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I'm just watching the BBC's live coverage of England's final warm-up match against Platinum Stars, and, particularly evident without any audio commentary, I've been instantly reminded of how fucking annoying I found the constant vuvuzela-blowing in last year's Confederations Cup.
Your opinions please.
Vuvuzelas: invalid in both Countdown and my head.
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Vuvuzelas: invalid in both Countdown and my head.
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Not for long perhapsMatt Morrison wrote: Vuvuzelas: invalid in Countdown
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Decent pencil.Charlie Reams wrote:Not for long perhapsMatt Morrison wrote: Vuvuzelas: invalid in Countdown
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Thanks, but it's not that long either unfortunately.Matt Morrison wrote:Decent pencil.Charlie Reams wrote:Not for long perhapsMatt Morrison wrote: Vuvuzelas: invalid in Countdown
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Horrible noise, and that is in a half empty stadium.
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Yeah, it was a bit head wrecking in the confederations cup. Must be awful when you're in the stadium. That's why they have a rape epidemic over there, cos they've all got the horn...
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Insert picture of tumbleweed here.Andy Wilson wrote:Yeah, it was a bit head wrecking in the confederations cup. Must be awful when you're in the stadium. That's why they have a rape epidemic over there, cos they've all got the horn...
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I don't think that's a tradition you want to start.Marc Meakin wrote:Insert picture of tumbleweed here.Andy Wilson wrote:Yeah, it was a bit head wrecking in the confederations cup. Must be awful when you're in the stadium. That's why they have a rape epidemic over there, cos they've all got the horn...
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Can we please have an option for creating silent ones, cos they sound awful but that's a truly fantastic word.
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It'll be something that identifies the tournament in posterity, like the wave in '86, or Falcao's veins in '82.
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I think they could actually ruin the whole tournament. Its an appalling noise. I had to stop watching those conf.cup games last summer and couldnt watch that England match before. Really bad move letting this shitbox country try and run a world cup, I guarantee at least 10 dead supporters.
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More if England get through the group stages.Matthew Green wrote:I think they could actually ruin the whole tournament. Its an appalling noise. I had to stop watching those conf.cup games last summer and couldnt watch that England match before. Really bad move letting this shitbox country try and run a world cup, I guarantee at least 10 dead supporters.
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Jealousy will get you nowhere!Ian Volante wrote:More if England get through the group stages.Matthew Green wrote:I think they could actually ruin the whole tournament. Its an appalling noise. I had to stop watching those conf.cup games last summer and couldnt watch that England match before. Really bad move letting this shitbox country try and run a world cup, I guarantee at least 10 dead supporters.
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Don't you know we're all English in this city?Lesley Hines wrote:Jealousy will get you nowhere!Ian Volante wrote:More if England get through the group stages.Matthew Green wrote:I think they could actually ruin the whole tournament. Its an appalling noise. I had to stop watching those conf.cup games last summer and couldnt watch that England match before. Really bad move letting this shitbox country try and run a world cup, I guarantee at least 10 dead supporters.
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I hate football and I had to endure 90 minutes of England the other day. What fucking annoyed me more was the constant horn blowing. Someone had to tell me what they were but there's no need for it.
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I like. Or, at the very least, it doesn't bother me in the slightest.
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Clearly, you haven't even changed your avatar to the Brazil flag for the Apterous World CupKirk Bevins wrote:I hate football
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On the basis of that I am surprised he even entered.James Robinson wrote:Clearly, you haven't even changed your avatar to the Brazil flag for the Apterous World CupKirk Bevins wrote:I hate football
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Ha, I'm not even sure I'd know how to do it. I don't hate country's flags, James, I hate football. I don't want to watch people running around passing a ball and then having a shot on target and missing by miles. How much do they get paid? You don't get the best darter in the world going for double 8 and missing by 2 foot do you. Ridiculous.James Robinson wrote: Clearly, you haven't even changed your avatar to the Brazil flag for the Apterous World Cup
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Utter A-lol. Love you.Kirk Bevins wrote:You don't get the best darter in the world going for double 8 and missing by 2 foot do you. Ridiculous.
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If it hits the wire and bounces out it could be over 6 foot from the target.Kirk Bevins wrote:Ha, I'm not even sure I'd know how to do it. I don't hate country's flags, James, I hate football. I don't want to watch people running around passing a ball and then having a shot on target and missing by miles. How much do they get paid? You don't get the best darter in the world going for double 8 and missing by 2 foot do you. Ridiculous.James Robinson wrote: Clearly, you haven't even changed your avatar to the Brazil flag for the Apterous World Cup
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Bad news for Vuvuzela haters http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 737455.stm
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FIFA branded vuvuzelas are on sale in South Africa so this talk of a ban was total bullshitMarc Meakin wrote:Bad news for Vuvuzela haters http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 737455.stm
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How did you get your face as your avatar in the first place thenKirk Bevins wrote:Ha, I'm not even sure I'd know how to do it.James Robinson wrote: Clearly, you haven't even changed your avatar to the Brazil flag for the Apterous World Cup
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Or, like, I bet Beevers doesn't go to lay a word in Scrabble, and places the tiles on his shoes instead.Charlie Reams wrote:Utter A-lol. Love you.Kirk Bevins wrote:You don't get the best darter in the world going for double 8 and missing by 2 foot do you. Ridiculous.
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I think they sound like some beautiful demented honey bee.
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They are annoying but not as much as James Corden. At least you can switch him off.
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I'd like to see Phil Taylor try that shot with van Barneveld bearing down on him at full speed. See how close he gets then.Kirk Bevins wrote: You don't get the best darter in the world going for double 8 and missing by 2 foot do you. Ridiculous.
