EURO 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3xPMH-u7a4

sorry all, i'm not on ilx enough to get the nuances spot on.

was only gently ribbing tbh but in all seriousness, what's wrong with taking the piss out of woeful commentary?

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/Bert%20van%20Marwijk.jpg

There was that one commentator I liked - funny guy and not full of stats or cliches - but I never hear him anymore. English, methinks or Brit and maybe on gol.tv. Anybody?

― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7zjhYKkOW0&feature=related

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it ain't over til it's over, LBI

it ain't over til it's over, LBI

― Mexès Coleslaw Massacre (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:30 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What probably hurts most is that after two appalling losses, we're still not out of the tournament. It's not fair. The misery is being prolonged in a masochistic way. Sneijder et al on telly still bloody saying "well we still have a chance!". Madness.

The misery is being prolonged in a masochistic way.

proposed title for history of the England football team

nakh otm

ps fuck alexi lalas and taylor twellman but strangely not kasey keller

the weird thing is, it's not like the Netherlands only have a mathematical chance either, it more or less is in their own hands assuming Germany don't take the piss. and we know Germany never take the piss.

that hall cunt needs a kick in the hipothalmus

/hypothalmus

The misery is being prolonged in a masochistic way.

proposed title for history of the England football team

― Mexès Coleslaw Massacre (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:35 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

<3

Not going to read all the comments you guys made up here, but assume you were all spot on:

- Horribly bad
- Pace like senior citizens
- Midfield took a day off
- Lolland

It was just laughable, really.

jim, I can't watch videos at work, so I'm not sure

What's the chance for a Germany vs Russia game?

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.