ALOTT5MA FRIDAY GRAMMAR RODEO - BONUS MONDAY SHELBY FOOTE EDITION: I know things are different across the pond, but it still doesn't scan correctly for me to see a Guardian headline which states "Euro 2012: Holland are sent home by Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo."
[As long as we're talking Euro 2012, which I guess we are: I suppose Friday's Germany v. Greece quarterfinal might be something of a grudge match?]
added: Via Rick, NPR's On the Media talks to Deadspin editor Tom Scocca about the grammatical difficulties of a Heat-Thunder series.
Ugh. Ireland looked just sad in both matches.
ReplyDeleteI admit - I giggled yesterday when the hashtag for the Portugal/Netherlands match was #PORNED
ReplyDeleteThe most recent episode of On the Media discussed this. The larger discussion was the different ways people were writing about the NBA Finals, being a matchup of two non-plural named teams (Heat vs Thunder)
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite grudge match of all time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match
ReplyDeleteWell, sometimes they're called Holland, sometimes they're called the Netherlands and the people are Dutch. So there's a lot going on there. Too much for the singular.
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ReplyDeleteSid Abel - Every Red Wings game he broadcast throughout the 70s and 80s.
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I am loving the work that Roy Hodgson is doing with England.
ReplyDelete1. He's told Rio Ferdinand to stuff it. Rio is too old to play every four days in the group stages. Sir Alex even admitted as much.
2. Starting a back four of John Terry and thee black guys to stick it to the racist hoolies in Eastern Europe (and maybe to teach John a lesson as well). It's easy to throw bananas when you only have one target like Mario Balotelli. Roy's had 5-6 black guys on the pitch at the same time. I'm sure he's given some "English stiff upper lip /prove it on the pitch / Jackie Robinson example" talks to his guys.
3. He's juggling his forwards nicely and making appropriate substitutions. Wolcott for Milner in the Sweden match won it for them.
What I'd LOVE to see Tuesday is the same front lineup that finished Sweden off, Welbeck and Carroll up front and Wolcott as atacking winger/midfielder. Save Rooney for a 65th minute substitution for Carroll and unleash 25 minutes of hell at that point. Even if they are winning, the race with France for goal differential might come into play here.
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I'd start Rooney instead of Carroll because Carroll just had the one good game he's going to have for the rest of the calendar year. I wouldn't be surprised if John Terry winds up unable to play in the quarters because of injury or suspension, and I'd have told him to stuff it on general principle.
ReplyDeleteThey said that after the FA Cup final as well after Andy almost pulled it out for LFC. Let Andy beat the crap out of the defenders for the first sixty then let Rooney finish them off.
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Carroll for Welbeck in the 70th then?
Here's Balotelli with the goal of the tournament so far:
ReplyDeletehttp://deadspin.com/5919367/mario-balotelli-didnt-start-todays-match-scored-a-wondergoal-anyway
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To bring the conversation back to the grammar rodeo: This is one of my biggest pet peeves of all time. "Holland *are*?" Holland is singular. Or we may be talking about the team. Also singular. Holland IS. (I will allow, however, for "The Netherlands are...")
ReplyDeleteI will not forgive Rolling Stone either for jumping the pond...er, shark...referring to bands in a similar fashion (i.e., the headline "R.E.M. Call It A Day").
Thanks for inspiring my next blog post.