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I hope it's not like the wave in '86, cos the wave spread to other places.Ian Volante wrote:It'll be something that identifies the tournament in posterity, like the wave in '86
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The horn - it sounds like a horn - it sounds like a horn - it sounds like a horn - it sounds like a hornet. Sorry, I couldn't quite get my words out.
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The idea is that Phil is pressured as Barneveld is sat on 32 for the match. There are nerves and he is under great pressure to be accurate. The precision in darts is immense, however they can still manage it. How can people who get paid millions not shoot towards the target properly when they've practised so much. I'm sure they've practised being under attack/pressured - they should know how to cope with it. It's ridiculous.Liam Tiernan wrote: I'd like to see Phil Taylor try that shot with van Barneveld bearing down on him at full speed. See how close he gets then.
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I sent it to Charlie or Charlie just put it on there - I can't remember which.James Robinson wrote: How did you get your face as your avatar in the first place then
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Yes, and players do sometimes miss under those circumstances, even with three darts at a double. Pretty much the darts equivalent of missing an open goal, wouldn't you say?Kirk Bevins wrote:The idea is that Phil is pressured as Barneveld is sat on 32 for the match. There are nerves and he is under great pressure to be accurate. The precision in darts is immense, however they can still manage it. How can people who get paid millions not shoot towards the target properly when they've practised so much. I'm sure they've practised being under attack/pressured - they should know how to cope with it. It's ridiculous.Liam Tiernan wrote: I'd like to see Phil Taylor try that shot with van Barneveld bearing down on him at full speed. See how close he gets then.
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Not really. If you're a pro you should score a goal into an open goal 99 times out of 100. You wouldn't expect to hit a double 99 times out of 100 - in fact a good percentage on doubles is around 30%.Liam Tiernan wrote: Yes, and players do sometimes miss under those circumstances, even with three darts at a double. Pretty much the darts equivalent of missing an open goal, wouldn't you say?
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So for a pro, having 4 darts at a double should be converted 99 times out of a hundred? I haven't watched darts much, but my impression would be that percentage is a little high. (I'm assuming the 30% figure is per dart, not per 3 darts) I've seen pro matches where a player has SIX darts to close out a game and fails to do so. Ridiculous!Kirk Bevins wrote:Not really. If you're a pro you should score a goal into an open goal 99 times out of 100. You wouldn't expect to hit a double 99 times out of 100 - in fact a good percentage on doubles is around 30%.Liam Tiernan wrote: Yes, and players do sometimes miss under those circumstances, even with three darts at a double. Pretty much the darts equivalent of missing an open goal, wouldn't you say?
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76 times out of a hundred.Liam Tiernan wrote: So for a pro, having 4 darts at a double should be converted 99 times out of a hundred?
And Kirk, it's more like Taylor trying to hit the target while running in from an angle, with Barney simultaneously giving him a nipple cripple.
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People always go on about how the England football team have underperformed over the years, but the reason is obvious - all the best people go into darts. Other countries don't have such a darts scene so have better footballers.
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And the dart is also moving when he tries to aim it. And somebody's trying to block the dartboard.Paul Howe wrote:76 times out of a hundred.Liam Tiernan wrote: So for a pro, having 4 darts at a double should be converted 99 times out of a hundred?
And Kirk, it's more like Taylor trying to hit the target while running in from an angle, with Barney simultaneously giving him a nipple cripple.
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This is why the Netherlands have never won the World Cup.Gavin Chipper wrote:People always go on about how the England football team have underperformed over the years, but the reason is obvious - all the best people go into darts. Other countries don't have such a darts scene so have better footballers.
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That's right - this man should be a footballer.Gavin Chipper wrote:People always go on about how the England football team have underperformed over the years, but the reason is obvious - all the best people go into darts. Other countries don't have such a darts scene so have better footballers.
Or maybe it's just horses for courses?
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What the fuck? You will have practised shooting at a target when there are men running towards you. In darts you haven't practised being nipple crippled by Barney.
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Darts is easier than football.
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Whatever Meakin.Marc Meakin wrote:Football is a sport.
Darts is a game.
End of.
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It takes WUM to know WUM.Kirk Bevins wrote:Whatever Meakin.Marc Meakin wrote:Football is a sport.
Darts is a game.
End of.
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Pity. Might have made it interesting.Kirk Bevins wrote:What the fuck? You will have practised shooting at a target when there are men running towards you. In darts you haven't practised being nipple crippled by Barney.
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More people go into football so the top players are probably "better" in some sort of statistical sense. That's an easier way of looking at it than trying to work out whether it's easier to hit a double in darts or nutmeg Damon Hill in football.
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Back on topic... I noticed there a big surge in the noise as Forlan stood over the ball to take a free just outside the box against the home nation. So it's officially disrespectful.
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So like going "wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooah!" when someone takes a free kick?Andy Wilson wrote:Back on topic... I noticed there a big surge in the noise as Forlan stood over the ball to take a free just outside the box against the home nation. So it's officially disrespectful.
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What's the difference between a vuvuzela and a woman?
One's an annoying noise in your ear for 90 minutes whilst the football's on, the other is a plastic trumpet!
Boom boom.
One's an annoying noise in your ear for 90 minutes whilst the football's on, the other is a plastic trumpet!
Boom boom.
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Byron Wallen trying to make the vuvuzela sound nice (52 second clip from Newsnight via BBC)
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For anyone who hates the Vuvuzela. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ln_rqPpPk
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and if you don't... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HmDVz1ED84
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Nice 1.Andy Wilson wrote:and if you don't... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HmDVz1ED84
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Own a vuvuzela! Win one of 5000 from the Sun
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You wouldn't see Barney blowing a vuvuzela, would you?Kirk Bevins wrote:Own a vuvuzela! Win one of 5000 from the Sun
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