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foobar75 said:
Although, I must, say, Chris Fowler, Mike Tirico, and their new found pal Alexi "Vuvuzela" Lalas appear to be in top caste form. Fowler on the college side, and Tirico of course at MNF will soon return to more comfortable surroundings where they will have plenty of affletes to worship while pleasing their cultural marxist masters to the full.

I knew Chris Fowler had a questionable belief system for all things sports . Judging by his closing statement for the World Cup telecast he could pass for a total Afro-centrist.


Chris Fowler Angers Creationists with World Cup Closing Statement

"As for the African experience, we've all come away changed and moved by our months here in South Africa. Will this World Cup solve all of this country's problems? Certainly not. But if you listen to the locals here, it has certainly gone a long way creating unity and harmony that this nation with a troubled past has never seen. We invite you to experience it some day. You will not come away from this country without being moved and inspired and changed if you open your heart to it because after all, as human beings, if you go back far enough to our roots, we are all Africans."Â￾
 
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Check this drivel i found from some US blogger:

African players have become some of the best players in the world for their European club teams. They infuse their athleticism and technical ability, and toughness into clubs and teams around the continent. But for whatever reason, African nations, chock-full of European superstars, so often disappoint and play poorly together. Why is this?

True, half of the six teams endured major injuries to key players before the tournament began. Michael Essien, the Chelsea midfielered and Ghana captain couldn't recover from a season=long injury in time, John Obi Mikel, his partner in the midfield for Chelsea, couldn't overcome a similar injury and had to pull out of the Nigeria squad. Didier Drogba, Chelsea's hitman often regarded as the best African striker, suffered a broken elbow that visibly hindered his performance.

Cameroon, Nigeria, and Ivory Coast, and South Africa all struggled to play well as a team despite talented individuals. Some blame the installment of over-paid foreign coaches that didn't utilize African players' unique talents and style of play. Others claimed that the players all tried to do too much and didn't work well as a team. Either way, five of the six African teams saddened a continent as only Ghana advanced from the group stages.

This statement in particular is sickening! -

Some blame the installment of over-paid foreign coaches that didn't utilize African players' unique talents and style of play.
 

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LOL! Damn, the DWFs, anti-Whites and black worshipers are really grasping for straws.
These tools have been humbled at WC 2010. No, the real reason is that africans mostly suck at football and the teams of all africans suck even more.
Hardly any are truly skilled, most are not at all above average athletically and as far as strategies and tactics.... wow, absolutely terrible. Why? Because they are frankly too dumb to think in tactical abstract terms and 'get the big picture'.
This btw has been scientifically proven.

Africans are just not up to par with White Athletes in soccer. The White Man has crushed the african athletes on their home soil for all the world to see.

Let's see what the media and anti-Whites conjure up to explain it all?

Oh yes, the European coaches were at fault. LOL. Yes, of course.
This is why the africoon teams must install native black africans as coaches and managers. Yes, please have blacks as coaches...this will make the affletes shine now

(then, instead of losing 2-0 the affletes teams will lose 4-0 and the Whites will hardly break a sweat).
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Quiet Speed said:
foobar75 said:
Although, I must, say, Chris Fowler, Mike Tirico, and their new found pal Alexi "Vuvuzela" Lalas appear to be in top caste form. Fowler on the college side, and Tirico of course at MNF will soon return to more comfortable surroundings where they will have plenty of affletes to worship while pleasing their cultural marxist masters to the full.

I knew Chris Fowler had a questionable belief system for all things sports . Judging by his closing statement for the World Cup telecast he could pass for a total Afro-centrist.


Chris Fowler Angers Creationists with World Cup Closing Statement

"As for the African experience, we've all come away changed and moved by our months here in South Africa. Will this World Cup solve all of this country's problems? Certainly not. But if you listen to the locals here, it has certainly gone a long way creating unity and harmony that this nation with a troubled past has never seen. We invite you to experience it some day. You will not come away from this country without being moved and inspired and changed if you open your heart to it because after all, as human beings, if you go back far enough to our roots, we are all Africans."Â￾



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walk the walk and move to his beloved "homeland"? I'm sure BSPN could use a permanent correspondent in Africa to trace the wonderful progress blacks effortlessly make as they get "interested" in various sports. And Vuvuzela can be a roving soccer coach for the continent, as he clearly believes only black soccer players can be "athletic." As for Tirico, he'd strongly resist moving away from the buffet lines and American skanks to make the move.
 

