And I say "Oh, no sir, I must say you're wrong"...

So I realized that the titles to my posts mean nothing without me explaining them because they're usually not even relative to the post as a whole. So here is the explanation... they're lyrics to songs that I have heard recently or that I just like to listen to. For example, today's title comes from the song "Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazzarus. Why this song? Because the movie Silence of the Lambs was on today and this is the song that's playing when Buffalo Bill is doing his little gay trannie dance. Yeah. From now on, I'll start off every post with a brief explanation of what song it is and why.


Anway, I thought I'd do a brief preview of the Confederation Cup Final tomorrow between Brazil and the U.S. of A. Let's get this thing started...

Goalkeepers: Brazil has Julio Cesar in the net who is considered by to be the best in the world. Currently playing his club career at Inter Milan, he has distinguished himself by helping lead Inter to 4 straight Scudettos. Like all good keepers, he is tall and agile with a knack for keeping the ball out of the net. However, I question his ability when faced under constant pressure as seen by Egypt being able to hang 3 goals on him in the opening round match. However, he has played well since then, conceding no goals in the 3 matches since then.

The U.S. have Tim Howard in the net who is considered to be the 3rd/4th best goalie in the English Premier League (which can be translated to the top 10 in the world in my opinion). Currently playing for Everton, he set the record for clean sheets recorded by an Everton keeper this past season. Much like Cesar, he is tall and agile with cat-like reflexes. However, in the first two matches of the tournament, he conceded a total of 6 goals (albeit in two matches when the U.S. had a man sent off). He handled the pressure well against Spain, stopping a multitude of shots. Brazil will undoubtebly want to test him after his performance in the semi's, so it will be up to Howard to perform just as well.

Who has the advantage? I give it a push. While Cesar might seem like he has an edge, I believe that it's due to him not being tested since the opening match.

Let's see if you can pass this, bitch.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm not even gonna waste my time breaking down the defender position, midfielder position, or forward position because let's face it, Brazil is simply better than us in every regard. Am I being a bit unfair in this assessment? No, because I'm simply spouting the poetry known as truth. Have a bite, it's a little bitter at first, but goes down sweet. Frankly, with names like Kaka, Luis Fabiano, Robinho, Dani Alves, Maicon, Juan, Gilberto Silva, and so on it would be useless to try and compare us to these world-class players. One thing we can have an upper-hand on is how much heart we play with. We can come out and control the game with our play (well, at least the first half or so). Regardless of our win over Spain, the Brazilians will no doubt underestimate our abilities and come out sluggish - bank on it. If we can manage to score early then I have no worries that our defense can perform just as admirably as they did against Spain. Well, let's at least hope so.

All of these guys have supermodel wives or girlfriends - even baldy. Damn. I wish I was Brazilian. And on the national team.

Well, alright, that ends my preview.


69 days until gameday.