Football Bitching: The 'soccer' thread [Archive]

MisterBishi

04-10-2002, 09:19 PM

Originally posted by berserk
Typical English football myopia. The best team at the moment is Real Madrid, with or without Ronaldo.

I agree, we were just discussing the Premiership.

The problem facing the rest of the European clubs is that the King of Spain is a Real Madrid fan.

You may recall a year or two ago that Real sold their training facilities to the King for over £100m, the king then gave it back to them.

Originally posted by berserk
That said, Arsenal are rather good at the moment & definitely kicks Man U off the park.

United are just hitting form and will get better, this time of the season is historically a bad time for United, the premiership is won after christmas.

Originally posted by berserk
Fergie is not a paedophile because he is a beastialist.

Please provide proof (.jpg format is preferred) :D

berserk

04-10-2002, 09:29 PM

Fergie's beastiality? Applying the Bush-Blair standards of evidence, I'd point out his unnatural affinity for Arabian stallions.

I stand corrected on ENGLISH football. In English football, I agree with chronic, Arsenal are the best team at the moment & I doubt that despite all the foreign players in their team, they will get mushy feet during the winter. I recall Arsenal doing rather well during the last season's winter as well.

That said Liverpool are only 2 points behind Arsenal at the moment.

MisterBishi

04-10-2002, 09:35 PM

Liverpool don't have it in them to last the season, Arsenal did play well last winter and this season will be very close.

I recall several times in the past, however, when United have had a poor start to the season and proved the critics wrong.

I can't believe that some people were saying the season was over after six games.

Originally posted by Kevin Keegan
You won't win anything with kids.

Haha :D

Chronic

04-10-2002, 10:47 PM

I dunno what it is, but Man U just don't seem to be the team they were a couple of seasons ago. Its not like they have drastically changed their line up or anything, the core remains the same, they just don't seem to gell like they used to.

Although Everton have always been my team, I'm more a fan of good football, so it disapoints me that Man U aren't performing so well this season. What I'd like is for another close title race to keep things interesting (providing Everton finish mid table).

I agree that Liverpool probably don't have it in them to last the whole season (although I think they will probably finish top 4), but I do think that United will have to up their game sooner rather than later to give Arsenal a run for their money.

MisterBishi

04-10-2002, 10:54 PM

On Monday night you will see some good football when United hit four past Everton! :D

Ryan Giggs & Ruud van Nistelrooy will have your defence chasing shadows.

coreageek

04-10-2002, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by berserk
Typical English football myopia. The best team at the moment is Real Madrid, with or without Ronaldo.

With Ronaldo, other teams must make their time! They have no chance to survive! </AYB cliche>

Here's my rant.

It's unfortunate that I live in the US and all of the sports SUCK. However, since i work third shift, i can catch up with BBC worldsport on the radio when i take my breaks.

Even with that, I only get scores. I can't watch a game ANYWHERE! Even with the MLS, they NEVER EVEN AIR THE GAMES. There are only 10 major league soccer teams, and only 2 or 3 of them are good, and only one of the teams has their own stadium to play in while the others have to rent/borrow stadiums of teams from other sports.

Football isn't football, in the US, it's soccer. Soccer - not to be confused with football, which is as entertaining as watching paint dry. Guys put on a shitload of pads, and run around and bump into each other every so often when there isn't down time. The only skill involved is getting FAT like almost every other god damn person in this country.

Guess what? Remember that game. . . oh, that one that no one cared about. You know, the WORLD CUP FINAL GAME? The ABC television network actually aired it, however, the local stations that syndicate ABC decided to show infomercials instead! It's okay though, ONLY A FOURTH OF THE WORLD WAS WATCHING. I had to watch the videotaped game later on in the day, because of these fucktards.

It looks like I have to wait until 2006, the next world cup, before I'll ever get to watch a game on television again. If you've read all of this, then maybe you'll start understanding what shit it is to be a football fan in the US. People give me strange looks when I say that I enjoy it, and somehow, they manage to change the subject to american football or cars. The fact that I can't seem to get away from talk about cars will be a seperate rant, soon to come.

*vomit*

Chronic

05-10-2002, 12:52 AM

What Corageek wrote

Yes, American Football is teh suck.

Bostonmess

05-10-2002, 03:30 AM

This is bitching and rants right? K then I'll start. Totally agree with what Coreageek said. I'll just add that I get the impression that if the yanks didn't invent it then they don't like playing it 'cos it's crap even though the rest of the world disagrees. World series baseball (eh?wtf?)versus who? Fucking rounders with bigger bats.

Another thing (fucking manu) the team we love to hate :). Yes they are good, yes they are the most succesfull in the Premiership. So fucking what it's history over and done with. Everyones straight up their fucking arses, commentators do my fucking head in. You can tell they want manu to win when they watch it. Whenever Van Nistlerooy misses you get like "well it's not often you see that" sort of bollox comment. Yes he is a good striker, so what? Climb out of his rectum.

Leeds beat them the other week. Ok from where I was watching it was manu's game until Leeds scored. Then there wasn't any problem. I must admit I was expecting an even bigger onslaught, but it never came.

Anyway, when you haven't beat 'em for ages you tend to bask in your glory (the video is available on the leeds webby priced £10)so I'm like reading it on the teletext next day. Guess what the Fuckups had written? "Leeds Utd fresh from their glorious victory over the champions Man Utd". Fucking champions? Champions of fucking what? Excuse me but did they even win anything last season? They got fuck all just like Leeds I seem to recall.

This is what pisses me off. Everyones so far up their arses. It's only a fucking football team, it's not that important. I never want manu to win anything, even foreign games I want them to lose, because almost everyone else, for some bizarre reason, supports them. Where's the fucking logic in following someone, you don't live/was born anyway near?

I know loads of Manu fans from my area. Why do you support them I'll ask. "'Cos they're the best" comes their sad reply. So do you support Brasil in the world cup? "No do I fuck, I support England" Hello, will you make fucking sense please?

Manu have a problem these days, I reckon anyway. It's called "Everyfuckingone wants to beat the fucking bastards, so they try 50 times harder than usual." Fucking good.

Liverpool are the most successful team in English footy? Arsenal Are awsome atm. They beat Leeds 1-4 at Elland rd. SFW? They were unlucky they should have had more. Manu are the only team I hate in the world:) Jealousy you might say, well maybe a bit? But really it's 'cos everyone supports 'em. It's only football, why does it piss me off so much.

If it wasn't for these people I could enjoy watching Man Utd win ('cos it's brilliant football) instead I have to sit there and suffer as they go on their way annihilating some good team that are made to look shit.

Alan Smith interview the other week.

"Is their any team that you would never play for?"
"Yeah, Man United" Well said that lad. And don't say that they wouldn't have him 'cos it's not the point.

Whew, I'm off for a lie down.

Grumblefish

05-10-2002, 06:13 AM

When I was living in Essex/loughton, I barracked for Arsenal. Damn Manchester United pricks kept thrashing every team that dared walk out onto the pitch to meet them, but I still kept saying that Arsenal was the best team. I may have been wrong then, but it's good to see they are killing the opposition now, even if it is a few years too late.

Grumblefish

05-10-2002, 06:25 AM

Originally posted by coreageek

Football isn't football, in the US, it's soccer. Soccer - not to be confused with football, which is as entertaining as watching paint dry.

It's soccer in other places as well, namely Australia, which has the awesome aussie rules footy.

I'll agree that grid iron sucks though, but I just ignore it. If anyone starts turning the conversation towards it, I usually just point out that grid iron is rugby for women. They always disagree, but in the end their argument boils down to something like "oh, we strap a sofas worth of pillows to our shoulders and don a motorbike helmet because we are not dumb and we don't want to get hurt like those rugged rugby fellows. Also, we wear skin tight jodphurs because they make us run faster, not because we like looking at each others arses.".

Chronic

05-10-2002, 09:06 AM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
I HATE MAN U.

I will always support any British team in an international competition, you gotta have some national pride.

Yes Man U do get a lot of support for what some people may percieve as being the wrong reasons, but the fact of the matter is that they remain a very entertaining team to watch. Love them or loathe them, you can't deny that they are always entertaining.

Bostonmess

05-10-2002, 07:01 PM

My sentiments exactly. Just excluding Manu :)

coreageek

05-10-2002, 07:04 PM

Originally posted by Grumblefish

It's soccer in other places as well, namely Australia, which has the awesome aussie rules footy.

I've heard praise of the AFL many a time from Movis - it's too bad i can't see it for myself

Bostonmess

05-10-2002, 07:18 PM

My favourite page on saturday: http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/tables/premiership.html

It's live. Look at where Manu are already the BASTARDS! :(

coreageek

05-10-2002, 07:51 PM

Though my rant was about the US and soccer, the FIFA world rankings shows the US ahead of England at the moment at number 8. I don't think that will last long, but I'm becoming increasingly confident in the US national players on the international stage.

Bostonmess

05-10-2002, 08:05 PM

Yup they getting better. And with that massive nation to recruit from (not always a factor, look at the Pharoah Isles vs Scotland :))things are looking rosey.

I suppose a lot of young American dudes in schools/colleges are starting to think that it's a great sport to play, if your not 23 stone and 7 ft tall. After all who really wants to run into other blokes anyway? Especially ones that are massive and might break ribs if they fall on you.

coreageek

05-10-2002, 08:19 PM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
Yup they getting better. And with that massive nation to recruit from (not always a factor, look at the Pharoah Isles vs Scotland :))things are looking rosey.

