Football played by Neanderthals for Neanderthals.
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England supremo Fabio Capello (no relation) has called in Jonny Wilkinson to shore up his suspect defence. Too many of his players are failing to find touch under pressure and Fabio thinks that Wilko can help in this respect. "Nobody is better at clearing his lines than Jonny", Fabio explained.
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In a divorce court, a little boy was asked which of his parents he would like to stay with.
Would you like to stay with your father?
No, he beats me.
Would you like to stay with your mother?
No, she beats me too.
Well, who WOULD you like to stay with?
Les Bleus. They never beat anyone.
Greetings Barnaby
ReplyDeleteI'm not as good as you at blog jokes but as the English football team was really a bit of a joke yesterday against Germany, here is my more serious take:
The shades of 1966 "goal" was a bit of fun in the otherwise dire match from an England perspective.
Possibly the individual English footballers - they didn't play much like a team - were all too worn out
by their premiership etc schedules but presumably the Germans have their premiership equivalents too.
Germany puts more emphasis on their national team than we do, which shows.
Doubtless the manager will be unfairly scapegoated but the French blaming the Anglo Saxon attitude affecting their men perhaps via the premiership players, for their own ignominious exit, may have had a point after all.
Too much money and celeb. type influence and not enough in the way of English football clubs with youth sections, may be problems worth addressing.
We (in England) have 4 years now to prepare.