This & That 𐃉 Take 5

Kick About


Great footage here of the game between Amsterdam and AZ Alkaar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgvJAq2Lyag&feature=related.

An Ajax thug already banned for his antics at soccer games ran on to have a kick at the goalkeeper. The keeper was too quick and knocked the bollix out of the clown who is now banned for life from attending games. A Dutch court also sentenced the moron, identified only as Wesley van W under Dutch privacy laws, to six months. Not hard to guess what W stands for.

The goalie got a red card which was later rescinded. In my view he should have been awarded European sportsman of the year – for kickboxing.


Hopeless, Hopeless Liverpool

This Liverpool team is one of the most frustrating to follow in years. Never mind getting duffed 3-0 at Man City, it is endlessly drawing against the donkeys that ensures they are on the road to nowhere. It is inconceivable that had they held onto Benitez that their position could be as poor as it is today. Manchester United showed how to deal with a team like Wigan in a 5 goal demolition. What did Liverpool manage against the same side? A goalless draw. They did little better against Blackburn. They lost 1-0 to Fulham. It is a waste of time beating Chelsea, Newcastle or whoever to end up coming unstuck against the teams that any real contender for the championship must beat. Beating Oldham 5-1 in the FA Cup hardly compensates for the draw debacles.

Who is Charlie Adam playing for? He scored an own goal in the Blackburn game and missed a penalty against Wigan. When he is not missing penalties Andy Carroll is. What are these played being paid for if week in week out they fail to deliver? The long suffering fans deserve something better than a rerun of the Spice Boys.

Gary Ablett

The death of Gary Ablett changes the mood music when discussing Liverpool FC. A dark cloud passed over Anfield and Goodison Park, grounds where Ablett plied his trade in the service of both Merseyside giants, Liverpool and Everton. I never considered him one of the Liverpool greats, tending to feel that he established his place in a team that was on its way back from the fair. When he crossed the city to join Everton in 1992 I didn’t feel that Liverpool was losing any great talent. He never measured up to players like Alan Hansen or Mark Lawrenson.  Then, few do. Having said that, Alan Hansen who played alongside Ablett felt it was major mistake for Liverpool manager Graeme Souness to have transferred him.

Whatever my views of his ability, he gave it his best, had passion for the game and never lost sight of the fact that he was on a soccer pitch rather than a catwalk. He was also a member of the squad at the time of the crushing Hillsborough Stadium disaster.

Tommy Smith, the former Liverpool stalwart, in a tender comment perhaps summed Gary Ablett up better than most: ‘to be respected and admired at Liverpool or Everton is a feat in itself. But to be admired by both clubs and their fans is something very special indeed.’

20 comments:

  1. That keeper showed the rest of us the way to treat those fuckers from BC if they ever come out from under the stone they must have crawled under.you know Anthony I,m a UTD fan but I,ve said it before I think Dagleish will turn L/pool around,I think Tommy Smith got it spot on in his comment on Gary Ablett

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  2. AM-

    The old pool is 1-0 at the momment against city-
    every cloud has a silver lining etc-

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  3. Thanks Michaelhenry,

    first I knew of it. Up to my eyes

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  4. Watching Inglourious bastards on rte brill ,,

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  5. Carroll is the worst value signing ever in any sport ! Cantona's Bruce Lee impression is still top of the pile ! Spurs for the title if they add 2 decent signings ? Reds, fourth @ best, should beat Stoke on saturday.A cup double would be nice. Never buy a player with a ponytail, Harry Kewell , LOL.

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  6. I walked in on my mother in law having a bath yesterday as she was stopping with us for a while,after months of simmering tension between us this was the opportunity that I was waiting for and before we knew it ,one thing led to another,and I could,nt stop myself...I drowned her.

