The Round Ball Game

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

... i know i know, footie and footballers, this is an R3 forum and all ...

but some may follow the vicissitudes of clubs and watch games and quite like to drop the odd comment or two ....

such where is your money going tonight Arsenal or Barcelona?


and didn't Harry do well in his comments about Gatuso head butting Joe Jordan? oh and his team won .... No 1 son is a Spurs follower, lives in the USA, he might ring me about twice a year if i am lucky, he rang last night! gloating about the game and Spurs superior position to Chelski in the league ... and Gatuso ...

[Frances_iom]

... i know i know, footie and footballers, this is an R3 forum and all ...
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merely a displacement activity of those with them - one wonders at the intelligence of those who give any significance to such manufactured activities as 22 'grown' men chasing a bit of replacement leather around a field.

[teamsaint]

... i know i know, footie and footballers, this is an R3 forum and all ...

but some may follow the vicissitudes of clubs and watch games and quite like to drop the odd comment or two ....

such where is your money going tonight Arsenal or Barcelona?


and didn't Harry do well in his comments about Gatuso head butting Joe Jordan? oh and his team won .... No 1 son is a Spurs follower, lives in the USA, he might ring me about twice a year if i am lucky, he rang last night! gloating about the game and Spurs superior position to Chelski in the league ... and Gatuso ...

never mind all that fancy stuff, the real question is , "will the Super Saints claw their way out of League 1 this year?" results went our way last night, but the posh are running into form....18 games to go, all to play for !!

Oh and intelligence doesn't come into it. Just because you can't study it at a top university, doesn't mean its not worthwhile !!

[Bryn]

never mind all that fancy stuff, the real question is , "will the Super Saints claw their way out of League 1 this year?" results went our way last night, but the posh are running into form....18 games to go, all to play for !!

Oh and intelligence doesn't come into it. Just because you can't study it at a top university, doesn't mean its not worthwhile !!

Agreed.It's easily as worthwhile a most other tribal wargames.

[scottycelt]

TBH, I think the fracas between Jordan and Gatuso reflects even more badly on the former than the latter, the handbagging 'head-butting' notwithstanding.

Jordan should finally grow up and realise he is now approaching pensioner status and act accordingly.

In contrast, I've always liked Harry Redknapp, as he always comes across to me as a man who knows the difference between sport and all-out war.

Anyway, well done Spurs!

[Uncle Monty]

the real question is , "will the Super Saints claw their way out of League 1 this year?"

Well, I really hope they do.

And I mean that most sincerely, as Hughie Green used to say. . .

P. U. P.

[EdgeleyRob]

merely a displacement activity of those with them - one wonders at the intelligence of those who give any significance to such manufactured activities as 22 'grown' men chasing a bit of replacement leather around a field.

To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink. J.B. Priestley, The Good Companions.

[Auferstehen2]

To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink. J.B. Priestley, The Good Companions.

BRAVO!!!

(Oh, and what about Rooney's goal, Man City supporters?)

Mario

[scottycelt]

To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink. J.B. Priestley, The Good Companions.

Or to bring it right up to date, to endeavour to post on this forum is merely to finger a piece of plastic ... ?

[Flosshilde]

Just because you can't study it at a top university

Are yoiu absolutely sure you cant?

http://www.solent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/football_studies_ba/course_details.aspx

http://www.beds.ac.uk/courses/bysubject/leitouspoman/ba-foostu

well, OK, perhaps Southampton Solent & Bedfordshire aren't 'top' universities, but hey, who's counting? The important thing is, are you a better player if you have a degree in football?

[EdgeleyRob]

never mind all that fancy stuff, the real question is , "will the Super Saints claw their way out of League 1 this year?" results went our way last night, but the posh are running into form....18 games to go, all to play for !!

Oh and intelligence doesn't come into it. Just because you can't study it at a top university, doesn't mean its not worthwhile !!

I hope that they do just that, but more importantly to me , ''will Stockport County manage to stay in the football league this season?''

[teamsaint]

I hope that they do just that, but more importantly to me , ''will Stockport County manage to stay in the football league this season?''

well I hope you stay up. Pretty tough being a Stockport fan really....and its not looking good for you.
Seems a long time ago now that Dave Jones' team gave us a lesson at our place.. happier days for you.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

to endeavour to post on this forum is merely to finger a piece of plastic ... ?

...you speak for yourself scottycelt,! my prosthesis is in perfect working order


the Arsenal Barcelona match was the most exquisite and enthralling game of football ... a contest of wit, elegance, speed of thought, and draining of stamina; there may well be more dramatic or exciting games, but there will scarce be a better one ... that was special

[scottycelt]

...you speak for yourself scottycelt,! my prosthesis is in perfect working order


the Arsenal Barcelona match was the most exquisite and enthralling game of football ... a contest of wit, elegance, speed of thought, and draining of stamina; there may well be more dramatic or exciting games, but there will scarce be a better one ... that was special

Exactlly what I thought. Some of the ball skills and team cohesion on display were nothing short of stunning and demonstrated that this misleadingly simple-looking game, when played at the highest level, can sometimes more resemble an art than a sport..

Spellbinding stuff. which made even the 'Beautiful Game' seem like an inadequate description.

Now if only my beloved boyhood team could play like that ... what's up with you, Partick Thistle?

[burning dog]

What do they know of Classical Music who only Classical Music know?