Switzerland v Turkey - IT'S FUCKING PISSING DOWN.

[Donna Ferentes]

What a great game. From farce to epic in the space of 60 minutes.

I'm quite tempted to switch horses now and start backing Turkey.

Yeah, any football fan has to be attracted to them after that. I got home just after the Swiss scored and I thought that was probably it - home team a goal up, pissing down, no chance of any sort of decent game. And bugger me, what a melodrama.

 

[Get Involved]

turkey and czech republic have same the points, same goal difference, same goals scored and same goals conceeded. how are they deciding that the czech republic are second at the moment, and turkey third? and what happens if their game is 0-0?

edit: nevermind, just seen other thread. presumably the czeh are just in 2ns now due to the alphabet

 

[Malamud]

Actually he looks a bit like some old English actor, but I can't remember the chap's name so can't look him up.

I think you mean Alastair Sim.

 

[Sadken]

Great game.

 

[mattie]

Actually he looks a bit like some old English actor, but I can't remember the chap's name so can't look him up.

The bloke in dad's army?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

I think you mean Alastair Sim.

In fact not. The guy I'm thinking of had a rounder face.

The bloke in dad's army?

Him neither.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

turkey and czech republic have same the points, same goal difference, same goals scored and same goals conceeded. how are they deciding that the czech republic are second at the moment, and turkey third? and what happens if their game is 0-0?

edit: nevermind, just seen other thread. presumably the czeh are just in 2ns now due to the alphabet

Which raises the question: had not Kemal Ataturk changed Turkish so that the Latin alphabet was used, would Turkey now be second?

 

[Diamond]

Indeed. I was wondering the other day while watching the Spanish play the Russians why the Russians didn't opt for Cyrillic for the names on their shirts. Or for that matter why do the Chinese not have characters, the Saudis Arabic and so on. It can't just be for the commentators because it surely wouldn't be too much for them to go by the numbers on the back.

 

[g force]

Come off it....half the time in the game the commentator thought the Swiss were Turkey because they were wearing red.

 

[Diamond]

Yeah, but didn't they do the whole numbers game in the olden days?

Actually, thinking about it, I wouldn't mind it if players were just identified by their numbers. It would stop Tyldesly and co wittering on about the most irrelevant crap that just pops into their head. Say less to say more you numpties, has no-one learnt from Barry Davies?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Indeed. I was wondering the other day while watching the Spanish play the Russians why the Russians didn't opt for Cyrillic for the names on their shirts. Or for that matter why do the Chinese not have characters, the Saudis Arabic and so on. It can't just be for the commentators because it surely wouldn't be too much for them to go by the numbers on the back.

A point made in print by my good self as long ago as 1995...

 

[Diamond]

Did you find an explanation in your research? Sponsors/Homogeneity/Marketability...that kind of thing?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Well to be honest that was rhetoric rather than research as such...

 

[g force]

The player numbers on the front annoy me too...if they have to have them why stick them up so high?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

In fact not. The guy I'm thinking of had a rounder face.

I've got a feeling the guy used to be in Bergerac or something, but it's not Terence Alexander. "Bloke who maybe looks like somebody possibly used to be in some TV programme." Not helpful, is it?

 

[Diamond]

On the shirt question I've done a bit of digging and here are the results...

That's the Asian equivalent of the Euros last year between Saudi and Iraq, countries that both use Arabic. The Iraqi keeper is praying in celebration and you can clearly see letters of the Roman alphabet on his back.

Similarly this photo is of an AFC Champions League match between a Qatari and a Saudi club, countries that both use Arabic again.

At last some arabic on shirts for a Saudi domestic match.

Here too is a photo of a Chinese Super League match featuring Bejing Guoan and another team that I can't work out (anyone read hanzi?), where the names are clearly in Chinese script.

But when Beijing Guoan played Kashima Antlers in an AFC Champions League game they revert to English. Again both teams essentially employ the same script hanzi/kangi but the names are in Roman lettering.

The only tentative conclusion to draw is that there must be a FIFA directive that any competitions with an international element must use the Roman Alphabet.

 

[Gingerman]

What a game. Feel gutted for the Swiss manager though, he looks like the nicest guy on the planet.

Poor bloke apparently his wife is in a coma in hospital,the Swiss become only the 2nd host nation not to reach the knockout stages of the Euros after Belgium in Euro2000 and I bet Austria will become the 3rd

 

[Phenotypic Dai]

Why is the Chinese super league seemingly played on sand?