The Big Green Page #6

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Nowhere. We're the Elma Nothings.

Is it over yet?

Do us a favor and

learn the rules!

Well, Tom, we're a

high-scoring team, but 18-nil?

That's good, even for us.

Tommy, a suggestion: Lose

the girls. Even better...

Lose 'em all. Find

yourself some talent.

Of course, I don't know how

you're gonna do that in Elma!

All right, victory

lap! Let's go, Knights!

Good game! That's a Knight.

There we go! There we go!

All right! All right!

All right! Good game!

Come on, what are

you waiting for?

Come on, let's go! Round the field!

Round the field! Round the field!

What a jerk! -Catch

you later, loser!

Come on, Kate. You tried.

-We're all proud of you.

Why? We tanked.

Well, technically

speaking, yeah.

Yeah, but you all played,

and that's what's important.

What's important is

that we never play again.

Can we get out of here?

This is embarrassing.

Yeah, come on, ya'II.

Let's go. -This stinks.

Do you know what I think? I

think after a good night's sleep,

they're all gonna feel

very differently about this.

I wouldn't count on it.

Give me a few minutes

before you start.

I speak their

language. -You got it.

OK, children.

Now you all have experienced

the agony of defeat. Big time.

Whoo! Now, I first started

playing organized sports... Hello.

...when I was about your age

right there at the Big Green.

Now, you see, we weren't very

good, but we never gave up.

There was a day...

-I have a question.

Good, good! Exactly!

Participation, you see, it's a key.

Fire away, big guy.

While you're

here... -Uh-huh.

Who's giving

speeding tickets and

picking up dead animals

off the highways?

I love the children.

First rule:
No questions

about anything. Go ahead, Anna.

Come on, you don't fool us. You

don't know jack about soccer.

Now, I may not know

all the rules, but I

do know a thing or two

about kicking a ball.

Check this out,

gice Attitude.

Whoa! -What a kick!

Good show! -Ow. Right.

Wow! Now I see why put

you on the billboard.

Well, thank you kindly.

Listen, if you guys

practice, you know,

maybe the town will give

you a billboard of your own.

Before we could ever be on a

billboard, we'd have to get a name.

Even bad teams have names.

How about the Big Green? You know,

the old sign. That's our field.

That's pretty good.

-That's a good idea.

Hey, good idea, Newt.

So I guess we're the Big Green.

-Yeah, now if only we could play.

Look, nobody plays

well without practice.

Now we've got to

start with the basics.

Now in soccer training, there

are four different areas:

Right. -Fitness, technique,

tactics...

-Uh-huh.

...and game psychology.

-I knew that.

All right, let's all line up.

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