Charting A Course Through The Mundane
‘Like Betamax, they don’t make them like him any more.’
Ray Hudson is the world’s greatest sports commentator, (discounting Alan Partidge), and the video above proves exactly why.
The former Newcastle United player turned pundit for beIN Sports likes to break down commentary walls and step over onto the other side when players like Ronaldo and Messi score goals.
If you were unfortunate enough to sit through the France v Ukraine Euro 2012 match yesterday you would have witnessed commentators and sports pundits claim that the thunder storm which, suspended play for an hour, was of biblical proportions.
ITV’s Adrian Chiles, once expertly described as ‘a thumb in a suit‘ was on the brink of launching into an end of days rant such was the hysteria surrounding nothing more than some thunder and lightening which lasted only half an hour.
Of course with no actual football to broadcast for a full hour the cameras turned on the fans who, in typical sports fan style, made the most of the short lived inconvenience.
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Watch Iker Casillas, Real Madrid’s goalkeeper, pick his nose and wipe whatever abomination was in there on a small child’s face.
Couldn’t agree more Rio, that last episode was a disaster the writers really jumped the shark.
Pop singer Shakira is dating Barcelona football player Gerard Pique. Here’s edited together footage of the singer getting all excited/frustrated/angry/happy watching her boyfriend play in the Copa Del Rey final between Barcelona and Real Madrid this week. Do you think she knew she was being filmed?
Police in Glasgow this morning confirmed that they had made 30 arrests following the insanity which took place last night between the city’s two football teams. We spend our days sailing on the high seas so a sport like football, (soccer), is of little interest to us, its more for those crazy land lubbers. But last night’s Scottish Cup tie between Glasgow Rangers and Glasgow Celtic developed into a grand festival of shouting and pushing. Apparently there had been a game of football at one point but we had blinked and subsequently missed it.
Having watched many an old firm game from the safety of our moorings over the years this sort of behaviour comes as no surprise. In February when the ‘gruesome twosome’ played each other police in the city made 229 arrests. Most, if not all of the trouble is fuelled by alcohol and bigotry and having a group of well paid grown men behaving like petulant children who have just been told by their parents that they have no more time to play in the ball pit, does not help the situation.
Having said that we would just love to know what Rangers assistant manager, (and manger to be), Ally McCoist said to Celtic manager Neil Lennon at full time to make him go all shouty and pushy.
"You've got some crumbs on your top lip Alistair."
The original tackle
As you can see above the good and creative people of the Internet have been having some fun with Glasgow Rangers new signing El Hadji Diouf. The player recently found himself the target of some hefty physical challenges during an SPL game against Hearts. He himself over the years has carved out a bit of a reputation for himself as a total arsehole bit of a rascal.
The first GIF is the original tackle, what follows beneath is nothing short of genius. Chart a course for Something Awful for a whole load more.
Stuff which what we found interestin’.
Smuggle Truck a controversial people trafficking game for the iPhone has The Daily Mail’s panties all up in a bunch.
About bloody time! It looks like we’ll be getting an Arrested Development film after all (via Film Drunk)
Could this really be the future of gaming? (via Game Informer)
Five football, (soccer), players who should really give some of their money back (via The Spoiler)
Yet another fan film this time for Superman. Entitled Superman Classic by the very talented artist Rob Pratt (via Geekosystem)
Lazy arsed Journalist poaches story from website and claims it as his own (via Anorak News)
Danny Boyle’s next movie may be about shape shifting gangsters in LA (via HeyUGuys)
A pre-superbowl video which appeared on ESPN before the game taking the rip out of Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy. We will literally watch anything Matt Damon is and we don’t care who hears us say that either.
Mike Myers and Dana Carvey re-teamed on SNL. Is there a Wayne’s Word 3 in the pipeline? (via Den Of Geek)
Just when you thought The X Factor couldn’t stoop any lower (via Warming Glow)
Mysterious frozen lake in Antarctica is about to be examined by Russian scientists. The Thing anyone? (via News Daily)
The McGhee Facepalm.
Troubled Aberdeen Football Club manager Mark McGhee faced the nation’s press earlier today to confirm that he would be staying on in the job and that his decision isn’t about the money, it’s more down to an issue of loyalty to the club that he…blah, blah, blah and other similar fartblossom mince. But he did unintentionally crack one of the funniest jokes this month.
We think it just did Mark.
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Where is Rooney? Where is he? He’s up here isn’t he? Isn’t he!? Come out and face me you money grabbing coward!
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