***Now the Portuguese football thread***
For about a decade now, I have been using variations on football players names for my work Windows passwords every time I'm asked to change it by the administrator. I then add a couple of numbers, capital letters and a non-numeric character to keep it reasonably hacker-proof. In terms of never forgetting my password, it's a winning approach. But sadly, for any player I choose, it's an absolute curse.
It all began back in 2007, with Benfica's mental midfielder Gilles Binya. Benfica were dire in 2007, Fernando Santos had been sacked and a half-arsed Jose Antonio Camacho had replaced him. The team couldn't give a toss, but in came this unknown Cameroonian midfielder called Binya who played like a man possessed, running around the pitch and kicked anything that moved. So good was Binya, that he became my first football player password, but within a couple of weeks, he horror tackled Scott Brown at Celtic Park and was never to be heard of again.
Next up was Toto Salvio, on loan from Atletico Madrid. He was brilliant, the ball would stick to his feet and he single handedly took Benfica to the semi-finals of the Europa League. Not only that, but the zeros and i's made his name a password dream, so I adopted it, only for Salvio to break his arm and basically be injured constantly every since.
The password curse extended to managers as well, Quique Flores was doomed from the start when I decided to adopt his numerical friendly name as my work password. The curse was so consistent I decided to adopt it to the opposition, giving Porto's Joao Moutinho a chance. Literally a couple of week's later I watched him destroy Benfica in a Portuguese Cup semi-final second round game.
Which brings me to the present day. I started a new job 3 weeks ago and foolishly chose a current favourite non-league player as my password. The weekend after I chose him, the poor guy broke his collar bone in a game and is out for the rest of the season.
I need to switch my game to right-wing politicians.
For about a decade now, I have been using variations on football players names for my work Windows passwords every time I'm asked to change it by the administrator. I then add a couple of numbers, capital letters and a non-numeric character to keep it reasonably hacker-proof. In terms of never forgetting my password, it's a winning approach. But sadly, for any player I choose, it's an absolute curse.
It all began back in 2007, with Benfica's mental midfielder Gilles Binya. Benfica were dire in 2007, Fernando Santos had been sacked and a half-arsed Jose Antonio Camacho had replaced him. The team couldn't give a toss, but in came this unknown Cameroonian midfielder called Binya who played like a man possessed, running around the pitch and kicked anything that moved. So good was Binya, that he became my first football player password, but within a couple of weeks, he horror tackled Scott Brown at Celtic Park and was never to be heard of again.
Next up was Toto Salvio, on loan from Atletico Madrid. He was brilliant, the ball would stick to his feet and he single handedly took Benfica to the semi-finals of the Europa League. Not only that, but the zeros and i's made his name a password dream, so I adopted it, only for Salvio to break his arm and basically be injured constantly every since.
The password curse extended to managers as well, Quique Flores was doomed from the start when I decided to adopt his numerical friendly name as my work password. The curse was so consistent I decided to adopt it to the opposition, giving Porto's Joao Moutinho a chance. Literally a couple of week's later I watched him destroy Benfica in a Portuguese Cup semi-final second round game.
Which brings me to the present day. I started a new job 3 weeks ago and foolishly chose a current favourite non-league player as my password. The weekend after I chose him, the poor guy broke his collar bone in a game and is out for the rest of the season.
I need to switch my game to right-wing politicians.
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