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  7. I seen Anthony Worral Thompson down town today and asked him if I could take his photograph he went nuts when I asked him to say cheese...a Korean couple walked into the RSPCA,the receptionist says "how can I help you?" the man answers"table for two please".....I went to buy a car with the wife and kids today,the salesman told me to f##k off it was cash or nothing.

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  8. So much for Patten and police reform here,pay of the ruc with massive retirement deals then rehire them,some in the most sensitive of positions,all with the old ethos of the ruc,and still qsf are on the policing boards propping up this farce.

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  9. Marty,

    nothing surprising about that or the fact that qsf don’t mind the old RUC fox being in charge of the hen house.
    Reform is just a nice word for rearrange.

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  10. Tain bo a cara kind of reminds me of Spike Milligans walking backwards song..

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  11. Italian divers searching the stricken cruise ship have found two Irishmen still in the bar,they told the divers to f##k of they are all inclusive!!just bought a raffle ticket for a med cruise ,last weeks was a rollover...

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  12. That film Warhorse is good but the hot dog is much better

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  13. New series starting on bbc 2 tonight 9pm Putin, Russia and the west could be interesting,

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  14. Piece of black tarmac walks into a bar and shouts"I,m the hardest f##ker in here" barman says "calm down mate,of course you are,your a piece of tarmac!" then a red piece of tarmac walks in and shouts "I,ll fight any f##ker in here,who wants a beating?" black tarmac remains silent,the barman says to the black tarmac"why didnt you say anything I thought you wanted a fight" black tarmac replies "I.m not messing with that f##ker he,s a f##kin cyclepath!"

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  15. Blind people are f##kers and I,m not afraid to put that in writing..they should rename the government Rohypnol,cause you never know when and how you,ll be f##ked next..A new theme park is to devoloped on the site of the old nuclear power station at Chernobyl,it will be similar to Disneyland except the six foot mouse will be real.I have just started a sexual relationship with a blind woman,its very rewarding but quite challenging,it took me ages to get her husbands voice right..Lionel Ritchie has cancelled his forthcoming gigs on cruise liners apparently Dancing on the ceiling does not have the same appeal anymore..

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  16. Has anyone here read the Vatican Times extracts of ex sos for norn iorn Peter Hains memoirs,he tells us how grizzly Adams loves plants I bet their creepers,and then he tell us how he connected with Martyboy McGuinness by discussing the success of the English cricket team apparently he is a big fan of the English cricket team ,able to recite match statistics and comment expertly on each of their batsmen and bowlers,bit like that other great republican Pat Sheehan, this doesnt surprise me in the least,what else would you expect from ministers and employees of the crown.

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  17. I held the door open for a lovely girl in the pub last night,the wife said "you,ve never held the door open for me" I said "what about the time you threatened to leave"Gerry Itwasntme is on his final question for a million pounds with Chris Tarrant,he has only one life line left....phone a friend "which bird does not make a nest? A Sparrow, B Swallow, C Blackbird D Cuckoo... Gerry Itwasntme calls Bob Doh Brains Bob Doh Brains says "Doh its a cuckoo 100% boss doh"..Gerry Itwasntme wins the million,afterwards he calls Bob "how the f##k did you know that?" Bob Doh Brains said "doh well boss you must be thick doh everybody knows that cuckoo.s live in clocks doh"

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  18. Sometimes...when you cry..no one sees your tears,Sometimes...when your in pain..no one sees your hurt,Sometimes when your worried..no one sees your stress...sometimes...Sometimes when your happy..no one sees your smile....But try masturbating in Tesco,s carpark just one f##kin time and see how much attention you get.

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  19. Whats a paralympians biggest fear.... being tested positive for WD40

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  20. Now to much more pressing and serious matters...what are we going to give her majesty for her upcoming birthday this is the main topic occupying the waking moments of the lumpenproletariat both here in norn iorn and the mainland ,on behalf of TPQ I wanted to send a a hand grenade with the pin out,preferably one of the ones Mickeyboy Stone left in Milltown cemetery,after all it probably was one of hers....

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