Right, you rootin' tootin' varmit... Draw!
There are draws and there are draws. Score in the first five minutes, concede the softest of goals and it feels like a loss. Concede two but fight back level and have a winner dubiously ruled out and it feels like a moral victory. Play a dirge of a match that lacks any sense of passion, quality or skill and it feels like you lost 0-0.
So technically, morally and numerically, the US should feel better about their World Cup than England. Because right now, most people here are fuming, dejected or, at best, relieved that we weren't playing against a half-decent team who would have pulled us to shreds. Or made us up our game. Who knows?
Anyway, the rest of the tournament has sprung to life so I'm not going to sulk over England's poor showing for too long. Perhaps some videogame ultraviolence will relieve the pressure. Did you see the Nintendo trailer for the 3DS? It looks stunning and left Sony and Microsoft flapping about, trying to look as though they're the future when all they're doing is marginally improved versions of what Nintendo did nearly four years ago now.
So technically, morally and numerically, the US should feel better about their World Cup than England. Because right now, most people here are fuming, dejected or, at best, relieved that we weren't playing against a half-decent team who would have pulled us to shreds. Or made us up our game. Who knows?
Anyway, the rest of the tournament has sprung to life so I'm not going to sulk over England's poor showing for too long. Perhaps some videogame ultraviolence will relieve the pressure. Did you see the Nintendo trailer for the 3DS? It looks stunning and left Sony and Microsoft flapping about, trying to look as though they're the future when all they're doing is marginally improved versions of what Nintendo did nearly four years ago now.