Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Jerril Santos has an exhilarating account of the PHL-Vietnam football game last Sunday in his Facebook wall. He has granted me permission to use it here.
He first wrote in his wall: “PHL-2, VN-0! great game! The local support for the defending champion,Vietnamese team, was just amazing but the Philippine team’s performance induced My Dinh Stadium into a stunned silence. What an achievement!”
Jerril related how it was to be in “enemy” territory:
“The few Pinoys in the stadium – three of us in the grandstand area we were in – couldn’t cheer as much as we wanted. It would be foolish to do that in a sea of 40,000 fans who were lustily cheering their team…cheering that turned to anger and frustration at their team’s inability to beat an underdog Philippines.”
But Jerril couldn’t contain his excitement: “My driver Benny had to sit behind me in the stands to shield me from debris in case it begins to fly from behind when I shook my fist in the air on the second goal.”
Jerril said it was an unforgettable experience for him: “Being there was great. To hear an entire stadium of people sing the vietnamese national anthem with such fervor and enthusiasm makes your skin crawl! It was an amazing display of national pride and team support.”
The PHL team was tired but happy, Jerril said. “There was a celebratory mood in the locker room.They were tired and at least two of them had gastro-intestinal issues. They were throwing up in the locker room. I even contacted a local medical facility in case they needed further attention.”
Jerril said he will be at the PHL-Myanmar game tomorrow tonight (8:30 pm)in Thien Truong Stadium in Nam Dinh about three hours drive from Hanoi. Some members of the Filipino community will also be there.“Our team deserves the support,” he said.
Vietnam took it so badly, according to ABS-CBN’s Jojo Malig
Vietnam football coach bitter over loss to Philippines
By Jojo Malig, abs-cbnNEWS.com
Vietnamese national football coach Henrique Calisto threw a fit after his team’s stunning 0-2 loss to the Philippines in the ongoing ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup tournament.
The Portuguese criticized the Philippines’ defensive tactics, which he described as “poor.”
“If they think they can win the championship based on that, then poor football. If the Philippines think they can win playing that way then my dear, poor, poor football in this region,” he said in an interview published on the tournament’s official website.
“Football is not this, football is not putting eight players in front of the area with no offensive system,” he claimed. “They were fighting and I respect the players but if you think this is football then you are wrong.”
The Philippines pulled off the competition’s biggest upset by beating Vietnam, the defending champion, in front of 40,000 Vietnamese fans at the My Dinh National Stadium on Sunday night.
Goals from Chris Greatwich and Phil Younghusband secured the victory for the Azkals.
Calisto said the Philippines “put the bus in front of the goal,” describing the 2 flanks of defenders and midfielders that Philippine XI coach Simon McMenemy deployed against the Vietnamese.
“My way is different. You can play and lose but you can lose with honour. They didn’t have an offensive system,” Calisto said.
“I told my players that the Philippines defend very well but they don’t care about counterattacking, they only pay attention in defence. Until you score one goal, our job is very difficult and I told the players that. If you look at possession of the ball, if you look at shots, if you look at crosses maybe there was 70 or 80 percent for Vietnam and 20 or 30 percent for Philippines,” he added.
The Philippines’ British mentor, meanwhile, said the victory has yet to sink in.
“I’m pinching myself, I’m not sure we have done what we have done,” said McMenemy. “I keep thinking I’ll wake up in bed in the Sheraton hotel and we’ll still have the game to play.”
“We knew we could defend, we knew we were disciplined enough but we didn’t know if we could go up the other end and score goals. We knew that would be our issue so we worked hard in training on simple things like converting breakaways when we are on the run,” he said.
Before the match, McMenemy had revealed that he will use a counter-attacking tactic against the Vietnamese.
“That was an incredible feat considering they are the Philippines and where they have come from. To go and turn over a powerhouse like Vietnam is incredible. If you keep working hard the luckier you get. We had three chances and scored twice,” McMenemy told the AFF website.
The Azkals, who are now on top of Group B, will only need to draw their next match against Myanmar on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals.
Vietnam, meanwhile, will have to beat fellow ASEAN football powerhouse Singapore before advancing to the knockout stage.
Before: Vietnamese Wine Sucks
Now: Vietnamese Football (particular the Coach) Sucks
Way to go RP team. Apparently, many of our players are foreign recruits with some Filipino blood. Even our coach is a foreigner. That tells us something.
It’s actually called Soccer abroad not Football. Soccer is the Number One sport in Europe and Latin America. Filipinos with their speed and agility have future in this sport. Why always insist on basketball where height is might? We’re not even doing good in Asia like we used to be. Soccer used to be the sport of the elite. Many who played this sport were from exclusive private schools then composed of Spanish mestizos and Tsinoys. It’s about time the government focus on this sport which we have a chance of competing abroad. Of course more funding is needed.
Mabuti naman ang nag-iba ng putahe sa buffet ngayon hindi puro isang ulam na lang. Thanks for posting about Football or Soccer. But what about other topics like RH Bill which is as controversial?
I don’t know if Jojo Malig understands or watches football. I’m sure he misquoted the Portuguese coach. The Philippine football team – which I think is made up mostly of glamour boys from prominent families, judging by their surnames – have long been known for their stiff defense and nothing else.
The Portuguese was criticizing our offensive not our defensive tactics.
The Pinoys had only three opportunities at the goal, we scored on two. The first one, a header by Greatwich off a cross by Del Rosario a few minutes before the end of the first half. The second goal came from Philip James Younghusband about eleven minutes before the end of the final half. Then a shocked virtually all-Vietnamese gallery was suddenly quiet, making bee lines to the exits as early as this time.
The Viets were so confident the Phil Team was easy picking they were not concerned with Pinoys approaching the goal they leave their defenders high.
