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I went to a world series game with my father in 1992, cost like $1200 for the tickets even 16 years ago.

We're out. Bob Bradley needs to go. I didn't see the Sweden win in January, but we've played 6 games since then and we've only really looked ready to go out and fight for a win in 2 of them. Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica worked much harder than we were ever willing to, it's only our superior skill that got us points against El Salvador and Honduras. The Mexico win, which should have set us up for the year, has been the only high point. This has been building. There are maybe 3 or 4 coaches in the whole world that would have gotten us out of this group (if that) but if we don't go out and win the Gold Cup in style and then go to Mexico ready to play, we should make a change.

I'm pretty sure it's impossible to pick up signals from Sky satellites in the USA. Not sure what people are getting with those dishes in the US but the furthest I've heard of Sky being picked up is Greece (except when Blair came to California).

Wouldn't that be staggeringly expensive? I think the main problem FIFA or whoever face with implementing this technology is how far down does it go? Surely they can't just give it to the top leagues, so where do you draw the line? If the prem has it, the championship should have, so should leagues one and two, do the conference get it? Below there? Ideally it would be every game in every league, but the use of hawkeye in tennis and cricket isn't universal and it certainly improves the decision making when it is in use. Why not just prem/champs league/major championships? Cost-wise surely it couldn't cost that much more than those stupid headsets, or the little golf carts they bring on to carry players off the field. True, I really don't understand the logic in use when people say things like "It's too expensive, we can't use it at all levels" or "it undermines the referee"(you hear this all the time, especially with cricket fans, but it hasn't really undermined rugby referees has it?). The only standard should be 'Is the technology an improvement over the human element?' If you can answer that in the affirmative, the technology should be used. Besides, the Premiership is a massive league and small decisions can cost millions of pounds. Someday, perhaps, every official game played across the globe can be legislated by technology, but for now, if we have a way to get it right, let's use it. Exactly, the sooner the game gets away from authority, and towards accuracy the better. Not sure why it's like this in football, cricket is the only other sport I can think of where you hear people regularly speak out against technology. True, the fiasco with hawkeye when England were in the Windies earlier this year is bad, but as long as the effectiveness of the technology comes first, then I think it's fine. It's actually funny, because cricket and football are the two sports where one (wrong) decision effects the game the most, yet people are so reluctant to use technology in these cases. If you think about it, these are the only 2 sports where referees or umpires actually have public personas and people know their names enough to talk about them down the pub. Not really sure why people think this way, I suppose it's just a suspicion of technology to do its job.

Wouldn't that be staggeringly expensive? I think the main problem FIFA or whoever face with implementing this technology is how far down does it go? Surely they can't just give it to the top leagues, so where do you draw the line? If the prem has it, the championship should have, so should leagues one and two, do the conference get it? Below there? Ideally it would be every game in every league, but the use of hawkeye in tennis and cricket isn't universal and it certainly improves the decision making when it is in use. Why not just prem/champs league/major championships? Cost-wise surely it couldn't cost that much more than those stupid headsets, or the little golf carts they bring on to carry players off the field. True, I really don't understand the logic in use when people say things like "It's too expensive, we can't use it at all levels" or "it undermines the referee"(you hear this all the time, especially with cricket fans, but it hasn't really undermined rugby referees has it?). The only standard should be 'Is the technology an improvement over the human element?' If you can answer that in the affirmative, the technology should be used. Besides, the Premiership is a massive league and small decisions can cost millions of pounds. Someday, perhaps, every official game played across the globe can be legislated by technology, but for now, if we have a way to get it right, let's use it.

Slander applies only to spoken words, so no.

I like you Paul, but impact is NOT a verb!!! :angry:

I've been saying this for the last two years. I had a feeling you'd be with me on that on. Danny Califf!!!

Brilliant finishes, both of them. DeMerit at fault for all 3 goals, completely out of his element.

Christ. Danny Califf ftw in the next game PLEASE

DeMerit again man, how FUCKING SHIT are you?

Christ Charlie...

Surprised the ref didn't give a free kick against Onyewu there for handball.

That is a stone wall pen, even though Donovan just holds his ground you cannot, cannot, cannot go up and knee an attacker in the back all while failing to get the ball.

Dempsey should have shot there in the box. And that's a pen.

Jay DeMerit was backing off both Rossis for both those goals, this never would have happened with Bocanegra in the game.

Only sub to make now is Adu on, will not be happy if Bradley brings on Connor Casey to try and win this.

Beez is on now.

I hate you Jay DeMerit.

Well there it is. Thank you, Sir. Great decision in the first half.

Need Torres or Kljestian on now, we're getting run over in midfield.

Click on the Xisco thread and just replace the names. Jozy barely played at all this year, sad to say. Should have gone to Reading after all, I suppose. He's still played well this summer though.

Is Beasley on the bench? Would like to see him on.

Why'd it have to be Rossi? How good would a Rossi-Donovan-Altidore front 3 look though.... Fucker went to high school in Jersey.

Dempsey getting a lot of hassle there, should have pulled the trigger.