Showing posts with label PDC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PDC. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Old Lady Post: Udinese and Siena

Originally posted on February 13, 2012

A long, long time ago, in a place far, far away from Bunny's house, there were two tribes of zebras who met in battle on a wet, snowy day to decide which zebras were the most awesome.  What actually happened on that day has now passed into legend as there is no one left who is alive to remember.  However, there is some mention in church records that the battle was won by the Zebras of the West and that they were led by a strange Matri!beast with flowing brown hair and a strange star on his chest.




Historians, however, have recently discovered some strange etchings on a ruin in an abandoned town in southwest Lombardia.  After carefully removing millennia of dirt and grime, they have uncovered a single, crucial word that gives the etchings meaning:  Matri.  It is widely accepted among academics that this important finding is indeed a contemporaneous record of the largely forgotten battle between zebra and zebra.   For the first time ever, copies of the mysterious images have been made available for public viewing. 


Juventus 2:1 Udinese

OK, so I can't keep that up, but the match did happen so long ago that I don't remember anything except Win!  and Snow!




BUM has slowly been losing it over the past week weeks.  It can't be long before he pulls one of his psycho things that he does.




Claudio's steely determination.




I love snow.




I wonder how much product it takes to keep the hairz up when it's wet outside.  If it's my hair, then the answer is "there's not enough product in the universe."



Three things I like about Andrea right now:  His plain shoes.  His ring finger tattoo.  His tanned (!) knees.




His hair stays bouncy and flowy in the snow.




Hey there, Samir.




First look at Quags's right arm disappearing up to the elbow.  Then look at Gelson Fernandes's expression of surprise.   I know I'm not the only one who's thinking it.




It's true.  Matri was a beast and scored two.



He did his Super Secret Selebration instead of the weird surfing thing from a few weeks ago.



Ummm, Matri looks like he could be a bit happier here.




Yeah, Leo.  As if you had much to do with it.  And don't be late for dinner.


After that, the Zebes traveled to Parma, where their match was snowed out.  It's rescheduled for Wednesday.

After that,  The Zebes were home to more zebras, from Siena this time.

Juventus 0:0 Siena

Um, this was a boring and disappointing one.  As usual, I remember very little.  One thing I know for sure, however...



Mirketto was dire.  I mean seriously bad.  Conte left him on the pitch for far too long.



When Conte finally subbed in Borriello, he was tragic as well.



So Marco tried to make up for his fail by baiting the ref.  Despite his insanely tender years, Mr. Peruzzo didn't bite.

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu360/dirtbunny/Juventus%202011-12/Siena%20Ritorno/0c0eed3f.jpg

While taller strikers were on the pitch exploring the limits of Suck (hint:  Suck has no limits), my boyfriend spent the match, as usual, in the stands.



Lichtsteiner is starting to come unglued.



Paolino is starting to get his form back, which is bad news for Bonucci.




This guy, whoever the fuck he is, had the match of his life.  *sigh*  Unknown keepers from second-rate teams are not supposed to be able to stop the mighty Zebes.


The refereeing was bad, but I don't remember exactly what he did wrong.


Gigi gave the ref a little talking-to after the match.  For some reason, I think the reffing was bad all over that weekend, but I've blocked it all out now.


By the way, how cold is it in northern Italy?



it's so cold in northern Italy that Keyser Giorgio, Giorgio of the Jungle, our sweet Gio, is training in tights like a pussy.




Milos is still here, in case you were wondering.



El Pelado is hanging with the cool kids, of which he is certainly one.  Meanwhile, Vidal has started brooding about how he thought he was the cute brown one.  To which I say, Aw honey, you're very cute.  And here's the part I don't say:  But Martin is smokin' hot.  Mamma Mia!

(Oh dear.  I'm watching a replay of Inter-Novara and Caracciolo has just scored.  Martha must be spitting nails. *pats her*)

So that's it for the other zebra-stripey squads.  Perhaps now we can get back to kit selections that makes sense.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Old Lady Post: Lost Boys in the Middle East

Originally posted on January 12, 2012


Um, yeah.  So it turns out that there is such a thing a a post that's too large.  I was surprised to discover this given some of the monstrously oversized Inter posts we have seen in past days, but there it is.  That means the end of the last post now gets to be its own post.

OK, then, let's get in the way-back machine and head back to December. Let's join the boys in training, shall we?



I was going to say that maybe I can back off Defcom Golf because I could look at Pepe without wanting to punch him, but now I see that he's twiddling his facial hair like a cartoon villain.  Safety first.  We remain at Defcom Golf.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Buon Natale da Juve

Originally posted on December 20, 2011


As Martha and Inter have so aptly demonstrated, football suits of all varieties, through their evil PR minions, will never tire of forcing their players to sacrifice whatever tiny amount of dignity they might have by doing stupid things that may or may not help sell more t-shirts.  Juventus is no exception.  Here is their Christmas message, in two parts.

