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    #26
    Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

    That ball. I don't know if it's actually bad, but I hate the idea of ever lighter, ever less reliable balls. It actually removes skill. A 40 yard shot that moves in 4 different directions shows no skill on the part of the striker, and is just UEFA/FIFA twattery to pretend that there are more brilliant goals.

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      #27
      Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

      I mean, why not make wobbly goalposts that move in random directions, for fucks sake?

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        #28
        Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

        The worst thing about the ball is it mitigates against skill. If it goes all directions, then poor shots that happened to be on target are going to fluke their way in. And the reason why the authorites keep making the ball lighter is that defence are getting more and more on top, so it needs these lucky goals to keep the average up.

        Anyway, ITV in general. Tyldesley and Pleat in particular.

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          #29
          Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

          Nobody seems to be able to score for shit with this ball so far.

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            #30
            Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

            Oh, fucking fuck! I'm meant to be sympathetic to Kasim-Richards because, despite having a Turkish mum, Turkish nationality, and living and playing in Turkey for a year, he can't speak the language? What the fuck? Get a fucking grip mate. Every intellectually challenged foreigner in the Premiership speaks enough English to get along. Why is speaking your national language to the level you need to communicate in a football team so difficult? Argh!

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              #31
              Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

              I think this thread title should be changed to 'Apart from ITV, things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by'

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                #32
                Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                That being essentially the point, bryan. Someone soon will hit a shot, connecting no cleaner or more skilfully than some players managed today, that wobbles like a beach football into the top corner. And will be hailed as a genius because of it.

                Football has always had an element of luck about it, but there is taking things too far.

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                  #33
                  Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                  Cristiano Ronaldo.

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                    #34
                    Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                    Not being able to watch it in the sticks in New Zealand, and it being on at the wrong time of day anyway.

                    Also, Shearer, ITV, ITV, ITV.

                    On the plus side, there won't be reports from the England camp at half-time INSTEAD OF DISCUSSING AND ANALYZING THE MUCH MORE INTERESTING GAME YOU'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING LIVE, YOU TWATTERS!

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                      #35
                      Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                      Martin O'Neill calling one of today's sides "Czechoslovakia".

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                        #36
                        Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                        David Pleat.

                        It's bad enough having him commentating on domestic games, with his apparent refusal to pronounce any word more complicated than, say, 'chips' correctly. But putting him on the commentary team on a tournament where all the players have foreign names could cause a full-blown 'international incident', for fucks sake!

                        Someone kill him now!

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                          #37
                          Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                          to be fair, "The Czech Republic" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. It needs to start calling itself "The CR", then we'd get it, like "The UK" or "The USA".

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                            #38
                            Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                            In today's Football Focus, they showed Panenka's "Panenka" penalty vs West Germany in 1976, saying "Czekoslovakia won at home". FFS, it was played in YUGOSLAVIA!

                            Apart from that, the national anthems, sung by "tenors" or whatever - what a waste.

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                              #39
                              Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                              Rogin the Armchair Fan wrote:
                              to be fair, "The Czech Republic" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. It needs to start calling itself "The CR", then we'd get it, like "The UK" or "The USA".
                              No! Don't be fair! I'm sure that they find the word 'cheque' easy enough to pronounce. And 'Republic of Ireland' is easy enough too, surely? Take a bit of each and you should have it down pat straight away.

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                                #40
                                Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                But who the hell in England calls Ireland "the Republic of Ireland", either? I rest my case.

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                                  #41
                                  Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                  Tyldesley remembering Turkey being knocked out of the 2002 World Cup by Brazil, both goals coming from Ronaldo....then explaining it was not the same Ronaldo that was on show today

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                                    #42
                                    Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                    Tyldesley = Twat

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                                      #43
                                      Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                      The fact that ITV thought long and hard about who they could poach from the Beeb to improve their coverage, and they signed up Craig Doyle.

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                                        #44
                                        Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                        No, I'm delighted about that. It means that I'm no longer (directly) paying the wages of the cuntiest cunt in the entire cunting cuntiverse.

                                        Also, what's wrong with "Czechy"?

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                                          #45
                                          Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                          I thought Gary Neville was pretty good on the sofa. Mind, he's used to sitting on one of them over the past year, isn't he?

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                                            #46
                                            Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                            Only two games a day isn't good. I was well up for watching another game last night after Portugal - Turkey, and there wasn't one. So I had to talk to people instead. Hmph.

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                                              #47
                                              Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                              I also think no matches during the afternoon on weekends is a bit rubbish, though at least the early matches are at a time when small kids can reasonably expect to see the end.

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                                                #48
                                                Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                                Nishlord wrote:
                                                Only two games a day isn't good. I was well up for watching another game last night after Portugal - Turkey, and there wasn't one. So I had to talk to people instead. Hmph.
                                                I was well up for watching another game last night as well... So I got on the internet and watched most of San Lorenzo vs. Banfield. The hosts won 3-2 in a match which decided which of the two will be in next season's Copa Sudamericana.

                                                There's football outside Europe, y'know...

                                                So far the biggest disappointment of Euro 2008 is that the Argentines aren't allowed to play in it. Because for all the talk about it being basically a world championship minus Brazil and Argentina, who was it who played the nicest football and scored the best two goals in Germany? The Czechs moved the ball around alright until the final third, and Portugal even better (certainly more penetratively) yesterday, but they'd have been absolutely roasted by the team that beat Mexico 4-1 on Wednesday. Can't we give them a special invitation? If CONMEBOL can do it for Mexico and the States...

                                                Of course I would say that, wouldn't I.

                                                Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesleym Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley

                                                And Motson. And the bleating about 'the atmosphere isn't up to much for a host nation' from both broadcasters. I mean in fairness, from the pictures, they seem to be telling it how it is, but there's also a clear implication of 'it wouldn't be like this if it was in England / if our team were involved', which is just as annoying.

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                                                  #49
                                                  Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                                  Hallelujah!

                                                  http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/euro2008/mediaplayer.html?features

                                                  RTE analysis and the return of Apres Match!

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                                                    #50
                                                    Things about Euro 2008 you're already annoyed by

                                                    I suppose we should be thankful we're watching it at all but the Canadian feed seems to be coming, via dial-up, from a laundry closet in Medicine Hat. There's no crowd noise at all, just a muffled whisper. It's like sitting on the seashore chewing Valium.

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