Comments on: Say it ain’t so. Not all World Cup injuries are real!

By: Allez France

Allez France — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:20:26 +0000

The Italians are the best on their back…. France, stomp ‘em into the ground if they don’t get up.

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:36:56 +0000

And i hope FIFA noties that kind of petitions, the sooner they end with all those fakes, the sooner some countries will run out of excuses for their losses inside the stadium.

/me signed.

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:34:26 +0000

And people dare to blame Portugal? Im not surprised if even FIFA takes the chance to use their team as scape goat for some bad decisions. EVERY team fakes/dives/cheats, and only the ones that cant face it blame a team that is considered “inferior”. At least those dont fake injuries to waste time.

By: Tuan

Tuan — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 19:49:36 +0000

Christopher, thank you for the link, I have signed the petition and urge all football lovers to put your names down for the good of the game.

By: Claude

Claude — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:28:20 +0000

The Italiens were lying all over the pitch when they played Germany. One would get up to be replaced by another Italien lying on the ground in sheer agony. I wonder what the injury stats would be if we took Italy out of the stats? The last Italien who wasn’t a whimp was probably Julius Caesar.

By: Bruce Buck

Bruce Buck — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 14:08:05 +0000

If you watch North American sports, you’ll notice the unwritten rule that it’s unacceptable for a professional athlete to writhe around like a two year old in response to a minor injury. It’s even worse if the unmanly overacting is entirely fictional. The dramatics are perhaps one reason most North Americans could care less about soccer.

By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 13:34:14 +0000

What do they mean when they say that the injuries were not noted in post-game reports? Is it a requirement that all injuries have to be reported? What if, for example, a player is kicked in the thigh and it hurts at the time (and they bust out the magic spray or whatever), but there is no real injury, it’s just a pain that subsides…is that supposed to be reported too? If so, that means over half the injuries are faked!

By: Christopher Johnson

Christopher Johnson — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:16:21 +0000

Petition

I have just read and signed the online petition: “FIFA World Cup: Flopping Penalty and Concurrent Replay” hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com at:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/fifaexec/

I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself.