Monday, June 12, 2006

What's in a name?

So, by now we're all aware of the simple equation:
football + soccer = Round Ball Footy.

There is plenty more word-play craziness going on at the World Cup. The Dutch v now non-existent Serbia-Montenegro is a prime example.

SCG (which stands for what?) was represented by 17 -ics in its squad of 23 - and you can add to that its iccy coach, Ilija Petkovic. The collared Holland - the Dutch from the Netherlands - is also confusing punters with its 3 names for the country.

Round Ball Footy was also delighted to note the Dutch combination of Arjen Robben, Robin van Persie, Percy Snejder. (Delighted, that is, until we found out that Snejder's name is actually Wesley.)

The only answer that RBF has for all this nonsense is to why they wear so much bloody Orange. Something or other to do with their old ruler, King of Orange, ummm, something like that. Why don't you go check Wikipedia?

Anyhow, on to the cut-throat Socceroos-Japan game...

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