We are not going to talk about the cricket or the round ball game, come to that
Given what is currently going on down under, the Nipster & your humble correspondent thought that we had better put England’s dismal showing in the current Ashes series to one side
England need something truly special from their bowlers in Perth on Saturday to have any chance of keeping the Ashes series against Australia alive.
& pop down to watch Bath play Harlequinslater on this afternoon … because if for no other reason that it is real mens sport - Willie Woofters need not apply
After all, you would want your son & heir turning into a soccer ponce (like the one pictured below) coming out with phrases like 'the lads done triffick' & 'it were a game of two 'arves' with a hair do & handbag - that’s for tail gunners
Not only do they all look so bl**dy stupid (try dressing like a human being from time to time), every time opposition player gets within five yards they fall on the ground, feigning pain & demanding a make over. Forget the old adage of football (soccer) being a game for gentlemen played by yobs … the dreaded round ball game is played by the unspeakable & is no place for an impressionable young man.
Much better he learn not only proper teamwork but also how to take a punch & not blub like a girl
So, thats where we will be this afternoon
Comments
I, for one, am quite keen to have a chat about Monty and his orbital cricket ball. How far into the atmosphere do you think Gilchrist hit them?
Posted by: CB | December 16, 2006 1:02 PM
What is wrong with tail gunners? My father's got a DFC.
Posted by: esbonio | December 16, 2006 5:07 PM
Actually, I'd rather watch football than thugby, despite the thespian antics of the former. But that's because RU looks more like League to these old eyes. Not enough set scrums in the modern game for my liking, and there's too much running around -- hell, I think the aggregate weight of a rugby team must have dropped by over 500lbs because the emphasis is on running.
If I want to watch running, I'll watch football.
Also, that now-legal "hoisting" in the lineouts is just silly.
Bring back the days of Colin Meads, Wille John McBride and Frik Du Preez... now THOSE were men.
Now you even have ITALIANS playing rugby... good grief.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | December 17, 2006 5:31 PM
Soccer, as we call it, is an unwatchable girls' game. It's okay to play during gym class in elementary school but that's it. Maybe why it fails to catch on as a spectator sport hear in the States despite the fact that every school kid can play.
I do prefer the Ruck'n Roll style of the old All-Blacks teams. Every college and club team in the U.S. was trying to emulate that style in the 1980's.
These days, it seems like every time I find a "Rugby" game on cable, it turns out to be a Sevens tournament - yuck.
Posted by: Bram | December 18, 2006 7:56 PM