The Referee's a Wanker! And other observations....

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36830825146034402742011-08-02T11:32:12.958-07:00The Referee's a Wanker! And other observations....Football pundit and humorist Nick Geber's take on all things footie!Nick Geberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249949136006174438noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683082514603440274.post-76602400857642800252010-06-25T14:28:00.000-07:002010-06-25T14:28:09.603-07:00Justice is served. Wake up now.

The first round of the group stages was a real let down. Few goals, defensive mentality and no teams really playing to win. All that changed of course and now that the group stages have wrapped up, it turns out World Cup v.2010 has delivered on some truly spectacular surprises. France, Italy, the US finishing top, South Korea, Uruguay, Robert Green.... the story lines just keep on coming!

Nick Geberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249949136006174438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683082514603440274.post-48041698455080422242010-06-14T17:09:00.000-07:002010-06-14T17:09:24.920-07:00World Cup Day 4. Calm Down Everyone

The US got a great point off the England match on Saturday. I'm sure Robert Green cries himself to sleep with embarrassment every night despite his rather blase public statements. England should have done a lot better, no doubt. But I have to admit, I'm not sure exactly what match the US fans were watching, but the volume and quantity of chest thumping from Sam's Army seems a slight overreaction

Nick Geberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249949136006174438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683082514603440274.post-52333629775000955912010-06-11T14:30:00.000-07:002010-06-11T18:49:31.888-07:00World Cup Day One. Wake me up please.

Ok- So the only thing worse than starting a blog and not posting is starting a blog, posting a couple of articles and THEN not posting. Guilty as charged. Truthfully though I've been involved in a couple of projects that have my time and attention elsewhere. But enough of that. The World Cup kicked off today so now my attention is FIRMLY back to football. The first game was relatively

Nick Geberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249949136006174438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683082514603440274.post-63790956309152719682010-01-26T09:41:00.000-08:002010-01-26T10:39:30.586-08:00The Modern Day Maurice Chevalier

After all these years in the UK, you'd think Arsene Wenger wouldn't be quite so, well, French. Every time he gets up in front of the camera, he's like a modern day Maurice Chevalier. You almost expect him to blurt out with a refrain "Thank Heavens for little boys girls..." But no. While Wenger may well be one of the Premier League's great managers, he's certainly no orator. In fact, he starts

Nick Geberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249949136006174438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683082514603440274.post-12874447261830160242010-01-19T10:48:00.000-08:002010-01-19T13:04:10.765-08:00Not a Very Funny Week

It's hard to be a humorist when the tradgedy in Haiti is so enormous. Every facet of life in the country has been impacted and the football community is no exception. The time is NOW to make a difference. The least you can do is text 90999 on you cell phone and donate $10.00 to the Red Cross International Response. The charge will show up on your cell phone bill. Or you can click on the

Nick Geberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249949136006174438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683082514603440274.post-50031292313783626382010-01-11T11:29:00.000-08:002010-01-11T11:38:23.874-08:00Do ALL footballers lack class?

This is one for the "bile in the back of the throat" file. And of course it involves the Evil Empire and the minions of the Dark Lord. It has been reported that in keeping with the season of giving (to oneself), Man United players had a quick "whip around" the locker room for a paltry $128,000 so they could pick up one of those nifty 100 inch plasma TV's for their players' lounge at Carrington.

Nick Geberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249949136006174438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683082514603440274.post-2538137694046338462010-01-10T14:20:00.000-08:002010-01-10T15:03:56.839-08:00I'll Eat My Shirt

I am not Landon Donovan's favorite person. In fact, I've been persona non grata with Landon and his Agent since I accused him of being a heartless pussy, the great American could-have-been. Hell, we even marketed an exclusive line of "LD10" T-shirts sporting a likeness of the receding one with a pacifier in his mouth and a logo that read "Major League Baby". But how times change. For those of

Nick Geberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08249949136006174438noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683082514603440274.post-23899719242667158922010-01-08T22:21:00.000-08:002010-01-09T14:40:46.843-08:00It's time to get back to it.

So what exactly is this? I mean, we all know that refs are wankers so why a whole blog? Well, obviously I'd have to be a madman to sit here and moan about refs all day long (only Sir Alex gets to do that) so I thought this would be as good a forum as any for my takes on football, life etc. I'll admit, its been a while since my dulcid tones last graced the airwaves (over a year actually) so as

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