I suppose a lot of young American dudes in schools/colleges are starting to think that it's a great sport to play, if your not 23 stone and 7 ft tall. After all who really wants to run into other blokes anyway? Especially ones that are massive and might break ribs if they fall on you.

Well, I've heard people say that the MLS isn't bad. I did make it to a game in Columbus, though (the team that Brian Mcbride plays for), and I noticed that MLS teams are really bad compared to the international teams. Mostly in the way that you compare american movies to foreign films. Americans are all about the action, while other countries seem to be more involved in thought, or an equal balance between the two. If i could only count the missed goal opportunities because of lack of strategy and the desire to be the goal maker instead of the assister. The Columbus Crew won by some miracle, and DC United (who actually had strategy) lost 2-1.

Most of the national team players are from the MLS, though - which is not bad, because on every team, there are a few players who are willing to have a balance between action and strategy (or they're just plain good). Our national team is what I think the MLS teams should play like (not in skill but in strategy), but it isn't so. That's why the MLS All Stars Vs. The US National team was such a joke - I didn't even get the scores for it. . . who needs to.

Bostonmess

05-10-2002, 08:28 PM

The thing I like about American football (soccer), is that penalty shoot out at the end if it's a draw. Where you have a run up with the ball from 1/2 way. They ought to do this all over, instead of the "ordinary" penalties that they usually end up taking.

coreageek

05-10-2002, 08:32 PM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
The thing I like about American football (soccer), is that penalty shoot out at the end if it's a draw. Where you have a run up with the ball from 1/2 way. They ought to do this all over, instead of the "ordinary" penalties that they usually end up taking.

Haha, right. . .I almost got to witness this when I went to the Columbus game, but the Crew scored that extra point before the end :mad:

Bostonmess

06-10-2002, 08:51 PM

Barclaycard Premiership:

Arsenal v Sunderland 14.00
Aston Villa v Leeds 15.00
Blackburn v Tottenham 15.00
Fulham v Charlton 13.00
Liverpool v Chelsea 16.05

C'mon Leeds, Sunderland, Blackburn, Fulham, and the draw :)

nosedog

07-10-2002, 05:06 PM

Football is Crap
Soccer is dull, uninteresting, tedious, dreary, tiresome, and all the other MS Word synonyms for 'boring'. I'd rather staple my head to a stallion's schlong and have it thrust repeatedly into a horse's vagina than watch a sport where numbing the arse off the other team with monotonous back-and-forthery is a prerequisite for winning. Soccer's popularity does not demonstrate it's superiority as a game, but is merely an indicator that the general population is either as stupid as a plank or lacks an alternative sport to watch. Within Australia, the Greatest Sporting Nation on Earth, soccer rates in popularity somewhere between wheelchair high-jumping and cheese-rolling, and the reason for it's unpopularity is that Aussies know a fucken shithouse sport when they see one. I'd argue further, Misterbishi, but I fear that you will only trip over one of my irrefutable points of logic, swan dive, milk a penalty shot and claim you won the argument. Instead I will leave you with the following points to consider:

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Soccer is shit, therefore Manchester U are as well .
Alex Ferguson may not be a paedophile, soccer is still shit.
Soccer is shit, soccer is shit, soccer is shit.

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Bostonmess

07-10-2002, 05:44 PM

Running into people is stoopid. You should try to go round.

nosedog

07-10-2002, 06:11 PM

Charley Dancey: Never reply to my posts again. Ever.

You are just too much of a dipshit.

Bostonmess

08-10-2002, 03:07 AM

Ok then master. Get the fuck out of the football thread, brain dead.

Bostonmess

08-10-2002, 03:23 AM

Come on
Everton :)

Bostonmess

08-10-2002, 07:54 AM

Bugger. Typical :(

Chronic

08-10-2002, 09:54 AM

You shouldn't be supprised - yet again Man U have wone a game in the last five minutes.

sperm

08-10-2002, 11:46 AM

grrr, dont you hate when you craft a long and eloquent post to have it get lost ......... Ill try again

First of all, I do truly believe that soccer is the rightful claimant to the title of FOOTball; I hope the purist dont mind I call it by the fostered name of soccer....

Ive played soccer since 1977, im NOT and never will be much of a sport watcher (barring world cup action); but I have formed a few opinions along the way.

To me, whats wrong with soccer is:
Offside rule - holds up the flow of the game
Conservative defence - if it comes anywhere near your end boot the hell out of the ball
Low scoring - Fans are understandby disappointed when for all the action the scoreboard stays low and uneventful
Poor results - Often drawn games, or worse a fluke result will give a win to a team that obviously doesnt deserve it on the skill merits
Diving/faking - Its such a poor and lowly way to earn free-kicks
Penalty shootouts - such a WRONG way to decide the result, this is my pet pev playing the game - it must be changed.
Nationalism (racism) - extending down to every league Ive ever played in, why do teams needs an ethnic/cultural affliation; some people will drive the entire length of the city just to play with people that came from their same country. Just play the game I say.
FIFA - international governing body that holds the rules to the game unwavingerly.

More recently I playing alot more 5-a-side soccer, and its so much better:
There is no offside rule - with limited players its a gamble to send a player to the other end, its no good kicking the ball out - possesion is the most valuable assest in the game, scoring is quite high in most games - ten goals in a game is common (plus its not 90mins but 40mins), diving is rare - free kicks are generally blocked and its easier to score swiftly with the defence more open, penalty shootouts remain (grr) but are rare, the teams are small and mixed backgrounds (hurrah!), and finially the league has no affliations - so the rules are adjusted often, sensibly and trial ideas can be used.

I know some rule changes have been brought to traditional soccer, such as pass-backs, time wasting and golden-goals; but in my opinion it just hasnt saved the game from its well deserved critiques.

The game is in serious need for reform; theres alot of admirable talent and skill employed with ball handling, but its just too easy to lock down and make it scoreless and actionless ......

Bostonmess

08-10-2002, 05:50 PM

You're damn right, Chronic, I'm not not surprised, another thing wrong with the game, Sperm is it's too long. If it was only 80 minutes, Manu wouldn't have won half the titles they've won :)

I think the offside rule for me is the thing that makes it exciting, otherwise they might all be stood on the goal line waiting for the big punt up field. To be honest I don't mind it being called soccer, though I'm used to calling it footy/football.

Penalties, though a bit of a dodgy way to decide a game are exciting as fuck, I just wish they'd adopt the American system where they take a run up from half way. My friends would like to crucify me for suggesting/admitting this.

Low scoring is just a fact of the sport. It's not the easiest thing to get the ball in the back of the net. Goals are great but they aren't everything. Take last night, Manu v Everton, should have been a pretty enjoyable nil nil. But 3 goals in 5 minutes or whatever and it ends up 3 nil. Great goal scored by Scholes.

Conservative defences I can't say much about as I used to be in one. Well, actually, everyone else was ok. It was just me that used to shat 'em and punt the ball back from whence it came. I never scored in about 3 years, playing for a pub team.

Diving sucks, there should be more red cards brandished for looking a twat.

Nationalism/racism. I'd play with anyone (fnar fnar) but when it comes to support I believe you should support your local.

I don't think it needs reform. Could benefit by somemore good ideas like the back pass law. I don't like the golden goal, though they've changed it a bit recently, so that might improve it.

It is too easy to make it scoreless and actionless, but they changed the points ruling ages ago to deter this. It's only one point for a draw. Still you can't blame teams going to old trafford and looking for a point. It's manu's game to break 'em down which they almost inevitably do.

Everton were unlucky, overall Manu were the better team, but it could have gone either way until the 85th minute or whenever it was.

sperm

08-10-2002, 06:05 PM

The offside rule in traditional is needed, but often bitched about by ppl who dont understand it. Quite simply without it too many injuries would occur as the goalkeeper tries to spoil the forwards.

Penalty shootouts are the ultimate evil, its the scorers against the goalkeeper. The skills to win this are vastly different to winning a game in normal time. It doesnt take into account the strength of a defense. As a goalkeeper myself, im short but stocky, so Im good at quick reflex shots and taking the ball competitively from peoples feet; but with penalities i have limited reach - its hardly fair :p
I would like to see the return to a re-scheduled game (what ever happened to those?); or attrition, each side must remove one player each in extra time every five minutes; that would strip the team to their essential players and a more likely result.
Theres lots of other radical ideas I have seen mooted about; why cant any of these be trialled ? shootouts are just wrong, you may as well roll the dice to determine the winner.

Racism is alive and well in australian soccer; althought I consider myself 'english' you dont get a choice but to play in ethnic based teams; I played dutch as a junior and greek as a senior. Theres even some teams (e.g. ethopian) where im staggered to think theres enough numbers in town to even form a club !
Not that long ago there was a big push to remove references to national flags from the NSL (national soccer league) team emblems - alot of people werent happy about it !

