Maybe your words didn't get such a friendly reception because they were more personal criticism than substantial disagreement. As I stated, and you have highlighted, I would not include de Gea in my team of the year, though in truth I've seen too little of him to be an expert judge. Do you have any other opinions on the player and team of the year?
There seems to be some fuss over the choice of comedian for the awards ceremony. Reginald D Hunter has shocked some of those in attendance by using some offensive words, which is hardly surprising as he did a tour called Trophy ******. Having seen a fair bit of his stuff on TV, I'm going to guess that those who are claiming to be offended are doing so because they feel that they have to. Hunter's really not that edgy. It would be ludicrous to suggest that there was any racism in his sets. Looks like Luis Suarez is still as popular as ever: [video=youtube;TnQ8aet_hII]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQ8aet_hII[/video]
From the way he's playing now, I'd say it was about time to give him another chance. He's still very young, will inevitably take time to settle, etc. But, he looks like he will be a real handful for any defence in a year or two.
maybe, I still don't think he's ready to be a first team player for us/any top 6 club just yet. Perhaps another season on loan will do him some good, I'd love it if he made it at Chelsea though.
Bale explains the "science" behind his free kicks.... http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896...clue-tottenham-star-bale-doesnt-know-his-free
If a baseball spins between one and two rotations at a speed of around 65 mph over a distance of sixty feet, it will "knuckle", meaning that it will be highly volatile, and can shoot up, left, right, or, most frequently, down. It's the last you want it to do. I watched one of Bale's free kicks spin not at all, it seemed, then dive suddenly in the way a knuckleball does. I don't know about Ronaldo and Juninho, though. I never watched that closely. The word "knuckle" incidentally, comes from the grip that causes the lack of spin. Where other pitches are held with the fingertips, the knuckleball is held with the first knuckle of the index and middle fingers. It's very hard to do. If you can throw them over the plate consistently, you can probably make 200 million over a very long career. (Knuckleballers pitch well into their forties, since they don't have to throw hard.) Yet at any given time, there are only 1-3 working knuckleball pitchers in baseball.
