Football, who I think the English should support, monty Python and Panda Sex

Good Morning!


Right, I guess I'd better muster some excitement for this 'ere football tournament...

For all your English practise / football needs:


For those pasta eating boys that'll dive as soon as you breath on them:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/italy/default.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/italy


And for those garlic smelling chaps who'd, lets face it, rather be riding their bicycles or playing rugby:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/france/default.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/france


...can't seem to find a web page for England. I wonder why???


As an Englishman, the decision as to which team to support during these finals was a difficult one. The Guardian ran their own poll, sorry French and Italian people, apparently I should be supporting the Dutch:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/poll/2008/may/30/euro2008.chooseateam

...but I've never been one to follow convention or the crowd. Never been one to just do something because others do it. Never one to take the easy way. ...so I've had a look at all the times in the competition. I've taken a close look at their players, tactics and form. I've also considered my personal feelings towards the various countries and, in some cases, the people I know from those countries... and based on all of this, for Euro 2008, I have decided to support:







Red Cards. ...yes, that's right. I wanna see red cards! At the end of the tournament, I want red cards to be the winner! :)

Staying with football.... a blast from the past: to my memory the coolest use of football in an advert, Nike's ad with the Brazilian team at the airport:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbFmK4zZ9Ys

From the cool to the, well, English... Monty Python's Philosophers' Football Match:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vV3QGagck


And for those of you who can not stand football - Panda Sex:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7438975.stm

...apparently, as the male panda pursues her, the female panda climbs a tree to feel safe. Guys, don't you just hate it when a girl does that? ...it's usually a bad sign ;)


Bouna fortuna per questa sera! / Bonne chance pour ce soir!

Toby.