Euro 2008

harlesden · Post by **harlesden** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:36 pm

A Man Called Dave wrote:Holland win and Van N top goal scorer = 56 quid for me.

how much did you put on that? a pound or summat?

darkmatteruk · Post by **darkmatteruk** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:58 pm

setspeed wrote:yeah it fucks me right off - and it really stops me from bring able to take the players seriously.

i don't know why - i guess it's just because it's not sporting and as an english person i hate that - i think if you don't win by fair means then you can't really say you've won. but blah blah overpaid primadonna brats etc. they can all piss off, i'm going to watch the cricket

LMFAO at that last comment

but yea, thats where i was coming from aswell m8, having seen how the players from the 70's and 80's dealt with things i am becoming more and more disillusioned by it all with every game. players like graham souness and that back in the day would try and play on with a broken leg and be pissed off if they got taken off for it.

arjen robben will be back from injury soon, his antics are quite comical

setspeed · Post by **setspeed** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:14 pm

there's an irish guy, Tadhg Kennelly, who plays Aussie Rules Football, and in a recent match he was on the wrong end of a nasty tackle where he dislocated his kneecap. in the replay you could just see him on the ground, whacking his leg to try and get it back in

(pic here. a bit gross but not too bad, not as bad as the eduardo pics!).

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthrea ... 204&page=2

darkmatteruk · Post by **darkmatteruk** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:19 pm

ouch!!! thats gotta hurt lol, gota take your hat off to them guys, they respect the ref, shrug off bad tackles, dont get paid anywhere near as much as the fassys in football and are true gentlemen, most of them anyway

setspeed · Post by **setspeed** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:24 pm

innit!

been getting quite into rugby lately for exactly that reason - and you can have a pint at the ground. in fact the grounds at rugby matches are normally more like a pub with a really big telly on

schamotnik · Post by **schamotnik** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:26 pm

setspeed wrote:
darkmatterUK wrote:
setspeed wrote:like Platini?
yea true say, which is he head of again, is it fifa or uefa? i forget which. but our own F.A for example isnt run by anyone who even seems to understand the game or know how to run it, they have got trevor brooking in to oversee future development, but thats just not enough.

what are platini and the rest doing to stop the game being ruined by cheats? they are more concerned with players who wave their shirt around after they score a goal
platini is actually in favour of divers!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008 ... d=football

it's hard for me not to like platini being half-french and thinking what a brilliant payer he was...

still this is just ridiculous.. considering all the diving that has been going on in the first few matches I find statements like this one disgusting..

darkmatteruk · Post by **darkmatteruk** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:35 pm

Schamotnik wrote:it's hard for me not to like platini being half-french and thinking what a brilliant payer he was...

still this is just ridiculous.. considering all the diving that has been going on in the first few matches I find statements like this one disgusting..

yea he was a great player. but hes dropped a right clanger there, cant be saying shit like that in his position, and so for that hes got to go, what sort of example does it set if they let him stay, providing he hasnt been misquoted of course

donkey · Post by **donkey** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:41 pm

Platini, great player, now has a penchant for spouting bullshit like a trainee Sepp Blatter.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:42 pm

Donkey wrote:Platini, great player, now has a penchant for spouting bullshit like a trainee Sepp Blatter.

this

schamotnik · Post by **schamotnik** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:30 pm

Donkey wrote:Platini, great player, now has a penchant for spouting bullshit like a trainee Sepp Blatter.

sad really

edit: aonther thing that makes me want to vomit are the so-called fanzones.. I was there in Vienna yesterday because they had a big screen there and I thought it would be nice to watch the game with other people.
Well, basically it's like a prison where they force you to drink something that is supposed to be beer and goes by the name of Carlsberg... for 4,5€... usually you'll get a pint of good beer for 3€ in Vienna..
Also you're not even allowed to bring your own beer... and they make sure that you can't get anything in... absolutely ridiculous.

nicon · Post by **nicon** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:05 am

HA 3 - 0!!!!

could this tournament start any better?

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:34 am

darkmatterUK wrote:
kins83 wrote:So far this tournament, I've discovered that:

Betting = Excitement about matches that I usually wouldn't bother watching.
well the tournament itself certainly hasnt generated any thats for sure. standard of football so far has been poor, germany played well, but i see better footy played in my local park on sundays

Exactly, the Croatia game was awful ... and all this ballet dancing for free kicks just makes me turn the channel over.

Netherlands are on it, Nistlerooy shouldve bagged a few though.

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:41 am

pdomino wrote:
darkmatterUK wrote:
kins83 wrote:So far this tournament, I've discovered that:

Betting = Excitement about matches that I usually wouldn't bother watching.
well the tournament itself certainly hasnt generated any thats for sure. standard of football so far has been poor, germany played well, but i see better footy played in my local park on sundays
Exactly, the Croatia game was awful ... and all this ballet dancing for free kicks just makes me turn the channel over.

Netherlands are on it, Nistlerooy shouldve bagged a few though.

I have to say, with regards to the diving thing, did anyone see Ruud van Nistelrooy staying on his feet after the keeper came out and challenged him? He could have definitely got a penalty if he'd have gone down, but he didn't. Fair play to him, the horse faced dutchman.

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:01 am

hahaha i nearly made that point before, Ruud ... a proper mans man ! *no homoezz dubluke*
Italy, dropping like roaches @ DMZ.

donkey · Post by **donkey** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:03 am

pdomino wrote:hahaha i nearly made that point before, Ruud ... a proper mans man !

haha, I have seen Ruud dive more than most strikers so I was shocked he stayed on his feet.

elbe · Post by **elbe** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:07 am

pdomino wrote: Ruud ... a proper mans man !

homo? no-homo?

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:14 am

shit left it out.

elbe · Post by **elbe** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:21 am

did he get you to put it back in?

edit: acctually don't tell me, i don't want to know

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:03 pm

its a necessity sir.

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:52 pm

From a dubstep perspective I'd have to back the Netherlands - Martyn and 2562 ooh baby.

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