I have to admit, it’s a decent save.
The World Cup ended in tears for Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan, but he has finally forgiven Luis Suarez for the handball that saved Uruguay from defeat.
The record-signing for Sunderland, who came over from Rennes in a £13M move, has stated “I’ve forgiven him – it’s part of the game. As I always say, if it was me, I would have done the same thing. In the last minute, if you’re going out, he made himself a hero in his country. It was cheating to handle the ball, but I would do the same.”
While I’m sure that Black Cats Stars supporters are pleased to know that the 24 year-old is prepared to do whatever it takes for the club to succeed, they probably hope that he exhibits a little more cool during penalty kicks than he did immediately following the Suarez handball.
The main thing here is that Gyan has forgiven Suarez for that nasty transgression, despite the monumental impact the handball had on an entire country. We could use a little bit more of that forgiving spirit within football these days. Here are some others that I’m waiting for:
Ousmane Dabo – “I forgive Joey Barton for breaking my eye.”
Jamie Tandy – “I forgive Joey Barton for putting out his cigar in my eye.”
John Arne Riise – “I forgive Craig Bellamy for playing golf on my legs.”
Zinedine Zidane – “I forgive Marco Materazzi for being a terrible human being.”
Shay Given – “I forgive Thierry Henry for playing the wrong sport.”
Any others that should be added?
I thought they were the black stars? Are they black cats just because they are unlucky? Freudian slip?
Aaron Ramsay – “I forgive Ryan Shawcross’ mom for not getting an abortion” – too much?
Pepe Reina: I forgive that beach ball for getting in my way.
Ghana = Black Stars.
Sunderland = Black Cats.
Nigel De Jong: I forgive Xabi’s chest for being in the wrong place.
Shrek: I forgive Wayne Rooney for besmirching my good name
Iker Casillas: I forgive my girlfriend for distracting me during the game against Switzerland.
Jonathan Woodgate: I forgive my groins for being made of paper tape.
John Terry’s Tranny Doppelganger: I forgive John Terry for making me the manly one.
Domenech: I forgive Anelka for that thing he said about my mom.
Anelka: I forgive Domenech for playing me out of position
clemantona: I forgive ben for thinking the same thing I was at the same time
@clemantona: nice. Bonus one- Domenech: I forgive the celestial bodies for leading me astray in my team selection.
Roman Pavlyuchenko: I forgive ‘Arry for making me practice. And run. And get out of bed. All without the aid of vodka.
Celestial bodies: we forgive Ray-Ray for being such an imbecilic nincompoop that he couldn’t read our obvious signs to him.
I forgive Sunil Gulati for being a craven, dunderheaded buffoon.
Ballack: I forgive Lahm for stealing my captain’s armband even though it’s been years since I did anything to deserve keeping it.
Per Mertesacker: I forgive the Jabulani for cracking my eye socket.
I forgive the meteor that failed to land on Gulati before he could send us down the path to football purgatory. And the one that failed to land on him before he resigned Death Stare Bob to another 4 years of wandering in the footy wilderness.
I forgive UF for not being run by Spurs fans.
Arsene Wenger forgives his medical staff for being s**t and decides to sign them all to lifetime contracts.
Cristian Ronaldo Jr: Forgives his dad for wearing hot pants. Never pants, NEVER!
@phil = let’s not go overboard here!
The NY Kid doesn’t forgive Mexes for not getting hit and blown up with that firecracker in the Bosnia game.
@NYK: Not to worry. I’ll never forgive him for re-hiring HuhBob.
NYK & PR forgive Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez for making them simultaneously love and hate NYRB.
Also, f**k Rafa Marquez in the pants.
I forgive the two separate jerks I saw wearing Mexico shirts on the two minute walk to class today.
@Anon – now THAT’s crossing the line.
I forgive Carlo Ancelotti for giving me this nightmare image
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/sep/07/carlo-ancelotti-autobiography-winning-eating
Insights into eating. I laffed.
Anon: I was referring more to his ass being earthquake-proof. What does that even mean?
@OM: Rofl. I didn’t bother to read the article (it’s Ancelotti, after all; he is among those who can suck it and keep on sucking it). But now that I read the first paragraph, that is fantastic.