Thread: A rant

Originally Posted by 424style

Have you got any good examples of players like Maradona? I would like to hear them!

What about yer man Ossie Ardiles? He had just won the World Cup with Argentina & could've gone to any of the biggest clubs in Europe. Maradona going to Napoli was pretty major, but he still went to what was 1 of the biggest leagues in the world at the time. Nobody played in England in those days, & Ossie was pre-Maradona even!

Even if Ossie had chosen England, it would be very unlikely he'd pick Spurs, I don't think he had ever heard of us! Spurs used to be a big English team, sure, but when Ossie arrived we had only just been promoted back into the top division. We didn't have much money at all & no real recent success to point to.

Ricky Villa was the same, a World Cup winner who came to Spurs (with Ossie) altho he went back to Argentina after a few years (basically because if the Falkland's War). Ossie saw out almost his entire career at Tottenham!

As I said, we had only just won our place back in the top flight when they arrived in 1978. In his time at Spurs we won 2 FA Cups, reached a further FA Cup final & we won the UEFA Cup!!

Originally Posted by 424style

Ok, someone requested funny stories, heres one:

I had played football manager the whole summer of 2006 and when the season opener against Bolton away drew closer I became sure that God was showing me the results to come through football manager. I won 5-1 away against Bolton in FM with Berbatov scoring a hattrick. I was convinced that the result from the game would turn out the same in real life. I have this psychosis that I believe that people can hear what I think so I tried not to think about the result as I wanted to keep it to myself. Come Saturday and I went to the bookies to gamble on the result but on the way there I was trying to not think of the result so others wouldnt bet on the game and win. I walked around thinking Bolton Spurs 2-3...or was it 4-1 etc. Splashed a decent sum on us winning 5-1 and was convinced id win a lot of cash. Came home and watched the game and we lost 2-0, I was devastated. Apparently God doesnt speak to me through FM, what a dissapointment LOL. Still think about it from time to time and laugh about it. I also had a friend over watching the game and he just thought I was crazy.

God, i remember that game. Campo scored a screamer didn't he?

EDIT: here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebvh05N1ggA

OMG mate i actually shed a tear reading that.

Mate soooooooooo funny.

I want to be your friend you would be hysterical. Infact i would be a shit friend as i woudl just piss my self laughing at you. Soz.

LMFAO!!!

I did my brain petty good at a Grateful Dead concert back in '82, and was actually inthe process of screwing it up pretty good just before that. Had a lot of the paranoia:
newspapers published about me, then cleaned up before I came along
all my friends were FBI agents studying me "hmm, they look alot older than 17 or 18 now that I think about it"
my parents were aliens
when the baseball players would confer at the pitchers mound they were talking about me "fvckers!"
mindreading device in my stereo - i would hear it click just after I turned it off, before falling asleep, and that was the ESP device turning on (actually it was a component cooling off)
yes I was Jesus, or the AntiChrist, depending on my mood, I guess (hell if I know)

Long and short of it, don't do LSD and then read the bible.
I've been clean and sober ever since, however, since I don't have the ability to stop once started...

Zen meditation helped alot, among many other things.