That is why the coach is sour, he says we have the whole bus in front of the goal not knowing what to do. But he’s a moron to allow the whole bus unguarded. Yes we don’t pass around or make crosses like Ronaldo or Beckham, or maybe even just like the Vietnamese Team do (who BTW are the league’s defending champs) but any stupid player left alone undefended can hit a goal.
Usec. Mai Mislang, it’s not only the wine that sucks in Vietnam. Sucker, I mean, soccer coaches too. And yes, mukha ngang walang pogi doon. LOL!
It’s actually called Soccer abroad not Football.
Wrong. It’s actually called “football” everywhere, be it in Europe, Africa, Latin America or Asia. They call it “soccer” in America because the Kanos have their stupid “American Football” which is played more with the hands than with the feet.
Mga Azkal lang pala ang katapat natin sa Vietnam! Good job! Filipinos should have football as the national sport.
The opening game between Singapore and Phils was beginning to look like it was another failure for the Pinoys. Singapore was leading 1-0 for most of the game until a late goal by Greatwich coming off a cross by Philhusband, my favorite player who once trained with London’s Chelsea Football Club.
The Phil-Singapore game ended in a tie. Singapore next beat Myanmar 2-1. Both countries win-draw-loss records are identical at 1-1-0 but with our 2-0 win against Vietnam, we are now on top of Group B by virtue of bigger winning margin.
If the Pinoys keep playing this well, I predict a Phil-Indonesia Finals.
The Portuguese criticized the Philippines’ defensive tactics, which he described as “poor.”
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Come again ? If the Vietnamese team lost because our defensive tactics was poor, imagine how much of a drubbing they will get had our defensive tactics were superb !!
wow… refusing to shake hands with the winner opponent,is such an ass..
excellence in sports is one way to promote the philippines, not with those expensive and inane tourism gimmicks.
There we go. Like I always say (to myself, that is), there are more than enough competitive sports the Philippines can excel in. Take this (soccer) for example……..how about baseball, table tennis, gymnastics, volleyball (with reservation ako dito), ball-ball, whatever……..basta ang height requirement eh hindi masyado tayong dehado. Ang hirap kasi, we are always focused on basketball na kung saan alam naman natin that among other nations in the same sport, the Pinoys are a bit “Vertically-challenged”. Iilan lang talaga sa atin ang tatangkad nang over 6′-7″” at most.
Tapos we even go as far as to get imports with obvious questionable nationalities basta ang mga apelyido eh tunog-Pinoy.
I say concentrate on all sports and get the best in their fields. We have a lot of these athletes who are just waiting to be recognized aside from potential basketball players.
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I don’t know if I should thank you for correcting me but I wished it could be a bit more polite instead of being rude. If I correct someone, I prefer saying “I beg to disagree”.
Anyway, football or soccer it doesn’t matter. Whether you agree or not, the term football now usually refers to American Football like the NFL or CFL in Canada. So what if they use their hands? Soccer is now commonly used abroad. Unless you want to call it sucker.
Looking at these RP players, mukhang mga anak mayaman nga. But I still believe we have future in football or soccer depending on how you call the sport. Recently, our homeless team played very well in Brazil. What we need is support from the private sector and the government. Hindi puro boxing at basketball na lang.
Football or Soccer?
Either one is alright. I stand corrected. Here’s FYI:
There is a story that Charles Wreford-Brown, an official in the Football Association, was once asked by some university friends to play a game of “rugger” with them. Making a play on that word, he told them that he’d rather play “soccer” instead.
Whether this story describes the real origin of the name “soccer”, or whether the abbreviation “assoc” simply evolved into the more rhythmic and euphonious “soccer” over time, will probably never be known.
One thing that is certain, though, is that the word “soccer” had entered the lexicon by the second half of the 19th Century.
At the same time association football was becoming known by the sobriquet “soccer”, it was also being called “football”. In England at the time this created no confusion and, in fact, served to better differentiate the game from that of rugby. After all, rugby was played with the hands and association football was played with the foot.
As association football gained popularity with the masses in England, the more simplistic name of “football” took precedence and displaced all but the most occasional use of “soccer” – a situation that pertains to this day.
The reason the term “soccer” is used in countries like New Zealand, Australia and the United States results simply from the need to differentiate that form of football from other forms that either were, or are, more popular in those countries.
Before soccer became widely played New Zealand, for instance, rugby had usurped the name “football”. In Australia the situation was similar, with both rugby and Australian rules laying claim to the name. In the United States it was gridiron.
To avoid confusion, a separate term had to be used for association football in these countries. What more obvious name to use, then, than the already known and accepted “soccer”?
Though any Englishman, and many enthusiasts from other parts of the world for that matter, will swear blind that “football” is the only true name for the sport, there is little to say, in a historical sense, that one name is any more correct than the other. And if, in these southern latitudes, it helps define our meaning and avoid confusion, what difference does it really make if we call it football or soccer?
Origin of the word “soccer”.
http://www.soccer-fans-info.com/origin-of-the-word-soccer.html
http://www.ehow.com/about_5040445_origin-soccer-name.html
It’s actually called “football” everywhere, be it in Europe, Africa, Latin America or Asia. They call it “soccer” in America because the Kanos have their stupid “American Football” which is played more with the hands than with the feet.—–>TonGuE-tWisTeD – December 8, 2010 1:16 am
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Siguro kaya ganoon ang tawag nila kasi what they really mean is “Foot(the)ball in your hands”.
#14
Mas correct kung FeetBall dahil dalawang paa ang gamit…plural. Sa atin, ang alam lang natin ay Fish ball.
#3 “…They call it “soccer” in America because the Kanos have their stupid “American Football” which is played more with the hands than with the feet.”
Wow!”(S)tupid”? Was the “anger” triggered by the game or by the Americans playing the game, Mr. Tongue T?
I hope football/soccer gets as much attention as basketball so we won’t be left out of the World Cup. May it help us in nation-building as it does with other countries.
Congratulations to the Philippine Football Team!
