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Sdpm100 · 12-19-2006, 12:57 PM

Paul's Alternative Football Review of the Year Awards
Award 1

Okay, second award time now, and in keeping with Christmas, it's time for the...

Turkey of the Year (SHARED)
Yes, I’m afraid I had to share this award.
First one, yes it’s obvious, but it has to be Zinedine Zidane.
His headbutt on Marco Materazzi was Zizou’s last action in his professional football career, and whether the Italian said “you’re a terrorist”, or “your parents are ugly”, or “man, you suck”, it doesn’t matter, he let his teammates down in their pursuit of a second World Cup in three attempts.
And whilst it is not well documented, Zidane has a number of hot-headed incidents in his illustrious career. A sad end to a great career.

Secondly, it has to be English referee Graham Poll.
Yes, Mr. Poll went into football history when he became the first referee in World Cup finals history to give three yellow cards to one player, Josip Simunic, before finally sending him off in a farcical finish to Croatia’s game with Australia. Poll had earlier somehow missed a clear penalty when Mark Viduka was rugby tackled to the ground with only the keeper to beat. Unsurprisingly, Poll was sent on the first plane home.
And since then, his refereeing in the Premiership has been very poor to say the least. Time to hang up the whistle I think.

Turkey of the Year (HONORARY)
FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter. Do I really need to explain?

Yes, our friend Sepp started the year as he meant to go on, by announcing he wanted all league games to end in results – ie. no draws. Then after the World Cup Final, he also said that he would like to get rid of having a penalty shootout to end games. Which is just the thing he wanted to use to have all games end with a winner and a loser just a few months before…
Then we had his “clampdown” efforts at the World Cup finals which were changed in mid-tournament after a record number of yellow and red cards were issued by the croupier… sorry, referees.

But as the calendar moved into December, it looked like we weren’t going to get any further words of wisdom from Blatter in 2006. But you’d be wrong, as he returned to the limelight with his plan to have every top league play between February and November, and which would allow three weeks of international matches at the end of the league season.
Now I realise global warming is supposedly just round the corner, but I still don’t think playing games in the middle of the Russian winter is going to go down too well…

12-19-2006, 12:57 PM	#9111
Sdpm100 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheltenham, England Posts: 7,644	Paul's Alternative Football Review of the Year Awards Award 1 Okay, second award time now, and in keeping with Christmas, it's time for the... Turkey of the Year (SHARED) Yes, I’m afraid I had to share this award. First one, yes it’s obvious, but it has to be Zinedine Zidane. His headbutt on Marco Materazzi was Zizou’s last action in his professional football career, and whether the Italian said “you’re a terrorist”, or “your parents are ugly”, or “man, you suck”, it doesn’t matter, he let his teammates down in their pursuit of a second World Cup in three attempts. And whilst it is not well documented, Zidane has a number of hot-headed incidents in his illustrious career. A sad end to a great career. Secondly, it has to be English referee Graham Poll. Yes, Mr. Poll went into football history when he became the first referee in World Cup finals history to give three yellow cards to one player, Josip Simunic, before finally sending him off in a farcical finish to Croatia’s game with Australia. Poll had earlier somehow missed a clear penalty when Mark Viduka was rugby tackled to the ground with only the keeper to beat. Unsurprisingly, Poll was sent on the first plane home. And since then, his refereeing in the Premiership has been very poor to say the least. Time to hang up the whistle I think. Turkey of the Year (HONORARY) FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter. Do I really need to explain? Yes, our friend Sepp started the year as he meant to go on, by announcing he wanted all league games to end in results – ie. no draws. Then after the World Cup Final, he also said that he would like to get rid of having a penalty shootout to end games. Which is just the thing he wanted to use to have all games end with a winner and a loser just a few months before… Then we had his “clampdown” efforts at the World Cup finals which were changed in mid-tournament after a record number of yellow and red cards were issued by the croupier… sorry, referees. But as the calendar moved into December, it looked like we weren’t going to get any further words of wisdom from Blatter in 2006. But you’d be wrong, as he returned to the limelight with his plan to have every top league play between February and November, and which would allow three weeks of international matches at the end of the league season. Now I realise global warming is supposedly just round the corner, but I still don’t think playing games in the middle of the Russian winter is going to go down too well… Last edited by Sdpm100; 12-19-2006 at 01:02 PM.