Comments on: And now http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/ A Ferrari and Chelsea fan, who seldom writes about them Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:31:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Gp http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11819 Gp Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:25:26 +0000 http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11819 I can finish the French sentence...but I cant do it w.out vulgarity. One thing caught my mind after the 'cheating' Japan, 'fluke' Korea? What the heck is wrong with you? You againts Asian teams? I can finish the French sentence…but I cant do it w.out vulgarity.

One thing caught my mind after the ‘cheating’ Japan, ‘fluke’ Korea? What the heck is wrong with you? You againts Asian teams?

]]> By: SoccerTime http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11804 SoccerTime Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:02:07 +0000 http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11804 Watch out for the "gauchos" (ARG)...Riquelme,Saviola and Crespo...simply awesome! Messi has'nt even played yet... Watch out for the “gauchos” (ARG)…Riquelme,Saviola and Crespo…simply awesome!

Messi has’nt even played yet…

]]> By: soccerfan http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11790 soccerfan Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:54:20 +0000 http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11790 wht brazil gave was a no display. They were extremely lucky not to get some tough opponents like Ivory Coast or Ghana (lesser quality but good for yesterday's brazil's team). It was shocking to say the least. There was no team. The defense was screwed, the attack was toothless (by the way everyone is putting R9 to sword wht exactly was Adriano doing other than fouling an opponent, robinho was more interested in proving his coach why he shd start rather than playing for the team). Dinho was bad, i dont know why he takes dead balls while his conversion in dead ball is very low. Shockingly, Brazil cud not even put one decent move ending with the striker. Croatian defense was not great, 2 weeks back they lost to the great Iranian team 2-0, and were making horrible mistakes and even passing the ball to Dinho and R9 in their own half. Better not talk abt the Brazilian defense, it was totally screwed. No organization, no man-marking, and only interested in commiting fouls. One wonders how Emerson was not sent off as he was more interested in sliding tackles than in mild distractions like football. RC is a disgrace, there shd be a limit to the hype thats being generated on this guy, he was totally out of his position and for 5 minutes he was playing the role of a central midfielder!!!!. To cap it all Harsha Bhogle and his band-wagon of brazil maniacs were there to provide "excitement" when there was none, other than a few brazilian chics. He even went to the extent of saying that this was a practice match, now the same can be applied to England, at least their defense was tight. The world views brazil this way: When brazil plays football (a valid question that CP can ponder abt after yesterdays display) and it is defensive then still it is pleasing to the eye, they say in latin america joga bonito, beautiful game. but when italy or even greece (why not??) play defensive football or catenaccio they say it is boring. This "they" refers to the stereotype, the ones who were sitting and blabbering in the ESPN TV set. They cant even call spade a spade wht a shame!!! wht brazil gave was a no display. They were extremely lucky not to get some tough opponents like Ivory Coast or Ghana (lesser quality but good for yesterday’s brazil’s team). It was shocking to say the least. There was no team. The defense was screwed, the attack was toothless (by the way everyone is putting R9 to sword wht exactly was Adriano doing other than fouling an opponent, robinho was more interested in proving his coach why he shd start rather than playing for the team). Dinho was bad, i dont know why he takes dead balls while his conversion in dead ball is very low. Shockingly, Brazil cud not even put one decent move ending with the striker. Croatian defense was not great, 2 weeks back they lost to the great Iranian team 2-0, and were making horrible mistakes and even passing the ball to Dinho and R9 in their own half.

Better not talk abt the Brazilian defense, it was totally screwed. No organization, no man-marking, and only interested in commiting fouls. One wonders how Emerson was not sent off as he was more interested in sliding tackles than in mild distractions like football. RC is a disgrace, there shd be a limit to the hype thats being generated on this guy, he was totally out of his position and for 5 minutes he was playing the role of a central midfielder!!!!.

To cap it all Harsha Bhogle and his band-wagon of brazil maniacs were there to provide “excitement” when there was none, other than a few brazilian chics. He even went to the extent of saying that this was a practice match, now the same can be applied to England, at least their defense was tight.

The world views brazil this way:

When brazil plays football (a valid question that CP can ponder abt after yesterdays display) and it is defensive then still it is pleasing to the eye, they say in latin america joga bonito, beautiful game. but when italy or even greece (why not??) play defensive football or catenaccio they say it is boring.

This “they” refers to the stereotype, the ones who were sitting and blabbering in the ESPN TV set. They cant even call spade a spade wht a shame!!!

]]> By: Bala (Karthik) http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11782 Bala (Karthik) Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:03:25 +0000 http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11782 The Italians are more attacking than they have traditionally been [except of course when they had the likes of the wonderful Albertini] but the main cause of worry is how their defense would hold up against the big guns. Of course Cannavaro had a terrific match. FORZA ITALIA! - engal tharaka mantram :) The Italians are more attacking than they have traditionally been [except of course when they had the likes of the wonderful Albertini] but the main cause of worry is how their defense would hold up against the big guns. Of course Cannavaro had a terrific match.
FORZA ITALIA! - engal tharaka mantram :)

]]> By: Bala (Karthik) http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11781 Bala (Karthik) Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:01:06 +0000 http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11781 Ferrari, "Ghana deserved a penalty" Even the commentator was saying the same thing initially because from one angle it looked like two Italian defenders tripped the Ghana player. However, from the angle [referee's POV camera], which was a much closer and better view, it was obvious that the Ghana player had dived. Lucky not to get a yellow card for diving, as the commentator pointed out :) BTW, i assume you're talkin about the same incident! Ferrari,
“Ghana deserved a penalty”
Even the commentator was saying the same thing initially because from one angle it looked like two Italian defenders tripped the Ghana player. However, from the angle [referee's POV camera], which was a much closer and better view, it was obvious that the Ghana player had dived. Lucky not to get a yellow card for diving, as the commentator pointed out :)

BTW, i assume you’re talkin about the same incident!

]]> By: Prabhu http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11780 Prabhu Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:58:33 +0000 http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11780 One thing is for sure: the Czech Republic is going to be one of the top performers this World Cup; too bad about Jan Koller falling out, hope he recovers on time. Did you see Graham Poll sending off the Togo player for a second yellow? He first showed the red card and then the second yellow one; I guess 14 years of marriage has confused the old man a bit :) First time i'm commenting on your blog: super-a irukku! One thing is for sure: the Czech Republic is going to be one of the top performers this World Cup; too bad about Jan Koller falling out, hope he recovers on time.

Did you see Graham Poll sending off the Togo player for a second yellow? He first showed the red card and then the second yellow one; I guess 14 years of marriage has confused the old man a bit :)

First time i’m commenting on your blog: super-a irukku!

]]> By: Srivat http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11779 Srivat Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:35:10 +0000 http://prabhukrish.net/2006/06/14/and-now/#comment-11779 Agree with you on Referees. BTW did you say 'Cheating' - thats the word reserved for Premier league coaches :-). I differ with your opinion on Brazil.Infact I never expected that they will play as a team.So loved their passing game.I would love to see them against an attacking side(open-ended)..thinking of which.How abt Czech vs Brazil in round 2 :-). Agree with you on Referees.
BTW did you say ‘Cheating’ - thats the word reserved for Premier league coaches :-).

I differ with your opinion on Brazil.Infact I never expected that they will play as a team.So loved their passing game.I would love to see them against an attacking side(open-ended)..thinking of which.How abt Czech vs Brazil in round 2 :-).

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