Bedlam on Baltic Avenue: Sep 20, 2007

Saimoe 2007 Second Round: Groups A and B

And here we go again in Groups A and B, with the second round results. It’s down to four remaining in both group.

Group A

Round A1-

Shana(Shakugan no shana) 975
Evangeline AK Mcdowell(Negima) 811
Karen Stadtfeld-Code Geass 213
Kanaria(Rozen Maiden) 177

Winner – Shana

Round A2-

Segawa Izumi- Hayate no Gotoku 730
Lisianthus(Sia)-Shuffle Memories! 208
Konomi Yuzuhara -ToHeart 2 OVA 521

Winner – Izumi

It will be a battle between Shana and Izumi for a spot in the Group A final.

Round A3-

Miki Hanabishi-Hayate no Gotoku 288
Yukari Hirai-Shakugan no Shana 381
Tomoe Kashiwaba-Rozen Maiden 613

Winner - Tomoe

Round A4-

Tomari Kurusu-Kashimashi 253
Nagi Sanzen’in-Hayate no Gotoku 994
Ayano Minegishi-Lucky Star 267

Winner – Nagi. The most lopsided result of the group.

It will be Nagi vs. Tomoe for a spot in the Group A final. Can Kawashiba make it another upset special? Stay tuned…

Group B

Round B1-

Isumi Saginomiya-Hayate 1010
Yui Narumi-Lucky Star 274
Siesta-Zero no Tsukaima 568

Winner – Isumi. The first blowout from this group.

Round B2-

Nayuki Minase- Kanon 674
Konata Izumi-Lucky Star 824
Ellis- EL CALADOR 174

Winner – Konata

It’s Isumi vs. Izumi for a spot in the Group B final.

Round B3-

Konoka Konoe-Negima!? 543
Mika “Mikan” Inamori- Manabi Straight 537
Sae-Hidamari Sketch 239

Winner – Konoka. Closest result in this group: six votes.

Round B4-

C.C-Code Geass 775
Chikaru Minamoto-Strawberry Panic 660
Urutori–Utawarerumono 122

Winner – C.C.

Konoka will face off against C.C. for a spot in the Group B final.

Groups C and D up next…on BoBA.

Hello, Canadian fart-sniffers.

As if things weren’t bad enough for Canadian soccer, seeing that the women’s national team, a.k.a. “Big Red”, give up a late goal to Australia and see them knocked out of the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the salt was rubbed in the already gaping wounds of those who followed the round ball up in the Great White North.

That bunch of fart-sniffers, also known as the Canadian Soccer Association, decided to give CONCACAF, and Canadian associated football aficionados in general, the middle finger by rejecting an offer to host the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament.

To which BoBA responds simply with, “What is this faggotry!?”

From the London Free Press:

CHENGDU, CHINA -- The battleground is supposed to be 28,269 seat Chengdu Sports Stadium in the middle of downtown in this Sichuan Province capital city of seven million people.

It's where Canada plays Australia tomorrow in the go on or home game in Group C of the Women's World Cup.

But it was a practice field behind a bowling alley here yesterday where the shots were being fired as the Canadian players expressed disappointment and coach Even Pellerud and manager Les Meszaros escalated their outrage at the Canadian Soccer Association here yesterday.

That's where the spit hit the fan with the revelation on Sunday that the CSA turned down a CONCACAF request to play host to the Olympic qualifying tournament.

Angus Barrett of St. John's, the head of delegation, executive member of the association and director at large, was confronted by media members here to explain the decision.

He said the CSA, an organization currently without a president, a CEO or an executive director, "couldn't afford the $300,000 to $400,000 it would cost" to play host to the six-team tournament in Canada despite the advantage it would give Canada in getting to next summer's Beijing Olympic Games. The event is now likely to be held in Haiti.

"Haiti can afford it but Canada can't?" said Meszaros. "How do you explain that to the Canadian public?"

You can't. Especially after Pellerud, who is on the final year of his contract, was inspired to reveal more of the dirty details.

"We're talking about pocket money. We could easily get all that money back in ticket sales if we put up the money," he said of the event next March.

Do the math. It's chump change.

Pellerud said he'd even arranged a local organizing committee to play host to the event in Victoria.

"I told the association they could take the money out of our team budget. That was my offer to them. We believed there would be no problem at all recovering it. The CSA simply didn't want to make the effort to do it. It's a very big disappointment to me and the whole team."

Kara Lang, a member of the Canadian team which finished in the final four of the Women's World Cup four years ago but then lost the get-to-the-Olympics game against Mexico in the qualifying tournament in Costa Rica, said it was "extremely disappointing" to the team.

"It really would have put us at an advantage. It would have made it a lot easier."

"It's disappointing for sure," said veteran Andrea Neil. "I don't know if there are reasons for it that we don't understand."

Barrett said: "The CSA decided it would cost us too much to host. Next year is going to be a very expensive year with World Cup qualifying games for the men's team and the women's team preparations for the Olympic qualifying. There are huge demands for national teams next year."

He said despite setting a record attendance of 1,192,161 in playing host to the recent FIFA U-20 World Cup, the association managed to lose money. Five years ago, the association played host to the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championships centred in Edmonton and made enough money to cover costs and pay FIFA host seeding money back.

Barrett didn't dispute the advantage it would give Canada to qualify at home.

"I agree. There's no doubt about it," he said. "I don't blame Even one bit. He wants the best for his players."

And the CSA doesn't? Where there's a will, there's a way.

Pellerud showed the will and the way.

The Canadian Soccer Association has clearly lost their way. The organization has become a national disgrace.

No question, this group of fart-sniffers has no respect for the game itself, and one must ask of their qualification to make these types of faggotrical decision-making. I, for one, am disgusted, and laugh at their faces in smite, as Haiti, a once war-torn country where Jean Bertrand Aristide ran amok like Baron Samedi on a Sunday morning, will pick up the pieces and do the right thing for once.

“They who give the middle finger to an excellent opportunity must be shot, and left to rot in the street.” -Anonymous