It was a very unsportsmanlike gesture of Vietnamese coach_of Portugueses nationailty, not to extend his hand to shake with Coach Simon. It shows bitterness and no class at all. It is neither the Philippine team’s, nor Coach Simon’s fault that they won over his Defending Champion Team, and in their homecourt. It’s their fault for taking the Philippine Team lightly. Simply put, they underestimated the defensive wall that our team put up, and got frustrated by it. He said that our team has no offensive plan at all. Just to drive the point on this offensive plan, who won the game Coach Henrique_your team or the team with no offensive plan, but a bus that keeps moving forward until your barriers were broken? Ahhhh… it was 2 – Nil for the bus that moves forward….Cheerio!
“When” Vietnam loses to Singapore today, Coach Henrique would be replaced for losing to the Philippines, the icing on the cake is it was a rout at Philippines 2 – Vietnam 0.
Cheers Coach Simon! Fish and Chips are in order…
From GMA-7 online:
A draw against winless Myanmar in their 7 p.m. encounter will give the Philippines a ticket to the home-and-away semifinals for the first time in the 16-year history of Southeast Asia’s most prestigious football tournament.
Vietnam faces Singapore in the other crucial match Wednesday, with the host squad badly needing a win to keep their title defense bid alive.
A PHL loss coupled with a draw between Vietnam and Singapore could still eliminate the Filipinos. If Vietnam prevails, the Filipinos must finish with a better goal difference over Singapore to advance.
That is why team manager Dan Palami reminded his wards not to be complacent. “There should be no let-up from our team. We should not be satisfied. We have a great chance to do something big for Philippine football and we want to make the most out of it.”
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/207774/azkals-seek-improbable-semis-in-suzuki-cup
From Business Mirror:
From underdog to topdog
Team Philippines will have its entire starting eleven healthy for the match after a minor knee injury sidelined midfielder Emelio “Chieffy” Caligdong during the game against Vietnam.
Striker Phil Younghusband, who was ill the night before the Vietnam game and whose spectacular goal in the 79th minute sealed the deal and the biggest upset in the history of the Suzuki Cup for the long-time underdogs, is feeling much better and is eager to make another impact.
Defender Rob Gier who was also feverish during the Philippines’ first two games is also raring to go in what could be the biggest game in the country’s footballing history.
“We have a chance to do something no other Philippine team has done,” said Younghusband. “We’ve been through a lot through the years and it sure feels fantastic to see our efforts bear fruit now. But we’re not satisfied. We’d love to keep this thing going.”
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/sports/4646-underdog-to-top-dog
if you have star sports, next game is mamayang gabi
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/207736/suddenly-football-in-our-hearts
Expect the cable channel Star Sports to enjoy a sudden spike in viewership from all over our islands for the 7-to-9 p.m. timeslot on Wednesday, December 8, when a suddenly popular Pinoy football team that has fired up our national imagination goes up against Myanmar in the final match of the quarter
mali yung article sa GMAnews. ipapalabas yung laban ng rp myanmar sa ESPN @ 8:25pm today.
http://www.espnstar.com/tv-listings/region1/day1/
the RP uses this type of defensive tactics because it is the only chance they have of ever beating better opponents.
@#9- jawo, if I may offer my dos sentimos.
While it is true that “there are more than enough competitive sports the Philippines can excel in” we are still a developing country where a particular sport is not done for the love of it but for what it can bring to the table. Basketball and Boxing are the main focus because it is in these areas where better athletes shine and get exposed, and it is so because they work hard in getting there, and it is so because they know that it pays good moolah when they get there.
Baseball? No money there. Volleyball? You still need height here (your family or support group should have given you good nutrition while you were growing up, like cheese, fresh milk, etc. if you had the money to buy those, siempre naman). Table tennis? No money there too! Gymnastics? Well if you have the money to pay your trainer by the hour. Tennis? Very elitist Boss! The elite hogs the tennis court, even public tennis courts. Darn! Golf? Same as Gymnastics and Tennis. And then your expensive whacking equipment too, your green fee, etc.
Basketball is very fashionable and can be done even in street corners, all you need is a ring and some scrap boards! Boxing? Hey all you need is to irritate one of the bullies in your school and you will get the best practice in your life, drinking your own blood coming out from your battered gums, or better if a scout will see some potential in there and he will make good money too later, yes he will now fund your lessons subject to a hefty “reimbursement”, later on, siempre naman! And in both sports you don’t need a team to hone your skills, you can practice alone. There is one-on-one in basketball and you only need somebody in boxing when you spar.
There are more factors involved of course, but I think those mentioned above are enough unless you want more.
Soccer/Football could gain foothold now that it is being popularized by Team PHL. But I doubt if it can sustain it’s “fashionability” when an athlete who will devote his life into the sport will not get anything out of it to feed himself and/or his family. Will you go and buy a ticket to watch a soccer game? Will the civic leaders put up soccer/football tournaments in grade schools, high schools, colleges? Those are the fields where you will plant the seeds. It is a must that the interest of the community be there too for football to flourish.
Most communities are into what they will eat next, boss, and not what they need to earn for gymastics lesson for their kids, or golf lessons fee, etc.
I learned basketball by just watching JAWO! No lessons fee there, jaw. ;8))
The poor people in Africa and in Latin America are into football just because that sport is the most fashionable sport in their own countries. Because good players when they get there are rewarded too like basketball and boxing in PHL. The reason why in every corner of their streets you see young kids kicking the ball with dilapidated hand-me- down-running-shoes or even barefoot. Their role models are in football and this is another great factor too for a particular sport to be embraced by future players. I need another bluebook for this though.
Whooops…I used a lot of space already, Ms Ellen might delete me. ;8))
GO TEAM PHL!!!
Ms Ellen, thanks for your Welcome at Lacson’s.
Yehey…finally, muling makikilala sa buong mundo ang Pinoy coz’ dito sa Middle East ang no. 1 sports nila ang football.
