Sep 13
Ronaldo Likes Jolie, Ferg’s A Tough Nut, Fletcher’s Injury, More Int’l Boredom
As we pull on through another slow day let’s heave a deep sigh of relief that no one’s injured on their international duty.
*Heaves sigh of relief*
Oh, I almost forgot, Captain Fletch limped off with a calf injury in Scotland’s 1-0 win over much fancied France. Of course, I’d prefer to look at the bright side - Evra was an unused sub. And, John O’Shea was also taken off presumably due to a knee injury while playing for Ireland vs Czech Republic. He was replaced by Stephen Cunt Hunt.
I guess the sighs of relief was a little premature.
Alright! Now onto some news, if you can call it that…
Some drunk asshole had the gall to hit Lord Ferg on his shins. Said drunk asshole should be rather relieved this hadn’t happened ten years ago, when a court case wouldn’t have been necessary - he wouldn’t have made it there alive. Anyway, he was probably a drunk scouser having the usual bad day - where he might have been caught by his wife while getting it on with a skank, followed by trying to reason with his wife that said skank was over 18. Drunk asshole’s wife didn’t take it too kindly and had him out of the house without too much of a struggle.
Oh well, the attacker at least admitted that he did, in fact, attack SAF. Hopefully he gets an injection that causes instant ageing, and when he turns 65 he gets force-fed with a porridge made out of pigeon piss served hot with raw lizard tails. That should make him think twice before attacking pensioners - even if he were high on ecstasy pills.
(Slow day, so apologies for the digression)
Speaking of slow days, we have the rather important issue of Ronaldo talking about his personal life to Hello! (of all the magazines in the world) - where he talks about his dreams of building hotels, his rather simple life - barring the diamond bracelets and the sole Bentley he owns. (And of course, his romps. So it’s really a simple boring life, you see!) He also said he wants his lasses to be beautiful like Angelina Jolie.
But he does talk a little about business too, especially about Rooney and the World Cup game, so the article actually makes interesting reading.
“After the match, I was criticised and whistled at.
“It was not very pleasant but it did me some good. With this I grew wiser and it helped me to mature. I insist that Rooney is a good friend by whose side it is a pleasure and a honour to play, and he and I exchanged text messages just after that game with England, as well as the next day.” He added: “I feel privileged the British people have taken me to their hearts. The best thing about Britain is the people – they are fair. When you do well, they say so. When not so well, they say so.”
Moving on, some international roundup to end it for the day.
I will just touch upon the major ones. I did mention the Scotland-France game, where it was heartening to see Evra not play. Although we have to wait to see the extent of Fletcher’s injury. England had another good game, which proved what I had thought all along - Lampard must never play for England, and the team could be further improved if Hargreaves plays instead of Barry, who actually played well, to be honest. Heskey’s physical presence and his ability to hold off and harry defenders shows us how important it is for United to have a target man - an option, we hope, Saha can give us.
Ronaldo and Vidic played as Portugal drew with Serbia amidst some ugly scenes. Portugal are seemingly in a bad situation and it beats me how a team, with such a gifted bunch of players, contrives to huff and puff its way into Euro 2008.
While this week was slow, in club football terms, there is a whole lot of sport going on around the world. I know of at least three world cups going on at the moment - the Women’s WC, the Rugby WC and the new Twenty20 Cricket WC. (Apparently cricket’s gotten just a little shorter and more interesting - Zimbabwe thoroughly outplayed Australia yesterday, which is a good thing.) Something to keep one’s mind occupied before club football resumes.
Anyway, that should bring a meandering post to an end. Apologies for the randomness of the post.
Bring on Everton, just can’t wait!
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Tags: Daily Roundup
September 13th, 2007 at 11:18
well t20 crciket’s short and skilless world cup is surprisingly going good and i did manage to spot a kid in the crown with last years home manu kit in the opening match between SA and WI
and yes one shining florescent yellow chelski idiot as well
Fergie’s a tough man so he did manage to go where he was going even after the assault
overall a boring fornight everton come early
September 13th, 2007 at 11:50
I admire Ronaldo’s skills very much, but even more so his ‘intelligence’. Football-wise and communication-wise. He seems to know just what to say. I think when he retires from playing football, he should go into politics.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:25
how is the aussies losing a good thing??
just because us winning all the time makes the rest of the world look average…
bit like united in the 90’s!!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:37
Ask anyone who follows cricket who’s not an Aussie. We all love Australia to lose! It’s such a rarity that it becomes a moment of celebration when they do lose. Even United used to drop more points in a season. Australia dominates an entire sport! United just dominated a league in a country. Anyway to understand all this you must not be an Aussie (but you are an Aussie… oh well back to football
)
September 13th, 2007 at 12:39
[karl]
For that matter Jose would make a good politician too. They should join opposing parties. Would make for a tasty election campaign
September 13th, 2007 at 16:25
Dunno why you felt the need to call steven hunt such a name. He was the republics best player for the short time that he came on last night. O’shea resurfaced to the bench during the second
half with crutches btw. Gibson didnt come one either
September 13th, 2007 at 18:28
well both are potuguese(I guess thats the right spelling)
so that means potugals elections must be amazing
September 13th, 2007 at 20:25
I dont know how most of you footie fans feel, but i’m more and more disappointed with international football. Club football is much better.
September 13th, 2007 at 21:17
red ranter
whts this nonsense about lampard never playing 4 england gagain. it seems the majority of “fickle” fans, seem to b sayin the same thing.
this is utter rubbish. yes his partnership with gerrad doesnt work, but ur implying he is nt world class. to score 20+ goals in the last 3 years or so, 4 me signals a quality world class player.
yes mcclaren need 2 pick between the 2, but tht is a good thing, he has 2 of the best midfielders in the world, to choose frm.
dont tell me u r lyk the otha fans, who because of barry pplayin exceptionally well, means all of a sudden he is the missing link and the answer to englands prayers. tht is extremly premature.
although i do believ he should retain his place if he continues to play lyk he did in the 2 games.
but 2 say lampard shld neva play 4 england is ridiculous, dnt b lyk the chelski fans who make wild statements
September 13th, 2007 at 21:43
[footballguy]
I didn’t say Barry was the missing link with England. In fact I still maintain that Owen Hargreaves is still the better option. That’s what I said (read the article again)
About Lampard, I personally don’t like the player. It’s my opinion, and it’s not because he’s a Chelsea player. Gerrard and Hargreaves to me is the best combination for England. The only reason England played so well is because Lamps was injured. Just as Sven could never drop Beckham, McLaren seems to be having the same issue with Lamps. Steve McLaren stumbled upon England’s best formation due to circumstances. Plus, I am not an England fan in case you are wondering. I was pleasantly surprised by the way they’ve finally started gelling together.
All I said was my opinion and, of course, in case it slipped your notice the tone in this particular article wasn’t too serious, as such, and I admit there was an element of flippancy in my comment concerning Lampard. But given a choice, I would pick Gerrard and Hargreaves over Lamps and Barry any day.