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For the second time in a row a team comprised entirely of indigenous Europeans wins the world's most coveted sporting event.

Whites are incredible athletes (and scientists, and engineers, and doctors, and businessmen, and writers, and musicians, and comedians, and actors, and poets, and farmers, and hunters, and explorers, and astronauts, and .... well ... you get the picture).
 

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There are few things I hate more then an overblown sports "will save the world" comment. It's so common now that it nauseates me. I remember one of the worst examples of this was for the Superbowl that was held in Detroit. All of the sports whores had the same line about how important it was for the city and how it would make a difference in jobs and attitude. They said the same thing for the Final Four a couple of years ago. But of course Detroit is still in the same sad shape and even worse. That won't stop them from trying to pimp for the next big sporting event.

It's all about sport announcers trying to make their jobs more important then they really are. The bottom line is that professional sports could go away tomorrow and the world would hardly notice. No amonunt of Chris Fowler's yakking on about how much the World Cup "helped" africa is going to make a difference in life in that sh*t hole of a continent. He's just trying to buy himself some cred from DWF's and other media morons.
 

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i read a lot of americans( not you guys) think mexicans are spanish and don't know the difference between a mexican mestizo and a white spaniard, maybe now after the match the confushion is over, and they realise they are white.A lot of the white spaniards where lighter in skintone then the white dutch( no that it makes you more white but it makes you more the oppostie of a native, mexican mestizo or a black etc.)
 

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It's funny how the Dutch came out and played rough football because from what I have read they always view themselves as so technical. They would make fun on England in the past,especially the 70's. but in the 70's the Dutch has Cryuff. English teams dominated the European Cup in the 70's and 80's.

The sad thing is that I am sure the American coaches are trying to find a way to get more "inner city" kids into soccer.

I am so sick of watching all the African players in England,plus the black South Americans that I almost don't want to watch it. There was a guy on the Fox Soccer Channel sayng how much the African players have improved the EPL. Give me a break. There are a few good ones and the rest are mediocre and shouldn't be there taking the place of an Englishman or Dutchman etc..

I still don't know why England didn't use Le tissier in the 90's. Think about this? Le Tissier- 8 caps and none in the WC or I belive Euro Championship. Heskey -62 caps and I don't know if that includes this WC.

It seems that the experts are schizoid on the issue of style.Lalas keeps saying he wants style and technical ability,but keeps wanting more Africans and blacks to play.

I don't mind the Spanish style,but I also like the crosses and fast pace game also.

There are people who think the game is so much better now that they have all the foreigners in Europe. I didn't watch the game in the 80's or even 90's,but it seems that they had many excitng games from the highlights I have seen, but the fans seems to like all the foreigners in the league. It's like they hate the white English player and would rather have Africans and Brazilians.
 

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Cruyff criticizes the Dutch..

Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff has launched a scathing attack on Netherlands' display in the World Cup final, deriding it as "anti-football".

The Dutch received nine yellow cards, and a red card for Johnny Heitinga, as they lost 1-0 to Spain in South Africa.

"Sadly, they played very dirty," Cruyff told Spanish newspaper El Periodico.

"This ugly, vulgar, hard, hermetic, hardly eye-catching, hardly football style... If with this they got satisfaction, fine, but they lost."

Cruyff was the symbol of 'Total Football', which earned the Dutch successive World Cup final appearances in 1974 and 1978.

Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk appeared to opt for pragmatism over style as he led the Oranje to a third final in South Africa, but the result was the same, as Andres Iniesta scored an extra-time winner for Spain.

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There was a definite niggle between the two sets of players - and plenty of theatrics

But Sunday's game was also notable for Netherlands' surprisingly aggressive approach.

Cruyff, along with many others, believed Mark van Bommel and Nigel de Jong were lucky not to be sent off before half-time, Van Bommel for a tackle from behind on Iniesta and De Jong for kicking Xabi Alonso in the chest.

"They should have been down to nine immediately, then they made two [such] ugly and hard tackles that even I felt the damage," said the 63-year-old Cruyff.

"It hurts me that Holland chose an ugly path to aim for the title."

Cruyff brought his footballing philosophy to Barcelona in an eight-year spell as manager, and he is widely credited with the one-touch passing style still employed by the Catalan club, who provided the backbone of Spain's World Cup-winning squad.

However, in the Champions League semi-final last season, Pep Guardiola's side were upset by a defence-minded Inter Milan, coached by Jose Mourinho - a fact not lost on Cruyff.

