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What about Track & Field / Re: Usain Bolt’s shocking DQ ends three-year reign in 100

« on: August 29, 2011, 07:27:40 PM »

I read a poster on another site saying Michael Johnson said nothing is wrong with the false start rules and he also Bolt should have done better..can anyone confirm if this is true ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/14706052.stm

Retired 400m world record holder Michael Johnson, in his Times column, said: "I've never false-started and to be honest I don't think it's that hard to avoid one. I don't think it's too much to ask to wait until the gun goes before you go off."

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What about Track & Field / Re: Thread for for the 2011 World Championships

« on: August 29, 2011, 06:55:21 AM »

Big Up KAB! My heart was racing until them results come up. Could have been anywhere from 2nd to 4th. Nice lean at the end

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Football / Re: La Liga Season 2011-2012

« on: August 18, 2011, 11:18:38 AM »

i think both needs to live with the calls. as a coach you have to set the example. pep is jumping up and down at every call and crying conspiracy in the press is he?

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Football / Re: La Liga Season 2011-2012

« on: August 18, 2011, 10:26:23 AM »

Always been one of the biggest fans of Mourinho but really and truly it gone past the point where I can even think of defending his conduct..

Some things bigger than football, like respect for the opponent regardless and for him to condone what Marcelo did at the end of the game is reprehensible.. Furthermore his conduct in joining in the melee instead of trying to hold back his own players is rhell low for a man in his position..

He really dragging Real Madrid name through the mud.

his conduct real poor. every single call against him during the game he remonstrating on the sidelines. at some point he have to tell his team live with the calls and play the damn game. and then when a melee break out he instigating thing too.

tactically he have madrid looking good but he playing with fire with his behavior.

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Football / Re: Backheel PK disrespectful?

« on: July 19, 2011, 11:00:07 AM »

Disrespectful yes, but I think that PK shouldve been ruled out by the referee.

The rule states that the penalty kick must be taken without stopping. The kicker start his run up, then make a geriatric spin and stop and backheel the ball. This backheel penalty was so shitty in its execution, if i was the ref I blow it off.

What a poor impersonation of Francesco Totti:

Agreed

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Football / Re: Should PK Shootout be eliminated

« on: July 18, 2011, 10:51:10 AM »

Golden goal didn't work because some teams were so afraid to concede that they didn't attack at all and the games were usually decided by penalty kicks.  For example, I doubt there would have been a differnce yesterday with Paraguay and Brazil if we had golden goal.  Paraguay just sat back and absorbed pressure for 120 minutes and hoped to win on penalty kicks.

True.

But if they said that no PK and you will keep playing until someone scores then I don't know if teams will still sit back.

Maybe after 120 (2nd extra time), unlimited subs on and off as a way of mitigating injury and keeping the level of the game high. Who knows how it will turn out? I'd at least like to see it tried at some league or tournament and see how it turns out.

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What about Track & Field / Re: COOL DOWN with Ato Boldon on Universal Sports

« on: July 12, 2011, 12:48:12 PM »

As a side note, I just read this article:http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6760031/is-fastest-human-ever-already-alive

Chuck Klosterman gets some educated opinions from track expert Ato Boldon

Good job Ato

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 14, 2011, 01:51:15 PM »

Appreciate the quote... but I am well aware of what was said and nowhere did he say the things attributed to him by Weary.  If anything it is his detractors who are trying to spin this into a condescending sneer at his critics.  There are different ways to interpret what he said, but in itself it's a factual and innocuous statement and there's no need to "spin" anything as daryn say.  Rooting for him to fail isn't going to change people's lives so why are they expending all that energy?  The most they will get from it is some kinda fleeting satisfaction... then you go back to whatever your existence was, rich, sorry or indifferent. *shrug*

Isn't that all of sports? Sports doesn't change our lives. Yet we have a forum here and discuss it and some people check and post everyday. By that measure any athlete can just dismissively say that. Why he mention personal problems? Sports is about people rooting for you and against you. When he wins, does he tell his fans factually that this is a fleeting satisfaction and you will have to go back to your lives and personal problems tomorrow? Because it's equally true then.

That statement is far from innocuous in my opinion. But I done with Lebron talk. I just happy for my Mavs

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 14, 2011, 09:38:13 AM »

Dat will stop when he stop behavin like a drama queen. 2 say people have 2 go back 2 dey pitiful life while he goes back 2 his gr8 life eh go gain him any brownie pts.

WIN or SHUT UP

He said that?  When?


Like I said... doh let facts get in the way of allyuh irrational criticism.

 “At the end of the day,” LeBron said after the game, “all of the people that were rooting for me to fail, tomorrow they’ll have to wake up and have the same life that (they had) before they woke up today. They got the same personal problems they had today, and I’m going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do.”

Not sure how Lebron supporters can spin that.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 13, 2011, 06:26:35 PM »

Not to nitpick but Jordan won all six of his NBA finals and Kobe won in his first finals if I'm not mistaken. Also this is Lebron's 2nd NBA finals.

