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11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - Kickette HQ: Bye Bye B... · 0 replies · +5 points

Well, damn. :(

Sad news. News sad enough to make me nearly tearful and maudlin. The end of of an era. Yet the passing of events heightens our awareness of their meaning. And there is no true beauty without decay.

Diddlebottoms. :(

11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - Matias Almeyda: Autobi... · 0 replies · +2 points

I don't want to be a scandal-pooper, but Serie A players have been claiming they've been given mysterious chemical substances for literally decades now. Needless to say the game in Italy has fairly big systemic problems.

11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - Sergio Ramos: Sofa Kin... · 0 replies · +20 points

Nobody under the age of seventy should own a sofa with a pattern like that.

11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - Euro 2012 Quarter Fina... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yeah, we would have just got hammered by the Germans if we'd limped into the semis. The quarters were our natural limit. Italy deserved to win the match, no question.

11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - Style Off: Robert Lewa... · 0 replies · +1 points

Some people also use 'Wojo'.

11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - The Friday Fancy: Simo... · 1 reply · -3 points

Am I the only one who thinks the lead photo makes him look a little like a Moomin?

Still cute though. The strawberries and cream to Agger's rock 'n roll.

11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - Euro 2012 In Pictures:... · 1 reply · +4 points

I'm not sure if there was noticeable improvement when Torres came on, and if there was I think it was mainly due to the team as a whole pressing for a win. But yeah, I think Torres did pretty terribly with that pass he was given (from Iniesta was it?) where the entire Italian back line was upfield and caught wildly out of position. (Again, not really the Spanish creating a chance as the Italians gifting them one) Not because it wasn't converted as such, but because he was dispossesed so feebly by Buffon. He even tried to steer the ball away from the box, I assume to wait in order for someone to get into the box. Why? Why not just try to smack it past Buffon?

That's just Torres all over these days I'm afraid - lacking in desire, self-confidence, and strength. As such, he's not the sort of player you want to shove on at the end of a game under pressure for a win. It was alltogether a pretty odd performance from Del Bosque all round. The Spanish looked like they were missing Puyol at the back pretty badly as well, I might add. Hard to believe at the moment that they'll retain the title, but we'll see. Without Puyol and Villa, I'm struggling to see it.

11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - Euro 2012 In Pictures:... · 4 replies · -3 points

I was half-wondering why Del Bosque even included Torres in the squad, but to try to use him as an impact sub?

Dear oh dear oh dear.

Oh and The Ramos' hair looks terrible. I blame Spain going off the boil squarely on this haircut.

11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - The Friday Fit: Matt J... · 1 reply · +1 points

Delicious, though on close examination whatever is going on on the right side of his stomach does worry me a tad. Oh and I hope Kevin Doyle does something like this very, very soon.

WOW!

11 years ago @ Kickette - Soccer/foot... - Javier Zanetti & Aless... · 1 reply · +5 points

Ah, panini stickers. I nearly had a full Italia '90 album of those when I was growing up. Unlike Zanetti at any point in his life, I'm showing my age here...

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