Pay2Play and his UNBELIEVABLE posts!!!

[Dingle]

Just one more point.

In my opinion, the U.S team has made great progress in recent years and myself can't see it being too long b4 they will be able to compete on a higher plateau.

You nearly up with England's garbage. How can a team with such talented players play so bad is beyond me, personally I think Kevin Keegan has made some bad choices but it is him getting paid to do the job not me.

[Ronbets]

Dingle,

Winston Churchill would have been proud!! Incidently, can I expect those two First-Class tickets to Heathrow?

[AussieVamp2]

England doesn't have talented players

they got Nevilles

[Dingle]

your right oz

i just lost about 30 mins ranting about england and so forth, so quickly

Gareth barry for phil
Kieron dyer for gary

Steven Gerrard for Ince(why heplayed i dont know, Gerrard is THE most exciting prospect for us now, if only we could learn from brazil, who aren't afriad to play the young uns, we would be solid.

Robbie Fowler for Shearer(retirment) - Michael Owen calls robbie GOD that says it all, best finisher in england and one of the best in the world, put him in front of gaol and he WILL score.

A friend told me that Keegan said in the press that he might bring back Gazza, a football genius, ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. Lost his way a bit, and lost the chance to be up there with Pele and Goergie Best, was as good as these two, PURE GENIUS with a football, too many beers in that gut tho now.

