Jon Weal's blog
June 18 2008
11:48 AM on Jun 18, 2008

Thought I'd give it a go at making the old blogging a bit more regular. It's a great way to bitch!

In my last blog, I was talking about grandad Weal in the immediate aftermath of his stroke. Well, he's still with us in mind but it's quite plain that his body is trying to give up. He took his first mouthful of (very liquidised) food today. I'm concerned that mum is getting her hopes up that he's going to recover enough to one day return home. I must admire her optimism and faith, but I can't say that I feel the same. Indeed, I just wish the poor sod would be put out of his misery. It's a known fact to the family that the one thing he would want least is to waste away in a hospital bed.

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Fortunately (given the somewhat horrendous circumstances) I haven't been afforded too much oppertunity to dwell on the ex. I discovered a few days ago that she already has a new chap on the books. Bloody good luck to him I say. Although I must applaud her speed, I've yet to even get my head around the concept of chasing after another piece of tail... lol

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Rant time: and it's that special time again that comes around every 2 years. It's the dawn of a major international football (soccer) tournament and by the shit this one is getting right onto my damn tits.

What the FUCK is the deal with all of the diving?! It's just getting worse and worse as each game goes by. Did anyone catch the Germany/Austria game? SHIT! Utter farcial crap! There also seems to be a new form of cheating comming in (new in the sense that it's happened for years but I've only just coined onto it...)

Team A has a corner kick. They royally fluff the oppertunity to score and instead Team B makes for a quick counter attack. Meanwhile, player X of Team A is rolling on the floor in apparent agony. player y of Team B is then boo'ed by Team A's supporters and hassled by their players to put the ball out of play so that the injured player may resume the game. NOT TEN SECONDS LATER DOES THE SNIVELING LITTLE CHEATING BASTARD JUMP STRAIGHT BACK UP.

It's enough to make me want to purchase a ticket to Austria, find the referee responsible for allowing this hilarity to occur and slap him... hard.

Does anybody else out there find the apparent weak-will of FIFA to punish the offenders as infuriatingly frustrating as I do? It's enough to make me switch it off and WANT to practice in a FABCAR... and that my friends, is pretty damn bad.

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Something fun this week:

JW




Posted by Darren Adams at 02:45 PM on Jun 18, 2008
Comment #1

Yeah Jon, I couldn't agree more, I grew up playing football and loving everything about it but I decided a couple of years ago that I'd had enough. I played for schools and clubs and after that watched Match of the Day and got Sky Sports, but now I'd struggle to name half the players in the team I (used to) support.
For years the F.A. have promised every few seasons to "clamp down" on shirt pulling and diving etc. and I used to fall for it and look forward to the next season but it never happened. Cheating is rife, even something as insignificant as a throw-in is always claimed by both sides regardless of how obvious it is who touched it last. That is a small thing but that was copied by schoolboys even back when I played and it used to really annoy me because I saw it as an attempt to cheat. It happens as a matter of course now and is never even remarked upon. So if that annoys me you can imagine how much all the other posturing and cheating annoys me, so yes, I do find football as infuriatingly frustrating as you, and I have already switched off. I don't even watch England games anymore and I felt quite smug when they didn't qualify for the Euros. (bunch of overpaid, posing ponces who have ruined the game.)

Best wishes to Grandad Weal, my Mum (and the rest of us) went through something very similar last year, it was very difficult, best of luck to all of you.

Posted by Heinz Petzold at 04:38 PM on Jun 18, 2008
Comment #2

Jon,

I wish you and your family luck, while your grandad recovers .. its not a nice thing to endure ..

I am also going through my own seperation from my ex.. 3 years together, and found out a week after breaking it off with me, there was someone else .. i mean WTF!!!! its been almost 2 months since then, and i still havent even wrapped my head around the breakup properly, dont think i'll be redy to move on for a while .... dont know how she was able to move on so quick .. they say they love you one day, the next, they're packing there bags. Though she promised me it was just a rebound, and she didnt mean for me to find out

well i did and it sucked ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Football just a fairy sport now anyway ... watch Gridiron or something else instead .. still a sport for MEN !

Posted by Scott Michaels at 05:20 PM on Jun 18, 2008
Comment #3

First of all, best wishes to your family.

Anyway, onto less important matters...
When did the honour leave the sport of football? In my eyes someone who dives and falls over like a girl and crawls on the floor in pain after a slight brush should be given a funny look and lose all his friends pretty quick because its just a cowardly and poncey thing to do. It's appauling that its accepted in football and its about as comfortable to watch as Max Mosley's court case against News of the World. Unfortunatley it leaks into all forms of sport, but football is the lead. Back when I was karting there were a few kids who, after spinning off and nudging the barrier at 1.5mph, would play dead until a red flag came out. The Ambulance would barely be shifting into 1st gear when suddenly they'd be pushing their karts onto the grid for the restart. Pathetic.
Cheating is everywhere. I hope our little hobby can remain as reletively imune as it is.

Posted by Jonty Couples at 09:05 PM on Jun 18, 2008
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