Dr Morbeus wrote:I don't think that is what I said. No doubt you spent some time trawling these names up. A lot of genius is flawed and Zidane is no exception. When the truth comes out about what Materazzi said then we can all judge the matter with all the facts.
Not really. I knew he'd head butted someone else and that appeared in his wiki, and a simple google search for "zidane stamp 1998" brings up the Saudi players name.
As for the fact his disciplinary (sp?) record is worse than Vinnie Jones, it was casually mentioned in the magazine l'Equipe.
I can't help but think of Pratchett when I think of Zidane, for his comment (and I paraphrase because I can't remember it exactly) "if cats looked like frogs we'd realise what manipulative bitches they are and not give them as much leeway as we do".
Racism sucks, but Zidane apparently can't cope with name calling. Hell if someone insulted me on the pitch I'd want to smack six pieces of shit out of him. But on the world stage, with hundreds of million of people watching, some of which who idolise your every move and look up to you, he acted stupid.
Maybe he should have played in the UK a while. Cantona completely lost it once, but mellowed out for it. He had similar flaws to Zidane. He was petulent and constantly getting in trouble in France. In the UK he eventually mellowed out because most of us loved his insanity. He was certainly in far less trouble in the UK than he was in France and was able to take his game to the next level, even if the French national team were never able to harness it because they always looked at him as they had in his younger years.
Rooney was 20 and stupid. Beckham was 22 and stupid. For some reason I'm finding it harder to accept that a legend at the age of 34 can still be so petulent. Violence on the football field can never be justified.
passplay> is anyone else sitting with their balls gently nestled in a bowl of red jello?