Incidently - 5-a-side soccer is limited to roughly 40 minutes; 18 minute halfs; and theres still way more action to defeat the critics!!

coreageek

08-10-2002, 11:55 PM

Originally posted by nosedog
Football is Crap
Soccer is dull, uninteresting, tedious, dreary, tiresome, and all the other MS Word synonyms for 'boring'. I'd rather staple my head to a stallion's schlong and have it thrust repeatedly into a horse's vagina than watch a sport where numbing the arse off the other team with monotonous back-and-forthery is a prerequisite for winning. Soccer's popularity does not demonstrate it's superiority as a game, but is merely an indicator that the general population is either as stupid as a plank or lacks an alternative sport to watch. Within Australia, the Greatest Sporting Nation on Earth, soccer rates in popularity somewhere between wheelchair high-jumping and cheese-rolling, and the reason for it's unpopularity is that Aussies know a fucken shithouse sport when they see one. I'd argue further, Misterbishi, but I fear that you will only trip over one of my irrefutable points of logic, swan dive, milk a penalty shot and claim you won the argument. Instead I will leave you with the following points to consider:

---------------------------------------------------

Soccer is shit, therefore Manchester U are as well .
Alex Ferguson may not be a paedophile, soccer is still shit.
Soccer is shit, soccer is shit, soccer is shit.

----------------------------------------------------

Name a better sport - soccer/football seems to be the least mindless of the sports that I can think of.

Movius

09-10-2002, 01:06 AM

Originally posted by sperm
grrr, dont you hate when you craft a long and eloquent post to have it get lost ......... Ill try again

First of all, I do truly believe that soccer is the rightful claimant to the title of FOOTball; I hope the purist dont mind I call it by the fostered name of soccer....

Strictly neither Football or Soccer is correct. The full correct name is Assocation Football. In my opinion both names are equally valid abbreviations, though I use soccer & use football to refer to Australian Rules Football, that being the dominant football code of this region.

Ive played soccer since 1977, im NOT and never will be much of a sport watcher (barring world cup action); but I have formed a few opinions along the way.

To me, whats wrong with soccer is:
Offside rule - holds up the flow of the game

I used to hold this view, but i feel that changing this rule would create an overly large change in the skills of the game. There would also be a much larger increase in Head on collisions & similar injuries. it would also increas the prevalence of the Conservative defence as mentioned below.

Conservative defence - if it comes anywhere near your end boot the hell out of the ball
Low scoring - Fans are understandby disappointed when for all the action the scoreboard stays low and uneventful

Soccer isn't the only sport where overly conservative defense is found frequently, Basketball & Aussie Rules are some examples. Furthermore attempts to artificially remove such defence & increase scoring often turn the game into a farsical impersonation of it's former self (ie: NBA vs Real Basketball)

Poor results - Often drawn games, or worse a fluke result will give a win to a team that obviously doesnt deserve it on the skill merits

If you do not score more goals than the opponent. you have not demonstrated the necessary skills to win the game.

Diving/faking - Its such a poor and lowly way to earn free-kicks

Happens everywhere. Soccer is actually one of the only sports to penalise this at the moment.

Penalty shootouts - such a WRONG way to decide the result, this is my pet pev playing the game - it must be changed.
yes, but short of a rematch or never ending string of extra time periods there isn't any better option.

Nationalism (racism) - extending down to every league Ive ever played in, why do teams needs an ethnic/cultural affliation; some people will drive the entire length of the city just to play with people that came from their same country. Just play the game I say.

Again it's not the only sport to suffer such problems. Basketball comes to mind as an example. This is the same reason India Vs Pakistan cricket games are almost always played on neutral venues.

FIFA - international governing body that holds the rules to the game unwavingerly.

If FIFA wasn't there UEFA would turn into a soccer version of the NBA.

More recently I playing alot more 5-a-side soccer, and its so much better:
There is no offside rule - with limited players its a gamble to send a player to the other end, its no good kicking the ball out - possesion is the most valuable assest in the game, scoring is quite high in most games - ten goals in a game is common (plus its not 90mins but 40mins), diving is rare - free kicks are generally blocked and its easier to score swiftly with the defence more open, penalty shootouts remain (grr) but are rare, the teams are small and mixed backgrounds (hurrah!), and finially the league has no affliations - so the rules are adjusted often, sensibly and trial ideas can be used.

I know some rule changes have been brought to traditional soccer, such as pass-backs, time wasting and golden-goals; but in my opinion it just hasnt saved the game from its well deserved critiques.

The game is in serious need for reform; theres alot of admirable talent and skill employed with ball handling, but its just too easy to lock down and make it scoreless and actionless ......

Ultimately the 'boring' soccer is mostly played by teams that lose. The motivation to win should be sufficient motivation to produce an exciting game.

Bostonmess

09-10-2002, 03:13 AM

Penalty shootouts are fair, but they are as they say a bit of a lottery. I like to see 'em (sort of) 'cos they're exciting. In the english premiership if it's a draw it's a draw. The cups tend to do the rematch then the extra time then the penalties, depending which competion and how far they are into it.

World cup/international footy these days (I think) they are going for the golden goal still. However the rule changes so that whoever is winning (if anyone) at the end of half time of extra time are the overall winners. If it's a draw then it goes on for another 15 mins. During these fifteen minutes if one team scores the other team needs to get an equalizer. This sounds like a really good idea in theory and should make it really exciting. If there are no winners at full time then it's penalties.

A goal keeper called Sperm. Are you related to Se(a)men?

MisterBishi

09-10-2002, 06:22 PM

Originally posted by Chronic
You shouldn't be supprised - yet again Man U have wone a game in the last five minutes.

We actually won the game for 90 minutes, we just didn't score until the last five. :D

John O'Shea played a blinder, as did David Beckham.

Silvestre had a mare, yet again, he gives away possession too often, as did Juan Veron.

Bostonmess

10-10-2002, 04:00 AM

I didn't think you were that good. Ok you were the better, but not by loads. A draw would have been a fair result, but it could have gone either way, unfuckingfortunately it went the way of Manu :(

MisterBishi

10-10-2002, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
I didn't think you were that good. Ok you were the better, but not by loads. A draw would have been a fair result, but it could have gone either way, unfuckingfortunately it went the way of Manu :(

I disagree, Everton didn't have a real chance until Rooney came on at the end, although United's finishing, and Veron/Silvestre's passing was poor.

We should have had the game wrapped up by about 60 minutes.

I feel sorry for the United fans who left the ground on 85 minutes and missed all three goals. :p

Bostonmess

11-10-2002, 02:52 AM

Hmmm, ok, not many chances, but a bit of possession/attacking. Beckham hit the wood too :).

[Edit] Bit like this: http://msn.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,1-1066279,00.html I'd say.

peril

11-10-2002, 03:44 AM

Foolsball! A bunch of "men" with no necks that chase an inflated peice of pig skin around a damp feild in a vain attemp to get it between 2 posts, all so the can go to the pub and 'pull a root' (normaly off "some young hairdresser") BIG FUCKING DEAL

Bostonmess

11-10-2002, 04:04 AM

Peril - someone who posts a load of bollox in loads of threads that no one reads 'cos it's boring and doesn't really say anything

Pig skin, no necks. Which footy you been watchin?

asskickergod

11-10-2002, 05:08 AM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
Pig skin, no necks. Which footy you been watchin?

I'm guessing the imaginary kind. His description fits no sport that I have ever seen or heard of.

Bostonmess

11-10-2002, 05:10 AM

Oh I geddit he's on about the loacal team :)_

[edit] loacal wonder if that's like diet coke.

asskickergod

11-10-2002, 05:13 AM

Maybe he's talking about the Special Olympics.

sperm

11-10-2002, 10:03 AM

I always thought the 'no-neck' thing was used to describe people who play rubgy (thugby). The very same guys who tape their ears to their heads like the feral dogs they are ......

Bloody northern bum-sniffing pastimes !

Bostonmess

13-10-2002, 02:58 AM

C'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england

It's a good song. Anyone wanna learn it?

MisterBishi

13-10-2002, 03:58 AM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
C'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england

It's a good song. Anyone wanna learn it?

C'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england, c'mon england

Bostonmess

13-10-2002, 04:13 AM

MASSIVE
FOOKING
CHANTING

MisterBishi

13-10-2002, 04:27 AM

'ave it!

Bostonmess

13-10-2002, 04:33 AM

I'm sat here having a stella, watching the game. http://www.cscentral.com/fun/flash/buttweiser.php

MisterBishi

13-10-2002, 04:44 AM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
I'm sat here having a stella, watching the game. http://www.cscentral.com/fun/flash/buttweiser.php

Stella is great, I think I'm agreeing with you too much today CD, it's not gonna last though :)

Bostonmess

13-10-2002, 09:06 AM

Here you go then :) Smithy was the man of the match and he didn't even get booked.

coreageek

13-10-2002, 09:10 AM

Hey, I almost forgot to mention this. . . Well, I don't know if you've heard this or not . . . Just as a side note, Brazil won the World Cup - I guess that means they BEAT ENGLAND! :D

Bostonmess

13-10-2002, 09:12 AM

We let 'em win :)

coreageek

13-10-2002, 09:17 AM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
We let 'em win :)

And I don't beat the salami.

hehe

Bostonmess

13-10-2002, 11:29 AM

Why are the Brazilians the best lovers in the world?

@cos they can lob Seaman from thiry yards :)

MisterBishi

22-10-2002, 10:54 PM

Villa were shit last night, which makes me happy :)

Bostonmess

22-10-2002, 11:07 PM

I don't like football anymore :(

MisterBishi

22-10-2002, 11:09 PM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
I don't like football anymore :(

How come?

Bostonmess

22-10-2002, 11:48 PM

'Cos fucking Leeds suck like a singularity. You know why. You just want me to say it.

MisterBishi

22-10-2002, 11:50 PM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
'Cos fucking Leeds suck like a singularity. You know why. You just want me to say it.

