Should have been a penalty, too.
Argentina’s main tactic besides scoring while offside? Asking Peru to quit [World Cup Blog]
Masch apparently doing a lot of talking about being unhappy at Anfield, as well [Mirror Football]
Old Denilson may resurface in Denmark [Sky Sports]
The Rooneys are almost normal people [ONTD_FB]
UEFA looking into possible match-fixing in last year’s Liverpool-Chelsea CL tilt [Daily Mail]
I wonder if this team needs a personal blogger? I’m available Al-Ain! [Dirty Tackle]
Referee’s union: Hey jackass, get the marbles out of your mouth and offer up a real apology [Guardian]
Finally:
Ives and I (and most of you, I think) disagree on this point [Soccernet]
Doesn’t Bradley look a lot classier there with polo and dress pants than his usual attire?
wow, Ballack is not only an ass, he’s an ass that’s gets owned by someone half his size.
That’s “Danmar” if you’re from Soccernet…
What, “Ballack-dude” doesn’t translate into Russian? I’m surprised.
Fuck Stan Collymore right in the face.
Arshavin is a wee lad.
Bradley looks like he’s waiting for school picture day.
Bradley the Elder got the job done. There is really not much more work to do for the US unless they/we luck into a draw that might allow them to advance to the quarters. I don’t think Bradley is a WC winning coach, but neither is this team. Bradley is not holding them back for 2010. Out in the group stage or getting thwacked by one of the big boys in the round of 16 is about the current level of the USMNT, innit?
My main criticism is that his conservatism (in selection and formation) keeps the side from developing attacking players that might actually scare the opposition. Bradley’s job is to make it to SA in 2010, and not have the team be better in 2014 – so maybe I expect too much. Davies and Altidore and Torres and possibly even (gulp) Adu need to play as much as possible, or be conclusively ruled out as not good enough, in my opinion. I want the US to actually BE better and not just grind out better results. We have gone as far as that strategy can take us.