Interesting e-mail from a friend about GAZZA

Subject:the crazy world of Paul Gascoigne


> 50 Mad Moments In The Life Of The Greatest Living Englishman
>
> 1) One hour after playing for England, met 'showbiz pals'
Danny Baker and
> Chris Evans in a Hampstead pub while still wearing his full
kit... boots
> included.
>
> 2) When asked for his nationality before an operation, told
the nurse:
> "Church Of England."
>
> 3) On a trip to London, jumped out of his car to demand "a go"
on a
> workman's pneumatic drill. After getting the go-ahead, happily
pounded the
> pavement to the amusement of shoppers.
>
> 4) On first meeting with Lazio's president to discuss his
big-money move
> to the Italian club, was quick to tell the esteemed gentleman
that he
> reminded him of Bud Abbot.
>
> 5) Organisers of Italia 90 TV coverage had the splendid idea
of augmenting
> team line-ups with film of each player mouthing his own name.
Gascoigne's
> genius led him to subvert the process by, instead, mouthing
'F***ing
> W***ker'. The BBC had to use it all the way through the
tournament.
>
> 6) Booked a series of sun-bed sessions for then-Newcastle
team-mate Tony
> Cunningham. Who, of course, is black.
>
> 7) Asked by a Norwegian camera crew if he had a message for
England's
> upcoming opponents, immediately responded with, "Yes. F**k off
Norway."
> Then ran off laughing.
>
> 8) Turned up for England training the morning after
then-manager Bobby
> Robson had called him as quote "daft as a brush" with a floor
brush
> sticking out of his sock.
>
> 9) When asked for a footballing comment while at Lazio, burped
> enthusiastically into a TV microphone. He was fined £39,000.
>
> 10) Decided it would be a great idea to have massive hair
extensions.
> Looked a fool and had them taken out a day later.
>
> 11) After paying for ex-wife Sheryl's breasts implants, sent
flowers to
> the hospital after the operation addressed to 'Dolly Parton'.
>
> 12) Astounded commuters in London by jumping on a
double-decker in
> London's Piccadilly Circus and asking if he could have a
drive. The bus
> driver said yes, and the passengers thoroughly enjoyed Gazza's
impromptu
> performance.
>
> 13) Sent a rose to the Wimbledon dressing room for Vinnie
Jones after the
> infamous ball-squeezing incident. Got a toilet brush in
return.
>
> 14) Set up best mate Jimmy 'Five Bellies' Gardner with a
'girl' he knew to
> be a transvestite.
>
> 15) Has taken the p*** out of refs constantly during his
career. On one
> occasion he sniffed a hapless ref's armpit while he was
holding his hand
> high to signal a free kick.
>
> 16) Undeterred by their frosty reactions, Gazza again tried to
prove that
> refs have a sense of humour by yellow-carding the referee
after the
> official had dropped his card during a Rangers v Hibs game. He
was booked
> for his troubles.
>
> 17) While attempting to deflect the 'kebab controversy' which
spelled the
> beginning of the end of his England career, assured reporters
that his
> doner-munching antics following Middl***rough's promotion to
the
> Premiership would in no way affect his fitness before France
98. One
> reporter asked: "What do you feel like now?" Back came the
inevitable
> response: "I feel like a kebab with onions."
>
> 18) As an apprentice desperate to impress then-Newcastle boss
Jack
> Charlton, spent a week's money on fishing gear andb egged the
famous
> angler to give him a lesson. On arrival at the riverbank,
Charlton
> promptly threw all but the rod out into the briny, then poured
a bottle of
> Newcastle Brown into the water, dipped in the rod and within
seconds was
> pulling out a whopper. Lesson over.
>
> 19) As 'perk' of boot-cleaning duties during his
apprenticeship, took
> Kevin Keegan's Golas home to show his mates. But left them on
the
> Newcastle Underground.
>
> 20) When playing for England against Belgium in Italia 90,
ridiculed Enzo
> Scifo as he lay on the ground clutching his leg. Gazza thought
he was
> play-acting, so did a mime of his own which involved hopping
on one leg
> with his tongue lolling out.
>
> 21) His attempt to jet off to Libya with Middl***rough for a
post-season
> tour was hampered by the fact he'd left his passport at home.
An emotional
> Gazza wept at the check-in desk until a minion was despatched
to bring it
> to the airport.
>
> 22) Celebrated his new-found hero status after flying home
from Italia 90
> by wearing a huge pair of fake plastic boobs and stomach
bearing the
> legend 'Gazza'.
>
> 23) On meeting the president of Denmark's FA, pretended he
could speak
> Danish. When invited to demonstrate, imitated The Muppet
Show's Swedish
> Chef.
>
> 24) Conned Five Bellies into eating a mince pie after he'ds
craped out the
> filling and replaced it with cat excrement.
>
> 25) Walked into the Middl***rough canteen wearing nothing but
his training
> socks and ordered lunch.
>
> 26) Paid £320 for a Mars Bar in a newsagents in his home town
of Dunston,
> then told the shop owner to spend the change on sweets for
local kids.
>
> 27) Whilst dining in the prestigious Bedford Arms Hotel in
Woburn with a
> few of his Geordie mates, decided to place his erect member on
the
> shoulder of a diner at the next table. Thinking someone had
tapped him on
> the shoulder the gentleman turned his head only to have
Gazza's helmet
> prod him in the cheek.
>
> 28) Took a documentary team to a beautiful Scottish cottage
which he
> informed them was his new place, pretended he'd forgotten his
key and
> knocked instead. When the door opened, told the befuddled
housewife inside
> that he was doing a telly advert and wanted to know if she
preferred Daz
> or Omo.
>
> 29) Crashed Middl***rough's team bus at the club's training
ground and
> caused £310,000 worth of damage.
>
> 30) While at Rangers, urinated over sleeping team-mate Richard
Gough.
>
> 31) Handed £1000 over to Jimmy Five Bellies after betting that
the burly
> boozer couldn't withstand a cigarette lighter's heat on the
bridge of his
> nose for five seconds. Jimmy could. Twice.
>
> 32) After briefly giving up drinking, was advised to find a
new interest.
> Picked bingo.
>
> 33) Bought a £1000 robot andp rogrammed it to travel into
Jimmy Five
> Bellies' room at Gazza Towers and announce: "Make a cup of
tea, fat man."
>
> 34) Stuck his tongue out when the TV cameras panned past him
during the
> national anthem at Italia 90.
>
> 35) Prepared for England matches during that hugely important
tournament
> by playing marathon games of tennis in the scorching midday
sun.
>
> 36) Thought it would be appropriate to wear a blue fright wig
before the
> 1991 FA Cup Final.
>
> 37) In his time, has agreed to dress as a Roman centurion, a
clown, Oliver
> Hardy and Braveheart for 'photo opportunities'.
>
> 38) While his Italia 90 team-mate was the hero of
Hillsborough, marched
> into a Sheffield barbers and demanded "a Waddle cut".
>
> 39) When Gazza signed for Spurs in 1988, he came down to
finalise the deal
> with a bunch of his Geordie mates. They took over the posh
hotel in Hadley
> Wood where Spurs were footing the bill and wreaked havoc.
Gazza met
> then-chairman Irving Scholar and began talks by saying, "We'd
like to
> thank you for the best three days of our lives."
>
> 40) Asked to leave West Lodge Park Hotel in London after
guests were
> treated to the sight of a naked Five Bellies swimming across
the duck
> pond.
>
> 41) On his first night in Rome after signing for Lazio, gave
his minder
> the slip, put his shoes by an open window and hid in a
cupboard. The
> minder thought he'd committed suicide.
>
> 42) Recorded a video message for a corporate party and signed
off with a
> cheery "Happy Christmas, you f***ing w***ers".
>
> 43) Greeted reporters in Rome by standing up, asking for
silence, then
> farting at ear-splitting volume.
>
> 44) Told an interviewer that he was so superstitious about the
number 13
> that he couldn't ever bear to see the numbers 4 and 9
together. Oddly, the
> combination of 5 and 8 was deemed OK.
>
> 45) Shredded England team-mate Dennis Wise's Armani suit quote
"for a
> laugh".
>
> 46) While staying at a Scottish hotel, drove across its golf
course in his
> four-wheel drive Jeep.
>
> 47) While reputation preceded him in Italy, the English
language did not.
> Hence, his Lazio debut was marked by a banner which read:
'Gazza's Boys,
> We Are Here. Shake Your Women And Drink Your Beer'.
>
> 48) Conversely, rival Italian supporters once hailed him with
a banner
> which stated bluntly: 'Paul Gazza, You Are Fat Poofta'.
>
> 49) After being sent off while playing for Lazio, shook hands
with
> virtually every member of the Genoa side.
>
> 50) While staying in a New Zealand hotel, was told there was
no bacon for
> breakfast. Replied, "What, all the sheep in this country and
there's no
> bloody bacon!"
>

What a guy, you couldn't make this stuff up could you.

[fin]

AV, hear hear

Hope they've got both Nevilles starting on Oct 11th. And Gazza.

KEEP THE NEVILLES IN THE TEAM. BRING BACK GAZZA

Dingle, what sort of US team progress are you referring to? (seriously)

Dunno about Fowler, most people can score if they are put in front of the goal.. but Fowler can still hit the post instead. Other than that, I do think he's very good when he's in form.

[TinCup]

I was at the game and saw no bottles thrown or any coins. Being one of the few who was rooting for the States, I thought they might get me, but it was all in good fun. When the States scored I was standing on my seat screaming, with everyone glaring at me. When Costa Rica won I could do nothing but give the Ticos high fives. Sure the Ticos might have done some bad stuff in the past, but not at this game. They were screaming at the refs for bad calls, but they had a right to because the calls sucked. Heck, I was screaming at one of the States players because he missed a golden opportunity to put the States up. There was no malice at the game, just some intense fans (like me).

[PerpetualCzech]

Dingle,

Absolutely riotous stories. Two thumbs up!

[AussieVamp2]

fin, wouldn't be too scared of Barry, Dyer, or Robbie Fowler crying at people, either