Finally
Moving on, 4 things from this week tangentially related to football or football:
1. Bob Marley's birthday was Tuesday, he would have been 62. Dude is widely regarded as the most influential musician of the 20th century. Less well known was his love of footy, and the fact that it indirectly caused his death (unless you are with the conspiracy theorists who believe that his cancer was introduced into his body by the CIA). He was a very talented footballer, and he & his mates would play pick up soccer every town they went to, and in one game he jacked up his toe. He never got it looked at, it got infected, his rasta beliefs made him refuse medical attention, he got cancer, it spread throughout his body, and that was that.
Ya cyann beet I & I on da football peetch, mon
Anyhow, there is a hell of a lot more to him than smoking weed - dude despised politics but became the most important political figure in Jamaica and was extremely influential in African politics as well, without even really trying. Hell, when Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980, Bob was asked by Mugabe to perform at the celebration since his ideas had been so influential in the independance movement. If you are ever looking for a good subject to read, check out a bio on Bob Marley - Catch A Fire or Bob Marley.
2. You have to read this story to believe it. Cliff Notes: US Army decides to hand out soccer balls in Iraq to promote goodwill. They receive the balls but they are flat. No pumps, no needles. They ask to have pumps requisitioned but the C.O. refused saying that it is a waste of time, and he orders them to hand the flat soccer balls to the children, saying that the children should be grateful. Ridiculously the flat balls are handed out, and now the kids throw rocks at the soldiers when they come around. Mission accomplished. In a statement that is beyond bizarro world, the Army spokesman states:
"To focus on the air in the balls, or lack thereof, undermines the American spirit of generosity and completely misses the point of giving."
We are so inept over there that we even managed to fuck this simple task completely up.
3. LD has been hibernating for a while, but he came out of his cave the other day and he came out strong, completely destroying one of the biggest douchebags out there, one Rush Limbaugh, and his assertion that people are ripping on Rex Grossman not because he sucked in the Super Bowl and was pretty poor all year (24th ranked QB in the NFL this year), but because he is white, saying:
The media, the sports media, has got social concerns that they are first and foremost interested in, and they're dumping on this guy -- Rex Grossman -- for one reason, folks, and that's because he is a white quarterback.
Maybe everything becomes racial when you are high as a kite whacked out on pain pills.
4. Zinedane Zidane was in New York the other night and attended a Knicks game, where he left at halftime after chatting with Spike Lee. Rumors are flying that somehow this means that he is going to sign with New York Red Bulls and come play in MLS. I wouldn't pay money to see Mr. Spiceman, but I would pay money to see Zizou, even if he is past his best. Let's all hope this happens - he is better right now, having not kicked a ball competitively in 7 months, than Becks has ever been.
This would get me to an MLS game, certainment.
Y'all have a wonderful weekend.
5 comments:
gotta love it...they only reason people praise a quarterback who can throw for over 200 yds and four touchdowns on a broken ankle (mcnabb) is because he is black and the only reason people pick on a quarterback who actually got a 16.5 QB rating and who muffs snaps from one of the best centers in the league is because he is white.
because we don't give white quarterbacks like manning or brady or farve or hasselbeck or brees any credit at all...
wow, i need some of those pills.
Grossman did much worse than 16.5, against the Packers, he had a 0.0.
I wouldn't just pay money to watch Zizzou. I'd pay money to watch Zizzou do nothing but randomly headbutt an opposing soccer player during the match (it'll be kind of a lottery/pool thing to see which he would pick). In conclusion, Zizzou needs to come to NYC, as does Figo, though it seems like the Red Bulls wasted their other spot on Reyna. Well, not exactly wasted, but it's not exactly a good idea to have Reyna and Zizzou on the same pitch is it?
I still think Beckham will surprise people with how good he still is. He's still, clearly, the best right winger for RM (despite what people say), and probably the 2nd best winger for England behind Lennon. It's not like we are talking about chump here. Oh, and Zidane has a bad habit of not trying very hard in matches, he picked up that one at RM. I'd like to apologize to everyone for that one.
By the way, I don't mean to rub it in or anything, but... your boy isn't helping your case.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh8mk7MfBd8
Against Wigan, mind you.
Want to clarify one thing though, I'm not picking on Henry for the sake of it. I like Henry and love the way he plays (not to mention his charity work). But he served my purposes in my point, is all.
I didn't get to watch the match as I was out of town, but looking at that clip I can't really defend it. This clip certainly supports your 'everybody does it' theorem more than my thoughts that TH is not a diver and is generally respected in Engerland for not being a diver.
That's really my point. Henry is generally respected as not a diver, and rightfully so, but he still resort to it on the odd occasion. Truth be told, this was Henry on his worst behavior this match.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HqpYht62kE
Not good times all around.
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