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Jun. 21st, 2010 07:26 pmWhatever Tickles Your Fancy.
There's a football tournament on. Now normally I'm not a fan of this, but the Guardian's coverage has been rather good- the minute-by-minute coverage is regularly distracted by linguistic debates, criticisms of the bizarre statements people come out with. Take this, from the Slovenia/Algeria match...
And then there's discussion of tactics in old Amiga games, and all sorts...
To cap it all, I've just discovered "You're the ref", where one must make complex decisions based on the rules of football. Who knew there were so many opportunities to punch Gary Neville (whoever he is) in the face enshrined in the rules of the Beautiful Game.
I think my favourite response is that given by a Mr Sweeting, when a player (entirely behind the goal line) punches a ball away, peventing it crossing the line.
There's a football tournament on. Now normally I'm not a fan of this, but the Guardian's coverage has been rather good- the minute-by-minute coverage is regularly distracted by linguistic debates, criticisms of the bizarre statements people come out with. Take this, from the Slovenia/Algeria match...
""It will be interesting to see how the African teams fare in their own backyard," Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek said in advance of this game. Algiers is 4,650 miles from Johannesburg, according to a website I just looked at. From which we can deduce that Africans have absolutely enormous backyards. Immense. Nobody asked Kek if he was disappointed with Slovenia's single gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which at just 4,799 miles from Ljubljana must qualify as being within their own backyard, unless Slovenian backyards are smaller than African ones, which is possible given the absolute vastness of African backyards."
And then there's discussion of tactics in old Amiga games, and all sorts...
To cap it all, I've just discovered "You're the ref", where one must make complex decisions based on the rules of football. Who knew there were so many opportunities to punch Gary Neville (whoever he is) in the face enshrined in the rules of the Beautiful Game.
I think my favourite response is that given by a Mr Sweeting, when a player (entirely behind the goal line) punches a ball away, peventing it crossing the line.
"Give a wry smile, pat the defender on the head, and send the keeper to the stands, 'since your friend seems to like being in goal so much'.."
Last year they ran a "You are the Umpire" during the cricket. I do hope they bring it back. I like cricket considerably more than this "Association Football" thing.
