The World Cup - Page 9

The Gaffer · 07-11-2006, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janny

The BBC hired Italian lip readers to find out what Matarazzi said (Zidane had his back turned to the camera, so they couldn't do his, and one assumes ZiZi speaks Italian...). After wishing a 'an ugly death on you and your family', he suggested Zidane should do something unrepeatable to himself. I think it may lose something in translation. The point is that it was an untimely insult, given his personal situation.

I understand that his mother was taken seriously ill in recent days and that the comment was something that could be interpreted as being to do with that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janny

Stark constrast to the British commentators who say that no provocation merits such a response (at least, not while on the pitch...)

Och, the British commentators are SO full of faeces that one would be fairly safe in believing the opposite of whatever bogus moralilty they are peddling.

Butterbeer · 07-11-2006, 03:57 PM

That report just in from our british Commentator, The gaffer.

hectorberlioz · 07-11-2006, 04:43 PM

*sleepy* *yawns* I'm pretty sure Italy will win...

Butterbeer · 07-11-2006, 04:46 PM

Good to see our eagle eyed US reporter is on the case!

Back to you Hector for the latest update in 30 minutes ...

hectorberlioz · 07-11-2006, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butterbeer

Good to see our eagle eyed US reporter is on the case!

Back to you Hector for the latest update in 30 minutes ...

Thank you Mr. BBB (not BBC!)

Hot story coming up!

Germany just beat Portugal!
(there! thats for those who say the US doesnt know its soccer

)

Butterbeer · 07-11-2006, 05:07 PM

The BB broadcasting service wishes to announce that we vet ALL our correspondents extremely carefully before assigning them...

We can hereby confirm that our US correspondent Hector 'hot news' is completely clear of Mad cows disease and although one of his udders is slightly inflamed ... he is in fine fettle ... bullish even ...

more to follow as reports come in...

hectorberlioz · 07-11-2006, 05:14 PM

Not looking to beefy yourself, BB.

Alright then ladies and gentlewomen...and men,

A story has just popped up that Germany is a good team.

Said Jo Macky on that really grate(ing) sports show "Germany is Great [!]
(exclamation mark ours, it used to be a question mark there, but we thought we'd bring you something positive and uplifting

)

Butterbeer · 07-11-2006, 05:27 PM

next up from Hector 'Hot news' a report on France's iconic genuis, Zinedane Zidane and his caring sharing approach to life, philosophy and football.

Zidane gives head is coming right up ....stay tuned!

hectorberlioz · 07-11-2006, 05:37 PM

Good Evening, I'm Dan...oops, I'd rather not.

Good Evening, I'm Hector with Hot News.

According to the BBC, french team soccer great Zidane's name does not belie his profession, he is apperantly NOT a rapper.

Mr. Zidane, of Berber descent, has been called by his playmates "the Berber of Seville", alluding to his...uh, um...trip to Spain one time

Mr. Zidane is apperantly shocked that his country (now France) made it to the semi-finals. " C'est une genius! Vive los animaros y todos los an(accent)on para los tres sapatos!" (he LOVED Spain

)

Mr Zidane was feeling unselfish today apperantly, and wished Italy a "Heure de feu et de hell". Whatever that means! But we know the french are too good to curse

Right back after the BBC's update on Margie Thatcher's health.

Butterbeer · 07-11-2006, 05:43 PM

*off camera*

... he'll get an award you know .... just you watch ... arise Sir hector the Hot

hectorberlioz · 07-11-2006, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butterbeer

*off camera*

... he'll get an award you know .... just you watch ... arise Sir hector the Hot

What about your Thatcher piece?

Butterbeer · 07-11-2006, 05:51 PM

Old crone on the moan

A withered old croan was today arrested for a minor public disorder offence outside parliament. A battered old hag was found wetting herself whilst attempting to access Downing street.

Police said the lady was apparently senile, but that they had a truly terrible time trying to turn her back around towards Whitehall.

The incontinent Oap it appears was just NOT for turning.

Back to you hector ...

Butterbeer · 07-11-2006, 06:18 PM

*ahem*

back top the World cup please folks!

In general whaddya think? A good world cup or not?

Obviously England were Dire in the extreme.

The Germans better than expected and as a nation and as organisers both got into it and did a very good job and were very hospitable!

In that sense i think it has done a lot of good for breaking down stupid tabloid sterotypes of the germans (barring the blond haired efficiency thing

)

Who was your player of the tournament?

The biggest let down?

best achievers?

for me it was great to see Ghana go through!

BeardofPants · 07-12-2006, 02:26 AM

What a fantastic game the italy vs france game was - god it was worth it to see that now legendary headbutt. Yay Italia!

Elfhelm · 07-12-2006, 06:55 PM

Ah... aha.... Ah HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!!

http://peyman.free.fr/peyman_org_divers/zidane.html

Butterbeer · 07-12-2006, 07:31 PM

... i nuuted about 12 before ze blind argie biased ref noticed anything!!

(nice one Elfhelm)

BeardofPants · 07-13-2006, 02:06 AM

OMFG, that is the funneh. *rofl*

The Gaffer · 07-13-2006, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butterbeer

In general whaddya think? A good world cup or not?

Obviously England were Dire in the extreme.

The Germans better than expected and as a nation and as organisers both got into it and did a very good job and were very hospitable!

In that sense i think it has done a lot of good for breaking down stupid tabloid sterotypes of the germans (barring the blond haired efficiency thing

)

Who was your player of the tournament?

The biggest let down?

best achievers?

for me it was great to see Ghana go through!

An excellent world cup. It made all the difference that for at least half the teams, their fans could get to the games. And a typical world cup, in that the winners started slowly and got better as it went on.

