Let's get ready to burble
- 5 Jun 06, 02:07 PM
LONDON - Four days until I leave for Germany and it's frantic. In addition to the vital issues such as how many underpants do you realistically need to take and is it worth taking a razor when everyone (apart from most of the women) seems to grow a beard because you're away from home and there's simply too much football to watch..?, I'm now well into the commentary preparation.
There's no shortage of information - I'm currently surrounded by the pull-outs issued by most of the Sunday papers and files full of stats dilligently collated from the web.
It would be easy to write a 10,000 word thesis on every game and still only scratch the suface - the question is, how much do the listeners want ?
I'm doing eight commentaries in the first round and have given as much dilligence to Iran v Angola as the matches involving teams such as Brazil, Holland and Spain. In addition to all of the player stats there's the history of the teams involved, information about the venue cities and even what the relevant national athemns mean.
As a commentator, it's best never to skimp and then have to grind your way through a dire nil-nil draw but do you like to hear about the colour and perpiheral issues or simply want to know where the ball is and aren't particularly bothered where the left-back learnt to be so mediocre ? Interested to hear your thoughts.
In the meantime, here's a quick quiz based on the hours (honestly) of research done so far. No prizes on offer but I'll post the answers on Thursday before I head off.
1. Which player was recently exposed as a bigamist ?
2. How many of the Australian squad could play for Croatia and vice-versa ?
3. Who is the only player at the World Cup who was alive when England won it ?
4. Against which team did Ecuador's Agustin Delgardo score his only Premiership goal for Southampton ?
5. Which World Cup striker was paid to change his nationality ?
and another thing to ponder - who's the worst current/former Premiership player going to Germany ?
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Iran v Angola - now there's a game for the purist.
It also sounds like a commentator's nightmare!
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Looking forward to reading the blogs, please feel free to read mine
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On how many pairs of underpants to take...plenty, in case it goes to penalties.
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"and another thing to ponder - who's the worst current/former Premiership player going to Germany ?"
It's such a shame Owen Hargreaves hasn't been a Premiership player yet. ;)
If I remember correctly Delgardo actually scored against Arsenal. He's a very interesting fellow actually, some of his escapades have made him somewhat of a cult hero in Ecuador.
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Needing a supply of underpants, eh? Wander over to Kaufhof, Karstadt, or even Woolworth. Yeah, I'm not joking. But one can always wander into other shops, too, like H&M, C&A, yatta yatta yatta.
Need razors and the like? Find yourself at a DM (Drogerie Markt), which is a chain of drugstores ... well, not unlike Boots. Of course, these aren't quite the same as the apothecaries, which you will see everywhere ...
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Nigel -
How much do the listeners want? EVERYTHING!!! Here in California, I am starving for coverage. The papers have nothing, the tv news: nothing, sports radio: nothing.
Fortunately the internet! So please blog about every drip of sweat... it will be read!
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Coming from Hamburg I know our Hamburg player Mehdi Mahdavikia (Iranian) is the bigamist
Welcome to Germany!
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well said Scott. without the internet we would be dying in the US. The locals don't give a toss; and the local papers have too much baseball to write about.
So, here in Minnesota I'm reading everything I can.
Cheers
Raymond
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The player alive when England won would be Boumnijel of Tunisia.
And the worst premiership player presumably excludes young Theo as he's not yet been a premiership player!
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Answer to No 4 :
Delgado scored for Saints against Arsenal in the thrilling 3-2 victory for the Saints (wooohooo!) down at St Marys a few seasons ago. The mighty figure of the South American stooped low to chest and knee the bobbling ball onto Kolo Toure and then back in off he shin into the bottom corner. That made it 3-1. It turned out to be the winning goal, as Pires scored Arsenal's 2nd goal later in the 2nd half. Earlier on in the game, Sol Campbell had been sent off for a fould on Delgado which resulted in a Beattie penalty. Arsenal were all over us for 20 minutes in the 2nd half - 1 of the few times we didnt give up a lead!!!
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tell mark lawrence its brazil croatia not england so stop talking about england for once
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