Bend it like hockey

Soccer, a sport which sits somewhere between darts and lawn bowling on the excitement scale, is pissing me off more than normal. Not only was there hardly any post Stanley Cup coverage because TSN and Sportsnet went directly to soccer coverage (because Trinidad’s soccer situation is apparently of more interest to Canadians than post-Cup coverage), but the little bit of it I did watch was full off whiney little protests when guys got hit in the ankle, or huge dive and rolls anytime someone carrying the ball came within 5 feet of a defender. Can you imagine one of these wimpy soccer players trying to play hockey? Eric Cole came back from a BROKEN NECK and was then head hunted by the Oilers. Doug Weight was in so much pain he couldn't even properly lift the Cup over his head in the celebration. If we have to watch soccer night and day until this dreaded World Cup is over, the least the players could do is man up!