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Jun 6, 2008 12:09:00 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 6, 2008 12:09:00 GMT -5
Quote from Ronaldo's Mum:
I'm assuming that she's talking about her son in that last bit, not God. I don;t think he's ever been here...
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Jun 6, 2008 13:22:49 GMT -5
Post by m on Jun 6, 2008 13:22:49 GMT -5
Quote from Ronaldo's Mum: I'm assuming that she's talking about her son in that last bit, not God. I don;t think he's ever been here...he's been there. he visits twice a season...
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Jun 6, 2008 13:32:18 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 6, 2008 13:32:18 GMT -5
I like Martin O'Neill. He made Robbie Williams look like a twat long before it was fashionable to do so.
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Jun 6, 2008 13:59:32 GMT -5
Post by m on Jun 6, 2008 13:59:32 GMT -5
I like Martin O'Neill. He made Robbie Williams look like a twat long before it was fashionable to do so. youtube.com/watch?v=aEcPlgi2s-w - apologies for the studio audience, i think this is from a comedy sporting moments show or something... anyway, yes. everybody likes martin o'neill. he's clearly a great motivator and a great character. his track record speaks for itself- look at what happened to Leicester City while he was there (promotion, 2x league cups, 1x league cup runners up, never finished in bottom half of the league) and after he left (relegated 2 divisions)... great success at Celtic (some would say it's easy, but a domestic treble in his first season, then european final, cups, leagues... etc). and then he leaves to look after his seriously ill wife. seriously, the guy is a legend. the robbie williams thing is merely the icing on the cake. anyway, so the story goes... the only reason he didnt get the england job when steve maclaren got it was because maclaren had prepared a powerpoint presentation for his interview with the FA. which i think says it all.
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Jun 6, 2008 16:15:53 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 6, 2008 16:15:53 GMT -5
Ronaldowatch: Spanish sports paper (and to Real Madrid what Sinn Fein used to be to the IRA) Marca claim this evening that Ronaldo has agreed terms with the club for a 5-year contract at £150,000 a week. Which is quite interesting, as while he is under contract with another club who don't seem to want to sell him, this goes against all manner of rules and regulations regarding the unsettling of contracted players (agreeing another contract sort of counts as this), although the rules and regulations of Association * Football tend not to apply to the richer clubs (and I do include Man Utd in this), so a terse word may well be the punishment meted out by UEFA. *History time! Those jolly upper-class wags at Cambridge University during the arse-end of the 19th Century were seemingly incapable of actual speech, despite being in the top 0.5% or whatever of teh country's intelligentia (or at least the percentage of rich ones). Every bloody word had to be abbreviated and end in -er (for example, the Prince of Wales was - and still is by some chinless arsewits - referred to as Pragger Wagger). To differentiate between the two different types of Football being played at the time (because Football and Rugby hadn't occurred to them), Rugby Football became Rugger and As sociation Football became Soccer. And that is the story of why I hate Football being referred to as Soccer
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Jun 6, 2008 17:44:22 GMT -5
Post by felixthecat on Jun 6, 2008 17:44:22 GMT -5
Jimmy Anderson - WHOOOOOOO! England's cricket team needs a saviour OK, so KP saved the batting and chris broad helped, but Jimmy Anderson? 6 for 42? Bloody marvellous ;D ;D ;D *sorry to all americans who haven't a fucking clue what I'm talking about*
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Jun 6, 2008 21:12:41 GMT -5
Post by Fields at Midnight on Jun 6, 2008 21:12:41 GMT -5
I get it. 6 hits (or the British equivalent) in 42 at bats (or the British equivilant). Must have been a good bowler to keep the ball off the pitch.
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Jun 7, 2008 10:46:08 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 7, 2008 10:46:08 GMT -5
Nice that the BBC's dedication to Euro 2008 (that no UK sides qualified for) is so insightful and indepth that not only is it abundantly clear that none of the "experts" have bothered to look at the form (or players) of any of the competing countries, and seem to be expertly picking their favourites purely on the strength of "number of players I've heard of". Brilliantly baffling opening ceremony though (which the BBC has decided to wait until it was halfway through)
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Jun 8, 2008 11:30:30 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 8, 2008 11:30:30 GMT -5
The Formula 1 Season might actually have 2 consecutive interesting races. Monaco (which is usually awful) was brilliantly entertaining the other weekend, and this week's one in Montreal looks like being fun because the track's bollocksed, breaking up after 2 qualifying laps yesterday. The organisers have filled what holes that have appeared so far with concrete and epoxy resin, and then went on to blame the cars. I shall be flicking between this and the footy today - Croatia are currently beating Austria 1-0 (coins being thrown from the Austrian crowd towards the Croatian players - something that the commentators seem to be ignoring), and then there's the prospect of Germany vs Poland this evening, which has been fuelled by a rather nasty Polish media campaign (and there's already been a spot of bother at the airport). EDIT: Interestingness indeed! Lewis Hamilton & Kimi Raikkonen are both out after Hamilton doesn't notice a red light at the pit exit and ploughs into Kimi's car, wrecking them both. And Austria, albeit still 1-0 down, are giving a rather lacklustre Croatia (which is galling to say, speaking as an England fan) a run for their money. Ooh - and here's the Polish newspaper pic that's upset the Germans...
