I love the Hamburg manager - Christian Titz. Not yer Jewish tits or Muslim tits. These are good ol' Christian Titz. I watched their game at the w/e and the English commentator kept saying "Teeeets" in some weird and failed attempt not to say "Tits". It sounded really creepy.....and didn't work one bit.
I remember the journalists having a really tough time with Niigata, resorting to calling the place "Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegatta" in the hope people had such short attention spans they forgot what they were saying approximately eight vowels ago.
I’m a bit worried about what one or two of the esteemed tv pundits will do with the pronunciation of our no 3 goalkeeper, especially if he plays a bit more often!
The England squad has had its fair share of decent names in the past. Im sure there was a game where Seaman, Butt, and Batty were all on the pitch at the same time.
For the same reason i check very carefully on the spelling before writing it down. The thought of putting 2 zs in there doesn't bear thinking of.
On the premier league page there is a world cup sweepstake and I drew Saudi Arabia. The condition of entry is that you select an attractive female from your drawn country. Mine now is the Queen. Had a slightly more raunchy pic for a while but while that suits the Premier League heathens, somehow felt unsuitable for here. I need a different avatar for each board.
Bottom line is it wouldn't feel right discussing footie with Maggie Blanchflower with a half naked avatar. That is my yardstick.
Replying in the World Cup thread, as it seems like the best place for it. Can't see Belgium doing it, as Martinez is a bit clueless. He'll probably pick a totally wonky squad, as he usually does. They've got plenty of talented players though, so they could progress quite far. Argentina have endless firepower, but very little balance. Messi, Aguero, Dybala, Higuain and Icardi? Frightening. Rojo, Funes Mori and an ancient Mascherano? Equally frightening, but for the wrong reasons. Brazil are the bookies favourites and I found that odd, until I looked at their squad. There's no real areas of weakness. Two good goalkeepers, a strong and experienced defence, some solid midfielders as well as creative ones and plenty of options up top. Their only problem might be their legs at the back. Lots of games and not much of a break between them.
A dozen players left out of the French squad are better than 90% of the players picked for our squad. Puts our chances into perspective.