You can't stop liking football just because you support a shit team, I mean just look at Chronic!

Bostonmess

22-10-2002, 11:57 PM

Oh well they've had their glory this year. They beat your lot once :). That'll do for me. Relegation here we come.

Actually I thought they looked alright against 'pool on satdi. Fair result though.

utopian

23-10-2002, 03:54 AM

i support manchester united cos my great grandfather (or one of his brothers or someone related to me) played for them.

if i want to watch a good game of soccer i'll watch them

afl is a great sport.. i even played it one season. AND ENJOYED IT!

best team ever is collingwood (i lived there when i was born). if i want to watch a good game i'll watch the brisbane lions

Bostonmess

23-10-2002, 04:11 AM

Originally posted by Utopienne
i support manchester united cos my great grandfather (or one of his brothers or someone related to me) played for them.

*stabs self in eyeball with pen several times*

Oh well at least it's an original excuse. :(

utopian

23-10-2002, 04:40 AM

hehe

chill man... i rarely watch any form of sport

Bostonmess

23-10-2002, 05:04 AM

Heh heh. Manu games are rarely sporting. They pay the ref off and everything. :)

MisterBishi

23-10-2002, 05:07 AM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
Heh heh. Manu games are rarely sporting. They pay the ref off and everything. :)

Bullshit Officer.

Bostonmess

23-10-2002, 05:17 AM

Bah! Who threw you a banana? Manu are allowed 6 substitutes. If they're losing they get 15 minutes extra time. And the ref plays like an extra striker, but not Forlan, 'cos that would be a hinderence. :o

Chronic

23-10-2002, 09:53 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
You can't stop liking football just because you support a shit team, I mean just look at Chronic!

You cheeky young upstart.

It takes real commitment to support a team like Everton (who incidentally are playing quite well atm), and now we have players like Rooney (and his two yonger brothers who play for the U16s), Gravesson, Radzinski, and Li Tie (piddle i po) we will hopefully become even stronger.

MisterBishi

23-10-2002, 09:59 PM

Originally posted by Chronic
You cheeky young upstart.

It takes real commitment to support a team like Everton (who incidentally are playing quite well atm), and now we have players like Rooney (and his two yonger brothers who play for the U16s), Gravesson, Radzinski, and Li Tie (piddle i po) we will hopefully become even stronger.

:cool:

MisterBishi

04-11-2002, 08:07 PM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
Leeds suck like a singularity.

Oh yeah!

Arsenal were lucky too, the bastids.

Bostonmess

05-11-2002, 03:46 AM

............but MANu were'nt? How many other teams can get away with playing football without wearing a shirt. None. Manu paid the ref off yet again.

Late goal from MANU yet again. Lucky bastards.

Leeds lucky bastards. Bad/sad day when apart from Robinson, Bakke is your best man.

Ha MANU = hasbeens :)

Leeds = Neverwillbe

MisterBishi

05-11-2002, 03:50 AM

To be honest Charley, I was going to edit my post to add that. I'm hoping that we turn it on against Leverkusen, even though it's not the most important game of the season.

Our champions league form has been good this year but in the league we haven't been ourselves.

Beckham better not start flapping either, now that an "Eastern Crime Syndicate" has been foiled in their plot to kidnap his missus.

tomsyman

05-11-2002, 03:58 AM

Be original and go for Man City!

Anyhoo, cricket starts on Wednesday night go the Aussies, and all blacks vs england on saturday, we can all go back to ignoring the boringness that is soccer :D

MisterBishi

05-11-2002, 04:04 AM

Originally posted by tomsyman
Be original and go for Man City!

Anyhoo, cricket starts on Wednesday night go the Aussies, and all blacks vs england on saturday, we can all go back to ignoring the boringness that is soccer :D

http://www.suwanneesheriff.com/siren_animated.gif

LAMER ALERT!! :D

Bostonmess

05-11-2002, 04:07 AM

ATM you're like Leeds (but better obviously, duhh). In my opinion we/you need more midfield strength. I'd like to see Batty (old fooker) get a run out, even if he's knackered. You're missing Keane and Butt.

Dacourt's hurt his knackers, I like him he's got that strength but can still play a bit too. So has Bowyer but ATM he is shite, don't know why, you'd think he'd really be trying to sell himself with his contract ending soon and being on a Bosman.

WTF has happened to Kewell. The next Ryan Giggs. We should have sold him 3 year ago when he was good. Smithy I don't rate as a striker (great player) I'd drop into midfield, 'cos he's a crazy fooker. I see him as a Sheringham but stronger. People compare him to Shearer. Errrr well ok, but he doesn't score, so apart from that........

A year or so ago I was saying all we need is someone who can finish ('cos in my opinion we were getting loads of chances). Then we got Fowler (whoopee) then he got injured. Now when he comes back he'll be lucky to get any chances the way we're playin.

At the start of the season I was saying that Robinson could win us the league. Now I'm saying Robinson could stop us from being relegated :(

Everyone was buzzin' about Venebales being appointed, so much so that they forgot that Oleary had done a good job (ok so he didn't win owt). Now their all saying he's got to go. Give him a season or so I reckon/hope/pray.

Bostonmess

05-11-2002, 04:13 AM

Cricket? My grandma (seriously) watches that.

Take a 100 metre run up chuck the ball, catch the ball, chuck the ball back to the bowler. Take another 100 metre run up etc etc. Seagull lands on pitch, hurray a bit of action, maybe get a streaker 'cos they been sat there all day getting pissed 'cos they're bored out their head.

Cricket sux. Start a cricket thread please :)

Chronic

05-11-2002, 04:43 AM

Did you enjoy the game yesterday Charley ?

http://www.evertonfc.com/uploadedImages/rooneyleeds.jpg

MisterBishi

05-11-2002, 04:45 AM

Hahaha, that's gonna piss him off ;p

Look at the kid though, he is a typical little scally crook, I reckon he spends around 37% of his £10,000 a week on Bostik and brown paper bags. :D

Bostonmess

05-11-2002, 04:51 AM

Someone said that Everton hadn't won at Elland Rd for 40 years or sommat? Jeezus I didn't know Everton had been that shite. Oh well At least they're getting their act together now.

Yes I'm enjoying every Leeds game at the moment. Other pastimes are: pulling out my fingernails, banging my head against hard things, sand papering my skin then getting in a saltwater bath and inserting barbs into my japs eye. It's a wonderful time to be a Leeds fan. :(

MisterBishi

05-11-2002, 04:54 AM

I reckon the Leeds fans need to give Venables a break though. Apparently morale is a big problem for the players there atm.

Bostonmess

05-11-2002, 05:00 AM

Venables was a good/proven manager until he got to Elland Rd. Typical Leeds luck. Minstya I can't see 'em being relegated. As they say the only way is up almost. But for Everton :) well err I hope they hold their form for you Chronic. But I doubt if they will.

Good league ATM, much better than when MANU were winning everything.

Fuck morale. They should be going out and having a go. Like they did against MANU (last time they won at home). Getting hammered every week should make you play better or at least try harder. Still reckon they need a stronger midfield.

Chronic

05-11-2002, 05:19 AM

You're right Charley, our run of form might not last. That's why I have to make the most every victory we have. I'll just be pleased if we finish in the top half of the table.

I can't remember the last time we were 6th at this stage in the season.

As for Rooney, I just hope he doesn't turn into another Jeffers. I really hope he delivers his full potential not just for Everton but for England too in the future. Just imagine the combination of him and Owen up front, it would scare the shit out of any defence.

Bostonmess

05-11-2002, 05:35 AM

The thing with our teams Chronic, is that they need to be the underdog. Like when Leeds were in the Champions league. When leeds played MANU, they upped their game. OK when they played Arsenal they might aswell have not turned up.

When they played Everton (no disrespect) Leeds were the ones expected to win and Everton were the underdogs. Actually the teams were much closer than thought and I reckon it was the extra effort by Everton that turned the match so one sided. Hopefully it will be more of a contest at Goodison.

Wonder what's gonna happen against the Hammers at Upton? I mean they're playin' crap and I reckon Leeds will probably walk into that expecting to win. West Ham might seize the oppotunity to turn them over. Then again Leeds might really give it a go. Think they've had 2 points out of 18 now so it's about time they put some effort in, instead of just turning up and expecting to win.

Bollox to it I'm past caring. C'mon Real Madrid :)

Bostonmess

15-11-2002, 05:02 AM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
Smithy I don't rate as a striker

Shut up you retard :)

MisterBishi

25-11-2002, 10:40 PM

Let's hope that Saturday's game was start of a winning run.

/me crosses fingers.

Bostonmess

26-11-2002, 03:54 AM

Who for? Leeds? Oh no. :( You mean Manu.

They've got some hard ones coming. Arsenal and Liverpool. Some nice draws all round hopefully. Then Leeds have a chance at catching 'em :) Yeah Right :).

Hoping for Everton this season.

