The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

10 days of 2010 WC-Its fantabulous!!

Hey guys this is my first ever blog so I hope I make a good job about
it..! No time for introductions, just my name is Prathamesh, now here
it goes..


11th June, the day most of us football fanatics had been waiting for !
All roads lead to South Africa now because thats where the world is..!
I decided how better to write about the World Cup than by just talking
about The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and The Rubbish..naah, not
Rubbish-The English at South Africa 2010.

The Good

Now if I wanted, I could have written an entire blog about what is
good about SA 2010, but that wouldnt be fun, would it ?
I will start with what I find good which some others dont. Yup, the
Vuvuzelas. I love that buzz that goes on endlessly at each and every
match. Maybe I'm a hopeless romantic but I feel it brings South Africa
right into my living room. The world needs to embrace their culture
because thats the whole idea of having a World Cup in a different
country everytime, aint it ?
Now my second good of this World Cup is the brand of football that is
being played. Im not the one who gets bored with draws if the quality
of football is top notch and some of it has been amazing. I mean,
cmon, the Italians and the Greeks are playing attacking football till
the final whistle, what else do you need.
And lastly, its football, it has to be good. doesnt it ?

The Bad

The bad about this World Cup has been Jabulani, actually all the fuss
about it. The ball is round and it is small enough to go into the goal
and as far as I know thats all that footballers should care about. But
its human tendency to blame your failures on all material things, aint
it ? The South Americans never complained not once. These people have
grown up kicking tin cans for football in the streets you would think
they may find this as a luxury. All the complaints are coming from the
Europeans and it is being heard because UEFA literally runs FIFA.
Actually its pretty clear that the Europeans love to complicate the
game. Just keep it simple and the ball wont matter at all. The
Jabulani wont change but you can cause thats the sign of being alive,
CHANGE !

The Ugly

Didnt think there was anything ugly about this World Cup until last
night and the last 15 minutes of Ivory Coast and Brazil. I didnt like
what they did to Kaka, no I dont mean man marking him with three
players, thats what any team would do to a player who they know can
spoil their party but the cheap gamesmanship to get him sent off. It
was downright ugly and uncalled for. I dont think there is any place
in the game for such play acting but do anybodys views matter..?

The Rubbish-The English

Yeah right ! After having wasted 180 minutes of my life watching them
now you expect me to waste my words on them ? Keep Dreaming ! All I
know is that they are shit ! But they will qualify and deep down every
BPL supporter would want to see their Lampards, their Gerrards, their
Rooneys and their Terrys for that one more time. I sign off.