NAMING RIGHTS THREAD: Liverpool really won't win the Premiership 2010-2011

Pretty sure I've seen foul throws awarded for this. Also player made to go back and take throw from the correct spot.

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Depends how quickly the game is moving

did big ron really invent reducer...? i thought it was old as time itself.

www.dangerhere.com

Stiv Bators surely

http://wosound.com/images/sonic%20reducer.jpg

But, seriously, sounds like a term from American Football to me

.. or ice hockey or sumthin'

Lansdowne Road jangled with nervous tension, but there was also something crazy in the air - and one man was determined to ensure the Dutch knew there was also madness on the pitch: 35 seconds into the game, Roy Keane crunched into Overmars like a tank into shack, almost crushing the little winger underfoot as Kluivert, seemingly on the verge of tears, hopped up and down in impotent outrage. The referee - a German, as Dutch journalists pointedly noted - didn't even book Ireland's captain. A minute later, the still-flustered Kluivert was sent through one-on-one with Shay Given ... and steered his shot wide. Thus were laid the foundations for a famous Irish victory.

tears in my eyes here

Liverpool's phony hard-man Steve McMahon, who had just toebunged in a superb third, was the cock of the walk in midfield. But he could barely walk when Whiteside came off the bench and, without even touching the ball, clattered him before whispering something sinister in his ear.

could read an entire book worth of this

Sure we did reducers in a thread once.

*googles for Neil Simpson* - aye, here you go: showboating in football - c or d?

good thread, died too soon imo

Very odd for such a thing to be celebrated in a modern-day sporting environ though. One never sees Ryo Ishikawa praised for hacking the hell out of the greens so Corey Pavin would be unable to putt, for instance, or Henry Cecil being celebrated for punching opponent's horses in the face. Why does football have to be different?

It depends on a number of factors, but usually it hinges on who's getting kicked, and whether or not he's one of yours.

The bone crunching/ internal organ rearranging tackle is celebrated in Rugby, but they're not foul tackles

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says James Milner close to completion

THEY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY

milner always had kind of a 'bolted together' look tho. t-800 rather than a more advanced model imo

so ozil to Real Madrid then

Á-Zil according to Sky wtf

Maybe that's his new Galactico name

bad character encoding

I prefer my idea

The showboating thread died because it was that Saturday that Eduardo died iirc.

Another famous example on Steve McMahon - Vinnie Jones, roughly 4 seconds into the 88 cup final

well, a stint at madrid may encode the young man's character in all sorts of foul ways

xpost

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/818963/untitled.bmp

He's a good Muslim boy tho, oy vey (xp)

Torres was actually reporting some paps that had been following him home from training, not getting booked for speeding.

i mean to say man, you just dont let it go!

Torres was actually reporting some paps that had been following him home from training, not getting booked for speeding.

cheeky of them to stick around

good story innit

So Jenas has the best agent in the game, yes? You think if I hire the guy he can get me to play in the Premiership? I'd be a wicked reserve goalkeeper who is a cheap name for the homegrown rule.

jenas's highlights reel would convince you that kaka was a fraud. he's got 21 england caps and 359 club appearances (42 goals).

highlights reel against arsenal alone over the years would convince those not in the know imo.

I actually think Jenas would do pretty well in Italy, he always looked like an English player who wasn't really suited to the Premiership. A bit more time on the ball and he's a good passer, at high speed he tends to panic and do stupid things.

The night had a thousand lols

Sorry I missed the reducer discussion, have just cried myself semi-conscious at the previous posts. Personal favourite was some Scotland - Iceland qualifier from the mid 80s where the commentator spent a good five minutes bigging up Iceland's midfield supremo, "one player of genuine World class" etc etc, then they kicked off and Souness broke the dude's leg inside the first 2 minutes.

... yes, that was horrific, Souness was an evil bastard

The Iceland player was Siggi Johnson, he's still bitter

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/scotland/2009/04/01/i-hope-scotland-get-beat-says-graeme-souness-leg-break-victim-siggi-jonsson-86908-21244580/

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"Jonsson insists he doesn't bear a grudge and went on to fall in love with Scotland during a three-year spell at Tannadice."

When i got to the "fall in love" bit i was sure it was gonna say "with Souness" in some kind of weird stockholm syndrome thing.

Reykjavik syndrome

scotshome syndrome

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/17/article-0-0AD35B7C000005DC-938_468x531.jpg

Icelander supporting Iceland shock xp. Other than the headline that article is great, I like how it's Rod who pays the visit as the remorseful good guy. Souness was presumably straight out of there to club some seals.

Eathard?

Celtic fans' nickname for Souness was most apt: "The Beast"

Eathard!

ed hardy

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/scotland/5096660/Graeme-Souness-example-shows-Barry-Ferguson-how-to-be-a-leader-of-men.html

Instead of having a beer you should break someone's leg.

Eathard TATTOO

Milner looking a bit Stifler there iyam

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8893705.stm

Nicolas Anelka says he is "laughing" after being banned for 18 games by the French Football Federation (FFF) over his conduct at this summer's World Cup.

Anelka said the suspension "has no relevance whatsoever" because as far as he is concerned, his international career finished when he was thrown out of training on 19 June.

Anelka did not show up at the disciplinary hearing and his international career now appears to be all but over.

It certainly looks that way, Mr BBC!