Parang piesta dito ifs mayroon laro ang kanilang mga paboritong team at lalo na FIFA World cup.
Hope na ang Pinas e mapasama sa FIFA World cup na gaganapin sa 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar)…may panahon pa to improve them para makuha nila ang no.1 slot para makapasok sa labang ito.
Kailangang suportahan ng Pinas at malalaking corporations ang football sa ating bansa…ngayon kasama na ang Pinas sa usapang apicionado ng FIFA footballers sa buong mundo.
Malaking karangalan ito kasi na sa Latin America, Africa, Europe, Middle East and some part of Asia e popular ang game na ito.
Goodluck at pagbutihin n’yo folks…isang kayong karangalan ng Pinas at sambayanang Filipinos.
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One problem I see in football here is the lack of playing fields. Saan sila maglalaro? Sa Luneta? Sa may Smokey Mountain? Samantalang ang basketball puwedeng itayo kahit saan. But I still believe Filipinos can excel in football. As a kid, I used to watch the Asian Youth Games. Naku, mahigit kalahati ng team puro Kastila. Imbes na Tagalog ang marinig mo sa field habang naglalaro eh wikang Kastila ang sigawan ng mga players. Tuloy, parang ang kalaban ng ibang team sa RP team ng Spain.
Swimming and gymnastic are two we could also excel. Kunin nila ang mga batang sumisisid ng perlas sa Mindanao, ang mga batang Muslim. Train them and one day these kids would become world’s top divers and swimmers. Maganda din ang gymnastic dahil di kailangan ng taas at laki ng katawan. Pero pagmasdan niyo ang mga gymnastic equipment natin mapapaiyak kayo. Kalawang ang mga bar at sira sira ang mga mats.
Have always been a proponent of football as a major sport for RP. I am convinced that if there’s one international very physical and absolutely tactical sporting event that the Philippines can really excel in is football… height will not be a major issue for Pinoys unlike in basketball.
Hurrah to the RP team!
I would’ve loved to have been in the audience… to support the team!
Salamat sa karangalang nakamit ninyo, Phil Team. May you win more games down the line. Job well done!
To our team…
Here’s an inspirational video… Zinedine Zidane – L’Etoile Bleue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGzLm33LTbg
sana sumikat naman ang soccer sa ating bansa,katulad ng boxing at chess,may laban tayo dito.
— Tongue
Exacto!!!
FOOTBALL… because it’s played with the feet and if a footballer ever does it with the hand, the player gets booed 🙂 like Henry and Maradona.
Historical tidbit:
Oh… would love so much to kick Gloria’s and Corona’s heads around in a football field 😛
my problem with watching the game today between RP and myanmar is that the defensive tactic the RP will use tend to make the game boring and slow moving. “risk taking” is a bad word as the less talented filipino team will be in a defensive crouch throughout the entire game, and the myanmarians are prepared with this knowledge, unlike the vietnamese.
i expect a 0-0 score. lmao.
Neither. And there is no anger. If you notice, the adjective was juxtaposed immediately before the errant phrase hence, “American Football” in quotation marks. It’s the name, not the nationality.
“Stupid” may be a strong modifier, but it gets the job done, gets some reactions, too. [wink]
Go Pinas team, go!
Darn… I like football 🙂
Huh? I beg your pardon? There’s tons of money to make in professional football. If Pinas becomes Asian champs, believe me, the world of football, i.e., Europe, Asia, Latin America (and even North America), the Middle East, etc., will grab your players and give them unheard of salaries to play with international clubs and play the international league !
But have you ever heard of Philippine basketball players playing the international leagues and making money in the process?
Unlike in Phil basketball where your players are plucked from exclusive schools or universities, football players can be picked from any street urchins who are quick on their feet! Organise football clubs and you’ll see… sponsors will kill each other to finance the right club!
There’s a Filipino (Pinay mother and African father) who is playing for major leaguer Bayern Club of Germany and has been playing in the European Club Cup! The guy actually now holds an Austrian passport.
Zidane was a street urchin, Maradona was from the slums, Wayne Rooney was growing English hooligan and was spotted… etc, etc, etc, etc, etc…
My young nephews in Pinas play football for their school: De la Salle College and am mighty happy they took up football rather than basketball…
We are still underdogs in tonight’s game. Myanmar leads the Philippines among the bottom dwellers in the FIFA ratings (Best=1; Worst=203) :
ASEAN Countries
Thailand – 114
Indonesia – 135
Singapore – 138
Vietnam – 139
Myanmar – 144
Hong Kong SAR – 145
Malaysia – 150
Philippines – 151
Chinese Taipei – 155
Cambodia – 170
Laos – 171
Brunei Darussalam – 197
Timor Leste – 201
(FIFA rankings are updated monthly; the list above is the Nov. 10 standings. Next update on Dec. 15)
Support football in the Philippines!!!
Tongue, doesn’t matter… what matters is what happens next!
Even if they don’t bring home the bacon, the excitement of Pinas upsetting champion Vietnam must spur folks into action… they must support football in Pinas and must support the Philippine football team!!! Absolute must. Football and our current national football team could be our saving grace in international sports competition arena!
like i told anne in the past, soccer in pinas is as popular as basketball in the UK. 😉
why cant our former colonial masters spain send their football emissaries and teach us pinoys to love the “beautiful game”? 400 yrs sila dito pero we never got attaced to futbol unlike the latin american countries.
during US occupation, tinuruan nila tayo ng mga sports nila, pero basketbol lang talaga ang nagustuhan natin. baseball, american football, ice hockey–ayaw.
japan mahilig sa baseball.
is Simon McMenemy the new Ron Jacobs of RP football? will he be treated like a god if we win the tournament?
You must be referring to David Alaba, born to a Nigerian DJ/Rapper and a Filipina nurse who is the youngest player to play for Austria in an international competition at 17.