Bostonmess

03-12-2002, 05:27 AM

This took me loads of tidying up. Some of 'em I've heard before. I especially like the thermos one :)

POSH AND BECKS

The England captain is the guest speaker at a management seminar. He steps up to the podium and begins his speech. "They're small and minty and keep my breath fresh for up to two hours and to Victoria's delight they're only two calories".
The audience looks stunned, when a small voice from the side of the podium whispers, "No David, you're here to talk about tactics."
_______________

Posh and Becks are sitting in front of the television watching the six o'clock news. The main story is a man threatening to jump off the Clifton Suspension Bridge on to the busy road below. Posh turns to Becks and says: "David, I bet you ?5,000 that he jumps!" to which Beckham replies "?5,000?
"Done! I bet that he doesn't." So they shake hands on the bet and continue watching. Sure enough, the man jumps and hits the road below with a loud thud. Beckham takes ?5,000 out of his back pocket and hands it to Posh. But she refuses.
"I can't take Your money, David," she says. "The truth is, I was cheating. I saw the five o'clock news, so I knew he was going to jump."
"No, babe, fair's fair" says David. "That money is yours fair and
square I was cheating just as you were. I saw the five o'clock news, too. I just didn't think he would do it again."
_______________

The Manchester United players are in the dressing room on Saturday, just before the game, when Roy Keane walks in. "Boss," he says, "there's a problem. I'm not playing unless I get a cortisone injection." "Hey," says Becks. "If he's having a new car, so am I."
_______________

David Beckham goes shopping, and sees something interesting in
the kitchen department of a large department store. "What's that?" he asks.
"A Thermos flask," replies the assistant.
"What does it do?" asks Becks.
The assistant tells him it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold. Really impressed, Beckham buys one and takes it along to his next training session.
"Here, boys, look at this," Beckham says proudly. "It's a Thermos flask."
The lads are impressed. "What does it do?"
they ask.
"It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold," says David. "And
what have you got in it?" asks Roy Keane. "Two cups of coffee and a Choc ice," he replies.
________________

David Beckham had a near-death experience the other day when
he went riding. Everything was going fine until the horse started Bucking up and down out of control. He tried with all his might to hang on but it was no good. With his foot caught in the stirrup, he fell head-first to the ground. His head continued to bump on the ground as the horse refused to top or even slow down. Fortunately, however, there was a happy ending. Just as he was giving up hope and losing consciousness, the Woolworth's' manager came along and unplugged it.
________________

Posh takes her car into a garage to have some dents removed.
The mechanic knowing she isn't the brightest Spice Girl in the world, decides to play a joke on her. "You don't need me to take those dents out," he says. "Just blow up the exhaust pipe and the metal will pop back into place".
So she takes the car home and tries it. David spots her from the house, opens a window and shouts, "Victoria ! You have to wind the windows up first!"
________________

David Beckham is celebrating: "57 days, 57 days!" he shouts
happily. Posh asks him why he is celebrating. He answers: "Well, I've done this jigsaw in only 57 days."
"Is that good?" asks Posh.
"You bet," says David. "It says 3 to 5 years on the box."

MisterBishi

03-12-2002, 07:00 AM

I wonder whether Teflon Dudek went home on the United bus yesterday?

Bostonmess

03-12-2002, 07:22 AM

Lol! Teflon Dudek. Last years best, this years worst. He'll be joining Leeds with those credentials.

MisterBishi

07-12-2002, 02:01 AM

Any predictions for tomorrow's game lads?

tomsyman

07-12-2002, 02:06 AM

I'm going for lots of season ending injuries to both teams:D

I will support France, I mean arsenal in my capacity as a supporter of ABU (anyone but united)

MisterBishi

07-12-2002, 02:08 AM

Originally posted by tomsyman
I'm going for lots of season ending injuries to both teams:D

I will support France, I mean arsenal in my capacity as a supporter of ABU (anyone but united)

..bah.

Manchester United 2 - 0 Arsenal

tomsyman

07-12-2002, 02:12 AM

Why isn't this forum appearing on the front page in the last 5 posts section?

MisterBishi

07-12-2002, 02:36 AM

Originally posted by tomsyman
Why isn't this forum appearing on the front page in the last 5 posts section?

Threads in B&R often exhibit such behaviour, especially where companies are concerned (e.g. the programmers paradise nightmare a while back).

I'm not sure whether it's been extended to the whole forum?

Bostonmess

07-12-2002, 03:43 AM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
Any predictions for tomorrow's game lads?

On the one hand I'm wishing Manu get humiliated (oh, how I wish they were in Leeds' position:)) and on the other I'm hoping the ref just swings it enough (again) so Manu win :).

All in all I reckon a thoroughly enjoyable game, 3 all, or sommat like that.

MisterBishi

09-12-2002, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
..bah.

Manchester United 2 - 0 Arsenal

Fuck, why didn't I put a tenner on that?

Bostonmess

10-12-2002, 04:11 AM

I'm happy. We gained +2 GD on Liverpool and Arsenal :)

[Edit] Oops I mean +1, getting too hopeful.

Manu game could have gone either way I thought?

MisterBishi

10-12-2002, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey

Manu game could have gone either way I thought?

Did you watch it?

Bostonmess

11-12-2002, 06:52 PM

Yes, why?

Bostonmess

11-12-2002, 06:52 PM

Yes, why?

[edit] God knows how I've double posted? And the delete int workin'?

Bostonmess

27-12-2002, 04:27 AM

Always look on the bright side of shite :)

MILNER MAKES HISTORY
by Graham Walker

UNITED starlet James Milner has etched his name in the record books by becoming the youngest ever player to score in the Premiership with a goal at the Stadium of Light.
Milner - aged 16 and 357 days - took the record set recently by Everton's Wayne Rooney by just four days with his goal in the 50th minute.

The Academy star was on the bench today, but was given his chance of glory by Terry Venables after Alan Smith suffered concussion in a clash of heads in the first half.

Playing on the right-wing, Milner's achievement is made all the more special by the fact that the goal came from midfield and not as a striker.

Bostonmess

17-01-2003, 02:32 AM

Happy days are here again la la la lal la lal la la laa.

http://www.leedsunited.com/lufcnews.asp?article=127849

He's probably crippled :( Or waiting for an offer from MANU :(

MisterBishi

27-01-2003, 11:11 PM

Originally posted by Charley Dancey
Happy days are here again la la la lal la lal la la laa.

They are?

My main reason for coming here is to remind everybody that England play Aus on the 12th February.

Bostonmess

28-01-2003, 12:55 AM

And I just thought you'd wanna gloat over your six nil thrashing of the Hmammers :)

I'm supporting the Aussies BTW as most of them are from *chants* Yorkshire. ;)

Snowball

28-01-2003, 05:01 AM

Liverpool!

Let me tell you the story of a poor boy,
Who was sent far away from his home,
To fight for his king and his country,
And also the old folks back home

So they put him in a highland division,
Sent him off to a far foreign land,
Where the flies swarm around in their thousands,
And there's nothing to see but the sand.

As the battle was starting next morning,
Under the radiant sun,
I remember that poor Scouser Tommy,
Who was shot by an old Nazi gun

As he lay on the battlefield dyin-dyin-dying,
With the blood gushing out of his head (out of his head)
As he lay on the battlefield dyin-dyin-dying,
These were the last words he said:

Oooh, I am a Liverpudlian,
I come from the Spion Kop,
I like to sing, I like to chant,
I go there quite a lot.

Support a team, that plays in red,
A team that we all know,
A team that we call Liverpool,
To glory we will go.

We won the league, we won the cup,
We've been to Europe too,
We played the Toffees for a laugh,
And left them feeling blue 5-0

1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4, 5-0!

Rush scored one,
Rush scored two,
Rush scored three,
And Rush scored four ...

Bostonmess

28-01-2003, 07:02 AM

And then when he got really old he went to play for Leeds Utd (as they do). And they've just happened to have drawn each other in the next round of the FA cup, but only if they both win their replays, which is unlikey in Leeds' (Fucking Shit Bastards!) case.

Snowball

28-01-2003, 07:06 AM

Do the Scousers steal all the hub caps at the footballs matches?

MisterBishi

28-01-2003, 04:00 PM

When I was just a....

When I was just a cute little boy,
Me mummy bought me a cuddly toy,
It was a scouser on a piece of string,
And she told me to kick its fuckin head in....
.
Fuckin head in, its fuckin head in,
She told me to kick its fuckin head in...

In Your Liverpool Slums
Tune: "In Your Liverpool Home"

In your Liverpool slums,
You look in the dustbin for something to eat,
You find a dead rat and you think it's a treat,
In your Liverpool slums
.
In your Liverpool slums,
You shit on the carpet, you piss in the bath,
You finger your grandma, and think its a laugh,
In your Liverpool slums.
.
In your Liverpool slums,
You speak in an accent exceedingly rare,
You wear a pink tracksuit and have curly hair,
In your Liverpool slums.
.
In your Liverpool slums,
Your mum's on the game and your dad's in the nick,
You can't get a job 'cos you're too fucking thick,
In your Liverpool slums.
.
In your Liverpool slums,
You used to sing "Munich" but not anymore,
Since ninety-six scousers lay dead on the floor,
In your Liverpool slums

MisterBishi

10-02-2003, 11:24 PM

Fucken Beckham got fucken dropped in the fucken box fucken.

Hey, btw, Charley - remember Eric Cantona? £1.2 million we paid for him.

Bostonmess

11-02-2003, 01:48 AM

Aye, you hadn't won anything since 26 BC (before Cantona) and the fucker supposedly got to shag Leslie Ash. Bet she could give a right gobble now, have you seen her?

You MANU people aint got no self respect, accepting Cantona, keeping Keane. We Leeds have morals. You don't see our players being violent, well not since they all left :)

What was that on They Think It's All Over? Terry's All Sold :D

I'm shouting for the Aussies, WTF, it's only a friendly and there'll be more Leeds in their squad than in ours.

crescent

13-02-2003, 07:33 AM

I don't believe it. We came, we played, we actually won a match against a credible football nation. Colour me happy.