Lebron is a great talent but in this series he played like just a good player. His behavior set him up for this criticism. In the end talent will probably win out and he'll get his, but for now I feel no sympathy

Brain fart on my part...I remember seeing a deflated jordan when the pistons had his number and he was de starboy, but then it woudnt make sense that 2 east coast teams would be in the finals

but ah see whey yuh sayin

yeah. jordan had his tribulations with the bad boys before he make it.

unbelievable how much trash talk marion and terry give lebron during the game. and lebron didn't respond on the court. michael woulda wipe the floor with them or die trying. that convince me he ent no jordan - not that level of competitiveness.

maybe he'll be great in his own way. but right now he is a king without a ring.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 13, 2011, 02:14:39 PM »

Not to nitpick but Jordan won all six of his NBA finals and Kobe won in his first finals if I'm not mistaken. Also this is Lebron's 2nd NBA finals.

this statistic is arbitrary in nature and not very meaningful.  The biggest factor is whether or not you happen to be in the same conference as the best team.

If Chicago was in the west it woulda be them losing to the Pistons in '90 instead of the Blazers. Might even have been them instead of the Lakers in '89.

I agree and I didn't say it was. I was making a factual correction

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 13, 2011, 01:51:36 PM »

D FANGS ARE COMING OUT

I readin all over de place that Miami season considered a failure…I find dem fellahs do very well for a cobbled together team that gel in one season
I suspect dais why Americans do so well in all sports, is win or nuttn!! Second or or silver medal considered not good enough

James go re-group and come stronger...Kobe and Jordan had to lose they first finals before they win too.

Not to nitpick but Jordan won all six of his NBA finals and Kobe won in his first finals if I'm not mistaken. Also this is Lebron's 2nd NBA finals.

Lebron is a great talent but in this series he played like just a good player. His behavior set him up for this criticism. In the end talent will probably win out and he'll get his, but for now I feel no sympathy

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 10, 2011, 11:28:21 AM »

That is a boss site Bakes. Very heavy on individual plays and match-ups though, less on overall strategy.

Miami doesn't really have and offensive setup right now to allow the big three to be a true triple-threat. Maybe Riley should have coached 

Still trying to figure out how Dallas is able to make the points dry up in the 4th qtr. That's 4 games in a row they've been able to switch off Miami's offence. When it happens is a strategic decision, but even though Miami know's it's coming, they don't seem to have any answer.

Excuse me

Down the stretch isn't really about strategy as much as it is about execution of set plays. And Dallas has been good at them all season and continue to be good at them. When you have Dirk and can spread the floor with shooters and have well-practiced set plays, it's tough on the defense.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 10, 2011, 08:31:37 AM »

ah wuh de conspiracy men to tell mih how dis ting go end

dallas winning and mark cuban hugging the refs and david stern

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 10, 2011, 08:31:04 AM »

Hahaa... what yuh saying about de Miami fans lol

Anyways... I know more LeBron hate and criticism coming down the pike but only a superficial analysis will leave anybody with the notion that LeBron "disappeared" in the 4th again. It's really on the coach. When Wade was in the locker room getting treated what offense did they run??? LeBron on the box, set after set. Wade comes back and starts dominating the ball, driving and getting to the line every possession... or passing to a cutting big man... what's LeBron supposed to do... fight the ball out of Wade's hand?

Wade is playing the Alpha male by dominating the ball... it's Spoelstra's job to run sets for LeBron just as he did when they didn't know if Wade would come back. Had Wade not come back we'd be singing a different song because it would have been all LeBron.  There's only one ball and unless the coach calls plays involving LeBron (or even featuring him, like they did in the 3rd) then that leaves it up to LeBron to go to Wade and demand the ball from him.

I understand your points and LeBron played facilitator and deflected to Wade. But 11 4th quarter pts in this series - not good enough and LeBron will tell you that too.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 09, 2011, 10:49:46 PM »

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of what Dallas does at the end of the 4th to go on these runs. Miami have been stifled scoring-wise in every game in this series.

Great insight after all the games: http://nbaplaybook.com/

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 07, 2011, 02:28:32 PM »

Chandler is ah beast on the boards, but Kevin Love from the T'Wolves is a much better rebounder and  contributes far more on offense.

But Love is a below average man defender and a below (some would say poor) help defender. Chandler is very good at both.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 05, 2011, 04:22:24 PM »

Lost in all of this has been Nowitzki's rebounding... he lead all players last game with 11, and over the two games averaging 9.5, more than his season average of 7.0 and more than his career average of 8.4.  Now you could say that for a 7-footer he should be averaging more, but this is his highest figure so far for the playoffs, year and career.  I sure what happen in Game 1 of the Conference Finals against Chicago not lost on Dallas... get second chance buckets.  On the other side I expect Miami to try and get Bosh going inside early, and whether it's him or whomever Nowitzski guards, have them make him work defensively so that he can't keep carrying the Mavs at the end of games.

Yep rebounding will be key. Dirk actually has a career playoff rebound average of 10.4 so it's not totally unexpected. Chandler and him need to continue to hit the boards hard.

