Comments on: England vs Ecuador

By: Ed.

Ed. — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:10:22 +0000

Excuses, all excuses, the English played a horrible game. “It was too hot” they said, that’s simply a cheap excuse for a professional player. Ecuador played a smart game and they could have won had Tenorio scored in the first half. Also, the free kick scored by David ‘the metrosexual’ didn’t really exist, it was a little gift from the referee. England did NOT deserve to win that game.

By: Seth Edenbaum

Seth Edenbaum — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:37:59 +0000

“representing queens new york”.

So I can assume you were backing Ecuador… with the rest of us?

By: john h

john h — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:09:10 +0000

“lamp” equivalent to the verbs “twat” or “leather” – meaning strike with gusto.

Usage not limited to football. “Lamp” is what bouncers in provincial UK towns do to lippy teenagers.

By: tom s.

tom s. — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:47:41 +0000

Though my out-of-dateness exposed by “representing queens new york”, I still think that Lamping it deserves to have its origins rewritten after that game.

By: foolishmortal

foolishmortal — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:50:06 +0000

It’s England v. Portugal reserves after a football match broke out during the UFC bout in Nuremburg.

By: Cryptic Ned

Cryptic Ned — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:49:07 +0000

Is “he lamped it” relating to Lampard, or is it a phrase that dates back decades? It’s a useful word.

By: Rob G

Rob G — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:28:23 +0000

Owen – anterior cruciate ligament torn. Out for months. No great loss, England-wise. IMHO.

I think England are trying the “gormless prat imitation” (GPI) ruse to fool their next opponents. Unfortunately, this hasn’t worked very well in the past.

Fool that I am, I think they will wake up against Portugal or Holland.

By: Aidan Maconachy

Aidan Maconachy — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:56:38 +0000

England played okay all things considered.

It was very hot so that partly explains some of the lethargy and the bizarro lapses. The Ecuador defence almost handed a goal to Lampard who is in his fucking-it-up-mode right now. When he gets an opening in future he should PASS!

Rooney was getting the moves on – some lovely artistry in the penalty area. Shades of Maradonna even, the way he dribbles and works the defence.

The Beckham bender was a beauty. Fortunate for him because his play has been less than stellar. Even Posh appeared to be impressed.

Anyone know what the status is on Owen?

By: novakant

novakant — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:33:27 +0000

only watched the last 15 minutes but one of the BBC commentators kept going on “ohhh let’s not make any mistakes now, please let’s see this through now, oohhh, still x minutes to go” – oh come on, it’s Ecuador for god’s sakes, if they’re shivering in their boots against them, what’s gonna happen when they’re playing a real contender for the title

By: Cryptic Ned

Cryptic Ned — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:23:25 +0000

When I was a kid and someone shovelfooted the ball over the top, we just raised our hands straight in the air with the American Football refs. gesture denoting a successfull field goal.

I remember for about 3 years after the 1994 World Cup us kids made fun of players who did that by calling them “Baggio”.

The World Cup is a big deal for soccer-playing US kids, but they are generally ignorant of any sort of professional soccer either in the US or abroad.

By: Bondwoman

Bondwoman — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:15:34 +0000

well the second half was considerably better than the first. it was funny how the BBC struggled to find any “highlights” of the first half to reshow us. “sven, sven, sven, goran erikkson!”

By: Seth Edenbaum

Seth Edenbaum — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:10:20 +0000

When I was a kid and someone shovelfooted the ball over the top, we just raised our hands straight in the air with the American Football refs. gesture denoting a successfull field goal.

We did this in silence of course.

By: representing queens new york

representing queens new york — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:43:01 +0000

“He lamped it” has been in use in UK/Ireland for a while, Tom.

By: finnsense

finnsense — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:15:59 +0000

Heat does benefit skill-based teams more than teams like England. Look at the Argentinians and Spanish and they are so skilful on the ball they can stroke it around at a leasurely pace for a good while. England, by contrast, need at least four metres of space to control the ball and then panic and hoof it upfield.

It was a dreary depressing performance frankly but Equador were even worse – which is tragic for them.

By: Chris Bertram

Chris Bertram — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:10:06 +0000

Christ, what a shit performance. I shall be watching Holland/Portugal v. England in Dublin, where I fully expect most of those present in whichever pub to derive more pleasure from the result than I will.