You’re right, Anna, he now plays in Bundesliga for Bayern Munich alongside the famous Ivica Olic who tied the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo at the second spot among the top scorers of UEFA Season 2009-2010.
Yessss!
John,
Forget the colonial masters… it’s our ball game (ahem) now.
Thing to do is to suggest to Pres Noy to invite Zinedine Zidane to do some kind of inspirational tour. Am sure it could work. A Zidane tour in RP could provide the inspiration for Pinoys to finally take football seriously as a national sport!
Am sure, many companies in Pinas will be very happy to sponsor such an invitation…
That’s true John but football isn’t lagging behind. They play excellent football in Japan!
Guido, I think you don’t know much about football and footballers.
Footballers hone their skills playing solo, harnessing their foot skills to control the ball… I suggest you watch video clips of how they individual footballers hone their skills.
Can guarantee you that it’s more difficult to control a ball with your feet and your knees than with your hand, hence the need to continuously play with that darn ball solo! And a footballer who can control the ball effectively with his feet (while other players try to outwit him) is plain magic to see!
Here’s a link for Guido. Time for him to see what football is all about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhcM4WP2cTc
Here’s another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-EgWUKxbsk&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-7-HM
Football is a highly tactical sport too!
Ellen,
Is it true that Vietnam’s head coach refused to shake hands with RP’s head coach after Vietnam team got rubbished by RP?
If true, the guy deserves a kick in the balls! What outlandish loser show?
Maybe what Mislang said about the Vietnamese boys was still ringing clearly in his ears. 😀 😀 😀
Anna, another half-Pinoy is playing in Bundesliga – Stephan Markus Schröck for Bavaria’s SpVgg Greuther Fürth who has been officially approved to play for Phil Team in the Asian Federation Cup.
Hey I’m watching the Myanmar-Phils game live! Later!
Hey, Tongue… blow by blow account naman…
And is that right about Schrock? Wow! Yeeeha!!!!
Offense, attack, pass, attack, goal… c’mon Pinas, you can do it! Trounce Miyanmar! Do it for your country!!!
Myanmar v Philippines live update – half-time score 0-0
(am watching streamer from a betting station on line … hahahahah!)
Watching at http://www.bet365.com/home/ (a frigging betting station… hahahah)
Oh no, Myanmar is on the attack…Pinas getting tired!
3rd corner for Myanmar — danger! Dang
Tangina… Myanmar almost scored. Hey Pinoys, steal the bloody ball!
61 minutes and Myanmar’s 5th corner… Gosh, these Myanmar boys aren’t very good (saying that coz Team Pinas aren’t exactly doing brilliantly…)
All Pinas needs is a draw to advance to semis…
68th minute into the game:
Pinas must hone their ball control skills
Goalie throws the ball and lands at the feet of a Myanmar boy! Darn! This is frustrating!
Finally a corner for Pinas!
71st minute Myanmar is sooo bad … they had something like 10 shots at scoring a goal with no Pinas guards on sight. (Which means Pinas ain’t doing well; either getting tired or confused!)
CORNER FOR PINAS AGAIN!!!
Sigh… Myanmar gets ball! Dang! Corner is a goal clincher normally!
Naku Ellen, you will have a heart attack watching the match… Pinas is doing bugger all to control the ball! They are giving precious corners away and when they pass, they make sure it goes to Myanmar… Naknampucha!
Who the fuck is Pinas’ lead coach! He must organise his players… Do they even know their roles? Goddamn!
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Can’t believe how bad Pinas is at ball control. Where’s their midfielder? And their attacker is nowhere in sight!
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82 minutes into the game and ball is still not in Pinas corner… yikes!
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Pinas tried to score but Myanmar goalie blocked it! Dang!
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Another attack by Pinas 83 minutes into the game
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11th corner for Pinas — landing at Myanmar’s feet again! Oh boy!
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Myanmar tries goal — good thing they are sooo bad!
Where’s Pinas bloody attacker? 88 minutes and he had one bleeding chance to pass the ball but did (gave it to Myanmar) Naknampucha!
Whew! 90 minutes… good thing Myanmar goal try failed! whew!
Myanmar is very aggressive… Not a good team but bloody aggressive!
OK…Whew… FINAL SCORE: MYANMAR v RP – 0 -0
Geez not the most brilliant football match I’ve seen 😉 but PINAS ADVANCES TO SEMIS… Hope they improve their play and win the semi!
First half ends.
Few minutes before halftime, Araneta fed Phil Younghusband from the left, Phil bounced it to goal, missed by a yard.
Then a cross again to Phil within penalty area from right flank, a header got the ball to hit the right post. Darn! Missed it by inches!
Phil’s brother James flashed a yellow card in the ensuing play.
Left that comment hanging before I finished the game. hahaha
Tongue, I was going grrrr all the time! Missed opportunities there to score at least a goal! Dang, dang, dang!
But not to worry, I’m hopeful for this team… A few more international tourneys and they will be battling it out like Arsenal! 🙂
Ian Araneta had 5 attempts, all legit, that barely missed the goal. He hit the posts at both ends, including the crossbar, malas lang!
Kakatuwa annotation ni Anna. If she were hired as TV announcer, the games are prolly gonna get an “X” rating, hahaha!
Aha, you’re Arsenal! That explains why you were for Netherlands in World Cup – Robin Van Persie!
