Comments on: No penalties. Please. http://almaer.com/blog/no-penalties-please blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark Denovich http://almaer.com/blog/no-penalties-please/comment-page-1#comment-32337 Mark Denovich Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:10:52 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/no-penalties-please#comment-32337 Maybe rock/paper/scissors for the Cup? The penalty kick fish was sooooooooo lame. Maybe if one of the keepers had come close to actually blocking one, I might have had some interest in it. IMHO: The low point scoring nature of the game gives too much power to the refs. Scores off half-assed penalties decided the outcome in most of the games I watched. I'm not much of a fan of watching sport (I'd rather play it.) But I was trying to get in the spirit in prep for my move to England this September. This cup did nothing to change my attitude. Maybe rock/paper/scissors for the Cup? The penalty kick fish was sooooooooo lame. Maybe if one of the keepers had come close to actually blocking one, I might have had some interest in it.

IMHO: The low point scoring nature of the game gives too much power to the refs. Scores off half-assed penalties decided the outcome in most of the games I watched.

I’m not much of a fan of watching sport (I’d rather play it.) But I was trying to get in the spirit in prep for my move to England this September. This cup did nothing to change my attitude.

]]> By: Sony Mathew http://almaer.com/blog/no-penalties-please/comment-page-1#comment-32336 Sony Mathew Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:40:59 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/no-penalties-please#comment-32336 I despised the penalties - even during the games when the referee seemingly gave'em out randomly. Can't they just carry the Group & Points approach all the way through? Poor Zidane ... I despised the penalties – even during the games when the referee seemingly gave’em out randomly.

Can’t they just carry the Group & Points approach all the way through?

Poor Zidane …

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