Football and Exams
Football has a lot in common with exams.
Take essays for example. For GP, you only need to do one question well, out of 12 questions. Is it not the same with football? One shot is all you need to score a goal and win the game.
Another example would be spotting questions and having favoured topics. We work more on that and hope to do it during the exams. Most teams have a preferred stylef of play, just as most players have a preferred style of play, a repertoire of tricks. And the similarity goes deeper. During exams, we may be forced to do something we prefer not to. In other words, change the game plan. Now, that sounded like it came out of something football-related.
Sometimes, we have done all that we can. Whether or not it is enough is another story. Even if you get 70, you might not get an A, cos the marks may get hyperinflated. It should have been good enough, but it wasnt. Same in soccer, a team with 80 points may not win the title if another team has 81.
And at the end of the day, the little marks here and there count. Whatever marks we lost due to carelessness, or whatever working marks we gain all return to haunt or bless us. Someone once said: the most important points are not those from the games against the big teams, but those against the small teams. There you have it.
That day we were looking at the odds. Someone said football is rigged by the european gangs, like the mafia etc. they will throw away games for money, after all, the season is long and they can afford to do it for a few games.
I got very angry. Hey, if you are a Catholic and someone insult the Pope's integrity, what would you do? Football is my religion. I guess you see where i am coming from.
Regarding comparisons with the Pope, i remembered how a book about the feelings of the Ajacied as to Johann Cryuff playing for Feyenoord. Like the Pope becoming Protestant. How apt.
You must realise that Ajacied refers to Feyenoord as the F-word.
But Arsenal must have no complaints about Feyenoord. Look at what Robin van Persie is doing for us. I am glad he came to us. And Wenger is interested in Ghaly, as a replacement for Vieira. Who in the world is Hossam Ghaly? I hope he is something, and he comes to us if he is something. Trust Wenger.
Take essays for example. For GP, you only need to do one question well, out of 12 questions. Is it not the same with football? One shot is all you need to score a goal and win the game.
Another example would be spotting questions and having favoured topics. We work more on that and hope to do it during the exams. Most teams have a preferred stylef of play, just as most players have a preferred style of play, a repertoire of tricks. And the similarity goes deeper. During exams, we may be forced to do something we prefer not to. In other words, change the game plan. Now, that sounded like it came out of something football-related.
Sometimes, we have done all that we can. Whether or not it is enough is another story. Even if you get 70, you might not get an A, cos the marks may get hyperinflated. It should have been good enough, but it wasnt. Same in soccer, a team with 80 points may not win the title if another team has 81.
And at the end of the day, the little marks here and there count. Whatever marks we lost due to carelessness, or whatever working marks we gain all return to haunt or bless us. Someone once said: the most important points are not those from the games against the big teams, but those against the small teams. There you have it.
That day we were looking at the odds. Someone said football is rigged by the european gangs, like the mafia etc. they will throw away games for money, after all, the season is long and they can afford to do it for a few games.
I got very angry. Hey, if you are a Catholic and someone insult the Pope's integrity, what would you do? Football is my religion. I guess you see where i am coming from.
Regarding comparisons with the Pope, i remembered how a book about the feelings of the Ajacied as to Johann Cryuff playing for Feyenoord. Like the Pope becoming Protestant. How apt.
You must realise that Ajacied refers to Feyenoord as the F-word.
But Arsenal must have no complaints about Feyenoord. Look at what Robin van Persie is doing for us. I am glad he came to us. And Wenger is interested in Ghaly, as a replacement for Vieira. Who in the world is Hossam Ghaly? I hope he is something, and he comes to us if he is something. Trust Wenger.
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