>>>>>>we are still a developing country where a particular sport is not done for the love of it but for what it can bring to the table. Basketball and Boxing are the main focus because it is in these areas where better athletes shine and get exposed, and it is so because they work hard in getting there, and it is so because they know that it pays good moolah when they get there.——————->
Guido – December 8, 2010 10:33 am
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Ooooh, I agree with you 200%, pareg Guids. No question about that. But I am not talking about the “buisness/financial rewards” of it. I am talking about “us” Pinoys being well-rounded athelets in fields where we could excel the most especially in international meets such as the olympics. Take the olympics, for example, where officials out-number the participating athelets. Where are our contingent for basketball ? NADA !!Kasi sa trials pa lang sa respective zones (in our case, ASIA), eliminated na agad tayo. We simply do not meet the grade for olympic basketball. Gone were days of Carlos Loyzaga where the tallest players were mid-six-footers. Today, you are faced with players with (at times) 4 players at 7′-4″ and the “smallest at 6′-8” on the avegrage. How do you compete with that ? Natatalo pa nga ang mga PBA team natin ng mga unknown American NCAA players.
As for equipments and areas to play for the other sports where I know we can excel, that’s another story. If monies intended for the full development of sports eh hindi kinukurakot,perhaps we’ll have some headways. Paano ? Let the people involved do something about it. That’s what they are getting paid for !!
Tongue…. hehehehe!
Used to be a Thierry Henry fan just like you. Too bad he’s retired.
@jawo re:#86
Even the most impoverished West African countries produce some of the best football teams and players in the world. Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Coté d’Ivoire, many more, are ranked fairly high in FIFA compared to Asia’s “Tiger-Economy” countries. They make do with old wool scraps shaped as a ball since they can’t afford a real football and they play anywhere there is space.
Here in the Philippines , we have plenty of space in the provinces, I doubt if there’s one public park where you can play football for free in Metro Manila. Street football, maybe.
Which explains why the Azkals are made up mostly of players from Visayas. Cebu and Iloilo mainly.
My High School had two football fields, they had to expand their buildings and used one so they can take in more enrollees.
I was there when the last football game was played in Ugarte Field at the corner of Ayala Ave. and Paseo de Roxas in Makati, to pave way for the construction of Ayala Triangle (Phil. Stock Exchange and One Roxas condo) football addicts had their chance for a single last kick. And when it ended, so did football in the Metro.
In other words, if poor countries could produce good football players, we can’t PH with over 90M population? Round out these street kids and train them. Instead of roaming around in the streets begging, feed and train them. I’m sure they can be as tough if not tougher than those Africans and Latinos.
Correction: Why can’t PH…
Time to switch to other sports and not always boxing and basketball. Lately, we’re doing good in Martial Arts. But again, it all comes down to funding. If corruption continues within our Sports Commission and agencies, nothing’s gonna happen with our sports. And Gloria is even eying the Gymnastic Commission.
In the 70’s, a Spaniard, Juan Cutillas, who played with Madrid while finishing Medicine came to the Phils and coached San Beda, I think, in NCAA. He was later hired by San Miguel to promote football aside from coaching the SMC Club which won a string of championships under his tutelage.
I remember playing with him in school, he was introduced as a Spanish priest so we would not hurt him while playing. But who doesn’t know Dr. Cutillas? He was there to scout for the Phil. Team. I wasn’t qualified yet at the time, I was about 13 or 14. But three of our seniors were recruited to join the training team. But like any sport sponsored by Danding Cojuangco, they just used Pinoys to complete the lineup of mostly foreigners assuming Philippine nationality, though fake.
Football in the 70s was all Cutillas, he returned much later to serve again as national coach until last year, when British McMenemy was hired. It turned out to be a good choice.
I’m enjoying your anotation of the game.I’m getting the excitement!Thank you. Thank you.
I’m rushing a paper on connection of election to contributions to be presented tomorrow.
Anna, re #57.
The story is in the posted article.
Pwede ba artsee, wag kang mag-lecture tungkol sa rudeness dito sa blog ni Ellen. Para namang walang nakakakilala sa yo dito at kung gaano ka ka-rude.
And don’t put words into my mouth.
Who is the best Filipino football player of all time?
Some say it is Paulino Alcantara.
Read here:
http://peads.multiply.com/journal/item/12/Paulino_Alcantara_-_the_Greatest_Filipino_Footballer_Soccer_Player_of_all_time
PH and Myanmar game ended in a scoreless draw. Did PH deliberately aim for a draw thereby avoiding injuries so that they could perform well in the semin-finals? Well, they’re up against the powerful Indonesia team. Whatever the outcome, it’s enough to see our team entering the semi.
One thing I like about this Blog is its balanced topics. May politics, arts, music at sports. And I’m impressed with many members here who are knowledgeable about many topics and issues.
In the 70′s, a Spaniard, Juan Cutillas, who played with Madrid —->TonGuE-tWisTeD – December 8, 2010 11:38 pm
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Tounge, correct me if I am wrong, but did you mean “JULIAN CUTILLAS” ? Yeah, I remember him, too. Just like you, I, too, played soccer while in high school at Don Bosco Tech. Inst., Mandaluyong (sa LABAS, he-he-he) and we played with (and against) our Italian priests “barefooted”. That was fun !!
=>>And in both sports you don’t need a team to hone your skills, you can practice alone.
Guido, I think you don’t know much about football and footballers.
Footballers hone their skills playing solo, harnessing their foot skills to control the ball… I suggest you watch video clips of how they individual footballers hone their skills. +++ AnnaDeBrux – December 8, 2010 8:17 pm
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With due respect Ms ADB, I used to coach young kids on this particular sport, among others, awhile back. Did I say that footballers or aspiring ones can’t do it alone? I was talking about Basketball and Boxing and why they are so accessible and attractive to most aspiring young athletes in the country compared to Tennis, Gymnastics, Golf, Baseball, and the other sports that pareng jawo mentioned above.
When I shifted to football it was more on the need for support from the civic leaders, plus the schools too, to drum up interest from parents, guardians, or caretakers of kids, who are really the ones who will bring them to their games, push for football activities within their respective communities, watch their kids play for encouragement (like the so called “soccer moms”), push for the creation of football fields, schools tournaments, and the like. In here, I forgot to include the business sector who could get together and put-up a professional league where young ones could dream of playing full-time and get paid too.