Now before you click, think about what you are about to see.  There will be some awkwardness, obviously.  Some bad singing, natch.  Some people who are just so damn happy to be allowed to represent for the zebes in public that they are about to burst.  Some people who clearly have contracts exempting the from this sort of shit.  Some language-impaired people.  Some disturbingly enthusiastic people.  Some grumpusses.  And one super-classy guy who perfectly finds the sweet spot where he can be a good sport without being a tool. 

I'm sure you won't be surprised by who turns out to be the biggest goober.






No!  I WON'T do an lj-cut!





&hearts to one and all


P.S.  There are renewed rumors about Martin Caceres coming back.  It's probably bullshit, but maybe it could happen if we all ask Santa.

P.P.S. Every time I play the one with Mirko, my beagle Tiki growls.


Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Old Lady Post: Lost Boys of Juventus


In which Simone Loria graduates from pathetic joke to Dirtbunny's Enemies List.

It has become dead obvious that Conte cares much more about winning not losing than he does about squad rotation.  While this approach has worked wonders for the Zebes' position in the table, it also means that we rarely get a glimpse of anyone on the B team.  I don't know about you, but I've been missing certain senior citizens, babies, invalids, and outcasts.  Let's take a peek at what they've been doing,

Monday, October 10, 2011

Old Lady Post: Triple Dose of Coulda Been Worse

Originally posted on October 1, 2011


Hey Tifosi!


Remember me?

Like Gio, I've been around; you just haven't seen me.  I blame my boss, Uncle Sam, who can be a real dick sometimes.  But that's all done now, and Gio and I are both back.  The Milan match is tomorrow and I'll need to start drinking early, so here's the Cliff Notes version of the last three matches.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Old Lady Post: Garlic Can Wait \\\o///

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 18, 2010



Yeah, it was a trip in the box.  Suck it up.


So the team that dresses like fast-food hamburger peddlers from the early 1970s came to Turin.  (Dudes, I did a Google image search on this and I swear to God I ended up with an image of David Beckham in a crew cut.)


There was all kinds of awesome.  Choose your flavor:



 

 spicy?



Sweet? 





The Hairz were there


Thursday, November 25, 2010

Old Lady Post: Exceeding Expectations at the San Siro

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 11, 2010


 
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.  Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.




What?  Juventus didn't get utterly clobbered?  Juventus kept a clean sheet?   But, I thought..... weren't they......Sammy......?  Whatever.  A null-null draw against Inter in Milan.  I'll take it.  Hell, yes, I'll take it and a side order of gloating too.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Old Lady Post: Zebras in Manchester

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 2, 2010





yup.  that's pretty much how I feel about it.


I'd like to start with a Public Service Announcement from the Moron Network:

If you are trying not to find out the score from a football match you have not yet seen,  STAY OFF FOOTBALL SITES ON THE INTERWEBS.


I've fallen into this trap before,but I never learn.  I think I would have enjoyed that match much much more if I hadn't known the result in advance. There was a lot of action and some suspense and it ended in a nail-biting 1-1 draw.  This is a good thing.  Man City is a good team side, and a point against Man City away is a very nice thing to have.  The Citizens took advantage of the Bianconeri's one serious defensive break and ADP knocked a free kick off the crossbar late and, well, that was probably a winnable game match.  I would be happier with a win.


I'll try womanfully to accentuate the positive.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Old Lady Post: Whatever in Europe

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2010


Warning:  My space bar is on the blink.  I'm trying to catch them all, but I just found a "but then" that came out "butt hen," so please read generously.


It's happening again.  Another horrid start marked by defensive fail, a brief rally and a few goals attributable to the other team's horrid defense,  a moment of brilliance to make pride and joy swell in your heart, a long and tense slog to the final whistle, and conceding a goal in extra time to finish in a 3-3 draw.  Lucky me:  I got the Ray Hudson edition, which means I got to listen to him give his two-years-out-of-date Juventus information, refer to my pretend boyfriend as "Little Alex" as though he was a shih-tzu or something, and to hear his broadcast partner Phil Schoen mangle Italian pronunciations.  Have you met our leftback, Dee Shegglee?

It's the matches like this that are the killers for me.  You can see that they have it in them if only they could keep their concentration for the whole game.  You think maybe they'll pull it off,  maybe, but then you see the laziness and complacency start to show and then, well, the fail comes.

Sinisa's not the only one who could use a decent tailor.


I couldn't figure out how to download some of the best stuff, but there's still plenty to see right this way.....