This week's Fusillade will be Fusillate
Due to factors that are beyond anybody's capacity to care too deeply about, this week's Fusillade will be late. This is mostly my fault as I was unavailable all last week and into the weekend. Satellite internet is expensive and slow!
We are tentatively scheduled to record tomorrow, so all things being equal the next couple Fusillades will be like a bus; you wait forever for one and then two come along at about the same time.
As a note of apology, here is a cute kitten picture.
4 months ago
pdb
25 comments
0 recs |
Email
PrintComments
Off topic, but not worth its own post ...
… why are there draws in the FA cup? Those teams have to replay the game? Why not just golden goal or PK?
Alex Song - Krunk as Fuck!
The Magic Of The Cup!
Mostly, at this point it’s economics. A replay means more money for teams, especially if a smaller team manages to scrape a draw against a big team.
by pdb on Feb 7, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty much all about the money
Also because if you can’t finish the job the first time, then you get punished by having to play another game. Now off to the fields with you!
UMD Bulldogs: 2011 NCAA DI Men's Hockey Nat'l Champions; 2008 & 2010 NCAA DII Football Nat'l Champions
They'd never drop it now because of the money involved (remember last year when the owner of Leyton Orient sent the team to Vegas for earning a replay at the Emirates)
But the traditional philosophy in football has always been to play until there is a winner. Tie-breakers have always been very slowly and begrudgingly introduced and then quickly disposed of if possible. For international competitions, they ‘re necessary (you’ve only got a month to play all they games) but for domestic cups, the compulsion to keep playing out of fairness (and money) is hard to resist.
Captain, there are doubt''s...
So what if they draw again?
… at some point, the tournament needs to move on, no?
Alex Song - Krunk as Fuck!
From wiki:
“Drawn replays are now settled with extra time and penalty shootouts, though until the 1990s further replays would be played until one team was victorious. Some ties took as many as six matches to settle; in their 1975 campaign, Fulham played a total of 12 games over six rounds, which remains the most games played by a team to reach a final.”
That's insane
but it’s also a different time. I don’t think the game was as competitive physically as it is now so there wasn’t so much emphasis on players being at peak physical level. Also, advertisers and sponsors (and fans and coaches, really) weren’t as demanding in terms of having a certain product on the field)
Captain, there are doubt''s...
And remember
Extra time to settle games were rare—the World Cup had a replay built in until 1966.
Penalties were even newer. There was an idea that the best way to settle draws in cup games were to play them again, a tradition that is brilliant, in my opinion.
Arteta, it's all about the right pass it goes left to the left foot of VAN PERSIE
Proud member of Fusillade and The Short Fuse
I absolutely love replays
but then I also absolutely love the FA Cup, so there’s that.
by pdb on Feb 8, 2012 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
I was wondering...
I figured everyone would be super excited to talk about the 7-1 lol. I’ll wait :c)
Official troll of WAGNH and CFC
PODCAST IN CRISIS
Arteta, it's all about the right pass it goes left to the left foot of VAN PERSIE
Proud member of Fusillade and The Short Fuse
Slackers...
UMD Bulldogs: 2011 NCAA DI Men's Hockey Nat'l Champions; 2008 & 2010 NCAA DII Football Nat'l Champions
Ironic that a comment with the title "slackers" gets busted for improperly linking to an image!
by pdb on Feb 7, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
How did I improperly link to an image?
UMD Bulldogs: 2011 NCAA DI Men's Hockey Nat'l Champions; 2008 & 2010 NCAA DII Football Nat'l Champions
A lot of sites don't like hotlinking of images and block them from view
It’s best to save a picture to photobucket or flickr or somewhere then link to it from there.
by pdb on Feb 7, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
ahh gotcha, sorry guys, I just pulled it off of Google
You can delete it if you want
UMD Bulldogs: 2011 NCAA DI Men's Hockey Nat'l Champions; 2008 & 2010 NCAA DII Football Nat'l Champions
No need to delete it, it doesn't break a TSF rule ("improper" was probably too negative of a word)
Just remember for next time to use a photo service to host your pics before linking to them.
by pdb on Feb 7, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Late just like my wife's menstrual cycle
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on Feb 7, 2012 4:07 PM EST reply actions
Maybe
My 17 month old came out of the womb screaming *"Fuck Tottenham!", so I imagine the next one will follow suit.
*at least that’s what I heard
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on Feb 7, 2012 4:47 PM EST reply actions
reply fail, meant for pdb
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on Feb 7, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
