what do you want to get out of tomorrow?
there is something interesting with tomorrows friendly. the more i talk to friends about the game, the more i realize that there are a lot of different expectations of what people want out of the game.
one friend… let’s call him matt, just wants nothing more than to see the stars of chelsea. probably every single chelsea player, down to their second team, plays on their national team… there is no doubt they are stars in the soccer community and in most other places in the world they would get mobbed walking down the street. he isn’t a chelsea fan to be sure, but he will surely buy the commemorative scarf, and i wouldn’t be surprised if he bought a chelsea jersey with lampard or drogba on the back after the match.
another friend, let’s call him james, wants nothing more than the sounders to kick the crap out of chelsea. any kind of loss would be gut wrenching. as bad as losing in the league, maybe worse.
my dear wife… wants an entertaining game. no less, no more. winner doesn’t matter, and a draw wouldn’t matter either. just pure entertainment.
what about me?
well i guess i fall more in line with james, but not quite so passionate. there is no doubt i want to win this game. it would bring me a lot of joy to be honest. but it is just a friendly against a team full of international stars. pick any one of them and their salary would pay for our whole team. but am i star struck? no i am not. with the exception of essien, i don’t have much of a fondness for many of the players. in fact i do have the time to go to that fan fest tonight…. but there are a hundred things i would rather do. i would rather go watch the sounders warm up to be honest. why would i care about the opposing team? yes, i know the answer for many is that you rarely get this opportunity… but it just doesn’t do it for me.
does it do it for you?
the last thing i will say that i expect…. for our boys to NOT be starstruck. yes, they may get schooled, but don’t back down. win that tackle and if you usually win headers with an elbow in the back…. still try to win your headers with an elbow in the back. sitting back and letting them bring it to you is going to piss me off, and create a 5-0 scoreline.
what do you want and/or expect out of tomorrow? are you matt? james? my wife?
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LJ Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Oh yeah, Anelka and Malouda are who I want to stare at too :)