It's official....Trapattoni!! (1 Viewer)

[Yurn!]

THIS IS THE SHIT!!!!!!!!

 

[Richie]

I don't really know about this football thing, but do you think they got the idea from the Father Ted episode about the All-Priests Over-75s five-a-side game?

Hehe.. The mysterious Father Romeo Sensini! Yeah, I think we're just a bit dazzled by the intriguing Mediterranean glamour of it all after our succession of gruff Northern Brits and low-rent homegrown types in charge.. Don't worry, I'm sure it'll all unravel horribly in a few months and we can get back to recent scheduled programming of false dawns, grinding disappointment and complaining about the manager\players\FAI.. Until then though, it's nice to be a little bit hopeful about it

 

[jane]

Hehe.. The mysterious Father Romeo Sensini! Yeah, I think we're just a bit dazzled by the intriguing Mediterranean glamour of it all after our succession of gruff Northern Brits and low-rent homegrown types in charge.. Don't worry, I'm sure it'll all unravel horribly in a few months and we can get back to recent scheduled programming of false dawns, grinding disappointment and complaining about the managerplayersFAI.. Until then though, it's nice to be a little bit hopeful about it

I'm really more concerned about the mangling of his name. I hope the various broadcasters start using a policy of not trying to sound like a pizza pie. Maybe they'll calm down once -- as you point out -- people are over the Mediterranean glamour part and come up with a respectable compromise that gets the basic pronunciation rules right without overdoing it. Did you hear Pat Kenny saying it? I think he tripled every consonant and quadrupled every vowel so he bordered on pronouncing it like a comedy Dracula. That was the only reason I entered the forbidden territory of the football forum, my concern for the slaughter of language.

But I will say that I was kind of like, "Whoa, that could be kind of cool," when I heard this, despite not knowing jack shit about sports. It would be nice to see Ireland get somewhere in the football. I kind of like watching the World Cup, but mainly because of the buzz. So really, I can't add anything but Father Ted references and pizza jokes to this thread.

 

[M. Stratosphere]

FORZA TRAPATTONI!!

great stuff

 

[demonica]

Check him out! He can write without even looking at the page! Awesome.

 

[nofriendo]

i had my doubts that stan could read or write!

 

[ratmonkey]

I'm really more concerned about the mangling of his name. I hope the various broadcasters start using a policy of not trying to sound like a pizza pie. Maybe they'll calm down once -- as you point out -- people are over the Mediterranean glamour part and come up with a respectable compromise that gets the basic pronunciation rules right without overdoing it. Did you hear Pat Kenny saying it? I think he tripled every consonant and quadrupled every vowel so he bordered on pronouncing it like a comedy Dracula. That was the only reason I entered the forbidden territory of the football forum, my concern for the slaughter of language.

Better trying to sound Italian than putting in spurious h's. Eileen Dunne was calling him Thrapattoni last night. News types seem to like inserting h's where they don't belong; the Bert is frequently referred to as the Thee-shock.

 

[snakybus]

the Bert is frequently referred to as the Thee-shock.

it's only "tee-shock" in yer dublin irish, the "t" is "th" in the rest of the country, or where I'm from at least

though that doesn't apply to italian....

it's like saying "nee rev" instread of the obviously correct "nee row" for "ni raibh" grrr.....

 

[ratmonkey]

it's only "tee-shock" in yer dublin irish, the "t" is "th" in the rest of the country, or where I'm from at least

though that doesn't apply to italian....

it's like saying "nee rev" instread of the obviously correct "nee row" for "ni raibh" grrr.....

It's t in the Munster Irish too. And rev.

 

[avernus]

it's only "tee-shock" in yer dublin irish, the "t" is "th" in the rest of the country, or where I'm from at least

though that doesn't apply to italian....

it's like saying "nee rev" instread of the obviously correct "nee row" for "ni raibh" grrr.....

no no. the rest of the country says "tirty tree and a turd" and "de ting is" and "tá mé water pistol".http://www.englishirishdictionary.com/dictionary?language=irish&word=leithscéal

 

[snakybus]

no no. the rest of the country says "tirty tree and a turd" and "de ting is" and "tá mé water pistol".

who wrote this:

"dese are de tears of a teenage mudder"

a dub, that's who!


(hang on... "tá mé water pistol"?? )

 

[Johnnyc]

Read in a paper this morning that when asked about what our style of play will be, he gave a one word answer.

"Concreto."

I love this man.

 

[avernus]

Read in a paper this morning that when asked about what our style of play will be, he gave a one word answer.

"Concreto."

I love this man.

amazing!!

 

[Cormcolash]

UP THE RA!! oops I mean FORZA IL TRAP!

 

[jane]

Better trying to sound Italian than putting in spurious h's. Eileen Dunne was calling him Thrapattoni last night. News types seem to like inserting h's where they don't belong; the Bert is frequently referred to as the Thee-shock.

I've always assumed that the addition of 'h' where it doesn't necessarily belong is a way of trying to sound posh. Like that the proper pronunciation is not a straightforward hard 't' sound, but because they can't make the correct sound, they stick 'h' in there to make up for it. And then you get those people who can't roll an 'r', which sounds fine if you just say the 'r' as an 'r' (because most people will figure it out), but sounds crazed and demented if they try to do it at the back of the throat.

Sort of like the way a lot of people seem to think that 'an' is a formal version of 'a', or use it in front of words beginning with 'h' (where the 'h' is pronounced) which is WRONG.

Sorry, guys. I'm moving this rant to the lifestyle board because I'm going WAY off topic and it seems like the football forum is just...a bit more sacred than that.

Besides, it smells like old tube socks in here.

 

[Hector Grey]

Besides, it smells like old tube socks in here.

yeah, there were some american porno-jocks in here earlier.

 

[Jerry Twig]

I kind of like watching the World Cup, but mainly because of the buzz. So really, I can't add anything but Father Ted references and pizza jokes to this thread.

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[avernus]

not enough props are being given to this man.
what a fucking legend!!!!!

 

[nofriendo]

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0305/bradyl.html

Liam Brady has confirmed that he will join Giovanni Trappatoni's backroom staff with the Republic of Ireland as assistant manager.

 

[Jerry Twig]

I love and hate Dunphy in equal measure - but I definitely love this:

'There's an awful lot of work to be done but this is the best thing that has happened to Irish football in my life. I've no question that we've given ourselves the best possible chance of enjoying the next period in Irish football.'

I'm badly in need of another 'period' in Irish football. The qualifiers can't come quickly enough