tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post6548186280218971485..comments2024-03-15T17:41:26.645+00:00Comments on Sport Is A TV Show: It's the ITV Football Drinking Game!Fredorrarcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-61321907970908716632008-06-18T00:18:00.000+01:002008-06-18T00:18:00.000+01:00Hmmm...maybe I shouldn't have tried to kill off wh...Hmmm...maybe I shouldn't have tried to kill off what meager readership I have less than a fortnight in...<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't worry about bringing up that particular stereotype, seen as many Irish people do their level best to live up to it as best they can anyway.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I seldom drink, and in fact take some pleasure in watching others do so and how they slowly unravel over the course of the night. Perhaps it's this impulse which led me to create this game.<BR/><BR/>The only name of those you mentioned I really know of is Gray, who is Sky Sports' main pundit. I only know of Rae and Smyth from those little clips that autoplay when you go to ESPN Soccernet - irrelevant unchecked factoid: Smyth's accent leads me to deduce that he's from the same general area of Ireland as me; so if you want to imagine my voice reading these posts (of course you do!), think of Tommy's, except younger and more handsome.Fredorrarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-47770263122257259982008-06-17T23:03:00.000+01:002008-06-17T23:03:00.000+01:00Please understand that it's admiration that motiva...Please understand that it's admiration that motivates me here to invoke the stereotype of the drinking Irishman. I doubt many people outside your country could still stand after playing your new game. Maybe I'd last for a while with Lite American beer, but not with Guinness. And certainly not with Jameson. <BR/><BR/>Our own coverage has been quite good. We somehow managed to lose those less-than-savvy American announcers this time and replaced them with Andy Gray and Adrian Healey. Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth also feature. I wouldn't know their reputations over there, but it seems like a real trade up for us.<BR/><BR/>If I were putting a version of your excellent game together over here, the one repeated phrase that comes to mind instantly is Smyth's "back of the old onion bag." In fact, I'm getting a little bleary-eyed just thinking of the bibulous prospects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com