Highlight definitely the Italy/Germany semi-final. Both teams really went for it and it took two moments of perfection to separate them. Next up would be Zidane's attack on Materazzi.

England: see BB, this is where you go wrong. The media put their players on pedestals and fail to realise that Johnny Foreigner is actually quite useful at the game. Some of them underperformed (notably Lampard), but the fact is they're not as good as the English public think they are.

I heard one pundit saying that, looking at all the other teams, there weren't many players he'd take in preference to the England players. Clueless. And it wasn't even Ian Wright saying that.

So, I think the quarter-finals was about right. Perhaps with a non-eedjit manager you could have got to the semis and had a chance of doing better. It's a shame, as I would have liked to see Rooney running at the Italian defence.

Bad boys Portugal, of course. Figo looked well past it and their game against Holland was a disaster. Brazil didn't really fire, and were tamed by the first decent defence they came up against. Again, that's usual for world cups held in Europe.

Zidane definitely player of the tournament. The way he tormented the Brazilian midfield was top drawer.

***Jonathan*** · 07-13-2006, 05:10 AM

It was a good world cup. Kudos to Guus Hiddink who last world cup brought South Korea to the semies and this time the Socceroos to the 2nd round. I heard he's going to coach the Russian team now.

Nice to see countries new to the world cup, Ukraine and Ghana, advance from their groups. Also cool that Switzerland won their group (ahead of France) since they'll be hosting the European Championship in two years.

Insidious Rex · 07-13-2006, 01:41 PM

So odds on '10?

07-11-2006, 04:43 PM	#163
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	sleepy yawns I'm pretty sure Italy will win... __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

07-11-2006, 05:07 PM	#166
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	*The BB broadcasting service* wishes to announce that we vet ALL our correspondents extremely carefully before assigning them... We can hereby confirm that our US correspondent *Hector 'hot news'* is completely clear of Mad cows disease and although one of his udders is slightly inflamed ... he is in fine fettle ... bullish even ... more to follow as reports come in... Last edited by Butterbeer : 07-11-2006 at 05:09 PM.

07-11-2006, 05:14 PM	#167
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Not looking to beefy yourself, BB. Alright then ladies and gentlewomen...and men, A story has just popped up that Germany is a good team. Said Jo Macky on that really grate(ing) sports show "Germany is Great [!] (exclamation mark ours, it used to be a question mark there, but we thought we'd bring you something positive and uplifting) __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

07-11-2006, 05:37 PM	#169
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Good Evening, I'm Dan...oops, I'd rather not. Good Evening, I'm Hector with Hot News. According to the BBC, french team soccer great Zidane's name does not belie his profession, he is apperantly NOT a rapper. Mr. Zidane, of Berber descent, has been called by his playmates "the Berber of Seville", alluding to his...uh, um...trip to Spain one time Mr. Zidane is apperantly shocked that his country (now France) made it to the semi-finals. " C'est une genius! Vive los animaros y todos los an(accent)on para los tres sapatos!" (he LOVED Spain) Mr Zidane was feeling unselfish today apperantly, and wished Italy a "Heure de feu et de hell". Whatever that means! But we know the french are too good to curse Right back after the BBC's update on Margie Thatcher's health. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

07-12-2006, 02:26 AM	#174
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	What a fantastic game the italy vs france game was - god it was worth it to see that now legendary headbutt. Yay Italia! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

07-11-2006, 03:57 PM	#162
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	That report just in from our british Commentator, The gaffer.

07-11-2006, 04:46 PM	#164
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	Good to see our eagle eyed US reporter is on the case! Back to you Hector* for the latest update in 30 minutes* ...

07-11-2006, 05:27 PM	#168
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	next up from Hector 'Hot news' a report on France's iconic genuis, Zinedane Zidane and his caring sharing approach to life, philosophy and football. Zidane gives head is coming right up ....stay tuned!

07-11-2006, 05:43 PM	#170
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	off camera ... he'll get an award you know .... just you watch ... arise Sir hector the Hot

07-11-2006, 05:51 PM	#172
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	Old crone on the moan A withered old croan was today arrested for a minor public disorder offence outside parliament. A battered old hag was found wetting herself whilst attempting to access Downing street. Police said the lady was apparently senile, but that they had a truly terrible time trying to turn her back around towards Whitehall. The incontinent Oap it appears was just NOT for turning. Back to you hector ...

07-11-2006, 06:18 PM	#173
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	ahem back top the World cup please folks! In general whaddya think? A good world cup or not? Obviously England were Dire in the extreme. The Germans better than expected and as a nation and as organisers both got into it and did a very good job and were very hospitable! In that sense i think it has done a lot of good for breaking down stupid tabloid sterotypes of the germans (barring the blond haired efficiency thing ) Who was your player of the tournament? The biggest let down? best achievers? for me it was great to see Ghana go through!

07-12-2006, 06:55 PM	#175
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	Ah... aha.... Ah HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!! http://peyman.free.fr/peyman_org_divers/zidane.html

07-12-2006, 07:31 PM	#176
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	... i nuuted about 12 before ze blind argie biased ref noticed anything!! (nice one Elfhelm)

07-13-2006, 02:06 AM	#177
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	OMFG, that is the funneh. rofl __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

07-13-2006, 05:10 AM	#179
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	It was a good world cup. Kudos to Guus Hiddink who last world cup brought South Korea to the semies and this time the Socceroos to the 2nd round. I heard he's going to coach the Russian team now. Nice to see countries new to the world cup, Ukraine and Ghana, advance from their groups. Also cool that Switzerland won their group (ahead of France) since they'll be hosting the European Championship in two years. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

07-13-2006, 01:41 PM	#180
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	So odds on '10? __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

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