Subject: [NT] nikolai

I don't know what to say really.
Three minutes
to the biggest battle of our professional lives
all comes down to today.
Either
we heal
as a team
or we are going to crumble.
Inch by inch
play by play
till we're finished.
We are in hell right now, gentlemen
believe me
and
we can stay here
and get the shit kicked out of us
or
we can fight our way
back into the light.
We can climb out of hell.
One inch, at a time.

Now I can't do it for you.
I'm too old.
I look around and I see these young faces
and I think
I mean
I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.
I uh....
I pissed away all my money
believe it or not.
I chased off
anyone who has ever loved me.
And lately,
I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror.

You know when you get old in life
things get taken from you.
That's, that's part of life.
But,
you only learn that when you start losing stuff.
You find out that life is just a game of inches.
So is football.
Because in either game
life or football
the margin for error is so small.
I mean
one half step too late or to early
you don't quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast
and you don't quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They are in ever break of the game
every minute, every second.

On this team, we fight for that inch
On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us
to pieces for that inch.
We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.
Cause we know
when we add up all those inches
that's going to make the fucking difference
between WINNING and LOSING
between LIVING and DYING.

I'll tell you this
in any fight
it is the guy who is willing to die
who is going to win that inch.
And I know
if I am going to have any life anymore
it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch
because that is what LIVING is.
The six inches in front of your face.

Now I can't make you do it.
You gotta look at the guy next to you.
Look into his eyes.
Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.
You are going to see a guy
who will sacrifice himself for this team
because he knows when it comes down to it,
you are gonna do the same thing for him.

That's a team, gentlemen
and either we heal now, as a team,
or we will die as individuals.
That's football guys.
That's all it is.
Now, whattaya gonna do?



so please vote for me!!!!!

Poet:DD There is no place for such as you! Pushkin!!:DD But all the way good luck to you

That
was
nice
and
I
mean
it.

Can't
wait
for
a
next
part.

Istaa anglju garaa butiibaa man ar patika!!! ja butu javel dzejnieks un runasvirs . balsotu par vinju!

blin chalis iet sviestaa,paliidziet vinjam! :D

that's not fair, i don't understand a word you're saying;)


and for those who want to see the next part, you'll get it as soon as i've won the election;)

Who is original author? Can you give a link to other works?

Your approach is very interesting of course but I doubt you have any chances to win elections :)

okay i'l tell you where it's from, but then you have to vote for me!!!;)


it's a speech given by Al Pacino in the movie Any Given Sunday;D

And he was talking about a football or you 'added' a little from yourself?

I can imagine how effective it sounds when Al Pacino says it.

yes he's talking about football, not this kind of football though, but the American kind;D


and yes it's very effective, that's why you have to vote for me;)

A user 'SuchTheFool' forgot to ask you a couple questions. Here it comes:

it's nice to see a non-latvian candidate for Lativan national team manager position..
just to give all managers equally great chances to this position, i'll ask the same questions manager gugagins asked other candidates:
1) Against which rank teams you intend to play?
2) What would be the age of the players you would use in your games?
3) What type of tactics do you prefer/will you use? (ATT, DEF ...)?
4) What kind of playing style would you use? (passing ,speed, etc .....) ?

1. i would play against all the strongest teams in Sokker, cause if we get a huge screen, surround sound, and plays the pep talk from my first post, we can beat them all!!!!

2. the age doesn't matter, i'll use all the best players.

3. i'll play all out attack

4. i'll try to play counter attacks, and dominate the game at the same time. My favorite tactic is 2-5-4, without a keeper, because i think 2 defenders should be enough to keep the opponents away from the goal.

2008-06-14 - Group H - week 2

Latvija - : - Nippon

How would you play this game? What tactics would you prefere?

i think i'd play with 4 defenders, and 2 defensive mids, because they have better players, and we'd need a solid defence, and 1 offensive mid, and a very offensive winger and 2 strikers.


that's basically how I'd do, and of course there'll be a few other adjustments, but i can't really make them without being able to see the abilities of the Latvian players..