Comments on: It’s The Day For Early Scoring… http://informedspeculation.com/2006/06/24/its-the-day-for-early-scoring/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gulf Coast Bandit http://informedspeculation.com/2006/06/24/its-the-day-for-early-scoring/comment-page-1/#comment-54335 Gulf Coast Bandit Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:51:12 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/06/24/its-the-day-for-early-scoring/#comment-54335 Hehe, that was amusing. Now back to the pitch. Hehe, that was amusing. Now back to the pitch.

]]> By: fatman http://informedspeculation.com/2006/06/24/its-the-day-for-early-scoring/comment-page-1/#comment-54319 fatman Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:09:30 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/06/24/its-the-day-for-early-scoring/#comment-54319 And for a different take on the subject, there's this: http://kurlander.blogspot.com/2006/06/soccer-is-gay-i.html First in a series, best read (in IMHO) in the order in which they were posted. And for a different take on the subject, there’s this:

http://kurlander.blogspot.com/2006/06/soccer-is-gay-i.html

First in a series, best read (in IMHO) in the order in which they were posted.

]]> By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2006/06/24/its-the-day-for-early-scoring/comment-page-1/#comment-54262 mtl Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:20:42 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/06/24/its-the-day-for-early-scoring/#comment-54262 If there is a sport, where a sudden loss/burst of effort can bring victory or defeat, at a level of incredible physical effort for the baseline.... A track and field event's outcome are mostly predetermined, but in soccer, one man's will lifts and another's diminshes in the slightest, and the outcome changes. "In truth, soccer could be played without using a ball at all, and few would notice the difference." This slight may actaully be true, when effort is secondary to the ball. too bad the writer can't see past the 'pretty bouncing ball', because that is what soccer is all about. If there is a sport, where a sudden loss/burst of effort can bring victory or defeat, at a level of incredible physical effort for the baseline….

A track and field event’s outcome are mostly predetermined, but in soccer, one man’s will lifts and another’s diminshes in the slightest, and the outcome changes.

“In truth, soccer could be played without using a ball at all, and few would notice the difference.”

This slight may actaully be true, when effort is secondary to the ball. too bad the writer can’t see past the ‘pretty bouncing ball’, because that is what soccer is all about.

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