Guest Gladstone Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 This isn't true.Disagree. One of the best players in the SPL. Also one of the biggest twats in the SPL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 But at least Scott Brown has a bit of cheek in him and a bit of banter, Naismith is just a horrible little person!Both minks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Disagree. One of the best players in the SPL. Also one of the biggest twats in the SPL.Aye, undoubtedly good by SPL standards, so I shouldn't really disagree with what you said. I do think he's highly over-rated though and is given too much respect as a player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Aye, undoubtedly good by SPL standards, so I shouldn't really disagree with what you said. I do think he's highly over-rated though and is given too much respect as a player.He's been the difference for Rangers in loads of games over the past couple of seasons.Still a cunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 think tonight's game between QPR and Newcastle will see commentators harp on and on and on about a certain Joseph of Barton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Aye, undoubtedly good by SPL standards, so I shouldn't really disagree with what you said. I do think he's highly over-rated though and is given too much respect as a player.He could have been a top player, sadly he stayed in scotland and signed for Rangers, now he is nothing more than a hard working, very little end product kind of player, fits in perfect at Rangers and Scotland i guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Not sure if anybody around here is interested in Italian football but I've started a Serie A blog here: http://aroundthepeninsula.wordpress.comA shameless shill, I know, but I figured I'd throw it out there. I'm taking a different club each week and trying to learn a bit more about them through researching history and analysing games. You'll probably think this is rubbish, but sod it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Boss blog. Will keep an eye on it. Big fan of Serie A. I was an avid Football Italia watcher when I was a kid. Used to get the magazine every month too. Definitely fallen out of touch with it in the past 2 or 3 years though, so it will good to keep up to date. It really doesn't get enough media coverage in the UK anymore. Probably because of all the fascism and scandals. Who doesn't love fascism and match fixing?Much prefer it to La Liga. Madrid and Barca are unquestionably out-of-this-world sides, but the league as a competition is pretty dull. It's all about Serie A and the Bundesliga these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Serie a does seem to be making a bit of a comeback into fashionable circles. Napoli and Udinese doing well and playing good footy last year helped a lot i think. It fell out of favour when la liga was awesome in the early 2000's when in addition to the big two sides like Valencia and Deportivo were right at the top and doign well in europe. It's not surprising that now the level of competition has decreased attention will drift away to other leagues again.The saturday morning gazzetta round up show is still the best footie show I've ever watched. No better way to start the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 My favourite football show used to be Football Mundial, though I haven't seen it for a few years. The last one I remember watching was an interview with Salomon Kalou (nicest guy in football, bar none) where he just talked about tropical fish and how his brothers are better than him at football. Lasted 15 minutes. 15 minutes of Kalou being an all-round disgustingly nice guy. Brill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphas Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Not sure if anybody around here is interested in Italian football but I've started a Serie A blog here: http://aroundthepeninsula.wordpress.comA shameless shill, I know, but I figured I'd throw it out there. I'm taking a different club each week and trying to learn a bit more about them through researching history and analysing games. You'll probably think this is rubbish, but sod it.If you haven't already done so you should read a book called Forza Italia. An Irish journalist wrote it about his move to Italy to report on football and it's got some excellent stories about the Serie A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 My favourite football show used to be Football Mundial, though I haven't seen it for a few years. The last one I remember watching was an interview with Salomon Kalou (nicest guy in football, bar none) where he just talked about tropical fish and how his brothers are better than him at football. Lasted 15 minutes. 15 minutes of Kalou being an all-round disgustingly nice guy. Brill.but what kind of dessert did the presenter eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 If you haven't already done so you should read a book called Forza Italia. An Irish journalist wrote it about his move to Italy to report on football and it's got some excellent stories about the Serie A.This book is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 No presenter. Just voiceover. A man who speaks every language on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Nothing will ever beat James Richardson with a big ice-cream and his pink newspaper. Not even a super multi-lingual robot voice speaking to kalou about fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 I've not seen what you are speaking of, but I think I have to agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 When football italia was on there was the live game on a sunday and a round up of the previous week on a saturday morning. One part of that was always James reviewing the weeks papers while he was sat at a cafe in a plaza in rome or milan etc. He always had some kind of giant kind of ice cream sundae in front of him. One of the main footie papers in italy, gazzetta dello sport, is pink. This seemed amazing ot me as a child.He keeps the spirit alive now with a european paper review which goes up on the guardian site most fridays. However it's not in some fancy italian cafe but a studio at the guardian offices and he has cake not ice cream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Fuck me this QPR vs Newcastle game is shite. Terrible football from both sides with each looking woeful up front and at the back in equal measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 When football italia was on there was the live game on a sunday and a round up of the previous week on a saturday morning. One part of that was always James reviewing the weeks papers while he was sat at a cafe in a plaza in rome or milan etc. He always had some kind of giant kind of ice cream sundae in front of him. One of the main footie papers in italy, gazzetta dello sport, is pink. This seemed amazing ot me as a child.He keeps the spirit alive now with a european paper review which goes up on the guardian site most fridays. However it's not in some fancy italian cafe but a studio at the guardian offices and he has cake not ice creamI don't remember that, or ever watching any of the analysis when I was young. Just the games. I feel like I've missed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 You did. It had all the fun banter too. Like Attilio Lombardo dancing the lombada and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 I don't remember that, or ever watching any of the analysis when I was young. Just the games. I feel like I've missed out.Man, you missed out. Best part of the show. I used to think that was what Italy was all about : eating ice cream in a cafe terrace and reading weird coloured papers that slated footballers. When everyone was getting into byker grove and grange hill, James Richardson made me feel good about being middle class with his smug weekly roundups. Continental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 I went to Italy on a school trip when I was about 14. Seeing one of those papers in person was a great moment for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Gazzetta Football Italia made me feel like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Joe Cole looks like he's enjoying himself at LOSC. Really interested to see how he gets on. He'll be the star in midfield and with Hasard up front he's got a world class player to feed. This move might be exactly what he needs to re-discover that adolescent promise that's disapeared over the years. I still rate him as a top player.http://www.losc.fr/losc-tv/videos/asse-losc-1-3skip to about 1min 30 to see him singing to his team mates, then to bout 4 mins to see the match and 3 great goals. Hasard is fucking awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Definitely a good move for him. He's lost his pace somewhat but I think the French league will suit him. Plus it's always nice to see an English player actually try his luck abroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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