Roiling football blather

[crackerjack]

Only a friendly etc and so on, but I can't remember an England team under any manager since Hoddle (and even then, only occasionally) controlling a game like they did tonight. I think the key thing Capello has done is emphasise the importance of possession of the ball - throughout the team, no player was hitting the long ball, no one panicked in possession.

That's kinda how looked to me last night, but I spent most of the match talking to a mate and then trying to find my iPod, which some fucker lifted from my jacket pocket

There were tonnes of Germans in Bar Kick last night. My only regret is that by the time England's winner came I was too preoccupied to gloat.

 

[crackerjack]

I just think there is something snide about the Guardian implying that Butcher hasn't got a right to be annoyed about someone unfairly denying him his one shot at greatness, the thing that could have been the peak of his career and the culmination of a childhood dream. The fact that Maradonna is more gifted makes it worse that he cheated in my opinion whereas the journalist in that piece seems to think that it makes it all ok and allows him to do what he wants.
Yeah, I agree that any foul is as bad as any other but there is something particularly galling about the blatancy of that one. Personally I blame the officials rather than Maradonna, he just stuck his hand out and was probably amazed that it counted, it's the ref who let him get away with it.
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Rich, it's the Fiver - it's there to take the piss, that's what it does.

As for the last bit, I wonder what Butcher would do if he was given the chance to change history so that England won the World Cup but Maradonna shagged his wife. I like to think that he (well his wife in fact) would take the hit for the team

Of course. They're a family of bleeders.

 

[IdleRich]

"Rich, it's the Fiver - it's there to take the piss, that's what it does."

Oops, I misread the link as being from The Guardian. Oh well. I still think it's kinda cool that Butcher is still simmering away doing all my hating for me although I'm sure it's not doing him any favours.

 

[don_quixote]

gobsmacked

 

[luka]

cantona used to do better shit that that on a weekly basis. even
ive pulled stuff like that off in the park. not impressed. but i do like football on youtube so try again please.

 

[jenks]

news just in...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7773422.stm

Interesting move by Real. I suppose everyone is allowed one mistake on their CV!

 

[IdleRich]

It shows how tough a job it is when you can be sacked even after winning the league.

 

[crackerjack]

It shows how tough a job it is when you can be sacked even after winning the league.

Seems to be a different attitude over there (Italy too). Clubs and countries prefer a regular turnover of managers, so the first sign of slippage...

Will Ramos revert to being a great manager now that he doesn't have to fret about language barriers?

 

[scottdisco]

Calderon on Revista earlier.

what a clown.

they're not in the best shape for their visit to the old enemy this weekend..

 

[don_quixote]

schuster was manouevering himself into being sacked, he told the press madrid had no chance against barca this weekend. whoops!

 

[scottdisco]

Don_quixote:

schuster was manouevering himself into being sacked, he told the press madrid had no chance against barca this weekend. whoops!

yes, and after the weekend they'd just had, it does make one reach for the 'death by cop' theories.

the funny thing is, is what he said was pretty accurate in its assessment of their upcoming game AFAIK.

i saw Barca play Valencia on Saturday night and they are looking useful atm. (handbags from Villa too.)

 

[hucks]

Anyone know a good place in London to watch the Barca - Real Madrid game?

 

[tom lea]

it still baffles me that barca were willing to sell eto'o in summer, and we decided to keep an unmotivated 30 year old drogba instead. him and nistelrooy are the best two strikers in the world, i don't care how good torres or adebayor or drogba or aguero have been in the last few years.

 

[crackerjack]

it still baffles me that barca were willing to sell eto'o in summer, and we decided to keep an unmotivated 30 year old drogba instead.

Well you could easily stick that adjective in front of the Eto'o of 6 months ago too. Watching him against Man Yoo in the CL was like cheering on Harry Enfield's Kevin. Obviously he's class, but class that can't be arsed too often.

 

[IdleRich]

I know this was a while ago but...

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis doesn't seem to think it would be a good idea for Italian players to move to England:

“If they want to go to England then in the end they’re going to go, but they need to understand this: the English live badly, eat badly and their women do not wash their genitalia. To them, a bidet is a mystery."

 

[crackerjack]

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis doesn't seem to think it would be a good idea for Italian players to move to England:

Marvellous stuff. We don't get nearly enough of this moonbattery in the sanitised world of modern football. Jesus gil RIP.

 

[IdleRich]

"Marvellous stuff. We don't get nearly enough of this moonbattery in the sanitised world of modern football. Jesus gil RIP."

Seems like a gloriously futile attempt to stem the footballing brain drain (hmm, not exactly the right phrase) but I guess that the credit crunch will do his work for him.
I'm surprised to see that there is no Ronaldo related schadenfreude this morning... or mention of Ameobi calling the police because his house had been burgled - and then realising it was just that he had left it in a state.

 

[hucks]

I'm surprised to see that there is no Ronaldo related schadenfreude this morning... or mention of Ameobi calling the police because his house had been burgled - and then realising it was just that he had left it in a state.

Wasn't there a Yellow pages ad based on the same premise a few years ago?

Anyhow, if you wan't real moonbattery, look no further than Spurs selling Defoe for £9m and buying him back less than a year later for £15m.

 

[crackerjack]

Seems like a gloriously futile attempt to stem the footballing brain drain (hmm, not exactly the right phrase) but I guess that the credit crunch will do his work for him.

That and the exchange rate.

I'm surprised to see that there is no Ronaldo related schadenfreude this morning...

I was this close, believe me, but I thought celebrating someone's near death experience might be a little low, even for scum-sucking vermin such as him. But i did enjoy the joke about his driviing being exactly like this season's free kicks - missing the bend and straight into the wall - tho.

 

[crackerjack]

Wasn't there a Yellow pages ad based on the same premise a few years ago?

Anyhow, if you wan't real moonbattery, look no further than Spurs selling Defoe for £9m and buying him back less than a year later for £15m.

Or virtually all of City's dealings. 12 fuckiing million for Bridge and Parker! Does anyone have any contacts there? I was just wondering if they need some old CDs for the players lounge. £30 a pop.