Williams.

 

Bahir, did you see the game? If DIF threw the game, then they acted really, really well.

 

England were robbed of a try. What a crazy decision that was.

 

I can't imagine that it woul have made much difference anyway. Even if Noon's try stood and England got on top a bit, I still feel as though the All Blacks had plenty more gears to step up into if we started to make a game of it.

England are still pretty crap, but at least we seem to have more running and ideas now. I just wish that we wouldn't run into trouble all the time. The amount of times I saw Sackey or Corry or whoever get the ball, and manage to run about 5 yards before getting tackled, it's bloody irritating. Pass the ball man! Keep it moving, keep the play going and up the tempo. Mind you, with the silly mistakes the team as a whole are making lately, I wouldn't put it past them to misslay the passes and concede more soft tries...

 

Yeah, but when England did manage to pass the ball through the backline, they looked dangerous (more dangerous than any England side I have ever seen). If they can just play together a bit more and eliminate the silly mistakes, they could be a real threat.

Although the other area they would have to work on is the breakdown. Our loose forwards hammered you at ruck-time. Your current trio are nothing on what Hill, Back, and Dallaglio gave you in the past and you could do with finding at least one really good loose forward.

Through Jonny Wilkinson (he must be Shane Bond's twin brother judging by all his injuries) and you have a good looking rugby team. I much prefered the expansive running game that England tried to play to the boring 10 man game they have previously been famous for.

 

I'm starting to think we need a general Sports-that-only-people-from-the-Brittish-Commonwealth-play topic. =P

 

As opposed to the "sports that only Americans play" or "Football"?

Given that there are over a billion people living in the former British Empire (more than in the USA and the rest of non-British Europe combined), it seems only logical that we should take up a large proportion of this thread.

 

Which is why I wasn't serious, as the use of the '=P' smilie.

 

Ok, I'll contribute for the 'rest of the world'...
What a crapy game Raiders did... Seahawks almot killed Raiders QB.

Ronaldo spent last week saying/complaining that he doesn't get enough time on the field; that 'they' (for Capello) are taking away what he likes to do the most (to play football; and a lot of crying.
He got a full time game against Celta de Vigo and he did nothing. They lost 1 - 2, but players said that they did a good game (too bad you won't get points for good performance). I think Real Madrid should get rid of all these 'old' stars, and get some new blood, instead of just changing coachs.

[ November 07, 2006, 08:32: Message edited by: Sydax ]

 

The Lakers suck right now... Kobe is too passive until it is too late, and they can't seem to execute the triangle as they are supposed to. Their defense is also chaotic.

 

Jesus christ.

That's the final nail in Robinson's coffin for sure.

 

Can we please play the Rugby World Cup right now? Because right now, there is no team that can touch the All Blacks, but who knows if that will still be the case in 10 months time.

47 - 3 victory over France, the number two ranked team in the world, in France. Talk about comprehensive. The French never looked close to scoring a try.

England losing to Argentina. Is this team the worst ever World Champions in any sport?

Australia struggling against Italy.

South Africa losing to Ireland.

I'll be so frustrated if these teams all suddenly become good again at the World Cup.

I wonder how the Six Nations will go this season. Maybe Wales or Ireland have a good shot at it again.

 

If no one gets seriously injured, we're looking very good indeed for RWC2007. Now about that new stadium on the waterfront...

 

3 point OT win in my basketball game today, scored 20

 

Oh god, don't talk about that stadium! What a nightmare. I wish they'd stop arguing about it and just do SOMETHING already. The more the stuff about (we wonthe hosting rights HOW long ago?) the less time they have to get it finished.

 

Lol, yup it's the New Zealand way.

 

I don't know what the big fuss about a stadium is anyway. A few thousand more people being able to get into the ground for one or two big games must be a drop in the ocean compared to the value of the TV rights.

 

All I know is we will lose the hosting rights if we don't have a stadium capable of holding 60,000+ people. That was one of the criteria.

 

I know. What a nightmare.

 

I guess Bobby Knight is in hot water again for catching his fist on a player's chin. His side is that he was telling him to keep his head up and forget his mistakes...