tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36669930.post1508173172585860805..comments2024-03-09T20:37:14.671-06:00Comments on Down the Byline: Wizards Bow Out of Open CupMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12931590118053363115noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36669930.post-72513564816059218602009-07-08T21:34:25.879-05:002009-07-08T21:34:25.879-05:00The last anon. is partially right, it certainly lo...The last anon. is partially right, it certainly looks like Montero had already started to go down before contact was made. But this is certainly better evidence than the video I was basing my opinion off of earlier. I'm not completely convinced any more that it was a dive.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12931590118053363115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36669930.post-28639493280945973182009-07-08T21:32:28.871-05:002009-07-08T21:32:28.871-05:00His foot is off the ground cause he was sprinting ...His foot is off the ground cause he was sprinting at the goal. Any contact on a players legs in that situation is going to send the player flying. You can't come out as the keeper and miss the ball completely and hit the player. Its a penalty... Great photography btw. I think the only sign of a conspiracy is the photographer was ready and waiting to snap that shot! ;)Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175755078331124344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36669930.post-26792490821331041012009-07-08T21:20:48.581-05:002009-07-08T21:20:48.581-05:00There's barely any contact when that picture i...There's barely any contact when that picture is taken and his foot is basically already off the ground. He was already going down before contact was made, therefore, a dive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36669930.post-52773271774552516772009-07-08T21:19:20.085-05:002009-07-08T21:19:20.085-05:00Try again.
http://tinyurl.com/ms6o2fTry again. <br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/ms6o2flauriehttp://seattle.theoffside.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36669930.post-59608055079225455572009-07-08T21:18:02.811-05:002009-07-08T21:18:02.811-05:00A dive? Please.
http://goalseattle1.proboards....A dive? Please. <br /><br />http://goalseattle1.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=seattlemls&action=display&thread=4020&page=16#49769lauriehttp://seattle.theoffside.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36669930.post-38147043067334842402009-07-08T12:26:36.396-05:002009-07-08T12:26:36.396-05:00After seeing that highlight of the PK tackle and t...After seeing that highlight of the PK tackle and thinking back to the commentary we heard from Seattle... I start to wonder if we were really being outplayed as much as the commentators made it out to be... <br /><br />Like, there was a moment where the commentators got _really_ excited for something like a long ball over the top that Hartman came out to take. From how they reacted, it sounded like a clear-cut goal scoring opportunity, but thinking back to it, it wasn't all that special.<br /><br />Add to that the fact that they could barely remember the Wizard's names in order to describe what those players were doing and that they barely raised their voice when the Wizards had opportunities (even when they later said that it was a really good opportunity)... Well, I just think that it's hard enough to understand how well we played without video, even harder when listening to non-neutral audio commentary.<br /><br />Not saying that I could really say one way or another on how well we played, just that we should take what we heard with a grain of salt. <br /><br />Another interesting thought is - if Montero does get a yellow for diving there, that would've been _his_ second yellow.<br /><br />Ultimately, water under the bridge now... but just something to think about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com