But, cannot get too carried away. 11 replacements at half time, David James in goals (thank fuck Liverpool got rid of him!) - hardly what you would call the "full and serious" England squad. At least we know a decent strength Aussie side will not be a complete joke if we manage to overcome NZ and qualify for 2006.

Bostonmess

14-02-2003, 01:33 AM

That first half England team that lost 2 nil was pretty much full strength. And did not the Aussies beat France and Brazil recently too?

MisterBishi

17-02-2003, 05:53 PM

Oh shit, it's that idiot from the trephination forums.

Bostonmess

18-02-2003, 02:34 AM

No need to introduce yourself 'Bishi :)

Wonder if the papers have given it "Fergie Gives Beckham the Boot" yet?

MisterBishi

18-02-2003, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by Bostonmess
No need to introduce yourself 'Bishi :)

Wonder if the papers have given it "Fergie Gives Beckham the Boot" yet?

The Sun has 'Deirdre's football casebook', I found it quite funny so your lot will love it.

Skorzeny

28-02-2003, 06:03 PM

Right, completely off topic but if any of you blokes visit the bbc site on the english premiership you would be hard pressed to ignore lawro's brilliant premiership predictions. My friend reckons you can make money by automatically assuming lawro's predictions as wrong, so that has prompted me to set up an "anti-lawro" project. Basically what I do is make a prediction on the result of a match for my anti-lawro, but I am not allowed to make the same prediction as lawro even if i agree with him. I post each of our predictions before the matches and determine the winnings for each of us at the completion. All odds are supplied by sports tab...

http://shamoke.tripod.com/

MisterBishi

28-02-2003, 06:07 PM

God damn spammers.

Bostonmess

06-03-2003, 03:59 PM

Ahhhhh......bollox!<--------[Edit] In reference to the MANU leeds score.

MisterBishi

03-04-2003, 04:33 PM

Good match last night, eh Boston?

Chrissy

03-04-2003, 10:54 PM

Oh bliss.....Oh joy....!

A football thread.....and that's NOT sarcasam!

MisterBishi

03-04-2003, 10:56 PM

Yeah, it's been around for ages but the Everton fan left his job and the Leeds fan would rather not think about it. :p

Chrissy

03-04-2003, 11:01 PM

tee-hee! :D

Poor Bostonmess:(

King_Crud

03-04-2003, 11:23 PM

I'm a rarity, an aussie who calls soccer football, thinks it's the best code of football in the world, although i love me aussie rules and rugby too (not league, that's ghey). That's what i get from three years living in te UK & Ireland. Plus i'm a tottscum fan :rolleyes:

MisterBishi

03-04-2003, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by King_Crud
I'm a rarity, an aussie who calls soccer football, thinks it's the best code of football in the world, although i love me aussie rules and rugby too (not league, that's ghey). That's what i get from three years living in te UK & Ireland. Plus i'm a tottscum fan :rolleyes:

We have a common enemy. :cool:

King_Crud

04-04-2003, 12:21 AM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
We have a common enemy. :cool:

Touch me, I rock!

Bostonmess

04-04-2003, 12:40 AM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
Good match last night, eh Boston?

Yes very.

Originally posted by MisterBishi
Yeah, it's been around for ages but the Everton fan left his job and the Leeds fan would rather not think about it. :p

About what?

Originally posted by Chrissy
tee-hee! :D

Poor Bostonmess:(

I don't need your sympathy, save it for Michael Owen, someone removed his swimming pool :D

Chrissy

04-04-2003, 08:32 PM

I don't need your sympathy, save it for Michael Owen, someone removed his swimming pool :D [/B]

I don't like you any more:mad:

No Michael Owen slurs allowed....:D

MisterBishi

04-04-2003, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by Chrissy
I don't like you any more:mad:

No Michael Owen slurs allowed....:D

He was shit on Wednesday, he went down like a tonne of twats every time somebody went near him.

dozer

04-04-2003, 09:04 PM

i thought man u was just a bandwagon team that everyone jumps on? dont they have the biggest foreigner fan base?

michael owen is only a little boy anyway

Chrissy

04-04-2003, 09:20 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
He was shit on Wednesday, he went down like a tonne of twats every time somebody went near him.

I didn't say Owen wasn't shite on a stick.....I just said you weren't allowed to comment on it!

Personally, I like Steven Gerard better....the way he punts them in from miles back is just pure class!

MisterBishi

04-04-2003, 09:22 PM

The important question is, can you explain the offside rule without resorting to google?

Chrissy

04-04-2003, 09:28 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
The important question is, can you explain the offside rule without resorting to google?

You cheeky fekker! Of course I can!!

That's Soooo sexist!

Chrissy

04-04-2003, 09:30 PM

I can also reverse park without the aid of a parking sensor!!!

MisterBishi

04-04-2003, 09:31 PM

But in 99% of cases it's true, loads of birds go 'I love beer and football' to gain popularity in the pub and you go 'what's the offside rule' and there all 'umm.. I need another Archers... kthx'

Chrissy

04-04-2003, 09:42 PM

Oh...ok I agree... that is very true..

But...I don't like beer , and I don't drink Archers, in fact I am tee-total, as I am what is catagorically known as a cheap date! 1 glass of wine and I swear...I am pissed as anything!

I do love football though, and although I don't claim to be an expert, I support Liverpool with the best of them, go along to as many games as I can afford, and I reckon I do ok in the discussions, I don't think I talk crap (although I did once cheer when James picked up a ball that had been passed back to him, as I wasn't paying attention, and though he'd just saved a goal!)

I do understand and I can explain the off-side rule, although you would probably pick holes in my explaination, AND....I know all the words to Scouser Tommy (and that WAS before I had seen them posted here earlier in the thread!!!:D )

However...on the totally girlie side...David Beckham has got fabulous legs!:D

sagit

04-04-2003, 09:45 PM

the only problem (apart from being stuck in between carlton supporters and collingwood supporters) was hearing "good old collingwood forever!" played endlessly after the match...

great game tho

MisterBishi

04-04-2003, 09:46 PM

Those aren't football teams, silly.

sagit

04-04-2003, 09:48 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
Those aren't football teams, silly.

aussie rules football...

the thread DOES say "Football"...

:D

isnt it beer o'clock for you?

MisterBishi

04-04-2003, 09:50 PM

I went from 12:00 - 13:30, we go to a student pub on fridays to check out the uni chicks.

sagit

04-04-2003, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
I went from 12:00 - 13:30, we go to a student pub on fridays to check out the uni chicks.

excellent purpose.....

King_Crud

04-04-2003, 10:51 PM

me loves student chicks, theys be fun to shag

gingermeatboy

05-04-2003, 12:09 AM

Originally posted by berserk
Typical English football myopia. The best team at the moment is Real Madrid, with or without Ronaldo.

That said, Arsenal are rather good at the moment & definitely kicks Man U off the park.

You're all wrong, cause Falkirk are the greatest :p Come on the Bairns!

King_Crud

05-04-2003, 12:46 AM

I went to see Malmo play in the Swedish domestic comp, and i even bought a team shirt, cost me SEK500 which is about 60 fecking euros, but i love it

SfinKta

05-04-2003, 03:38 AM

Why? Because most of them (that live in England) have never been to a game (would get there suits grubby!), coincidentally some of them are now Arsenal fans (I use that term loosely) since that's who won The Title last season and their Manager is a total cunt who has ruined careers and destroyed the confidence of many a young up-and-coming player.

This should have gone into RANT actually.

gingermeatboy

05-04-2003, 09:34 AM

alex ferguson is not a cunt, he is only trying to get his players to achieve the things which he couldn't do himself as a player (cause he wasn't that great, ex Rangers and my club Falkirk player) he may have killed any confidence SOME young up and coming players had, but I firmly believe that without him as a motivator some of the stars of that squad, beckham, giggs, scholes, butt etc would not be half the players that they are today.

all I hope is that he goes out at the top and doesn't hang around till his team is doing shit, hopefully win the champions league this year (at Old Trafford) :)

Chrissy

05-04-2003, 11:11 PM

5th April................Bollox...........:mad:

Bostonmess

06-04-2003, 12:17 AM

:D:DFour:D:D fooking nil:D:D:D That makes me feel a lot better.

I bet they paid the ref to send Hyppia off?

Chrissy

06-04-2003, 01:03 AM

Originally posted by Bostonmess
:D:DFour:D:D fooking nil:D:D:D That makes me feel a lot better.

I bet they paid the ref to send Hyppia off?

Yeah....like I said....bollox....:mad: ...I feel sick....

Bostonmess

06-04-2003, 01:21 AM

I fooking dreaming here. Leeds won six one away at Charlton :) What the fook happened there? Did Charlton suddenly develop that flu bug or something?

MisterBishi

07-04-2003, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by SfinKta
Why? Because most of them (that live in England) have never been to a game (would get there suits grubby!), coincidentally some of them are now Arsenal fans (I use that term loosely) since that's who won The Title last season and their Manager is a total cunt who has ruined careers and destroyed the confidence of many a young up-and-coming player.

This should have gone into RANT actually.

No, it should have gone into 'General Generalisations, Poor Spelling and the Proper Boarding of the ABU Bandwagon', but, unfortunately, that forum doesn't exist.