Yes, one can hone her/his skills playing the sport ONLY if she/he is motivated to do so. The ongoing tournament could help in this area but I am afraid it wouldn’t be enough.
#95
How did you come up with those stupid and ridiculous aliases?
And when can anyone here dare to lecture your opinionated views? Hindi lang maganda na basta na lang “wrong” ang banat mo. If you want to start word of war, I’m gonna give it to you. I don’t think Ellen is that unfair and she can see right from wrong unless you want to involved our good moderator. And I’m not putting words in your mouth but I wish I could put a bullet in your mouth. Huwag ka naman pikon at arogante. Huwag mong sirain ang magandang talakayan dito. Huwag mong pansinin ang post ko at huwag sagutin. Tapos ang kuwento.
jawo,
It’s good to hear that. Italian SDBs all play football competitively. Just like the German and American priests in other DB schools. The All-Don Bosco Team almost beat the German National Team in Ugarte sometime in 1977. The Germans were playing rough they weren’t told they were playing against priests. My favorite playing priest is Italian Fr. Francesco Panfilo, SDB who came from Manda and Makati and almost won the PSA Football Player of the Year had the award body not been told that this twin of Clint Eastwood is Italian. He is now an Archbishop in Papua New Guinea. We met with him last month when he visited.
The scholars at DB Tondo are fierce, playing barefoot with no shin guards or even socks, they can hold their own in a rough game against those wearing spikes.
BTW, the remains of DB is now in the Philippines, you can check out the related Facebook page for the scheduled viewing in Manda.
jawo,
It’s good to hear that. Italian SDBs all play football competitively. Just like the German and American priests in other DB schools. The All-Don Bosco Team almost beat the German National Team in Ugarte sometime in 1977. The Germans were playing rough they weren’t told they were playing against priests. My favorite playing priest is Italian Fr. Francesco Panfilo, SDB who came from Manda and Makati and almost won the PSA Football Player of the Year had the award body not been told that this twin of Clint Eastwood is Italian. He is now an Archbishop in Papua New Guinea. We met with him last month when he visited.
The scholars at DB Tondo are fierce, playing barefoot with no shin guards or even socks, they can hold their own in a rough game against those wearing spikes.
BTW, the remains of DB is now in the Philippines, you can check out the related Facebook page for the scheduled viewing in Manda.
My cousin used to be a Philippine goalkeeper way back during the Asian Games. He told me his frustrations. The help usually came from private individuals daw; not even a peso from the government. At that time, he was under the Spanish coach Llamas. I know this name sounds familiar to those who know football in the Philippines. We have no program for this sport at all. Yet, other countries have improved so much lately. The recent World Cup showed how good the Koreans and Japanese teams were.
C’mon artsee, get real. You were wrong. You ARE wrong. What’s your point?
“Huwag mong pansinin ang post ko at huwag sagutin. Tapos ang kuwento.”
Now, you’re even dictating what I should and should not do. And you’re calling me rude?
Luma na yang style mo. Nagsisimula ka ng gulo tapos sasabihin mong huwag i-involve si Ellen. E di ikaw ang nag-involve, ikaw ang unang bumanggit ng pangalan niya.
Ilan beses ka bang iba-ban dito para matuto kang mag-blog?
Tongue, Marz. Enough na.
Sorry, Ellen. Provocateur talaga yan, e. Gustong gumanti. I fell for it. Sorry again.
@106: Some of the most common side effects of taking xanax and/or valium are rage, hallucination, and maniacal. Ayan, nag kakaepecto na. Sinipa na ilang beses dito and at sa kabilang kusina….di na nagtanda.
“excellence in sports is one way to promote the philippines, not with those expensive and inane tourism gimmicks.” – shakespeare
Is that so? That we have the best “badminton players” in the country; will attract millions of tourists?
Kaya maraming nasisiraan ng bait sa Pinas, with logic like this. wink! wink!
If Pinas will win the big one, they’d better be prepared to show their birth certificates? Baka naman overage sila, that will be unfair to the opposition? lol!
TonGuE-tWisTeD – December 8, 2010 7:11 pm
#3 “…They call it “soccer” in America because the Kanos have their stupid “American Football” which is played more with the hands than with the feet.”
Wow!”(S)tupid”? Was the “anger” triggered by the game or by the Americans playing the game, Mr. Tongue T? – Guido
[quote]Neither. And there is no anger. If you notice, the adjective was juxtaposed immediately before the errant phrase hence, “American Football” in quotation marks. It’s the name, not the nationality.
“Stupid” may be a strong modifier, but it gets the job done, gets some reactions, too. [wink][/quote]
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Thanks Mr TT [Ms? prefer the MR though – wink wink! ;8))] (Just yell if you object with the short shorts). I was really hoping that that’s what you meant. The reason why the “anger” (for lack of in-depth knowledge on what you really were feeling) was in quotation marks too.
I do think too that the occasional kicking of the Am-Fot BALL wouldn’t qualify for such nomenclature, which could be the reason why the “American” is there to distinguish it from the REAL game of football.
Hmmmm…my attempt at highlighting your entry failed Mr TT [since you haven’t objected, might as well be opportunistic while the law is not laid yet. nulla pena sine lege. ;8))]. How do you do that? (I am new with THEME, that is powering this site).
TonGuE-tWisTeD – December 9, 2010 2:19 am
Sorry, Ellen. Provocateur talaga yan, e. Gustong gumanti. I fell for it. Sorry again.
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you made sure you had the last words, huh? “provocateur”? hahahahaha!!!
Ms Ellen I love your site!!!
#105
Thanks Ellen for being fair. You know who these spoiled brats are. Palaging gustong maging bida sa usapan and they continue to bully others be they new, old and former members. Kadalasan iyan mga klaseng ugaling iyan ang nagpapasama sa magandang usapan.
Guido, don’t be surprised if you see more wolves appearing. If you’re fond of watching gangster movies, you know what I mean.
