yes, after 5 days of no internet, i'm back. we had a great time helping becky move to canon city, co. and hanging out with jay. if you want to see a small photo diary of the trip, click on the link to my flickr account. about 50 pics.
watched the england/ecuador game this morning. ecuador looked pretty good in the first half, and england more or less dominated the second. beckham looked great on his set pieces, and scored the winner. marcelo balboa annoyed me most of the game by talking about how beckham wasn't as good as everyone says, how england should sub him for someone that wouldn't slow the attack and so on. look, you shlep, that's how they want their offense. one side is more fast paced, quick attacking, the other is a little more deliberate. that sort of balance helps them be pretty dangerous. and unless beckham is a liability on defense, which he hasn't been, then his strength on set pieces more than makes it worth it for him to be on the field.
now, i'm writing this @ the start of the portugal/netherlands game. now that the u.s. is out, i think i'm wholeheartedly throwing my support behind the dutch side. as i spoke about the other day, maybe on my blog or on dana's, i've always liked the dutch for no real reason(i checked, it was on mine). so, hopefully they'll go far. of course, with my luck, they'll lose this match and be done with it. sadly, netherlands isn't wearing the orange kit today.
which brings me to something i've been wondering, and i'm sure some stat geek has: the record of teams based on sponsorship (Nike has 8, Adidas 6, Puma has 12. like, how are the adidas teams doing versus nike? and what about puma and umbro? did kelme, kappa or some other company show up? (here's a an interesting link, but no stats)
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and of course, portugal 1, netherlands 0.
pretty exciting and interesting game. sloppy at times, rough game, terribly officiated. if you saw the us-italy game and thought that was bad officiating (it was), this was worse.
portugal's goal was sweet though.
and netherlands frequently failed to get it to the wide open van piersing on the wing. seriously, this guy has skills, was working players each time he touched the ball, and consistantly sent great crosses into the box. that is, he did those things when they actually decided to play the ball to him. the rest of the time he ran up the side, wide open, not getting the ball. instead, netherlands dinked around the middle, took long shots that were way off, and lost possession.
seriously, 16 yellows, 4 reds.
and, the best active goal scorer for netherlands, ruud van nistlroy, didn't play. wha? this guy has scored in every other game he has played for netherlands. really, that's his average. no mention of him being hurt. he warmed up. not subbed in.
finally, beckham's goal in their match was sweet. he still sounds like a leprechaun.
On your flickr account, I was amused by the Arizona motto. I think their quarter said "Come see our Earth-gina!"
Nice gash on the finger. Looks shocking. You gotta learn to work through the pain and shock to better focus the photo though.
Was there just one tree at all around that lake? One?
I also noticed there were no fish pictures. Is that indicative of a fish-free fishing expedition? Or were you just waiting, or should I say baiting, to see if anyone would ask so you can tell us about the giant trout you reeled in?
actually, becky was the only one to hook a fish. i think it was about 16-18". big freakin fish. it's a good story too, including lines like, "do you want to touch it?", "no". sadly, the fish popped out of someone's hand, broke the line, and swam away with a hook in it's mouth.
i'll tell you the story when i see you.
Oh right, "the one that got away" kind of story. "You should have seen it! It was huge!
in all honestly, this fish was big. and, it would have been a nice reward for the four of us, as we'd spent all afternoon fishing and had seen about 3 nibbles combined over the time.
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