View Full Version : Did anybody see Curtin's antics?
DCAustinite
04 Nov 2003, 02:09 PM
After the second goal, he ran up on eliseo (a man half his size) and then started dancing around him, diving in and out of his face in the hopes he'd chase him or throw a punch. Was there any backstory to this or is big-bird just a complete punk?
GUTuna
04 Nov 2003, 02:12 PM
I didn't see it, but it's shame if it was uncalled for. He made enough of a statement by dominating us in the air and in central defense in general.
Detective40oz
04 Nov 2003, 02:13 PM
who cares, if we would have actually played well and won it would have never happened.
Pyro
04 Nov 2003, 02:18 PM
Standard Fire Fan Rebuttal:
I guess the whining from DC is not confined to the pitch.
Non-story.....half of goal celebrations is showing up the other team (i.e. hands to ears, I heart NY, etc.)
sch2383
04 Nov 2003, 02:19 PM
Originally posted by DCAustinite
After the second goal, he ran up on eliseo (a man half his size) and then started dancing around him, diving in and out of his face in the hopes he'd chase him or throw a punch. Was there any backstory to this or is big-bird just a complete punk?
Q2 should kicked him in the nuts. Yeah there probably would be a card, but I think we can all agree it would have been worth it.
DCAustinite
04 Nov 2003, 02:21 PM
Originally posted by Detective40oz
who cares, if we would have actually played well and won it would have never happened.
I do because it's humiliating, almost as much as how we play in general. Since I can't yell and my beloved United for playing like they'd rather be anywhere but on the pitch, I have to yell and giant cartoon-character shaped defenders who behave like 12 year-old girls.
DCAustinite
04 Nov 2003, 02:24 PM
Originally posted by Pyro
Standard Fire Fan Rebuttal:
I guess the whining from DC is not confined to the pitch.
Non-story.....half of goal celebrations is showing up the other team (i.e. hands to ears, I heart NY, etc.)
Pyro, you should see this one, it was different. I'm all for 'in your face' antics, and the better team won that game, but just watch it if you can, it was bizarre. Does he always do that? I mean his own player pulled him off.
Bocanegra, class act.
DCAustinite
04 Nov 2003, 02:26 PM
Originally posted by sch2383
Q2 should kicked him in the nuts. Yeah there probably would be a card, but I think we can all agree it would have been worth it.
There's always next game. ;-)
Sandon Mibut
04 Nov 2003, 02:33 PM
The only thing I saw Curtin do was dominate our feeble attack.
After the Fire score the second goal, I wasn't watching him. I was too busy looking skyward, hoping for some divine explanation as to how my team had played so poorly.
DCAustinite
04 Nov 2003, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by Sandon Mibut
The only thing I saw Curtin do was dominate our feeble attack.
After the Fire score the second goal, I wasn't watching him. I was too busy looking skyward, hoping for some divine explanation as to how my team had played so poorly.
Big-bird didn't dominate *#*#*#*#*#. We never got it that far past the midstripe. After williams scored, we pulled in an played for the 1-0 loss. Almost worked too! ;-)
Originally posted by DCAustinite
After the second goal, he ran up on eliseo (a man half his size) and then started dancing around him, diving in and out of his face in the hopes he'd chase him or throw a punch. Was there any backstory to this or is big-bird just a complete punk?
I was at the game but left, literally, as Razov's ball was floating into the DC net. So, I never actually saw Curtin do his little jig around Q2. However, I did notice, a few minutes earlier in the game, that, as yet another DC "attack" fizzled and Chicago moved the ball upfield, Curtin took offense to something Q2 did (I think there was a bit of incidental contact between the two of them, but I was not 100% sure) and he (Curtin) followed closely behind Q2 as the two ran upfield and you could definitely tell that Curtin was saying something to him and was "posturing" in a somewhat aggressive manner. Q2 did not turn around.
I assume the after-goal celebration was a continuation of what I witnessed. Hope that is somewhat helpful.
Tweaked
04 Nov 2003, 02:51 PM
Yeah, this was much more like the two of them had been getting at each other all game and after the 2nd goal Curtin was all in Cheyo's face...picture really bad NBA style in your face trash talking...except with a big dumb white guy
unfortuantely Curtin made two mistakes:
He did right in front of BB/SE
and he has to play DCU Sunday...I fully expect Dema and Stoich to seek revenge as only they know how ;)
mkpage
04 Nov 2003, 03:03 PM
I saw it. Can only assume it was a continuation of some in-game give and take between Curtin and Q2. If it wasn't, then it's safe to assume that Curtin is an a$$ and doesn't know how to win with a little class. The score spoke for itself. There certainly wasn't a need for the taunting.
fatbastard
04 Nov 2003, 03:20 PM
Originally posted by sch2383
Q2 should kicked him in the nuts.
Hell, Q2 could give the freak an uppercut to the nuts!
He did give him a nice little forearm while Curtin was hopping around him being a dick. He did it while Curtin was in the air so it almost knocked him off balance, then he really got into Q2s face.
Great young defender, wish we had him, want him to die, he's too goofy looking to be on TV.
Red&Black
04 Nov 2003, 03:27 PM
i saw it too and thought it was pretty over-the-top. i wish he'd do that dance within arms reach of me. i guess he still has all the class of a cheatin bob bradley. i am sure it will take a another year or two for dave s. to mold his guys into classier guys.
Sundevil9
04 Nov 2003, 03:33 PM
Originally posted by sch2383
Q2 should head-butted him in the nuts.
Fixed your post. :)
gunner_21
04 Nov 2003, 03:48 PM
Originally posted by DCAustinite
Pyro, you should see this one, it was different. I'm all for 'in your face' antics, and the better team won that game, but just watch it if you can, it was bizarre. Does he always do that? I mean his own player pulled him off.
Bocanegra, class act.
Bocanegra, class act? I thought so too until Razov's second goal on Saturday. While I'm sure his actions weren't that of Curtin, which I did not see, his stupid little shirt pointing antics were very immature.
DCAustinite
04 Nov 2003, 04:02 PM
Originally posted by gunner_21
Bocanegra, class act? I thought so too until Razov's second goal on Saturday. While I'm sure his actions weren't that of Curtin, which I did not see, his stupid little shirt pointing antics were very immature.
shirt pointing is a heat-of-the-moment type thing. Everybody does it.
But dancing the 'voodoo-chicken' dance, while trying to egg a much smaller man than you into physical confrontation is not, it's a stupid thing. I don't care personally what happens to Curtin (probably nothing), and I don't think he should be fined, but you know if it had been a DC fella in Chi-town that did it, there'd be fines and 'special yellow cards' and other crap.
Chicago1871
04 Nov 2003, 04:11 PM
I am not defending Curtin's antics (although I did not see them), however he and Q2 traded shots once or twice and I did see Curtin getting an elbow in the ribs when the two went up for a header. The two of them had words several times with Q2 tending to be the one to back down...not that I blame him. Celebrating with trash talk to an individual player that had nothing to do with the play is stupid. Which isn't to say that I, as a defender, haven't done something similar a few times in my career.
gunner_21
04 Nov 2003, 04:14 PM
Originally posted by DCAustinite
shirt pointing is a heat-of-the-moment type thing. Everybody does it.
Everyone doesn't do it the way he did. It was stupid and childish. But that's life. They had a right to be happy, I'm not saying they didn't, but there are classier ways of taunting. (if you can put it that way)