"On Thursday they asked me from Holland 'Can we play like Inter? Can we stop Spain in the same way Mourinho eliminated Barca?'

"I said no, no way at all. I said no, not because I hate this style, I said no because I thought that my country wouldn't dare to and would never renounce their style. I said no because, without having great players like those of the past, the team has its own style.

"I was wrong. Of course I'm not hanging all 11 of them by the same rope, but almost. They didn't want the ball."

Cruyff also joined in the criticism of English referee Howard Webb, accusing him of being too soft with the players.

"A World Cup final deserves great refereeing and, above all, deserves a referee who dares to do everything it means to be a judge," he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8812484.stm
 

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If Balotelli is signed by Manchester United , I can't watch Man United again. I give up on Europe and this nonsense. It's getting this bad.This guy shouldn't even be in Europe. I believe his parents were refugees.

Both Manchester City and United are keen to sign 19-year-old Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli, with the Italian flattered by United boss Sir Alex Ferguson's interest according to the player's agent. [Press Association]
 

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"Chris(tine) jock-strap Prowler" is another example of a totally castrated cultmarx, caste lackey mouthpiece. I pretty much have (personally) banned ESPN (except for football games & scores) because of their cast(e) of candy@$$ pukes endlessly spewing the limpwristed drivel.
 

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DixieDestroyer said:
"Chris(tine) jock-strap Prowler" is another example of a totally castrated cultmarx, caste lackey mouthpiece. I pretty much have (personally) banned ESPN (except for football games & scores) because of their cast(e) of candy@$$ pukes endlessly spewing the limpwristed drivel.

Yeah, the World Cup coverage (with Fowler, Lalas, Tirico, etc.) and the Lebron saga are two great examples of this.
 

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Impressive points all around Rebaljo. True, although there has always been a certain amount of fortress defense tactics for decades. Yes, not to the degree of today, but the 'good old days' were far from blissful regarding beautiful attacking strategies.
I agree with your points. Yet, it is not stupid to understand a team's strength and also a team's weaknesses and tactically implement the game plan.
I mean, I hear what you're saying..although please don't be naive enough to think that a team that is weak in technical ability and passing will just go out and play a attack oriented passing game against a team of far superior quality because it's 'good for the game of football' ,etc.
The goal is to win. Sometimes it can be easy, sometimes very difficult...

...Point being, is you play with what you have and try to be as tactically aware as possible.
Italy has won world cups doing this. Is it always nice to watch? No, although it is reality.


Borussia - Thanks for the kind words, mate. I wasn't claiming that every team in the "good old days" played beautiful attacking football, just that theprevailingphilosophies of the better / topteams were far more open and attack-minded than those of the better / top"modern-era" sides. That's why I said that watching Spain is like watching the best quality football from the past.
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Sorry for any ambiguity. Don't worry, I'm not naive enough to think that teams with inferior technical ability and passing will or shouldattack a superior opponent because it's "good for the game of football".
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With regard to the Netherlands' approach, of course their goal was to win and they employed tactics which they believed would get them the desired result - however, the Dutch are far from a limited technical side and they would have gaineda lotmore credit (in my humble opinion) and maybe improved their chances by having a go at playing some open football.
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A team can play positive football and still be physical (which is the classic British approach I always admired growing up), yet the Dutch overwhelmingly chose the latter, believing that if they could squeak their way through to a penalty shootout then their chances of ultimate victory would be even.

Let's face it - this was the World Cup final, contested by the two "best' teams, so Spain weren't exactly playing helpless mugs like North Korea, China, or India,but a top European side renowned for attacking play. The Netherlands had the likes of Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder, Robin van Persie, Dirk Kuyt and Rafael van der Vaart at their disposal, so one cannot make the excuse that they did not haveclassy attacking options of their own. Sure, Spain possessed by far the better team, but the Dutch had the tools to make it a more interesting (and, as a consequence, more entertaining) match.If they lost trying to attack, well, the result would have ultimately been the same (but the score might not
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). As things went, they didn't cop the red cards which they deserved in the first half - otherwise, the game would have been over within the ninety minutes.

Excessively defensive play has always been a part of football, but the "fortress defense tactics" that You referred to used to be employed by the far weaker teams, not the better teams which were out to win things, as opposed to survive relegation, et cetera (with very notable exceptions such as Helenio Herrera's Internazionale of the 1960s - the fact that Herrera's approach was so controversiallyunpopular speaks volumes about the general footballing climate in which it was utilised
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).Italy's infamous historical catenaccio and zona mistadefensive tacticswere always relative to the style of play employed by their opponents. What wastermed "defensive" in the sixties, seventies, and early eighties would, unfortunately,be labelled rather debonair from the early nineties onwards, when the "fear of losing" mentality took hold of pretty much all teams.

