England vs USA - World Cup 2010 today

[jpappy789]

Ah yes, three pts for win...typo.

 

[Lady G]

Ahhh, I see!

Thanks!!

 

[Reefscape]

Ahhh, I see!

Thanks!!

Always a pleasure, my darling xx

 

[flossyfloofloo]

i just want to say thank you to rob green for the brilliant demonstration to america of where the ball is meant to go awsome job u total CLOD

 

[Slappy*McFish]

lol

 

[Madcrawdad]

...those soccer horns/noise makers are so freaking annoying!

They're annoying, in that they never stop. It's one thing to make some noise when something exciting happens, but it seems the purpose of these things is just to make noise all of the time.

I just read an article that FIFA is trying to figure out what to do about the horns, as apparently they're causing some problems...

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/wo...t-yet-be-banned-from-World-Cup?urn=sow,247947

Sun Jun 13 01:40pm EDT
Vuvuzelas might yet be banned from World Cup

By Ryan Bailey

For those who don't ride on the crest of every Internet-football-hot-topic wave, the unrelenting foghorn-esque noise you have heard at World Cup games is produced by an instrument known as a vuvuzela -- a three-foot-long plastic trumpet traditionally blown throughout games to create an atmosphere. However, by pumping out sound up to 130 decibels -- 10 decibels above the human pain threshold -- they also are associated with causing hearing loss and communication problems on the pitch.

Some 20 years after being introduced to the game in the early 1990s, the instrument came to prominence on the world stage during the 2009 Confederations Cup. TV stations were upset by the "goat being slaughtered" timbre, while players complained that they couldn't hear themselves think over the din. "It doesn't allow you to concentrate and it's unbearable," Spanish player Xabi Alonso said at the time. FIFA head honcho Sepp Blatter, however, pooh-poohed calls to ban the vuvuzela for World Cup 2010, insisting that we should not attempt to "Europeanize" the African tournament.

As expected, the vuvu has caused quite a kerfuffle at WC 2010 thus far. The drone has been giving TV networks and commentators grief, and FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke has reportedly toyed with the idea of handing out free earplugs in stadiums to avoid the barrage of lawsuits from the newly hard of hearing.

World Cup organizing committee head Danny Jordaan addressed the issue Sunday, and refused to rule out a ban. From the AFP:

"We have asked for no vuvuzelas during national anthems or during stadium announcements. I know it's a difficult question," he added, saying that "we're trying to manage the best we can.

"We heard from the broadcasters and individuals and it's something we are evaluating on an on-going base.

Jordaan told the BBC in an interview that he had to consider the option of banning the trumpets.

"If there are grounds to do so, yes," he said, asked if a ban was an option.

France captain Patrice Evra added fuel to the fire, claiming that the vuvuzela is the reason his side were so awful on Friday night:

"We can't sleep at night because of the vuvuzelas. People start playing them from 6 a.m. We can't hear one another out on the pitch because of them."

The vuvuzela is clearly much more than an irritating novelty; it's a divisive issue that is threatening the health of fans, affecting the quality of performances and ultimately putting people off of tuning in (will you honestly feel enthused to watch Slovakia vs. Paraguay knowing you'll have to endure 90 minutes of the sound of an angry beehive going through a blender?).

Yet at the same time, Blatter is right (for once) when he says we should not impose Western values on South Africa. A ban would rob the tournament of part of its cultural identity, leaving thousands of locals perplexed: could you imagine being told by an international body that you could no longer drink beer at American football games, or fall asleep during baseball? The South Africans wouldn't take too kindly to having a national institution removed.

As a compromise, perhaps the vuvuzela could be adapted so it isn't quite so loud? Or maybe it could be adjusted to produce a nice noise like the sound of John Mayer gargling honey?

 

[abcdefghi]

i just want to say thank you to rob green for the brilliant demonstration to america of where the ball is meant to go awsome job u total CLOD

I am guessing you feel pretty much the same as I do about that goal.

 

[dougall]

...those soccer horns/noise makers are so freaking annoying!

perhaps this will help.

 

[Lady G]

Well, I have to say trying to keep up with all this has been pretty interesting! Course the teams I was going for are out now .
I work with ppl from all over the place, so they have been helping me along and counting on me to keep them updated when the games are going on (since I have the only TV's in the place) I am VERY bad at pronouncing the players name though and sometimes it takes a while for them to figure out who I am talking about LMAO!!!

 

[Madcrawdad]

Germany's beating England 4-1 with about 10 mins left in the second half... Looks like England will be joining the US, as spectators, for the rest of the tourney...