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Jun 8, 2008 12:47:38 GMT -5
Post by Fields at Midnight on Jun 8, 2008 12:47:38 GMT -5
Big Brown was so far behind at the end of the Belmont Stakes that his finish was not even charted. Da Tara (the 38-1) longshot ended up winning by an incredible 5 1/4 Lengths. No Triple Crown this year.
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Jun 10, 2008 5:48:15 GMT -5
Post by m on Jun 10, 2008 5:48:15 GMT -5
Ooh - and here's the Polish newspaper pic that's upset the Germans... ah, well.... it's easy for Germany to get upset... but... in the words of Nirvana's Krist Novoselic... "Remember Joseph Goebbels!"
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Jun 10, 2008 13:53:56 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 10, 2008 13:53:56 GMT -5
Allez Sweden! Or something.
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Jun 10, 2008 14:32:55 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 10, 2008 14:32:55 GMT -5
Hmm. A bit dull so far, hopefully the mad Pot Noodle ad'll be on during halftime...
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Jun 10, 2008 16:34:30 GMT -5
Post by Shoesh on Jun 10, 2008 16:34:30 GMT -5
What was it about?
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Jun 10, 2008 16:45:23 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 10, 2008 16:45:23 GMT -5
Apparently, it's been shown before (in April) and was withdrawn after receiving loads of complaints about sexism (it's an 80's power ballad thingy entitled "Why can't women be more like Pot Noodles"). It's reappeared on the telly - they showed it again tonight after the game finished, and it will probably get pulled again - it's already been removed from Youtube...
And hooray! One ace goal (nice to see someone finally get the hang of this new ball - it doesn't seem to have any dip to it), and one crap one. All good stuff though, but I can't see the feisty Swedes doing the business against Spain, who look rather scarily good.
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Jun 11, 2008 13:25:23 GMT -5
Post by gr0undzer0 on Jun 11, 2008 13:25:23 GMT -5
how many renaldos are there?
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Jun 11, 2008 13:34:26 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 11, 2008 13:34:26 GMT -5
There's currently 2 famous footballing Ronaldos - the fat Brazilian one who plays for AC Milan who used to be fantastic but who now sits around nursing his knee (when he's not picking up multiple transsexual prostitutes), and the young Portuguese one who currently plays for Manchester United and who is almost certainly going to sign for Real Madrid for hopefully a huge amount of money...
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Jun 11, 2008 13:47:20 GMT -5
Post by gr0undzer0 on Jun 11, 2008 13:47:20 GMT -5
why would you be happy he is going to play for a spanish team?
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Jun 11, 2008 13:58:49 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 11, 2008 13:58:49 GMT -5
Not happy that he's going (he's under contract for a further four years), and certainly not happy about the circumstances that are leading to his departure (Real Madrid have been reported to the sport's governing body FIFA, but in truth it's nothing United didn't do when they signed Owen Hargreaves from Bayern Munich), so the only hope left is that we a) sell him for a fucking fortune (£60million is the figure currently bandied about by the press); and b) make sure we don't get stitched up like when we sold Beckham to Real - it was a nominal fee with extra (and large) amounts based on Real Madrid winning domestic and European silverware during the following three years. They didn't win a bloody thing, so they didn't have to pay.
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Jun 11, 2008 14:03:36 GMT -5
Post by thalia on Jun 11, 2008 14:03:36 GMT -5
the fat Brazilian one who plays for AC Milan who used to be fantastic but who now sits around nursing his knee (when he's not picking up multiple transsexual prostitutes) When he's not doing either of those, he's eating pies.
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Jun 11, 2008 14:12:19 GMT -5
Post by gr0undzer0 on Jun 11, 2008 14:12:19 GMT -5
creme pies it would seem
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Jun 11, 2008 14:16:53 GMT -5
Post by thalia on Jun 11, 2008 14:16:53 GMT -5
....and apple pies, steak & ale pies, cherry pies, chicken & mushroom pies and probably buckets of some marvellous fried chicken.
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Jun 11, 2008 14:18:24 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 11, 2008 14:18:24 GMT -5
creme pies it would seem eeww
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Jun 11, 2008 14:21:44 GMT -5
Post by manintheshadows on Jun 11, 2008 14:21:44 GMT -5
The current Euro game (Switzerland v Turkey) is an absolute joke. It's been pissing down since the game started, and the pitch is so waterlogged it's impossible to play any actual football...
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Jun 11, 2008 14:22:04 GMT -5
Post by gr0undzer0 on Jun 11, 2008 14:22:04 GMT -5
I bet he uses that soccer charge pill that gives him explosive speed, muscle endurance and awareness.....except when dealing with transvestites, results in 60 minutes 24.95 for a two month suppply....wowsers !
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