Don't get me wrong, I'm aware that football was much rougher in the past (being the fanatic that I was, I've watched every bit of old footage I could ever find and, believe me, that's an awfullot...
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) and Ihave no problem with that aspect as, to quote Graeme Souness, "Intimidation is part of the game".Legendary enforcers like "Chopper" Harris and Tommy Smith were able to do over opponents in a far more lenient atmosphere than that which exists today, but their teams (Chelsea and Liverpool) weren't simply out to kick people into the terraces and constantly stifle play - they were attacking sides which wanted to put as many goals past the other team as they could within the ninety minutes. That's the difference between then and today. In the"good old days", the game was much harder, much more skillful, much more open,and much more entertaining, without the current"wow, he's fast (er, too bad he can't control the ball - well, we won't worry about that, let's sign him and pay him 100,000 quid a week)" philosophy.Contrary to what the media tells everyone, most of today's obscenely-paid poofters (especially the artificially-promoted blacks) wouldn't have cut the mustard back in the eras I refer to. I remember Johan Cruyff commenting about the young players in the game back when he was coaching Barcelona in theearly 1990s - he said that the level of skill had definitely declined since his playing days, lamenting that most players were one-footed as opposed to using both feet.That was about twenty years ago - I wonder what he thinks about the current crops of "stars"?

It says a lot that any player who can actually dribble a bit and is willing to attack opponents directly is described as some kind of flair player - and is then generally viewed as some sort of liability, whose "work rate" isn't up to snuff. After all, he should be sprinting in straight lines, running past players with "speed" and "power",then bludgeoning in a simple square ball for some gap-toothed black lummox of a "striker" who has pushed in front of a lumbering black oaf of a "defender" to bundle it into the net in a stunning display of "modern professional football". Bloody top stuff...
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i picked my squad based heavily on team success in the World Cup, as every member of my starting squad made the semi-finals. so, with no further ado ...

my All-World Cup starting 11:
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Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer (Germany)

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while many consider Spain's Iker Casillasto bethe world's #1, i prefer young Neuer (just 24 years old). he posted three clean sheets in the World Cup and gave up only 3 total goals, and he had to work a lot harder than Casillas, who plays behind the world's top backline.

Defender: Sergio Ramos (Spain)

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not only a dominant stopper in the back, Ramos has a tireless work rate in pushing forward, and he's always a threat to score on set pieces.

Defender: Carles Puyol (Spain)

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as with all good defenders, Puyolplays his best when the pressure mounts. fearless in the air when pushing forward, Puyol is a lion in the center of the back line.

Defender: Joan Capdevila (Spain)

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quiet, like a stone wall is quiet, Capdevila stoically goes about his business: silencing opposing goal scorers. his anonymity is testament to his skill at shutting down more high profile strikers.

Defender: Philipp Lahm (Germany)

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a German copy of Spain's Ramos, Lahm is not only a stalwart at the back, he also has a tireless work rate and sparks many a German counter attack with his pace and skill.

Midfielder: Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)

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an elite goal scorer and deft passer, Sneijder created virtually every scoring threat that the Dutch had.

Midfielder: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)

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in my mind the most outstanding player of the World Cup, Schweinsteiger was the epitome of poise and control for the German side. seemingly unfazed by pressure, he cut apart opposing defenses with surgical skill.

Midfielder: Mark Van Bommel (Netherlands)

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every team needs an enforcer, and Van Bommel fits the bill. known for his bone-rattling tackles and borderline dirty play, he set the tone for the Dutch. oft-overlooked in the grousing about his physical style is his ability to pass the ball.

Midfielder: Thomas Muller (Germany)

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not only the tournament's best young player, Muller (or is it Mueller?) was the World Cup's top scorer. his absence inGermany's semi-finalloss against eventual champion Spain proved pivotal.

Forward: Diego Forlan (Uruguay)

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no one in the World Cup shined like Forlan. his deadly free kicks were the highlight of the tourney for me.

Forward: David Villa (Spain)

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no one carried a bigger burden for his team than Villa. with the injury to Torres, Villa became the only consistent threat for the World Champions ... but he was up to the task. despite the single-minded attention of opposing backlines, no one scored more goals in the World Cup.
 

