The Right Side of the Boat » Sport http://blog.dmcleish.id.au Ramblings on atheism and life from Sydney, Australia. Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Azzurri take out the World Cup http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2006/07/09/azzurri-take-out-the-world-cup/ http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2006/07/09/azzurri-take-out-the-world-cup/#comments Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:03:00 +0000 David McLeish http://www.wordpress.dmcleish.id.au/?p=64 Italy beat France in a penalty shootout to win the World Cup. I was undecided who to go for in this; was sort of leaning towards Italy, but that was dampened a bit by them having knocked Australia out.

This isn’t exactly an original thought, but I have difficulty really getting into a game that seems to be dominated by borderline referee decisions and general randomness, especially when many matches end up being decided by what is essentially an elaborate guessing game. I reckon the keepers should just come out to the middle of the field and play rock-paper-scissors, best of five.

Now only one question remains: what the shazbot was Zidane thinking?

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]]> http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2006/06/26/nasty/feed/ 0 Australia vs Italy half-time http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2006/06/26/australia-vs-italy-half-time/ http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2006/06/26/australia-vs-italy-half-time/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:52:00 +0000 David McLeish http://www.wordpress.dmcleish.id.au/?p=70 No score in a fairly passive game so far. Hard to say which team looks better – Italy looks more dangerous in their attempts on goal but Australia’s keeping possession better. A nil-all draw looks on the cards at the moment, and I like our chances in a penalty shootout.

At least the ref is awake this time.

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