You show me one United fan that now supports Arsenal and I'll show you a 14yr old schoolgirl who fancies Thierry Henry.

As for the manager ruining careers and destroying the confidence of up and coming players, could you provide a list, maybe some evidence to back up what you're saying?

Hey Chrissy! :cool:

Chrissy

07-04-2003, 04:25 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi

Hey Chrissy! :cool:

yeah yeah yeah! Whatever!:D

MisterBishi

08-04-2003, 03:52 PM

The big one tonight folks, United vs Madrid. Scary monsters.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is 5-1 to score first, they're not odds you see often, and tote.co.uk are offering double odds on first time betters, £110 from a £5 bet? 'ave it!

How about Harry Kewell retreading Eric C's steps as well, Boston mate?

Chrissy

08-04-2003, 04:36 PM

tee-hee! you'll be gettin' yours tonight Bishi-boy! tee-hee!!

:p ;) :D

MisterBishi

08-04-2003, 04:46 PM

Have you been speaking to MissBishi?

Chrissy

08-04-2003, 04:48 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
Have you been speaking to MissBishi?

You KNOW what I mean! :D

Chrissy

08-04-2003, 04:51 PM

MisterBishi

08-04-2003, 04:53 PM

Originally posted by Chrissy
I am going to buy a shit-load of Liverpool merchandise!!!:D

Kappa shell-suits and crowbars?

Chrissy

08-04-2003, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
Kappa shell-suits and crowbars?

Yeah....and your point is?

I already have the curly perm so I conform nicely to the stereotype....when you think about it, so do you, seeing as how you live in Brum, but support United!

Oh...I also steal hub-caps at the weekend, eat scouse everyday of the week, and say 'calm down' after every sentance....calm down la!

MisterBishi

08-04-2003, 05:13 PM

Bostonmess

09-04-2003, 01:10 AM

scouser keyboard :)

Bostonmess

09-04-2003, 01:18 AM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
The big one tonight folks, United vs Madrid. Scary monsters.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is 5-1 to score first, they're not odds you see often, and tote.co.uk are offering double odds on first time betters, £110 from a £5 bet? 'ave it!

How about Harry Kewell retreading Eric C's steps as well, Boston mate?

Yeah wouldn't surprise me. I hear they're 70 Mil in debt, so it looks like they'll be lucky to have a team next season. I heard that Robbo's been looking at a house near Arsenal and also Kewell linked with MOANU, Arsenal and Liverpool.

70 mil? Who they gonna have to sell? Smith, Kewell, Robbo, Viduka. Be lucky to get forty mil there? Mills? 5 mil?

Smithy won't go to MANU though :)

What's this I've heard about Fergie moaning on saying it's a fix that they've got Real? Also, Carlos shouldn't be playing 'cos he got sent off in some other competition? Did he shove the ref or something? MANU never do anything like that.

Chrissy

09-04-2003, 05:10 AM

Originally posted by Bostonmess
scouser keyboard :)

Oh...you are just SOOOOO original:D :D

actually I love that picture!!

Bostonmess

09-04-2003, 05:21 AM

Originally posted by Chrissy
tee-hee! you'll be gettin' yours tonight Bishi-boy! tee-hee!!

:p ;) :D

Heh heh heh heh. So far so good, ten mins left :D

Oh yeah, forget to post 3-1. Barthez should be off and Real should have had a pen :) And I need to stop smoking.

Chrissy

09-04-2003, 05:29 AM

I just saw Macmanaman da, da, di da, da...Macmanaman da, da, di da, da... top player!

Have you seen the recaro seats Real have got in the dug out?:cool:

Where is MisterBishi??? I can't possible wait until tomorrow to rib him about this!:D

Bostonmess

09-04-2003, 05:38 AM

He'll be in the pub watching it. Crying in his larger and lime. Thinking: "I wonder if I could get a scouser to nick those Recarro seats for my motor" :)

Chrissy

09-04-2003, 05:44 AM

Hahahahaha...lager and lime hehehehehe!!:D

MisterBishi

09-04-2003, 03:54 PM

Originally posted by Bostonmess
He'll be in the pub watching it. Crying in his larger and lime.

That made me laugh you fucker. :cool:

Yeah, fucking frightening team, Barthez should've walked too, the guy's crazy, I love him.

The deal with Roberto Carlos was that he pushed the referee in a Brazil game, three portugal players (including Abel Xavier) were banned for a good stretch for that.

It's all crazy mind games, like Real declaring an interest in Beckham only for half the squad to line up for the next week saying he's not good enough.

MisterBishi

09-04-2003, 04:47 PM

Hey Chrissy, delete your sent items in PMs :cool:

Chrissy

09-04-2003, 05:30 PM

*blushes* done!! Thanks Bishi!

King_Crud

09-04-2003, 05:36 PM

couldn't watch the game here in sydney, fecking need ESPN on cable which i don't have and no pub has. Heard Real were a class above Man ure though

Chrissy

09-04-2003, 06:18 PM

Originally posted by King_Crud
Heard Real were a class above Man ure though

It's not hard King Crud....not hard at all!:D

MisterBishi

09-04-2003, 06:21 PM

Originally posted by Chrissy
It's not hard King Crud....not hard at all!:D

There is satisfactory evidence to suggest otherwise.

utopian

09-04-2003, 06:23 PM

Originally posted by Chrissy
It's not hard King Crud....not hard at all!:D
just rub it, that ought to fix things up.

Chrissy

09-04-2003, 06:25 PM

Pigs.....filthy pigs the lot of you! Don't you EVER think about anything else?????:p

utopian

09-04-2003, 06:26 PM

it was soccer related... pelé does an ad about impotence.

Chrissy

09-04-2003, 06:32 PM

Originally posted by utopian
it was soccer related... pelé does an ad about impotence.

Tenuous link at best Utopian....must try harder!

King_Crud

09-04-2003, 06:34 PM

when you get to his age you get probs, or so i've heard............... :rolleyes:

utopian

09-04-2003, 06:36 PM

Originally posted by Chrissy
Tenuous link at best Utopian....must try harder!
come over here and rub it for me then. :p

MisterBishi

09-04-2003, 06:37 PM

For today only, I will allow off topic posts. :cool:

Chrissy

09-04-2003, 06:37 PM

Originally posted by King_Crud
when you get to his age you get probs, or so i've heard............... :rolleyes:

What age? He's no age at all....ah, you are talking about Pele *sniggers*

King_Crud

09-04-2003, 06:39 PM

/me is wearing his Ajax top today. 0-0 with Milan, not good. Not really a Ajax fan but there was a sale on football tops in Kilkenny, got it for 39 euros.

Chrissy

09-04-2003, 06:49 PM

Originally posted by utopian
come over here and rub it for me then. :p

:rolleyes: oh for heavens sake...I have told you before...my arms won't reach that far! I am not Mr Tickle you know!

Bostonmess

10-04-2003, 01:21 AM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
It's all crazy mind games, like Real declaring an interest in Beckham only for half the squad to line up for the next week saying he's not good enough.

You remember a few years ago when Carlos was asked what he thought of playing agianst Beckham?

He said something like: "Well it's not like playing against someone who's actually any good"

About two days later on the pitch Beckham waltzed round their left handside and stuck one in.

Never been a more eloquent way of saying "Up yours"

Chrissy

10-04-2003, 01:33 AM

Originally posted by Bostonmess
You remember a few years ago when Carlos was asked what he thought of playing agianst Beckham?

He said something like: "Well it's not like playing against someone who's actually any good"

About two days later on the pitch Beckham waltzed round their left handside and stuck one in.

Never been a more eloquent way of saying "Up yours"

AND...Beckham has got lovely legs...which I think is a completely relevent point in this discussion... whey-hey!

Bostonmess

10-04-2003, 01:42 AM

Before I got the Sky Tv I'd go to the pubs to watch the games. Some of the mates would bring their (as in owning?) women along (shouldn't be allowed) and it would really get on me tits when they'd say shit like "Ooh he's nice isn't he." "Ooh I like him better." Bleeding perverts, we know you're not really interested in footy, yer just a fooking sex case.

Do I watch the soaps with my girlfreind and her mates and go "Jeez check out the tits on her." No, because I'd get my fooking head kicked in.

Chrissy

10-04-2003, 01:46 AM

Originally posted by Bostonmess
Before I got the Sky Tv I'd go to the pubs to watch the games. Some of the mates would bring their (as in owning?) women along (shouldn't be allowed) and it would really get on me tits when they'd say shit like "Ooh he's nice isn't he." "Ooh I like him better." Bleeding perverts, we know you're not really interested in footy, yer just a fooking sex case.

Do I watch the soaps with my girlfreind and her mates and go "Jeez check out the tits on her." No, because I'd get my fooking head kicked in.

Yeah...but we are pretty to look at and that's why we get away with it:D

MisterBishi

10-04-2003, 03:45 PM

Women in football shirts are pretty to look at.

Bostonmess

10-04-2003, 03:50 PM

I sometimes watch the womens footy in hope that they might swap strips at the end :) After all what other reasone could there be :D

Chrissy

10-04-2003, 06:13 PM

Originally posted by Bostonmess
I sometimes watch the womens footy in hope that they might swap strips at the end :) After all what other reasone could there be :D

No, you see, they save the stripping until they get back to the locker room, and get into the big hot-tub together;)

MisterBishi

10-04-2003, 06:16 PM

I always knew those butch buggers were lesbos.