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On Saturday Chris Fowler was still still going on about how Uruguay cheated to beat Ghana.

Meanwhile at Spiked Online Mick Hume, a British political writer, had some interesting remarks:

" So what has happened to the World Cup ‘revolution'? Before the tournament in South Africa began, we were assured by many that this would be the World Cup when everything changed, with new forces in football emerging to challenge the established order. There was even heady talk of African football finally making the long-promised breakthrough.

...The African teams, led by the hosts, were thoroughly exposed in the group stages. Only one, Ghana, got through to the knock-out rounds and made it to the quarter-finals (equalling the best-ever achievement of any side from Africa) thanks largely to a soft draw.

...Much of it was wishful thinking and fantasy football. There is a slightly self-loathing assumption among many European pundits that all beautiful football must come from ‘over there', embodied in the saccharine media cult of the Brazilian ‘samba boys'. Admittedly this has some basis in the fact that Brazil has won the World Cup five times in the past, and produced some of the finest teams ever seen. But like all prejudices, it also blinded some observers to the reality of the current more prosaic and vulnerable Brazil.

Then there was the patronising crap about the lovely smiley dancing Africans and their ‘pulsating' football culture, which has been dealt with before on spiked, and was particularly to the fore in the toe-curling commentary around Ghana's eventual loss to Uruguay. No doubt this encouraged many to ignore the real deep-seated problems in African national football. When Emmanuel Adebayor of Togo appeared in a report on the rise of African coaches, and asserted that ‘black Africa' needs foreign coaches because the indigenous ones often ask players for bribes before selecting them, the BBC men were so embarrassed by his off-message outburst that they acted as if it had not happened."

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Jimmy C,

That is one great list. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your All-World Cup team and I cannot argue with any of the selections. Out of curiosity, who was(were) the toughest guy(s) to leave off your list?

I would imagine Casillas, Pique, Xavi, Robben, Messi, etc...
 

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thanks for the kind words, Freethinker. there are so many gifted players at the World stage, there are always a lot of worthy candidates who don't make whatever list is compiled. how many choices do i get?
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but for me, a lot of "name" players didn't live up to all the hype during the tourney, while a lot of less heralded (at least by the American media) players really shined.

the other two goaltenders who impressed me were Casillas (Spain) and Stekelenburg (Netherlands). those guys never looked rattled to me, and that is the sign of a great keeper.

i'm really partial to defenders. i think they are THE key unit to a successful team. Pique (Spain) is excellent,and i really liked the play of Mertesacker (Germany). he's a wall back there and never seemed to be out of position or lose his composure against speedier forwards. the Swiss had a terrific back line, led by Grichting, but they didn't advance far enough to make a splash and garner more recognition even though they only gave up 1 goal in 3 matches. an attacking defender in the mold of Hahm and Ramos is Coentrao from Portugal.

in the midfield, i felt like Iniesta (Spain) really out-played his more highly touted countrymen (like Xavi) or media favorites (Kaka). i really enjoyed his play. so he'd be the next midfielder for me.

as for the forwards, a lot of well-known guys just couldn't find the net. Ronaldo (Portugal)was terrible.Messi (Argentina) played well, but he couldn't score. it was his teammate,Higuain (Argentina), whofound the net, as did Vittek (Slovakia). the tireless Robben (Netherlands) dominated when he wasn't diving. buton the biggest stage, i'd take Klose (Germany). he plays his best in the big games, as his performances in the last 3 World Cups have shown.
 

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Good posts Jimmy and Rebajlo

When I read posts like yours,I think you could easily write for the ESPN or the BBC websites and bring them to a much higher level.

When I compare what they have on their sites,2 of the biggest in the world with writers such as the black AA women on ESPN and PHil McNulty on the BBC, with both your comments,there is no comparison.
 

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Matra1 said:
On Saturday Chris Fowler was still still going on about how Uruguay cheated to beat Ghana.

Meanwhile at Spiked Online Mick Hume, a British political writer, had some interesting remarks:

" So what has happened to the World Cup ‘revolution'? Before the tournament in South Africa began, we were assured by many that this would be the World Cup when everything changed, with new forces in football emerging to challenge the established order. There was even heady talk of African football finally making the long-promised breakthrough.

...The African teams, led by the hosts, were thoroughly exposed in the group stages. Only one, Ghana, got through to the knock-out rounds and made it to the quarter-finals (equalling the best-ever achievement of any side from Africa) thanks largely to a soft draw.

