World Football Thread XIV - Italy: Hail to the Champions

[Colon™]

OMFG.

[BeBMan]

I wonder how Chirac insulted him

[Harovan]

Maybe Chirac told him, that he just missed a good opportunity to STFU.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


Yeah, like where's the train of Rooney-like talents supposed to be spewing out of Everton?

Never heard of Danny Cadamarteri or Franny Jeffers?

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Maybe Chirac told him, that he just missed a good opportunity to STFU.

[duke o' york]

There were plenty of glaring errors in that article, but it was vaguely amusing, especially for the "if this player were in an American sport he'd be....." stuff, although a lot of them meant nothing to me.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by MikeH
There are also some hillarious mistakes in that article.

Well, I believe he got most of the information from all the emails from fans he got (thousands from what it seems like).

As for Materazzi... seeing how he got 2 game ban and almost the same amount of fine Zidane got, it had to be fairly beyond the pail (perhaps the lip reader saying something about hoping his family dies), even if not racist.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
I wish him all the misery he deserves.

Spurs fans have never been short of misery. In fact, we enjoy it. That's why next season is going to be so good. After our brilliance last year we sort of think we might do well again next year, but of course we'll flop totally. It'll be ****ing ace.

[duke o' york]

Well you didn't get Duff so it looks a little more likely now...

I hate to say it, but you really have to hand it to Arsenal for putting on such a show for Bergkamp's testimonial.

Shame the football is not up to (Mein)kamp(f)'s old standard.

[Cort Haus]

Great that Johan Cruiyff and Marco van Basten came on for Ajax. Credit too for Edgar Davids for playing the Pantomime Villan. Grimandi did a great job stopping him scoring, and good cricket from de Boer to sky the penalty like that. Too bad the Ajax goalie didn't let Dennis score at the end.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Well you didn't get Duff so it looks a little more likely now...

They wouldn't be the Spurs without nearly signing top players. Who was it they nearly signed last year? Figo, Raul ...

[Terra Nullius]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
DF, can you please NOT post gay porn on this thread!

Could be worse.

At least he's not using the "World Football" thread to discuss club-level sport.

[Terra Nullius]

Originally posted by Fistandantilus
It seems to be the first time verbal provocation is punished with a ban.

QFWTF

I've got no problem with taking action against racism and such, but ... being disciplined for using naughty words?!!

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Terra Nullius

Could be worse.

At least he's not using the "World Football" thread to discuss club-level sport.

You really are a character, sir. [/Maltese Falcon]

This is the 'Football' thread, where football is discussed. It started life as banter ground for mainly supporters of English clubs slagging each other off, and all coming together to all moan about how much money Chelsea have got.

It has to be called 'World Football', because the mighty ole You Ess of Aye has it's own sport, also called 'Football', and despite the very obvious fact that the threads on American Football should be called 'American Football' threads, our chief and much-respected overlord here, who is a fan of American Football, has decided otherwise.

That is why we are not allowed to call the Football Thread the Football Thread.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Terra Nullius

QFWTF

I've got no problem with taking action against racism and such, but ... being disciplined for using naughty words?!!

Check out football writer Duleep Allirajah on this subject:

After the Headbutt, the Fallout.

He is defending the use of verbals in the game as a great leveller. I can't say that I agree with him fully, but like it or not the wind-up has been part of the game for a very long time.