Saturday, June 17, 2006

Bad sports day

So, the US was fucking gyped in their game against Italy. I didn't see the second red card against the US, but the first was fucking bullshit. _At best_ it was a yellow. Certainly not a red. Contrast that against Italy's red card, which was one of the more deserved red cards I've ever seen. McBride's face was _drenched in blood_, for fuck's sake. I'm told that that same ref made a bunch of similarly questionable calls in the '98 world cup, and didn't participate in '02 for that reason. So now he's back. Hey, great.

Now Carolina is down 0-2 against Edmonton, but that has been their own goddamn fault. At the moment, they're being decimated by the Edmonton defense. They get literally slammed every time they step foot in the Edmonton half.

I think I shouldn't root for teams any more. It seems to be bad luck.

(incidentally, I'm now watching something like the 3rd Edmonton power play in about 10 minutes...oooh! Brawl!...bah...didn't last very long)

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