The Beautiful Game
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This picture[^] sums up soccer to me. (from here[^].)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
:laugh: Football is such a wussy game. And in cricket we have ball tampering, match fixing, and coach murdering.... :doh:
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
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Judging by the guys lined up at these games I'd say a Canon 600mm f/4L at $6000 a pop. Might have been a lucky side-line shot with a 70-200mm though... hard to tell where the photo was taken from. Line on the pitch would suggest from either end of the pitch rather than the side-lines, but it may be the penalty box line. Either way, yeah, nice lens.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
the lights in that stadium must be realllllly bright.
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This picture[^] sums up soccer to me. (from here[^].)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
No offense, but that looks like two mentally challenged guys dancing together. ;P
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hehe. The problem is so many other sports are called Football too (American Football. Gaelic Football. Rugby Football. Australian Rules Football.) Nothing else is called Soccer though. And where I grew up, South Africa, it is called Soccer even by the players.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
And how many of them primarily use feet rather than hands for moving the ball around (even when the ball ain't ball shaped)??? Yeah, that'll be the one true football :-D
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Not my definition. They call it The Beautiful Game. No idea why.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Paul Watson wrote:
They call it The Beautiful Game. No idea why.
If you'd watched the Spain-Russia game, you'd have seen why - the Spanish attacking play was brilliant. Or if you've seen your team pull themselves back from ridiculous positions to win, showing how much heart they've got...yeah, that's what it's all about.
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This picture[^] sums up soccer to me. (from here[^].)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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digital man wrote:
1: It's FOOTBALL.
I don't know why people don't understand it. It is about conducing a real ball (a sphere like in every other sport) using mostly the foot. I mean, in the U.S./Canada they use the word "football" for a game played mostly by using hands to carry/throw a thing that looks like a small zeppelin or an ostrich egg. Why don't they call it "handzeppelin" or something like that? ;P
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Diego Moita wrote:
I don't know why people don't understand it. It is about conducing a real ball (a sphere like in every other sport) using mostly the foot.
Since you can use other parts of your body, shouldn't it be called "no-hands ball?" I think Soccer is a training ground for American place kickers. :laugh:
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Diego Moita wrote:
I don't know why people don't understand it. It is about conducing a real ball (a sphere like in every other sport) using mostly the foot.
Since you can use other parts of your body, shouldn't it be called "no-hands ball?" I think Soccer is a training ground for American place kickers. :laugh:
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Oakman wrote:
Since you can use other parts of your body, shouldn't it be called "no-hands ball?"
Perhaps, but football is just as much appropriate and easier.
Oakman wrote:
I think Soccer is a training ground for American place kickers.
Judging by the grown-ups performance, I think they don't learn anything. ;P
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Diego Moita wrote:
Oh, btw, as a Brazilian I agree with the British that it shows that cheating is the typical Argentinean football style.
Yeah but as a Brazillian you'd agree with anything anti-Argentinian... ;) Plus the Argie Bargies just know how to play to the ref, not the rules. Every great team knows to play the ref. Much as I hate it.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Paul Watson wrote:
Yeah but as a Brazillian you'd agree with anything anti-Argentinian...
Why not? Do you say it as a bad thing? :cool:
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:laugh: Football is such a wussy game. And in cricket we have ball tampering, match fixing, and coach murdering.... :doh:
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
coach murdering
You're not serious, are you? :omg:
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
coach murdering
You're not serious, are you? :omg:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
He's talking about the alleged murder of Bob Woolmer (who died shortly after his Pakistani team crashed out of the cricket world cup at the hands of that cricketing giant Ireland). Initially, the Jamaican police claimed he had been murdered - eventually his death was ruled to be of natural causes. Now, in the world of football - the murder of players and coaches has been known, especially among nations like Columbia.
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Oakman wrote:
Since you can use other parts of your body, shouldn't it be called "no-hands ball?"
Perhaps, but football is just as much appropriate and easier.
Oakman wrote:
I think Soccer is a training ground for American place kickers.
Judging by the grown-ups performance, I think they don't learn anything. ;P
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
Diego Moita wrote:
Perhaps, but football is just as much appropriate and easier.
Which is why we call our game football, too.
Diego Moita wrote:
Judging by the grown-ups performance, I think they don't learn anything
Judging by their paychecks, I think they learn everything needful.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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He's talking about the alleged murder of Bob Woolmer (who died shortly after his Pakistani team crashed out of the cricket world cup at the hands of that cricketing giant Ireland). Initially, the Jamaican police claimed he had been murdered - eventually his death was ruled to be of natural causes. Now, in the world of football - the murder of players and coaches has been known, especially among nations like Columbia.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Bah, everything is on everything else's list in Columbia! (note every_thing_ rather than every_one_ because from what I hear, rats, trees, coconuts and even stones walk around armed to the teeth and carrying continental grudges) IIRC Cameroon had that problem once when a player scored an own goal.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Diego Moita wrote:
I don't know why people don't understand it. It is about conducing a real ball (a sphere like in every other sport) using mostly the foot.
Since you can use other parts of your body, shouldn't it be called "no-hands ball?" I think Soccer is a training ground for American place kickers. :laugh:
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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This picture[^] sums up soccer to me. (from here[^].)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
yeah fair call and its the same picture i'll use as my reason to keep watching rugby :) Bryce
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A 1 because you love soccer/futbal and I'm dissing it or a 1 because you hate soccer and I'm posting about it? Just curious.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Paul Watson wrote:
A 1 because you love soccer/futbal and I'm dissing it or a 1 because you hate soccer and I'm posting about it? Just curious.
Paul, I am sure it's some guy with a cheap point and shoot camera who must have become totally disillusioned with life when he saw that truly awesome photograph. I wish I had that sort of camera/lens combo :cool:
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i want the lens that took that... whatever it was
Chris Losinger wrote:
i want the lens that took that... whatever it was
My very thought on seeing the photo.
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Judging by the guys lined up at these games I'd say a Canon 600mm f/4L at $6000 a pop. Might have been a lucky side-line shot with a 70-200mm though... hard to tell where the photo was taken from. Line on the pitch would suggest from either end of the pitch rather than the side-lines, but it may be the penalty box line. Either way, yeah, nice lens.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Paul Watson wrote:
Judging by the guys lined up at these games I'd say a Canon 600mm f/4L at $6000 a pop.
Hey - might have been a Nikon one too.
Regards, Nish
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yeah fair call and its the same picture i'll use as my reason to keep watching rugby :) Bryce
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You worried about the Irish this weekend or is that just talking the other team up so you can whoop em on the day?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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600mm? Pah! Get one of these[^]
After I win five or six lotteries, I might invest in one of these beauties; the spec sheet will make any dilettante-or-better photographer drool. You don't see them on eBay every day... :-)
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