Post by Salem6 on Dec 3, 2003 17:32:13 GMT
Putting The Rude Back Into Ruud
This is a still from a film called 'Rammed' (not coming soon to a cinema near you) and we shall leave it up to you to imagine the remainder of the picture. Suffice to say that these are not the only two men involved and that the fellow on the right looks like a horse in more than one department.
Hits And Missus
Football addicts surfing the Sky channels and coming across the final of the schoolboys' Victory Shield thingummyjig were given a rare treat - and we're not talking about in a Jonathan King kind of stylee.
Presenting was Jim White and in the studio with him were former Cologne colleagues Tony Woodcock and Rainer Bonhof who, as Jim never tired of pointing out, were bosom buddies in their spell at the German club.
Until the following exchange...
Jim: "So who was best man at whose wedding then?"
Tony: "Well I don't know if this is the place but Rainer was my best man at my second marriage. Sadly that didn't work out but Rainer still keeps in touch with my ex and that may have been the reason the marriage didn't work out."
Jim: "Erm...well...erm...I put my foot in it right there. Moving on..."
Rainer: Silence.
Textual Healing
Congratulations to Alan 'Smudger' Smith for being terribly responsible and reminding viewers of Sky's Monday Night Football not to call or text their votes for the weekly poll from their cars as it was now illegal.
At least one Mediawatch reader put it: 'Just as well he reminded me, because at the very moment of watching said show on Sky Sports, I was of course travelling at high speed along the A21.'
General Melchiot: What A Man
Highlights from a webchat on the UEFA website with the Chelsea defender...
Reader: When your career as a footballer is over, would you like to become a coach?
The General: Hell no! I want to sit on the beach with a big cigar.
Reader: Besides Chelsea, which club would you like to be part of and why?
The General: That's difficult. All the teams that want to play soccer...I don't like to play kick and rush I like SEXY football. I like to play like I like my girls. SEXY.
Reader: What are your favourite hobbies
The General: Girls, girls, girls, girls.
Foreign Footballer Of The Day
Spanish second division outfit Leganés' star striker Mario Turdó.
Headline Of The Day
'I Wouldn't Sheikh A Stick At It' - From the excellent Leeds website www.toellandback.com (you wouldn't guess we're from the same company, would you?)
Second-Best Quote Of The Day
'Beatten' - One word says it all. From the Pompey official site.
Worst Headline Of The Day
'Last Sheikh Of The Dice' - The Daily Mirror
Quote Of The Day
"I have nothing positive to say about Peter Reid either as a coach or as a man" - Paul Okon in The Sun. You think he likes him?
Rumour Of The Day
'Lawyers for Michael Jackson have requested that Serie A giants Lazio issue a public apology after fans of the Rome club hung banners from their Stadio Olimipco home referring to the child sex abuse charges Jackson faces' - Soccer****
Thanks to today's Mediawatch spotters: Mr Hobbit, Greg Leversuch, Paul Dotter, Simon Anker, Ben Thomas, Daniel Smith and Mustafa J. Chaudhry.
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