djvandyke Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 It's Jose Mourinho's fault for promoting the **** defensive soulless football his sides play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
why? Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I was genuinely confused that you didn't want the ball to be predictable, so I wondered if you had misunderstood what they were talking aboutI'm still a bit confused, as you seemed to be saying that the old ball was fine (I agree) and that there is no need for the new ball because predictability is dull, but then players seem to think the new ball is less predictable than the old one This is making my brain hurt now. With this new ball there are too many variables - the lack of practice, the altitude, the different design. It's too early to make a judgement imo, and i didn't intend to get into that part of the discussion. My only opinion is that sometimes people need to know when to leave things alone. The game was fine, nobody was dissatisfied with the old ball, accept that what we had was great despite it's very minor imperfections, and maybe even slightly better because of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvandyke Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 The ball is ****ing ****, too light and slippery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawd Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Its the surface I'm sure. Its got little dimples on it, sort of like a golf ball, which means it reacts oddly when going through the air. If anyone is watching the Nigeria game for the second Greek goal it shifted about loads. I think one of the main things I have noticd about it, is that it doesn't seem to slow down after a bounce, if you see a few cross field passes that you would expect a player to catch in this WC, the ball seems to skip away. It seems to bounce up quite violently aswell, a couple of players have been caught underneath it after a bounce, when usually they would take it on their chest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I haven't been impressed with the pitches, not that we can say much with the state Wembley is in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham_aka_stam Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 The ball is ****ing ****, too light and slippery. Just when I thought this argument was going to pot, in comes a genius to give his insight. Thank-you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boltman Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Yep, the pitches appear to be very hard with absolutely no "give" in the surface. Extra-high bounce of the ball, players slipping all over the place when it's raining/wet, and the number of players pulling up with hamstring and groin problems seem to be a feature and would tend to indicate they are indeed rock-hard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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