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Post by fred emney on Mar 29, 2011 20:46:48 GMT
Blimey this international break seems to be going on forever, seems months since Riise condemned the upstarts from leeds to a BDTBL thrashing.
The break came at a bad time too... with us on a bit of a roll, 1 win on the trot.
Nice to see Ched & Boggy have been having non goalscoring practise with their third tier national sides.
& talking of third tier, as i write the massive are 1-3 down to Brentford.
... oh & as i write further, they have now lost 1-3. 4th tier for them please, they`ve earnt it.
All in all nowt much to write about The Blades though. bloody ages till monday & the game with Big nose (copyright: handsworth blade)
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Post by Bladenz on Mar 29, 2011 22:49:30 GMT
I agree Fred. It's been a bit like the close season - nowt happening. Latest news "Vokes goes back to Wolves" staring me in the face every time I look at Teamtalk. They didn't even update it to say he's gone to Norwich! Glad our lads came through internationals OK, but they still didn't score. Good to see Jags in the England set-up, but I am a bit with Sir Alex on this - the competitive internationals are fine, but the friendlies are a big yawn. And Capello's a bit of a yawn too. I see this morning where his marvellous contract was only negotiated by a few of the committee involved, so we are stuck with him. Hey-ho, bring on Big Nose then, let's get this one out of the way and get on with survival!!! UTB
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Post by Bladenz on Mar 29, 2011 22:51:45 GMT
Oh! I almost forgot. Smeggy's in trouble at Swillsborough. That was at least something worth seeing in the football columns today. He admitted that "His language was poor" - presumably when he was abusing all the officials. Slap on the wrist time for Smeggy of the massive club.
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Post by muttley on Mar 30, 2011 10:49:54 GMT
Don't laugh too much....you might be looking at us in 12 months time. (forever the optomist)
Nah , sod it hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
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Post by lab on Mar 30, 2011 15:23:04 GMT
We could be watching cricket - only if they knew that there is a world cup competition going on over here  |
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Post by Bladenz on Mar 31, 2011 5:58:09 GMT
Yiou know what they say, Muttley - "He who laughs last laughs longest "(or is it loudest). Recalling the Battle of Bramall Lane, I am just happy that something nasty is heading his way. And LAB, we've seen some of the cricket, but it is at unearthly times here in NZ. Mind you, I'd hate NZ to have won it - they are a shower of shite - most of them!
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Post by Bladenz on Mar 31, 2011 5:59:02 GMT
LAB - have you ever tried explaining cricket to the Americans? Be fairly hopeless I would thin k!
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Post by lab on Mar 31, 2011 15:13:24 GMT
Most have no clue about cricket. I work with a couple of Indian guys so they are happy at least. Opening day of Baseball here and 90' weather |
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Post by Ivanhoe on Mar 31, 2011 16:32:13 GMT
Bladenz, when I was posted to a NATO base in the 1980's we regularly played both Cricket and Softball with other nationalities, when the Americans were batting at Cricket if they connected it generally went for miles, but they would start to run they would inevitably drop the bat as they do in Softball.
We actually won the main trophy one year as the rules stated if you were in the British military when batting you could get to nineteen and after your next scoring run you had to carry your bat, so the most you could get was twenty five, you could also only bowl four overs too.
But we were a bit sneaky as we knew an Australian soldier who was completing his two years of national service in the German Army to keep his joint nationality, and as such him being non British he could score as many runs as possible, and bowl as many overs as he wanted, I think he played as an all rounder at the equivalent of our county level.
As you can imagine the Officers who regularly won the trophy were non too happy, but it was like taking sweets from a baby...
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Post by Bladenz on Mar 31, 2011 20:02:27 GMT
Great story Ivanhoe - I smiled at the idea of a German (even with dual nationality) playing cricket. Wasn't it always said that if the Germans (and especially Hitler) had played cricket, there would have been no Second World War? Similarly, if Hitler had been a Blade, he wouldn't have bombed Sheffield - especially Sheffield 2!!!!!!
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Post by fred emney on Apr 1, 2011 20:46:56 GMT
Hitler & the Germans playing cricket? there`d be a few changes to the lingo...
Howzat... achtung
square leg........... square head leg
covers.... Siegfried line
drive.... blitzkrieg
cow corner... eva braun corner
LBW... LBZV (Leg before ze vicket)
night**tchman... stalag searchlight operator
first drop... poland
one ball left.... A Hitler
monday`s game can`t come quick enough!
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Post by fred emney on Apr 1, 2011 20:48:28 GMT
Hmmmm, seems the swear filter thinks being a night**tchman is a bit of a t**t?  |
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Post by Ivanhoe on Apr 2, 2011 9:04:36 GMT
Fred,
What about the Ball Tampering and current bung allegations: "VEE VER ONLY FOLLOVING ORDERS".
or even the "Come on Bird Gerron Wiyitt" may well change to: "DON'T SHTOP OR VEE SHOOT".
It could bring a whole new meaning to 'Floodlight-Matches'.
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Post by Bladenz on Apr 2, 2011 21:10:22 GMT
Poor pun coming up - to batsmen who linger at the crease when they are obviously out .....
Vee haff vays of making you walk!!!" Sorry about that one - bit feeble.
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Post by fred emney on Apr 2, 2011 22:40:39 GMT
Apparently deciphered codes at Bletchley park uncovered this WW II cricketing moment...
I open vith herr rommell & that fokker montgomerry hitz him for sechs. Gotten himmell, vot sort of side are ve???.... goebbels can`t catch anything in zee air & i expected better from herr himmler with his geoffrey boycott specs. vee are shitenzee
No wonder we beat `em by an innings
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