Friday, January 7, 2011
Manchester United v Barcelona | Champions League Semi Final Highlights 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZobrNI2yC4&hl=en
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Is Teamwork Really Important in the Game of Football?
Any football team has eleven first team players. Every other member of the squad is often regarded as a substitute. But the question is whether it is really important for a football team to apply teamwork. Read on and you will definitely find out what I think about teamwork in the game of football.
A football team is made up of individual players with individual talents and skills. A great football team has great goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, wingers and strikers. A great team can hold the ball very well, defend very well and score good goals.
Research by top football experts has shown that the game of football is one sport that requires collaboration.
This means that a team may have seasoned goalkeepers, wonderful ball jugglers, fantastic dribblers, and mind blowing strikers but if these individual talents and skills don't blend into a team then there's no team.
By extension, they don't stand a great chance of winning matches.
I am yet to see players that can dribble all the 11 players of an opposing team no matter how weak the opposing team may be. However, if there are players that can do such, they stand a chance of sustaining life-altering injuries and consequently, having permanent disabilities because of the workload.
There is the word "team" in a football team just to show you that teamwork is very important to any team irrespective of the abundant talents in the team. No team in the world can do without teamwork because the team is bigger than any individual player just like any country is bigger than the President of the country.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Which Hall Of Fame Players Played For The Most Teams?
When you take a look at football players who have made it into the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame, usually you find a player who has spent the vast majority of his career with one team. This is mainly because when a team gets a player with exceptional ability like that; they usually do all they can to hold onto him. Sometimes, because of diminishing skills or payroll reasons, a player will play his last couple years with another team before retiring. That being said it is rare that a Hall-of-Fame caliber player plays with more than two or three teams during their entire career.
So, that begs the question: What is the most teams that a member of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame has played for.
The easy answer is: Six.
Three member of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame have played for six different teams in their career. The back story on these three players is that they all played the majority of their careers in the NFL's startup days (1920's) when teams would go out of business, change names or cities frequently, and just overall not have the stability of the modern NFL, making it more likely that a player would play for multiple teams. Those players are:
Jim Thorpe - 1915-1928
Canton Bulldogs
Cleveland Indians (NFL)
Oorang Indians
Rock Island Independents
New York Giants
Chicago Cardinals
Joe Grunyon - 1919-1927
Canton Bulldogs
Clevenland Indians (NFL)
Oorang Indians
Rock Island Independents
Kansas City Cowboys
New York Giants
Fritz Pollard - 1919-1928
Akron Pros/Indians
Milwaukee Badgers
Hammond Pros
Gilberton Cadamounts
Providence Steam Roller
Chicago Black Hawks
If we look at the more modern era of professional football, the most teams any Hall-of-Fame member has played for is five, and three different players have accomplished this feat.
Warren Moon 1983-2000
While Moon is in the Hall-of-Fame and has played for five different teams, some may count it differently as only four of the teams were in the NFL.
Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)
Houston Oilers
Minnesota Vikings
Seattle Seahawks
Kansas City Chiefs
Tommy MacDonald 1957-1968
Philadelphia Eagles
Dallas Cowboys
Los Angeles Rams
Atlanta Falcons
Cleveland Browns
James Lofton 1978-1993
Green Bay Packers
Los Angeles Raiders
Buffalo Bills
Los Angeles Rams
Philadelphia Eagles
Most often, when we think of Hall-of-Fame players we think of players like Barry Sanders, Terry Bradshaw, Bart Starr, or John Elway who played their entire career with one team. Sometimes we think of players like Joe Montana, O.J. Simpson, Tony Dorsett, or Emmitt Smith who played the majority of their career with one team and then finished it with another. Not too often do we remember the players who played for four or five different teams as Hall-of-Famers.
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Monday, January 3, 2011
Indianapolis Semi-Pro Football Team Wins National Championship
The Hoosier Hurricanes invaded Homestead, Florida for last weekend's 4th annual Minor League Football News (MLFN) Super Football Weekend strong winded and left with reign.
In a game dominated by defense, the Hurricanes hammered the Carolina Express 41-0 to win MLFN's AA National Championship.
"To reach this point so quickly is incredible," said Hurricanes head coach John Starlin. "I really feel like a proud father to all of those guys."
While the 'Canes' offense was strong, the play of their defense was dominant. The 'Canes forced eight turnovers and controlled the Express' offense, which towered over them in size and power. Early in the contest, it looked like the Express were going to use their Power I offensive attack to run right down the throat of the 'Canes' defense. When the Express were forced to throw, however, the speedy Hurricane secondary was able to take the game away. The first of four Express interceptions was thrown on that opening drive, and the Hurricanes never looked back.
"They were a tough team to scout, but I really think they underestimated our speed," said Starlin. "Other coaches from their league were able to help me out as far as scouting, but I knew as solid as our defense was that we could play with anybody."
Staying with the defensive theme of the game, linebacker Deon Smith was awarded the game's MVP for his 12 tackle performance. He also intercepted a pass and forced a fumble.
The AA national title was the perfect end to a season that was already storybook for the Indianapolis squad, founded by co-owners Starlin, David Day, and NFL wide receiver Reggie Wayne. In their first year of existence, the Hurricanes were awarded Best New Team in the Midwest by MLFN after finishing 13-1 in the Ohio Valley Football League (OVFL). Their OVFL season finished with a Super Bowl victory over the Charlotte (MI) Roughriders, 21-0.
"This has really been a dream season for us," said Starlin.
Starlin's players have also won numerous accolades from MLFN. Four 'Canes were honored with Midwest All-American status: Derrick Ellis was an honorable mention Midwest All-American at running back, wide receiver Scott Penick made second team Midwest All-American, and Corey Crumpton and Charles Avant were first and second team at defensive back, respectively.
Ellis, a former "Mr. Indiana" while playing running back in high school, was also named Running Back of the Year in the Midwest Region by MLFN.
The Hurricanes will return to the OVFL next season and compete to become the first ever back-to-back champion in league history, a feat no team has accomplished in 40 years of competition.
"We are trying to develop something special here," said Starlin.
It certainly looks like the Hurricanes are off to a roaring start.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
C FOOT - OM, ACA et les hommes en noir ! (13/12/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh2_WUanatM&hl=en