Hello,
Watched all England games twice in full plus watched reviews from Bobby McMahon (Fox Soccer Channel), The Footy Show (The Score), along with reviews from Sky Sports News, The Guardian and Football 365. Many of them, except Bobby McMahon, whom I consider to be my personal teacher on footy, got on Rooney's performance. They called him out for not scoring nor performing up to his standard.
I have some numbers for them:
26: number of times Rooney was WIDE open in the box. This is amazing considering the fact that he was helping the mid-field and even defence. A friend of mind, let's call him Patrick, said: "find me a game where you heard the phrase, 'great defensive header from David Villa'". You see, strikers are not supposed to be all over the pitch. It just goes to show you what kind of confidence either the manager or Wayne had in the rest of his team. Remember Heskey tripping over his own two feet and the ball attempting to cross the ball to Wayne?
7: great passes/through balls from Rooney. At least 3 of them should have been goals, especially in the USA game and that one Gerard missed in the last group stage game. Of that 7, only two were even on target. And you wonder why Rooney was angry. No one gave Rooney the same kind of pass. The only one Rooney even got was a high/long header pass from Lampard.
Coming soon, my demolishing of the England squad.
Time to clean up and take out the trash Fabio.
Derek
Monday, July 5, 2010
Ethics and Morals - Part One
Hello,
After the experiences of the last year, particulary between October of 2009 and February of 2010, I have been caught up with the idea of ethics and morals. Specifically, does one need to let go of your ethics and morals to have a specific type of job? I thought we would start by defining these words and then, in part two, talk about them. Stay tuned.
eth·ics /ˈɛθɪks/ Show Spelled[eth-iks] –plural noun
1. ( used with a singular or plural verb ) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;
3. moral principles, as of an individual: His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
4. ( usually used with a singular verb ) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.
What about morals?
mor·al /ˈmɔrəl, ˈmɒr-/ Show Spelled[mawr-uhl, mor-] –adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
2. expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work; moralizing: a moral novel.
3. founded on the fundamental principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom: moral obligations.
4. capable of conforming to the rules of right conduct: a moral being.
5. conforming to the rules of right conduct ( opposed to immoral): a moral man.
6. virtuous in sexual matters; chaste.
7. of, pertaining to, or acting on the mind, feelings, will, or character: moral support.
8. resting upon convincing grounds of probability; virtual: a moral certainty.
–noun
9. the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
10. the embodiment or type of something.
11. morals, principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct.
After the experiences of the last year, particulary between October of 2009 and February of 2010, I have been caught up with the idea of ethics and morals. Specifically, does one need to let go of your ethics and morals to have a specific type of job? I thought we would start by defining these words and then, in part two, talk about them. Stay tuned.
eth·ics /ˈɛθɪks/ Show Spelled[eth-iks] –plural noun
1. ( used with a singular or plural verb ) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;
3. moral principles, as of an individual: His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
4. ( usually used with a singular verb ) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.
What about morals?
mor·al /ˈmɔrəl, ˈmɒr-/ Show Spelled[mawr-uhl, mor-] –adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
2. expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work; moralizing: a moral novel.
3. founded on the fundamental principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom: moral obligations.
4. capable of conforming to the rules of right conduct: a moral being.
5. conforming to the rules of right conduct ( opposed to immoral): a moral man.
6. virtuous in sexual matters; chaste.
7. of, pertaining to, or acting on the mind, feelings, will, or character: moral support.
8. resting upon convincing grounds of probability; virtual: a moral certainty.
–noun
9. the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
10. the embodiment or type of something.
11. morals, principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
World Cup Picks
Hello,
GROUP A
Uruguay, France, Mexico, South Africa
GROUP B
Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
GROUP C
England, USA, Slovenia, Algeria
GROUP D
Germany, Serbia, Ghana, Australia
GROUP E
Netherlands, Cameroon, Denmark, Japan
GROUP F
Italy, Paraguay, Slovakia, New Zealand
GROUP G
Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast, North Korea
GROUP H
Spain, Chile, Honduras, Switzerland
2nd Round
Nigeria def. Uruguay
England def. Serbia
Germany def. USA
Argentina def. France
Netherlands def. Paraguay
Brazil def. Chile
Italy def. Cameroon
Spain def. Portugal
Quarter Finals
Brazil def. Netherlands
England def. Nigeria
Germany def. Argentina
Spain def. Italy
Semi-Finals
Brazil def. Germany
England def. Spain
Finals
Brazil def. England
GROUP A
Uruguay, France, Mexico, South Africa
GROUP B
Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
GROUP C
England, USA, Slovenia, Algeria
GROUP D
Germany, Serbia, Ghana, Australia
GROUP E
Netherlands, Cameroon, Denmark, Japan
GROUP F
Italy, Paraguay, Slovakia, New Zealand
GROUP G
Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast, North Korea
GROUP H
Spain, Chile, Honduras, Switzerland
2nd Round
Nigeria def. Uruguay
England def. Serbia
Germany def. USA
Argentina def. France
Netherlands def. Paraguay
Brazil def. Chile
Italy def. Cameroon
Spain def. Portugal
Quarter Finals
Brazil def. Netherlands
England def. Nigeria
Germany def. Argentina
Spain def. Italy
Semi-Finals
Brazil def. Germany
England def. Spain
Finals
Brazil def. England
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Long Time, No Blog
Hello,
With the wedding, a new house, website contracts, two new jobs, the loss of one job and trying to get that big job, I have had no energy for this blog. I want to change that with my newly designed website. Inject some energy.
United did not win the PL but my picks were pretty good. I will be posting my score pretty soon.
I am pretty pumped about my brother's website. After doing four websites for the same client, who wants the same/similar navigation items, headers, banners and stuff, I began to feel tapped in terms of creativity. Then, Christopher asked me to whip up a design element and I feel it is more me in terms of creativity. So hopefully we will get that online once Christopher has had a chance to take more pictures for the website.
People disappoint me sometimes. In the social service field, it is important to have self-awareness and take responsibility for your actions. To those people who disappointed me, I hope you take a moment to realize your actions. To some others, please look up ethics and morals in the dictiontary and then get some.
Doing some video work for the club so that should be fun. Found an old tape of Al Yzereef performing for his website. I was able to capture it but, in my first attempt, I outputted the wrong audio track. Good times.
Till next time.
DN
With the wedding, a new house, website contracts, two new jobs, the loss of one job and trying to get that big job, I have had no energy for this blog. I want to change that with my newly designed website. Inject some energy.
United did not win the PL but my picks were pretty good. I will be posting my score pretty soon.
I am pretty pumped about my brother's website. After doing four websites for the same client, who wants the same/similar navigation items, headers, banners and stuff, I began to feel tapped in terms of creativity. Then, Christopher asked me to whip up a design element and I feel it is more me in terms of creativity. So hopefully we will get that online once Christopher has had a chance to take more pictures for the website.
People disappoint me sometimes. In the social service field, it is important to have self-awareness and take responsibility for your actions. To those people who disappointed me, I hope you take a moment to realize your actions. To some others, please look up ethics and morals in the dictiontary and then get some.
Doing some video work for the club so that should be fun. Found an old tape of Al Yzereef performing for his website. I was able to capture it but, in my first attempt, I outputted the wrong audio track. Good times.
Till next time.
DN
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