I sure wouldn’t want to be this guy. The Brit goalie, Robert Green, will never be able to appear in public again, it seems. He goes into the Goalie Hall of Shame forever. According to New Zealand Herald:
El Diego gave us the Hand of God, Thierry Henry the Hand of Frog, now Robert Green is destined, according to the disparaging headline that featured in two red-top Sunday papers, to be remembered as the Hand of Clod.
The unfortunate Green and his wrists of wet spaghetti let past a shot from American Clint Dempsey that barely had enough steam to make it across the line.
Are Americans this cruel to our sports icons? Our sports icon seem to catch more hell for their indiscretions than they do their playing time mistakes. I am not even sure why New Zealand is beating up on an England player. Are we immune to this kind of scorn because we don’t have any national sports teams who routinely play. All of our American teams are created for special occasions and are not a standing team for seasonal play, for major sports.
Our very own Starry Flights is in South Africa and has take in a few soccer games. I hope he will comment from time to time.
Americans, overall, seem rather underwhelmed by the World Cup. Mr. Howler pronounced on Saturday that the England vs USA World Cup soccer game was like watching paint dry. I then heard the buzz of curtains being sucked into his nostrils for a while, only for him to arise from the recliner to tell me it was the most boring sporting event he had ever watched. What is everyone take on the World Cup games?
