Zani Presents: Wayne Rooney is Overrated and other Thoughts

Talking of a twilight zone style observation, technically speaking every player is overrated and underrated by someone, if you want to be THAT selective... You just have to find someone in and out of media who will take either side of the argument, but everywhichway there is always one .

 

Isn't it painful sitting on that fence?

 

Half the time they can slag someone off mercilessly... and then praise them to the hilt within the same week.

Does anyone remember the UK red-top papers when Princess Diana died. The early editions had a few stories saying as to how she was an appalling strumpet who was sleeping her way across western europe and embarassing the country. Apparently she was a thick as 2 short planks and could barely string 2 words together. Her charity work was a sham which she only did to try and out-do the rest of the royal family in a lurid attempt to suck up to the British people and become 'queen of our hearts'.

Then they found out she was dead and, in the later editions ON THE SAME DAY, she became this saintly figure, chased, (no pun intended), and virtuous, bestriding the world of intellectual pursuits like a colossus and devoting herself like some mother Theresa figure to small children and animals.

If we're going to use the UK red-top press as a benchmark for almost anything we're in deet sh!t.

 

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All I know is that my first form teacher was no where near so tall as Princess Diana, and had to dress out of thriftstore basements.

Where's the justice?

 

Spell it right and it is no pun ;o) Chaste is the word you were looking for.

 

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It may be that you have misjudged the intent of A.B.

Since he said "no pun intended", he may have been suggesting that Diana was being chased, as stated.

Of course, I could be completely wrong, in which case, "Sorry".

 

LOL - Yeah, sorry fellas. That's what comes of typing and arguing with the missus about doing some work at the same time. Although, as royalstilton said, it's all good

 

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Andy, Andy, Andy!

What have we told you about multi-tasking???

 

Yeah, that's what the little woman says. I'm not versatile - I'm just confused.

 

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me wife found a t-shirt ( neglected to purchase it, rats! ) that said:

"I'm confused...

...Wait, no I'm not!"

 

I used to be indecisive... but now I'm not so sure

 

Are you Welsh, then? Nevermind the bits about sheep, own up.

 

No. Born in Peckham mate.

 

No Southwark sheep wandering in your street, then?

I'm from Ohio, me. About same distance from "the river" as you. Different river, natch.

Rio Ferdinand is from Peckham, too, int he.

 

You've been proven wrong plenty of times.

 

Puff, puff, give.

 

Number of goals Drogba's scored.

 

As I said before.
"He's played 8 premiership games and scored a goal against Crystal Palace and a goal against 'Boro. To get to 5 goals you need to include the 2 CL games where he scored 2 against PSG and one against Porto."

So he's scored 5 goals but in 10 games total, not 8. Instead of yappin' about comprehension, head back to school to learn some basic algebra, mate.

 

Get it right. No rear end that big can be lazy with all the weight it's gotta hold up when I sit down. Comprehension!!!

 

A) Tthis has to do with proving you wrong, as you asked.

B) As for Drogba, since you need to have this spelled out 20 different ways before it seeps into your granite gord, here ya go :

8-15-04 EPL - Chelsea - ManUtd : 0 goals for Drogba
that's 0 goals in 1 game
8-21-04 EPL - Birgmingham - Chelsea : 0 goals for Drogba
that means 0 goals after playing 2 games
8-24-04 EPL - Palace - Chelsea : 1 goal for Drogba
1 goal after first 3 games
8-28-04 EPL - Chelsea - Saints : 0 goals for Drogba
Now after 4 games, he still has 1 goal
9-11-04 EPL - Villa - Chelsea : 0 goals for Drogba
so he's 1 for 5
9-14-04 CL - PSG - Chelsea : 2 goals for Drogba
He's played 6 games and scored 3 goals at this point
9-19-04 EPL - Chelsea - Sprus : 0 goals for Drogba
That's 3 goals in 7 games
9-25-04 EPL - Boro - Chelsea : 1 goal for Drogba
That's 4 goals in 8 games for Drogba.

So, to your question, after the first 8 games of the year, he scored 4 goals. He did go on to score 1 in the 2 games he's played in since Boro. 5 for 10 is good, darn good for a guy new to the EPL. Neverhtless, those aren't the numbers you claimed no matter how desperately you try to slice them in different ways.