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FOX had a graphic tracking slips. There have been 17 in the game -- I think it was seven for the Dolphins, 10 for the Giants. They're playing on a bloody quagmire. How long has London known it would be hosting this game? |
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Posted by Rangerrick @ 6:58 PM Sun, Oct 28, 2007
Not to mention all the whistles in the stands!! I saw a few times you'd hear the whistle and some players stopped. They are trained to do that... Bad planning!!!
And yes the field or "Pitch" was HORRIBLE!!
Posted by JohnWalker @ 7:32 PM Sun, Oct 28, 2007
There was no possible way the field could have done the job, this is the England national football (soccer) team's stadium and they're hardly going to rip the entire thing up just to accommodate one NFL game. The whole thing was probably a bad idea, though the NFL fans in England probably had a good time.
Posted by Patrick @ 8:02 PM Sun, Oct 28, 2007
Silly idea...also not fair to make a team travel that far in the middle of the season. Now they're talking about having a Super Bowl in Europe. Stupid! We don't care about soccer and they could care less about American Football.
Posted by Jim @ 8:08 PM Sun, Oct 28, 2007
Reminds me of the Cowboys/49ers games at Candlestick in the 90's
Posted by DougO @ 8:19 PM Sun, Oct 28, 2007
Playing this game in England was a travesty. As much as I root against the Giants, no team should have to go through that crap in a game that counts.
With the Belicheat scandal and this game, Goodell is starting his first year looking pretty weak.
Posted by Tim @ 9:41 PM Sun, Oct 28, 2007
Please tell me how a win by 3 points makes the giants a good team? We blew miami away.
Posted by Joey @ 1:04 PM Mon, Oct 29, 2007
The people that take care of fields will leave the grass short or tall to determine the relative 'speed' of the game. In this instance, I wonder if England _wanted_ the game to be this slopfest.
It had more of a rugby-scrum feel to it so I wonder if these guys didn't get exactly what they wanted.
To say they dont like American football though is short-sighted, I think they are ready and willing to see high-quality American football. Would any of you really get excited over an NFL Europa game either?