aha, he's done a (insert player name)

[Darth Vodka]

i'm on a bit of a rant here

how many players can you think of where you can say "he's done a ******" ?

obviously Cruyff...it's even a verb! he's Cruyffed him!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1k7DGqRF5g

he's done a Huigita...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCxe4r6SjH0

a Grobelaar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp6kdehiijI&feature=PlayList&p=3E34F338C7640AA2
(that's actually a funny clip)

my mate at uni insisted there was a "Beardsley turn" which was having your back to the opponent, dummying the hoof up the pitch, but then dragging it the other way, but i think this wasn't really known outsid eof his "Toon Heroes" VHS cassette

who was that mexican who jumped past two defenders with the ball between his legs in the world cup? and who was that in the 70s who stood on the ball?

hmm

 

[glyn]

Surely doing a Cantona is attacking someone in the stands with your feet

Doing a Gazza?

And I had heard of the Beardsley turn before, but not convinced about it's universality

 

[Darth Vodka]

Surely doing a Cantona is attacking someone in the stands with your feet

Doing a Gazza?

And I had heard of the Beardsley turn before, but not convinced about it's universality

aaaah, yes...very good

the Gazza being the 1996 Scotland goal...a chip over the head and a volley? and not being squeezed in the knob by Vinny Jones, or pretending to play the flute or booking the ref and getting sent off for it

is there a name for that one where you cross the ball with the main leg and your other leg fixed, but swing the leg round the other side... i think the world needs a word

do they teach you these things

 

[Profondo Rosso]

There's not only the Cruyff turn, but the Cruyff penalty too.

Arsenal tried that a few years back and failed miserably.

Also, I've heard goals dribbling from the half way line being described as "Maradonna-esque" see Messi's vs Osasuna a couple of years back.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

aaaah, yes...very good

the Gazza being the 1996 Scotland goal...a chip over the head and a volley? and not being squeezed in the knob by Vinny Jones, or pretending to play the flute or booking the ref and getting sent off for it

is there a name for that one where you cross the ball with the main leg and your other leg fixed, but swing the leg round the other side... i think the world needs a word

do they teach you these things

I thought doing a Gazza was when the ball is running across an open goalmouth and you stretch out to reach it only to miss by millimetres. Like Gazza did vs Germany in euro 96.

 

[Darth Vodka]

I thought doing a Gazza was when the ball is running across an open goalmouth and you stretch out to reach it only to miss by millimetres. Like Gazza did vs Germany in euro 96.

that exact moment is burned on a part of my brain

 

[Darth Vodka]

There's not only the Cruyff turn, but the Cruyff penalty too.

Arsenal tried that a few years back and failed miserably.

Also, I've heard goals dribbling from the half way line being described as "Maradonna-esque" see Messi's vs Osasuna a couple of years back.

aaaaah, very good. yeah and now you mention it...i always think of a penalty straight down the middle as a *Dwight Yorke* penalty, i.e. exactly where the keeper would have stood...cant rememeber who he did it against, might have even been for Villa

aaah, Maradonnaesque from his England goal (and a few others) of 86, a sort of mesmerising magnetic foot type goal, yes i'll have that

 

[BOB HAZELL]

[
who was that mexican who jumped past two defenders with the ball between his legs in the world cup?

Think it was a guy called Blanco..??

 

[bocadillo]

how many players can you think of where you can say "he's done a ******" ?

Can we also have "he's done an ******"?

If so, it's not something you see a lot of, but what about "He's done an Inzaghi"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9aesHqJJp0&feature=related

 

[drummindefender]

goals sometimes get compared to that famous carlos alberto strike and then say "like carlos alberto"

 

[Blue Maniac]

Can we also have "he's done an ******"?

If so, it's not something you see a lot of, but what about "He's done an Inzaghi"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9aesHqJJp0&feature=related

DaMarcus Beasley did something similar a few years back, and of course Fabien Barthez did it during a game against Inter while the ball was in play, albeit at the other end.

 

[Darth Vodka]

Think it was a guy called Blanco..??

aaaaaaaaaah yes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH34h0BGr7s

quality clip

that reminds me...doing a Rivaldo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RKo_50sWW4

twat

 

[Darth Vodka]

Can we also have "he's done an ******"?

If so, it's not something you see a lot of, but what about "He's done an Inzaghi"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9aesHqJJp0&feature=related

thanks for the pedants' revolt

goes on all the time when i play rugby

(admittedly Surrey One not the same level)

 

[Motown Fox]

Talking of Barthez. Whenever I see a keeper messing about with his gloves with his boots etc. while the opposition player's about to take a penalty I always say he's doing a "Barthez".

I always reckon Muzzy's penalty at Old Trafford that time should have counted as the ref had blown the whistle. The fact that the French twat was pi$$ing about was his fault. On the retake Muzzy then lost his concentration and missed it. It was double the pain for me as I was in a box right behind that goal.

 

[Darth Vodka]

oh i could probably accept "Delap" as a verb

 

[Profondo Rosso]

I remember on the Football League show, a player dribbled past a couple then lobbed the keeper from 40 yards, the commentator called it "Le Tissier-esque"

 

[spionfox]

I suppose if a player is being a total **** it's known as doing a Wise.

 

[Hazzman]

'Zidane' turn.

'gazza' lobbing it over a defender and then smash.

 

[H T B]

Beating your own keeper from 40 yards, Frank Sinclairesque?.....

 

[Blue Maniac]

Scoring a header from 40 yards - a Martin Palermo