OK, so this post is going to be footie-oriented, and then some ****’s getting it in the neck. So be it.
Cack-awful ******* ***** **** **** referees
OK, so we weren’t that great tonight. Carr lapsed. O’Brien seems to be career-suicidal. Bowyer collects yellow cards like whores collect venereal diseases. But we’ve effectively lost because of three shitty refereeing decisions.
The goal we got at St James’ should have been disallowed for Ameobi’s foul on a defender. But the other should have stood (the ref told Robert he could strike the ball then changed his mind), and Ameobi shouldn’t have been penalised for the ball-to-hand that left their goal wide open.
Sporting’s second goal tonight was a ******* mile offside. You could have squeezed three Boumsong’s in that ******* hole.
Still, at least they didn’t cheat anywhere near as much as most other foreign clubs, and there was no sign of trouble anywhere in or around the ground. I certainly can’t claim they cheated their way through. So…
Well done Sporting. A team that lives up to the English meaning of their name. Both refs however can **** off. As can your ******* linesmen.
From now on, though – come on Liverpool. Let’s see the one remaining English club in Europe do well (no, I don’t count Chelski).
Oh, and will someone please tell the tosspot commentating on Channel 5 tonight that Dyer pulling up with a hamstring problem isn’t a “worry for the weekend” because it’s the second game of a small domestic three match ban he might have heard about if he was a half-decent ******* journalist. It was only the biggest ******* football story for 6 months.
Prick. And the other one for not correcting him. Twice.
Impressed by an FA
Spain and England could learn a bit from the Italian FA. After the disgusting scenes at the Milan derbies, the Juve/Liverpool game and – frankly – for the last umpteen years, they’ve decided to step down.
Hard.
If any objects are thrown at the pitch during any Italian league game, the match is to be abandoned immediately. The team who’s fans are guilty lose the game 3-0. Simple as.
No piss-ant 20-minutes-wages fine for racially abusing players, no crap-awful fines to clubs with the king’s own bank account behind them for bringing an entire nation’s sport into disrepute. Fast, simple, harsh punishment.
This puts the onus on the clubs to train their stewards to actually do something about this mess. Search the home fans as well as visitors. Remove people from stands and arrest / fine / eject them for offenses, rather than just standing and bloody watching like at Juve the other night.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Italian FA – I applaud you.
***** on eBay
Two so far this week. I just popped a new mobile up for sale, and within a couple of hours had the following email:
hello,
how are you and your business,i am interested in buying you item for my daughter and I will be paying via postal order/paypal so kindly get back to me with the actual amount you are willing to sell the item as well as your name and address where the postal order will be address to and moreso kindly get the accurate postage cost via a registered royal mail service to my daughter in Nigeria and get back to me asap.
thanks.
thompson.
As soon as I saw the word “Nigeria” the phrase “**** off” sprang immediately to mind, especially as my ad says I only ship to the UK. There’s a scam going round involving dodgy cheques and dodgier Nigerians (sorry, but it is predomonantly people from there) which I’m fortunate enough to know about. I’m sure some other poor sod will get caught out.
I replied via eBay and hid my email address. Half an hour later I got a mail from eBay support warning me about this thieving ******. At least they’re on the lookout.
The other’s some little **** who bought some memory off me on “Buy It Now”. I got an email post-purchase asking if I accepted postal orders. Yup, fine – saves me the PayPal fees. Two days later I got another mail. Decipher this if you can:
hey soz lad i am new to ebay and wen i sent tht msg to u i thourgh the msg sent to my email account msg box not my hotmail account. so i av gone and temoved ur ltem frm my bidin list cos i thourght u wearnt gettin bck 2 me sorry!!!! if i c any more of ur items tht i wnt i will buy them from u first sorry mate!
Well **** you. It cost me to list the item. It costs me a percentage of the sale price when it’s sold. I wrote and told him (politely, of course – this will have to be taken up by eBay). His reply:
well am sorry bt another reason y i dntwnt ur item is tht ur post and
packaging it 2 much 2 pay sorry
Well **** you again. The post and packing (£2.50 for first class recorded delivery in static proof sponge and a sturdy cardboard box) is a lot less than some other people are charging. AND it was listed as part of the cost on the item before he bought it.
Then there’s the small matter of the warning that he’s entered into a legally binding contract after the totals have been provided and before he makes the final click to say “OK”.
eBay, though, say I have to wait 7 days (i.e. till the 19th) before I can lodge an official “Non Payment” complaint.
In the meantime, the idiot’s username on eBay is ryanx16x. If anyone wants his full name, address and email details… I won’t give them. For a while.
Grr.
A thoroughly depressing night – we were outplayed, but it was more galling because I foolishly thought we had more than just one foot in the semis. The injuries are going to severely harm our chances of beating the Red ***** at the weekend, too.
Glad someone else was irritated by John Helm’s failure to realise that Dyer is suspended for Sunday’s game. He kept on and on about it too – dozy old duffer.
I watched the game last night, very entertaining stuff.
Thought Sporting were a typical Euro side, patient, with brilliant movement off the ball. Newcastle looked good after going 1-0 up on the night, and I thought then that if Sporting didn’t get one back by half-time the game was up.
Sporting slowly fighting their way back into the picture, and eventually a Newcastle capitulation when the dust was settling.
I did wonder afterwards how many Newcastle fans would be blaming anyone and everyone they could for the defeat. The ref was quite forgiving towards one or two of Bowyer’s challenges. Blame the hopeless players instead.
Funny how people see things differently!
I would agree that the ref was a bit of a useless c**t, but your boys apparent inability to pass the ball to anyone but one of the opposition players throughout the second half may have had some influence on the course of things as well I suspect. It’s good to know you Newcastle fans are now discovering what we Spurs fans have known for years, that Stevie Carr is a great player but a f***ing useless full-back!
The commentator was hilarious throughout. I’m not sure he’d ever watched a football match before, and Steve Claridge seemed to have an IQ in single figures.
In fairness, the ref last night wasn’t any worse than the usual pitiful Premiership ones we have to put up with. The Russian prick last week, however…
I just read on BBC News that N’Zogbia was playing with a suspected fractured collarbone for the last 15 minutes. I think I can excuse him some dodgy passes on that basis!
I am *so* looking forward to the drive back from Cardiff on Monday morning now…
sorry about the ******** on Ebay. I LOVE Ebay, but I hate some of the lousy chumps that buy/sell on there.