Slog - Comments on I Am Officially Looking Forward to Soccer Coming to Seattle Now

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:48:59 -0800

That's Newcastle for you...Sir Alex Ferguson would never speak like that in public.

Comment by Abby

Abby — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:53:06 -0800

JTC- perhaps that's because Sir Alex is ending cooperation with the press, apparently?

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:54:56 -0800

Cooperation or not, he never would have done that.

Fecking Geordies...

Comment by Abby

Abby — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:57:11 -0800

Hey, they said expletives removed. Who knows how many there were?

Newcastle are such a mess, though. It's almost hard to laugh at them.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:58:06 -0800

He would if he had Newcastle's management to deal with. I have total sympathy for Joe, he's in an impossible situation. That poor club is on the verge of imploding. They're in almost as bad a way as mine is.

This is spectacularly out of character for Premiership manager interviews, though. In almost every other case, it's more like "they're a good side, but we will do our best, and hope to score goals, and hold them from scoring any of their own, and hopefully if we can do that we will be able to do well, and gain a victory, for which we hope to receive three points in the table." Soccer interviews typically make baseball interviews look like Socrates and Plato.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:40:24 -0800

Joe Kinnear is not a Geordie, any more than Ferguson is a Manc. He's Irish.

Comment by PopTart

PopTart — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:51:35 -0800

Boyfriend, Abby, Fnarf, I love it when you go all Football Club on us. Even though I don't understand a word you are saying, God love ya.

I am hoping the Sounders FC can show the rest of Seattle's teams how something called "winning" is done.

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:52:38 -0800

@6, Fnarf, go wag your fickle finger of pedantry in someone else's face...I didn't call him a Geordie. I was referring to Barcodes.

That said, your impression of a footy manager interview was spectacular. But you forgot, "We're just going out to have fun and play good football."

Comment by Mike in MO

Mike in MO — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:16:02 -0800

Shit, you already have baseball. Listen to one of Lasorda's classics from the late 80s. Heee-larious!

Besides, you should look forward to football because of the beautiful game. And guys.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:59:53 -0800

The best football interviews of all are the foreign ones, in countries that aren't big enough to merit different translators, so all the interviews are related in the same halting monotone. "If we score, that is good. We are hoping for a good result. Whatever happens, we are trying to do our best. If we win, we will get three points", over and over.

It's like how no one ever puts the ball in the goal or in the net; it's always "in the back of the net, in the back of the net, in the back of the net".

Cliches like these give us a rock to steady ourselves again, especially when we are supporting teams that are totally unfamiliar with the back of the net or the three points.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:21:40 -0800

If I had to deal with the English "press," I'd probably be hurling insults like that too.

Comment by brent

brent — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:31:32 -0800

Mike Gundy would have been about 10x better with some kind of European accent, Geordie or otherwise.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:05:48 -0800

I'd LOVE for the Sounders to hire a Geordie manager. I love the way they talk. Can't understand a word of it, but it's beautiful. Not as tough as a Lancashire accent, but lovely.

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:48:08 -0800

@13, Had ya gobs, Fnarf. Yee elwis crack an' aaal mich.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:30:46 -0800

Newcastle Brown tastes mighty good.

At least they have that ...