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Comment on The Panda Says NO! by ryan

ryan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:31:53 +0000

Thank’s for letting me read this wonderful informative post’s on your website!

[This is only getting through for the "comedy value" - Ed]

Comment on The Panda Says NO! by LeBonDon

LeBonDon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:14:54 +0000

A prime bit of Grammar Nazism there. Also one of the most autistic blog posts I’ve ever read. Hey, stop stealing my traits!

Comment on World Cup 2010: Semi Finals by Noelinho

Noelinho — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:42:09 +0000

As do I, but the rules don’t do anything to put people off handling the ball on the goal line. Allow referees to be able to give penalty goals and the situation goes away, but whilst that isn’t in the ruless, I find it hard to blamer anyone for not exploiting that.

Comment on World Cup 2010: Semi Finals by mrben

mrben — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:39:06 +0000

Firstly, predictions. You’re wrong. Well, partly. Netherlands will get through, although I suspect it’ll be more like 1-0 than 2-1. Spain will beat Germany, though.

As for the handball, I refuse to accept that we should just accept cheating, in any format, in any sport. Yes, the point of competing is to win. But if that winning is at the cost of the rules of the game, then it is no victory at all. I think it’s sad that, in a situation like that of Ghana, that the referee can’t award a ‘penalty goal’ like in rugby, but rather only a penalty which can be (and was) missed, but I accept that the rules indicate a penalty.

Where cheating becomes regarded as strategy, we are essentially saying that rulebreaking is part of the game, and that we are only worried about whether we get caught. I deplore this, and wish it had no part in our game.

Comment on World Cup 2010 – It’s Getting Tasty by mrben

mrben — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:24:12 +0000

I agree with most of your predictions, except that I believe Spain will beat Portugal. (Given the way that Portugal played in the group stage, I hope so for the sake of football – they’re unlikely to repeat the kind of display they put on against North Korea, and are much more likely to attempt to repeat the game against Brazil as the opposition gets harder)

Mexico were better than you gave them credit for – although Argentina did win relatively comfortably, it could’ve been different if a couple of shots off the woodwork had gone in, or the linesman had been paying attention for the 2nd goal.

Comment on Step Out 2010 by Noelinho

Noelinho — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:24:40 +0000

Yeah, you’re right. Woops! Fixed now.

Comment on Step Out 2010 by iain black

iain black — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:00:34 +0000

Noel do u mean ur doing leslie 11-18th july and wigtown 18-25th july rather than august

Comment on Eurovision 2010 by @pmckinlay

@pmckinlay — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:50:32 +0000

@Noelinho thanks for warning me. I will have to find something to do on saturday night so that I don’t have to watch it.

Comment on A Tyresome Problem: Spanish GP Review & Monaco GP Preview by Neil

Neil — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:23:08 +0000

You make it sound like vettel would have jumped webber at the first stop, despite webber being 5+ seconds down the road.

Webber owned everyone in Spain!

Comment on A Tyresome Problem: Spanish GP Review & Monaco GP Preview by @chrisjw133

@chrisjw133 — Wed, 12 May 2010 23:50:21 +0000

@Noelinho is this using the new blog layout?