On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > A routine, 122 minute, header > > > I don't see what 122 minutes has anything to do with it. But watch a half > dozen Man U games in a season and you'll see your fair share of 94th minute > goals. >
becaus that is the CONTEXT i'm talking about....geesh. A home run in the first game of the year is still a home run, but a home run to win game 7 of the world series is a WHOLE DIFFERENT BEAST. > > > > to tie a world cup game > > > > I don't see how the fact it's world cup makes the quality of the goal > better. > Then you obviously don't understand context. Have you ever played a sport in your life? Performing when the pressure is at it's maximum is extremely difficult. Golf is the sport where this is the most easily seen....watch golfers make 3 foot birdie putts all tournament long, then see what happens when they try to make that same putt on the 18th green on sunday of the Masters. Context of the moment matters when determining greatness of a moment, and if you don't know that, you don't know sports. see above. happens weekly. > > World cup games that go 122 minutes with a shot at the semi's on the line happen weekly? > Not at all. To put it into context, the first time I got laid I thought it > was the best sex ever. Then I got more experienced and realized the first > time wasn't actually that great. You yourself have admitted you aren't a > fan > of football, especially women's football, so for you to disagree with me > saying it's a routine goal seems like you are reacting out of nationalistic > pride rather than a true understanding of the topic at hand. > This is not a discussion about the goal itself...it's just a goal. A home run is just a home run......unless it's done to win the world series. Either you understand the pressure of the situation, or you don't. you don't, so all I can do is try to explain it to you. > > > Congratulations, you guys have a monopoly on turf diving... > > > > Why are you so angry? And what do you mean "you guys have a monopoly on > turf > diving." Who is "you guys?" And what do you mean about having a monopoly on > turf diving? Where I'm from you stay on your feet or you don't play. If you > dive, you sit. End of. Now if you want to talk muff diving... > Not angry...frustrated. You pretend that when an event happens in a game doesn't matter as to it's quality, and I'm trying to tell you that's bunk. > > but calling this just another goal is pretty stupid. > > I disagree. To you, who is emotionally invested in this with your > nationalist pride, it's an ground breaking goal. To me, a non-american, it > was a well timed, routine goal. About as routine as you get in football. > Work the wing, deliver a cross aimed for the penalty spot and head it home. > Tic-tac-toe. > Wrong-o. It's because the goal occurred WHEN it occurred that makes it great. If that had been a player from Senegal, I would have had hte same thought...especially if senegal had been a man down for awhile and basically hosed by hte ref. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340247 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