Bostonmess

26-04-2003, 10:24 PM

Keown goal :) Bwwwwwaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaa.

Bolton Arsenal 2-2

MisterBishi

28-04-2003, 02:30 AM

Arsene Wenger's middle name should be tits.

Bostonmess

28-04-2003, 04:33 AM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
Arsene Wenger's middle name should be tits.

Instead of Holen? :)

You've got it sussed now, I just hope Leeds do you a favour and get something at Highbury. Bastards.

Bostonmess

14-05-2003, 03:54 AM

Here 'Bishi:

DodgyAmnesiac

14-05-2003, 04:53 AM

Originally posted by Bostonmess
This is bitching and rants right? K then I'll start. Totally agree with what Coreageek said. I'll just add that I get the impression that if the yanks didn't invent it then they don't like playing it 'cos it's crap even though the rest of the world disagrees. World series baseball (eh?wtf?)versus who? Fucking rounders with bigger bats.

Another thing (fucking manu) the team we love to hate :). Yes they are good, yes they are the most succesfull in the Premiership.

first off, i am a football player (and i do mean soccer). i live here in the U.S. and i hate american football. i was one of the few people lucky enough to know someone with a satelite dish so that i could actually watch some EPL and world cup games. i have been playing soccer as long as i can remember and it is my first love.

secondly, it is true that if we didn't invent the fucking sport we could care less about it. but it is growing. we made it to the 16 in the world cup and more and more kids are playing at a younger age. i am watching my local club team busting at the seams with kids that want to play soccer.

and lastly, not that soccer or baseball are compareable in any way, i'd like to say that manu is to football, what the yankees are to baseball. they ARE the team you love to hate.

that is all...

Wizard of Oz

14-05-2003, 09:44 AM

AUSTRALIA 3 - England 1 .. read it and weep .. oh that's right I forgot .. it was just a "friendly" .. like fuck it woz ..

and3w

14-05-2003, 10:15 AM

Originally posted by Wizard of Oz
AUSTRALIA 3 - England 1 .. read it and weep .. oh that's right I forgot .. it was just a "friendly" .. like fuck it woz ..

Yeah well, I guess one win in 125 years is pretty good for you lot!!!!:D :D :D :D :eek:

utopian

14-05-2003, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by and3w
Yeah well, I guess one win in 125 years is pretty good for you lot!!!!:D :D :D :D :eek:
OMG WTF ASHES LOL

MisterBishi

14-05-2003, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by utopian
OMG WTF ASHES LOL

OI! No cricket!

and3w

14-05-2003, 07:05 PM

Originally posted by MisterBishi
OI! No cricket!

Boring game for boring people....lol

Bostonmess

15-05-2003, 03:14 AM

Originally posted by Wizard of Oz
AUSTRALIA 3 - England 1 .. read it and weep .. oh that's right I forgot .. it was just a "friendly" .. like fuck it woz ..

Whoopee fuckin' doo. It's not like you beat someone good is it?

Oh yeah I forgot, France and Brazil too :o

sciwra

17-05-2003, 11:54 AM

Football, doesn't anyone else get confused by that term in Aus?? I love calling it soccer, especially to hard head Poms who can't handle it ;)

Anyone else watching the Cup tonight? Can't believe I didn't see anything about it toward the end of this post (not that I read it all). Mind you I think the whole thing is a crock of shit seeing as most games I've watched this year haven't been able to keep me awake.

Well I'll be playing soccer, yes soccer... cause it's not good enough to be called Football, until 10pm so will shower, change and hit the town to find a big screen. Anyone from up the northern sunshine state wanna come?

and3w

17-05-2003, 05:38 PM

Originally posted by sciwra
Football, doesn't anyone else get confused by that term in Aus?? I love calling it soccer, especially to hard head Poms who can't handle it ;)

Anyone else watching the Cup tonight? Can't believe I didn't see anything about it toward the end of this post (not that I read it all). Mind you I think the whole thing is a crock of shit seeing as most games I've watched this year haven't been able to keep me awake.

Well I'll be playing soccer, yes soccer... cause it's not good enough to be called Football, until 10pm so will shower, change and hit the town to find a big screen. Anyone from up the northern sunshine state wanna come?

FOOTBALL need's to be watched live, not like whatever that bastard mix of rugby & footie u lot have......:D :D

sciwra

19-05-2003, 04:25 PM

Heheh, yes it is a fun game to play but it bores me shitless to watch. Would be a hell of a night to watch a real Football match though. Atmosphere would be incredible!

and3w

19-05-2003, 06:02 PM

Originally posted by sciwra
Heheh, yes it is a fun game to play but it bores me shitless to watch. Would be a hell of a night to watch a real Football match though. Atmosphere would be incredible!

Final was shite anyway and bloody ARSEnal won...boring:(

MisterBishi

11-06-2003, 02:07 AM

It's even on the Official Site (http://www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=37150) now. :o

Bostonmess

11-06-2003, 03:19 AM

He doesn't seem that enthusiastic? 30 Million? For that much you could buy someone like Ferdinand. Or three Kewells :D

MisterBishi

11-06-2003, 04:20 AM

I'm not bothered about him going, apart from the possibility that it will be harder to get Kate watching the footy now.

Seeing him laughing and joking with that little fucker Michael Owen straight after the whistle at the league cup final pissed me off, as did the similar performance with Robbie Carlos after the second leg of the Madrid game.

I'm a little worried about Ronaldinho though, £9m is a good price for a player of his quality, but South Americans don't do too well in English football traditionally, although I suppose the weather is only marginally colder than Paris.

Chrissy

11-06-2003, 07:37 AM

Good goddamn you Bishi...how MANY times d'you need to be told? DO NOT diss Mr Owen!

Bostonmess

11-06-2003, 10:33 PM

England captain David Beckham is set to line up for Real Madrid next season and not Spanish rivals Barcelona, according to reports from Spain.

Indeed, it is thought that the England captain's possible £30 million transfer could be completed from Manchester United by Real president Florentino Perez before the end of the month.

http://www.itv.com/news/193748.html

and3w

12-06-2003, 12:12 AM

Being a Derby fan at the moment is akin to that poor bastard who lost his wedding tackle on the 'News' page today:( :(

From The Guardian:

'Richardson to take over Derby'

Adrian Milledge
Wednesday June 11, 2003
The Guardian

"Bryan Richardson, the former Coventry chairman, is set to return to football as the owner of Derby County. The deal is expected to be finalised at the beginning of next week.
Richardson, who was ousted in a boardroom coup at Highfield Road 18 months ago, is heading a consortium negotiating to take over the debt- ridden First Division club from Lionel Pickering.

Derby owe £30m and the move will not be popular with the fans, not least because Coventry were almost twice that much in debt when Richardson left. The former Warwickshire cricketer was made aware of their feelings last season, when he spent two months at Pride Park with a view to taking control. His car was vandalised during a home game and his involvement ended soon afterwards.

In addition to helping Pickering run the club, Richardson had tried
to put together a £30m bond for a takeover. It is understood a bond is not involved in this latest attempt to buy the chairman's 53.5% stake. Pickering has made it clear he will step down if the right man comes forward with £5m-£8m, and he appears to have endorsed Richardson's bid. "If Derby fans can accept Robert Maxwell, I can see no reason why they can't accept Bryan Richardson," he said.

"People say he's got no connection with Derby but neither had
Maxwell. And he did offer to help me last autumn, a time when I
needed as much help as I could get."

You would have thought he got the hint when we got his car...looks like we'll have to get up close & personal this time. Some people just can't take a hint:rolleyes: :mad: :mad:

Chrissy

12-06-2003, 03:07 AM

Originally posted by Bostonmess
England captain David Beckham is set to line up for Real Madrid next season and not Spanish rivals Barcelona, according to reports from Spain.

Indeed, it is thought that the England captain's possible £30 million transfer could be completed from Manchester United by Real president Florentino Perez before the end of the month.

http://www.itv.com/news/193748.html

I have been totally expecting this all along...slippery buggers those Real Madrid lot..

Personally I think they'll let Barcelona make all the running and then swoop in there with an extra £20k a week etc etc deal, I believe they've been known to do this before.

Bostonmess

12-06-2003, 03:29 AM

But Posh does so much like shopping in Barcelona :)

Chrissy

12-06-2003, 03:36 AM

Posh who!?!

oh, you mean Victoria! Have always been confused by that nickname!:D because, and lets be really honest here, she's just not is she!

Bostonmess

12-06-2003, 03:44 AM

Word History: “Oh yes, Mater, we had a posh time of it down there.” So in Punch for September 25, 1918, do we find the first recorded instance posh, meaning “smart and fashionable.” A popular theory holds that it is derived from the initials of “Port Out, Starboard Home,” the cooler, and thus more expensive, side of ships traveling between England and India in the mid-19th century. The acronym POSH was supposedly stamped on the tickets of first-class passengers traveling on that side of ships owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. No known evidence supports this theory, however. Another word posh was 19th- and early 20th-century British slang for “money,” specifically “a halfpenny, cash of small value.” This word is borrowed from the Romany word påh, “half,” which was used in combinations such as påhera, “halfpenny.” Posh, also meaning “a dandy,” is recorded in two dictionaries of slang, published in 1890 and 1902, although this particular posh may be still another word. This word or these words are, however, much more likely to be the source of posh than “Port Out, Starboard Home,” although the latter source certainly has caught the public's etymological fancy.

Hmmm, doens't look like it. :)