World Cup 2014, Brazil.

Perhaps we should borrow these three lions, they have better first touches than most of our side...: http://www.thesportbible.com/videos/kevin-richardson-plays-football-with-lions

 

Also animal related World Cup stories: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27639051

Tweet FIFA to persuade them to help fund their protection: http://www.acaatinga.org.br/english/

 

Pick your all time World Cup XI: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-27699398

I have picked a team based on those I have at least seen play at a World Cup: Buffon, Cafu, Maldini, Cannavaro, De Boer, Xavi, Ballack, Zidane, Iniesta, Ronaldo and Baggio.

 

Clement Greunier out with injury (true), increasing the chance for Morgan (hopefully).

 

I just went with what I know about the players and the records and ended up with:

Yashin; Carlos Alberto, Moore, Beckenbauer; Rivelino, Platini, Zidane, Jairzinho; Ronaldo, Pele, Maradona.

 

I hope he remains close.....but avoids too much attention.

 

That guy does know he's going to be lunch one day?

 

he reckons when the mood of the lions is off he doesn't chance it. they are all lions he's known since birth as well.

quite interesting. it's not like siegfried and roy by the sounds of it.

edit: that said, you're probably right, one day he'll misjudge it.

 

Someone mentioned honey badgers yesterday as being fearless. There was a programme recently about a honey badger in a zoo who kept escaping from his enclosure so he could break into the neighbouring compound and attack the lions. Got away with it several times, but then misjudged it and got beaten up and spent some time in the infirmary (plotting his revenge, no doubt). You can get away with stuff only so long.

 

Haha, yes, that was me.

 

Honey badger doesn't give a ****

 

Would be more inspiring, and definitely more imposing, too!

 

Also pretty smart...the honey badger I mentioned used a tree to climb out of his enclosure, so they removed the tree. So he stacked up rocks against the wall, so they removed the rocks. So he made mud balls and stacked them against the wall. They gave him a mate to calm him down, so he held a wire gate steady, so she could climb up and undo two separate bolts.

 

Is there a Honey Badger World Cup coming up?
I've just got in & thought this thread would be all about Morgs.

 

Morgan has a thread of his own. Anyway would Morgan attack lions? No...exactly

 

He deserves two, three if you count the one coming up where Roy Hodgson advises him to sign for Liverpoor.

 

He'd be good at stacking mud balls, I reckon.

 

Probably what some of our players will be resorting to by the end of this window, if papers are to be believed.
Rolled up turf balls stacked up to the top of SMS.

 

While they are up there, could they fix the leaks?

 

Anyone watching Serbia - Brasil? Serbia the better team so far. I'm starting to think Croatia can take something from the opener.