Dallas needs to really limit turnovers - I know the Heat defense forces a lot of turnovers but last game, many of them were unforced - dribbling off their feet, losing the handle etc.

Dallas's D has actually been pretty good. A lot of zone in Game 1, a lot of man to man in Game 2. I expect a mix in game 3.

I'm quietly confident in this game.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: 2011 NBA Finals Thread

« on: June 05, 2011, 02:20:32 PM »

Just to get this thread back on track - Go Mavs! Interesting to see the game 3 adjustments from both teams

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2011 Play Offs Thread

« on: May 31, 2011, 07:04:20 PM »

let's go mavs!

dirk, go get your ring

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2011 Play Offs Thread

« on: May 26, 2011, 11:01:44 PM »

Repeat of the 06 finals  4 a different result.

cosign

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2011 Play Offs Thread

« on: May 24, 2011, 06:38:39 PM »

Although he is ah lil up dey in age, Larry Brown would be the perfect coach for this group

I beg to differ... for one thing Larry Brown has a very corrosive effect on the teams that he coaches, and more often enough leaves them in the lurch at the end.  That said, he's the last thing that Westbrook needs... if he hasn't started to second guess himself yet after all this criticism, Brown promises to erode whatever confidence he has in himself.  Larry Brown is notoriously hard on his point guards. Just as Augustine (Charlotte), Marbury (NY) and Iverson (Philly).

I'm not a fan, so it could just be my personal bias though.

Yeah, agree wid yuh here, Doug C. would be better, but he wrapped up at Philly.  Westbrook lose dat game fuh dem last nite, mite sound harsh, but he totally messed up on de last 3 possessions.  OKC ha nuttin to be ashamed of though, they growing niceley and will be back for sure

That's real harsh. Durant took a 35 foot 3 pointer at the buzzer - no blame there? Also what Scott Brooks calling in the huddle? And is about more than 1 man executing an offensive set. Westbrook is culpable no doubt but plenty of blame to go around.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2011 Play Offs Thread

« on: May 24, 2011, 10:28:47 AM »

but as Mark Jackson pointed out, the officials were letting the Mavs get away with a lot more on Durant than the Thunder did on Nowitzski, especially when you look at the very soft call Dirk get to tie the game to send it to OT. But superstars hadda learn to overcome that.

I agree the last call was 'soft' (Collison had his arm draped around his waist though) but look at the shots dirk hit down the stretch - easily could have been 'and-1s'. The one from the left side, he got whacked right on his elbow as he was shooting. no call. His shot fakes at the top of the key and then fade-away j. Got hit on that too.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2011 Play Offs Thread

« on: May 23, 2011, 10:20:07 PM »

dirk was just amazing down the stretch. okc really missed harden when he fouled out.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2011 Play Offs Thread

« on: May 18, 2011, 09:47:47 AM »

cuban does let his passion get the better of him at times but i'd rather have an owner err on the side of too much passion for his team than too little. too many owners in sports are in it for the financial gain and winning is secondary to them.

cuban pays luxury tax every year to try to get a winning product on the court - how many owners put their money where their mouth is? and it's not like cuban is madly splurging and calling the shots like Al Davis - he has a smart and savvy GM in donnie nelson who runs the show. cuban is one of the most stats-savvy and forward-thinking owners in the league - he's at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference a few years now sharing his insight on the panel.

plus as a fan, i love to see my owner behave like a fan. i want to see fist pumps and jumping up and down like a regular fan.

cuban does some things wrong but boy does he do a whole lot right.

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2011 Play Offs Thread

« on: May 17, 2011, 09:58:37 PM »

Jeff Van Gundy: "If I'm Serge Ibaka, I'm naming my first born son Dirk."

Nuff said. Go Mavs!

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2011 Play Offs Thread

« on: May 17, 2011, 10:57:27 AM »

Can we get some Taj Gibson love up in here?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BmN-MIbvLks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/BmN-MIbvLks</a>

Gibson to Wade: "What's the weather like down there?"

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2011 Play Offs Thread

« on: May 16, 2011, 05:14:53 PM »

Chicago's effort/energy was high octane! Gibson and Noah were relentless. It will be interesting to see if they can keep it up and if they it wears Miami down.

I'm pretty sure they will keep up the energy/effort - it's been that way all season and in Noah's case, since college.

The big question is whether the Bulls can contain the individual brilliance of Wade and Lebron. The Heat will continue to struggle with rebounding if they play their small lineup a lot(without a true center). They will struggle to execute sets against the defense of the Bulls - really the Heat will need their stars to shine.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: Windies v. Pakistan - 1st Test squad, Thursday May 12, 2011.

« on: May 15, 2011, 11:54:21 AM »

great to win 

good performance by sammy. he's had his critics - myself included but he fought well and a good win.

really pleased with what i'm seeing from ravi - he's been an excellent strike bowler. hope he continues to stay fit and work hard.

would like to see young bravo put some runs on the board.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: Windies v. Pakistan - 1st Test squad, Thursday May 12, 2011.

« on: May 13, 2011, 02:47:04 PM »

devon "hafeez is my daddy" smith is such a waste of time on this team. get well soon barath.