...Much of it was wishful thinking and fantasy football. There is a slightly self-loathing assumption among many European pundits that all beautiful football must come from ‘over there', embodied in the saccharine media cult of the Brazilian ‘samba boys'. Admittedly this has some basis in the fact that Brazil has won the World Cup five times in the past, and produced some of the finest teams ever seen. But like all prejudices, it also blinded some observers to the reality of the current more prosaic and vulnerable Brazil.

Then there was the patronising crap about the lovely smiley dancing Africans and their ‘pulsating' football culture, which has been dealt with before on spiked, and was particularly to the fore in the toe-curling commentary around Ghana's eventual loss to Uruguay. No doubt this encouraged many to ignore the real deep-seated problems in African national football. When Emmanuel Adebayor of Togo appeared in a report on the rise of African coaches, and asserted that ‘black Africa' needs foreign coaches because the indigenous ones often ask players for bribes before selecting them, the BBC men were so embarrassed by his off-message outburst that they acted as if it had not happened."

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I don't understand this obsession with Africa and South America in Europe.There is way too much deference paid to them, even Argentina which has a good team,but they haven't been world beaters recently.They got a little lucky in 86. Africa should have 1 slot taken away from them and I think Asia should also. Should North Korea have been in the WC this year? They should give 2 more slots to European teams.Look at the European teams that are good but didn't make it this year:Ireland,Croatia,Sweden,Russian,,Czech Republic,Scotland,Bosnia,Finland,Ukraine,even N.I.,Norway.

In 86 there were only 2 African teams, both North African--Algeria and Morroco. Also, England,Scotland and Northern Ireland qualified in 86 and 82 when there were only 24 in final.
 

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Jimmy Chitwood said:
as has been mentioned, all the individual and team awards have been monopolized by White athletes. how racist!
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<div>here's the complete list of awards that have been made public thus far: </div>
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<div>Golden Ball (top overall player): Diego Forlan</div>
<div>Silver Ball: Wesley Sneijder</div>
<div>Bronze Ball: David Villa</div>
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<div>Golden Boot (top scorer): Thomas Mueller (also spelled Muller)</div>
<div>Silver Boot: David Villa</div>
<div>Bronze Boot: Wesley Sneijder</div>
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<div>Golden Glove (top goalkeeper): Iker Casillas</div>
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<div>Best Young Player: Thomas Mueller</div>
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<div>FIFA Fair Play Trophy: Spain</div>
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<div>some interesting historical perspective: </div>
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<div>1) Spain is the second all-White team in a row to win the World Cup (Italy 2006).</div>
<div>2) Mueller is the 10th White athlete in a row to win Best Young Player; that's every award since 1970.</div>
<div>3) Every single Top Goalkeeper award in history has been won by a White athlete.</div>
<div>4) Only one non-White athlete has won the Golden Boot since the 1966 World Cup.</div>
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<div>the official World Cup all-tourney team hasn't been released yet, but i suspect it will be dominated by White athletes ... much like the Castrol Index Top 11, which only has one possibly non-White player (Argentina's Juan Suarez).</div>
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<div>for what it's worth, i'll be posting my All-World Cup team later on. i'm interested in seeing who you guys select, as well.</div>

Jimmy;

You mean Luis Suarez of Uruguay.

If you compare Suarez' appearance with many of Spain's players , I don't see any difference. I also know Uruguay has almost no indigenous people and their population have very little if any indigenous blood. I consider Suarez 100% white.

So at the very least the top 11 players (probably much more than the top 11 players at the event which is the most inclusive test of athletic ability in the world, ALL the top players are white. I will use that statistic ad nauseam, whenever I can to state whites are clearly superior athletes to Affletes. Even a few of the top black American athletes know soccer is more of test of athletic ability than baseball, football, and basketball. Edited by: jwhite96
 

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jwhite96 said:
Jimmy;

You mean Luis Suarez of Uruguay.

If you compare Suarez' appearance with many of Spain's players , I don't see any difference. I also know Uruguay has almost no indigenous people and their population have very little if any indigenous blood. I consider Suarez 100% white.

So at the very least the top 11 players (probably much more than the top 11 players at the event which is the most inclusive test of athletic ability in the world, ALL the top players are white. I will use that statistic ad nauseam, whenever I can to state whites are clearly superior athletes to Affletes. Even a few of the top black American athletes know soccer is more of test of athletic ability than baseball, football, and basketball.

yes, i did mean Luis Suarez.
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thanks for catching that jwhite96, and you make some excellent points.
 
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