Footccer

Anyone see the soccer? I mean.. wow.

Now, doctors do some amazing work nowadays, and sometimes perform what can only be described as miracles. Power to them. And faith-healers do some wonderful work for hypochondriacs, administering broad-spectrum placebo's, power to 'em.

But they have nothing on the runner's for soccer teams - those chaps with the Gatorade bags. When a player suffers what appears to be an injury involving broken bones, torn ligaments, and severe nerve damage - judging from the expression of pain - they provide a complete cure with a simple leg rub, resulting in a miraculous recovery. The guys with the Gatorade bags are truly the spawn of Jesus.

However, I could be wrong here - the injury may be just as fake as anything you see on Benny Hinn. I'm not sure exactly how this "I got an owie" crybaby fiasco can inspire anything other than a channel change, let alone passionate worship and it's related violence.

And if this ability to mimic injury is indeed important - and the number of occurrences suggests it is - perhaps we should look away from the sporting fields, institutes and local clubs, and think outside the square. We should be looking for the next World Cup heroes from those on compo.