Do The Didier Deschamps
By: chris |
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All the cool kids are doing it.
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Sometimes Our Email Makes Me Wish I Had a Little More Self-Control
By: Laurie | 3 Comments
Our “tips” email address (tips[at]theoffside[dot]com) attracts some fun and interesting stuff. Brawls, WAGs, trivia, even the occasional game-related item like great goals and saves.
And then there’s the emails like the one that we got today:
Soccer player gets yellow card for farting in the referee’s face
You know. The kind of tips that cause me to think:
Noooo! I don’t want to see that! Must…not…click! Must…not…
Oh, dammit.
Perhaps you’ll have more self-control.
(You’re welcome!)
Oh, and as a bonus, the Skype. Me to Chris:
[1:47:27 PM] Laurie: Are you using the fart-in-face link for Dose? Because if not I’m WCO-ing it.
[1:54:24 PM] chris: nay, dose is done and I’m too lazy to sign back in
[1:54:36 PM] Laurie: Good.
(This is why I’ve never given my mother the name of this site.)
P.S. What kind of name is “Bunny” for a male referee anyhow?
Category: SkypeThe Funniest Own Goal You’ve Seen in a Long Long Time, Provided You Hate Children
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
Should I feel guilty for posting this? I sort of do. But you’ve got to admit it’s funny.
Category: StuffLost in Translation, OR: What did Raymond Domenech REALLY Say About the Irish?
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
Awhile back, Chris reported on the scandal created before the UEFA World Cup playoffs when France NT coach Raymond Domenech reportedly called Ireland “England’s B side.”
Scandal! Outcry! Off with his head!
Except not really. Turns out this was all simply a homophonic misunderstanding. [EDIT: Or not. See comments.]
Did Domenech actually say, “B”? No. What he said was, “bis.” This comes from Doumé, a French-born regular commenter on France WCB:
What’s really funny in that whole press thing that was blown out of proportion, is that it was a bad translation of Domenech’s words, when he said “c’est l’Angleterre bis”; BIS means like an exact replica (in French we also use it as “encore”), of course whatever foreign press translated it as B, meaning the bench team. It was great for firing up the whole Irish nation (who showed up a little overconfident too, he he).
It is not unlike the fake fabricated quote “from” French swimmer Alain Raymond that was repeated ad nauseam to motivate Phelps and the US team (we will break the US 4×100 team like a stick).
Category: UncategorizedThe New Ronaldinho…Is A Girl.
By: chris | 2 Comments
Now how many years before she can graduate to this distance? (With the same use of CGI, of course.)
Category: FlotsamThe Best Norwegian Dribbling I’ve Ever Seen
By: Daryl | 3 Comments
You want Norwegian second division players dribbling the length of the field? You got it!
[via Off the Post]
Category: UncategorizedThe Spotlight Shines Brightest When Blue.
By: chris | Add Comments
Diego Forlan is blue.
(It works. Somehow.)
Category: UncategorizedThat Pass.
By: chris | 1 Comment
Not half bad at football, this guy.
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To Russia Without Love.
By: chris | 1 Comment
Not a big fan of criticizing other writings – love, love, love ESPN’s curious typos, however, along with the odd nugget of subtle (ahem) inuendo – but this may be the worst game recap ever. Igor Akinfeev put in a virtuoso whirlwind performance – and then a whirlwind virtuoso one just to be sure – that had Lev Yashin standing to applaud from the grave, and the first mention is in the 12th paragraph – second to last sentence of the entire piece.
* – The piece has since been edited. To zero mention of Akinfeev, incredibly. (Cut/pasted post jump.)
Goddamnit show Igor some love.
Also: Sir Alex thinks the ref made the “worst ever” mistake. Ever. The world stands in stunned silence.
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