EURO 2012

assuming Russia and Germany win their groups they can't meet until the final i think

Hmmm

the guy im on about is a geordie guy, prone to strange metaphors and similes of his own devising, very effusive about good passages of play.

germany v russia in kiev

like old times

Date 23 August – 26 September 1941
Location East and South of Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Result German victory

I wish Mexès had done some kind of cheesy French pop song so you could be 'Mexès chanson massacre'.

Dynamo Kiev vs SS!! Ah, such great memories.

i seem to recall Mexès got accused of being a fatty hence the coleslaw bit

dunno why commentators aren't mining more WW2 gags instead of going for lame shit about Greek mythology and the Irish lads enjoy a beverage

feel bad for robben being replaced by a worthless piece of human trash like kuyt

― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:26 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

haha <3 never change

huntelaaar was some bullshit huh, fuck u misleading bundesliga

feel bad for robben being such a talented cunt.

Zucht. Dat je dus de hele tijd met zes (statische) man achter de bal wandelt, dat is geen voetbal.
De Belg was weer zeer bij de pinken "dan speel je met twee controleurs en dan kan Schweinsteiger zo de bal aannemen."
Maar goed, de prijs van niet ingrijpen na het WK.
― OMC, 56 minutes ago

"excuses voor het blazen, maar er zitten hier zeer irritante kleine vliegjes"
― clismo, 54 minutes ago

KAK!
― Jan Willem Broek, 36 minutes ago

otm

how bizarre to see omc posting here

ghost-writing for Jeff Stelling now?

apologies

'arry's Gone - DEEMS IN!

xp

oh i laughed, harder than i'm proud of

almost googling the video now... almost to know it exists.

http://www.nrc.nl/inbeeld/files/2012/06/890127699cee7410120f6a706700b509-980x617.jpg

Iconic photo :-)

That's do great.

read a comment upthread as:

Who thinks Geir vs Ned will be this entertaining?

Geir's technical rigidity will be a hindrance but can Ned cease trying to wink the ball into the net?

Asked about the Messi chants, Ronaldo said: "You know where he was at this time [last year]? Do you know? He was being eliminated in the Copa America, in his own country. I think that's worse, no?"

I like to think his bottom lip was stuck out when he said that.

I feel a wee bit sorry for him (while still lolling away), he scores like a bazillion goals and people talk as if he's pish because he doesn't quite match up to the best player in the world.

Everyone takes so much pleasure in him fucking up. Hardly anyone does that with Messi (though that's maybe because he only fucks up against Chelsea).

That said, the second big chance he missed in that second half had me flashing back to Harard Brattbakk at Celtic so it must fall into the serious fuck up bracket.

I do too; especially as that's *so* not the line to take on Messi, particularly when Holland may yet dump your ass out of the competition on Sunday.

it's pretty obvious why everyone hates him in comparison to Messi. It's alright though, I still love him

there's a churlishness to a lot of the Cronaldo knocking but i've got to say he's never helped to endear himself to non-fans of his club/nation. if Messi doesn't get the same stick it's partly because he's a lot more reserved.

he doesn't even endear himself to fans of his club/nation half of the time

tbh i'm not really sure why his mishaps make me lol so much. He's obviously a great player and the stick he gets for 'sins' like diving or pouting are things that I don't really care about. He was one of the few players I liked at Utd, and I LOVED the wink. I think I mainly automatically want bad things to befall him 'cos he plays for Mourinho's Madrid.

yeah i resent his Madridness much more than i ever hated him for being at United

Also I guess Messi's reserve is kinda how I'd like to imagine I would conduct myself if I were one of the 2 best footballers in the world. In reality if I were as talented as Ronaldo and had his looks I'd no doubt be 10x as obnoxious.

Strangely I didn't find myself wanting bad things to happen to Ozil or Khedira yesterday so I'm going to put it down to Ronaldo just being a cock. I mean there are obviously worse human beings in football but Ronaldo is such an obliging hate figure due to being such a ponce.

I'm 100% sure he doesn't give a shit about being hated either. He probably likes it actually

In reality if I were as talented as Ronaldo and had his looks I'd no doubt be 10x as obnoxious.

his looks?

the looks of envy, mockery and contempt from random people around him

Ronaldo, a stupid, petulant, creep. The most famous and rich representative of things people hate about football. Still harsh on him though, he is one among many.

that you Eamon?

eamon dun fie dem battymen

is there a particular department where he's the worst example of?

diving: there are worse offenders?
fannydangler: seems quite effective given the amount of goals he scores?
racism: has he been outed yet?
prostitution: i forget or is it just the other ronaldo?

maybe petulance? I dunno.

he always seem like actually quite a nice person in comparison to many others. but unlikeable definitely.

ronnie was in former newspaper the news of the world for effing hooahs with anderson and nani back in the day

he's like that guy who comes to your street fighter parties who has practiced all the 13 hit combos and pwns everyone but is really boring and gets really upset if you ever beat him. xpost

he is quite good at football it's true

bet he's shit at mortal kombat though

eamon dun fie dem battymen

there are persistent rumours that he's gay himself

Today, Dunphy generally resides at his home near Ranelagh village in Dublin. He also owns a holiday home in Deauville, France.[2]

Dunphy married RTÉ Commissioning Editor Jane Gogan, his partner of 18 years, at the Unitarian Church on St Stephen's Green on 24 September 2009.[20]

yeah i wasn't saying there's any truth in them. i know her daughter actually. for a long time a friend of mine was trying to persuade her to get eamon to come for a beer. she acted like it was possible and he might but it never happened.

Geir's technical rigidity will be a hindrance but can Ned cease trying to wink the ball into the net?

But that's how I roll.