http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:20:26 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-394875 I don't think it was a brilliant game either - exciting and hard fought but hardly brilliant. ]]> 394875@blogcritics.org Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:20:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-394053 RogerM: I am indeed totally sincere - always. Football is a fantastic game and fantastic things happen, including this great match, which was only marred by some over officious refereeing. Just like a cop or a politician that insists on sticking to the letter of the law rather than the spirit! ]]> 394053@blogcritics.org Mon, 19 Jun 2006 04:10:37 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-394032 I'm not sure if Mr Rose is sincere in his praise. Usually when I think of brilliant performances, they don't include your opponent scoring your only goal. ]]> 394032@blogcritics.org Mon, 19 Jun 2006 02:17:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-393947 CR and RJ: Definitely it was a much better effort from USA but don't get too carried away. They now must win against Ghana and win it big to make sure the goal difference plays to their advantage. ]]> 393947@blogcritics.org Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:22:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-393936 Thanks, CR. It's a shame there were all those Red Cards, though... :-/ ]]> 393936@blogcritics.org Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:56:46 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-393198 Brilliant performance by the USA against Italy! ]]> 393198@blogcritics.org Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:13:22 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-393058 Yes but the BCS rankings will probably put Ghana in the Orange Bowl. ...what? ]]> 393058@blogcritics.org Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:33:20 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-393050 Okay, US ties Italy, Ghana beats Czech Republic. Now, US must beat Ghana and Italy must beat Czech Republic for the US team to advance to the next round...against Brazil...(gulp!)... ]]> 393050@blogcritics.org Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:26:20 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-392304 how so? :-) ]]> 392304@blogcritics.org Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:46:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-392238 It's just too damn complicated for me to figure out right now...but I know the US cannot lose to Italy on Saturday... ]]> 392238@blogcritics.org Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:04:48 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-391508 Suss: I thought you were into S and not M. RJ: Well, I don't think US could possibly win as Italy clearly is a better team. But you never know. To advance they must win their remaining two games, just winning against Italy will not be enough. However it could get real complicated, if all three, Italy, Czech and US end up with the same points (win two matches each and Ghana loses all three of their games, or all three of them win 1, lose 1 and draw 1 etc.) ]]> 391508@blogcritics.org Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:57:13 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-391466 For Americans, it all comes down to US vs. Italy on Saturday. A win means the US advances (most likely). A loss means they are toast (without question). And a tie would be mostly bad news, but still offer a glimmer of hope... ]]> 391466@blogcritics.org Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:04:24 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-391337 Soccer just isn't American. If the 3-0 wasn't a sign, i don't know what is. ]]> 391337@blogcritics.org Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:37:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/14/194123.php#comment-391323 I'm not into S&M, and none of you have evidence to the contrary. ]]> 391323@blogcritics.org Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:13:01 EDT