I remember when I was still courting my wife who lived in Pasay, somewhere in FB Harrison, Leveriza close to that Holiday Plaza. May isang siga doon na laging nananakot ng mga tao. Kapag may usapan ay lagi siya ang tama. Of course may kabarkada siya. Kapag nagsalita iyan, tatahol ang grupo niya. Kung minsan bigla na lang lilitaw ang kasama na matagal nang hindi nakikita sa lugar. Ke bagong salta ka doon o datihan na, dapat kilalanin mo siyang hari. You know where he is right now? Baka iyon nakita nilang buto ni Dacer ang pagmamay-ari ay itong sigang kinuwento ko.
#112
Ako pa daw ang nag-provoke. Kayo na ang magsabi kung ako nga. Basahin niyo ang laman ng mga post ko. Nasa topic naman. Pinagsabihan ko lang na huwag akong supalpalan ng “Wrong” na parang bastos, provocation na daw. Parang batang umiiyak at nagsusumbong sa nanay.
Simple lang naman ang policy ng ano man Blog tulad nito. If the owner and moderator find my post offensive, then they could delete or ban me. Pero hindi iyong magagaling sa isa at kahit na mga kasamahan niya. I may disagree with Ellen on some of her opinions, but let me just say that I have realized her fairness.
Minsan ko nang ginamit ang alias na “mario” at hindi naman maituturing na alias iyan dahil talagang pangalan ko iyan. Sa hindi malamang dahilan ay di ako nakapasok dito noon kaya eto marz ang ginamit ko na pinagsamang pangalan kong Mario Yuzon. Matagal na akong wala dito at mas active ako sa ibang blog tulad sa Philippine Politics at kay Perry Diaz. Kilala din ako ni Yuko Takei na ang tagal na wala dito. Ewan ko ba kung nasaan na iyan. But I think she’s still reading this blog knowing her interest. Kumusta ka na Yuko?
Anyway, tapos na iyan. Hindi ako ang nag-umpisa. Let’s stop this bullying. Merry Christmas to all !
Hey Tongue, do you mean to say that Artsee has morphed again? I thought he’s been kicked out for good? Anyway, which one is the new Artsee? Don’t mind him na lang. The guy needs a doctor for all you know — 😛
Btw, kudos to the team! Go PHILIPPINE TEAM, GO!!!
And to John! You were right 0 – 0! Hah!
# 96
Masyado nang matanda yan. Ang kilala ko lang ay yung kapatid ni Gringo, si Bert Honasan.
Read somewhere that Francis Arnaiz was also a footballer, before finding fame in basketball.
#115
marz, pardz I am just a newbie here and the laughter above was not meant in any way to insult you or anybody. I was just amused at how things are going on between you and tonguetwisted and the role of Ms Ellen as the owner and moderator of this blogsite. I hope I didn’t offend you.
Looks to me though that some bloodletting happened in the past involving you and other posters in this blogsite. Well, all I can say is that, each thread is a fresh beginning and in my humble opinion, any verbal combat should be directed on the issues being pounded upon and not on the persons raising those issues. Any skirmish should stop in that thread and not carried over to another threads new or already existing.
Based on my reading of some of the entries here and in other threads “labeling” is also practiced e.g. “NFA rice ni Gloria”. Again in my humble opinion pardz, this is not healthy as the focus shifts on the messenger and not on the message.
I hope that this limited observations won’t offend anybody, afterall I joined this site because I thought the exchanges are informative except when posters are shot down because of some hostile-jousting in tne past maybe, or because of their “labels”. Yon lang, pardz!
Did you mention “wolves” or “wolf-pack”? I am aware of that and I am very sure Ms Ellen is very much aware of that too. Wolves are okay when they howl on their own merits or demerits, but wolf-packs are not, since it stifles creativity and imagination of the wolf that just bites without putting any thoughts in what she/he is doing, just because her/his “family wolf” is already biting, and it is definitely a turn-off for this great blogsite! It runs counter too to what freedom of expression is all about!
Merry Christmas to you too and to all, but most of all to Ms Ellen, for the space that she provides for us to quench our thirst in expressing ourselves and, hopefully, not for blood!
Back to the topic. GO TEAM PHL!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!
hahahahaha!
Di na kayo nasanay diyan sa dalawa kay Marz at Tongue, magkasama kami sa ice cream parlor pag medyo mainit na ang environment.
Kaya lang si Marz maraming mascara.
Yung coffee shop mong bukas-sara dahil may unwanted customers? Na-ban na, balik pa ng balik?
Pag dating ng araw ipapakita niya sa mga apo niya, “Alam ba ninyo yang sikat na tripoldabalyuellentordesillasdotcom? Sikat ako diyan, marami akong inaway diyan nung araw. Kaya lagi akong naba-ban.”
Buksan mo nga yung coffee shop-cum-ice cream parlor. I renovate mong beerhouse. Miss ko na yung burles ni Segundina. Palamig muna tayo. Nadadalas ang multo, kahit tapos na ang halloween.
#118
Guido, iyan ang sinasabi ko. Humirit na naman ang isang uwak sa #116. Sabi ko nang mga spoiled brats ang mga iyan. Tanga din naman kung tutoo ang bintang nila sa akin. Bakit nakipag-usap pa sa akin kung naniniwala siya sa bintang na iyan. Kasing baho ng kubeta ng babae. Imbes na “ban” ay “kicked out” ang ginamit na salita. Iyan ang tunay na provocation. Abruti. Batard.
#121 Sige hirit pa. Buti pa iyong isang kasama mo nakinig kay Ellen pagkatapos ng sermon. Umpisa na ang giyera. Pero alam kong wala akong laban dito. Kung sa DOJ at Comelec matagal nang may Mafia na hindi mabuwag, ganyan din dito. Matino naman ang mga post ko pero para sa mga asong kalye na iyan basta di kakampi ay pinatutulungan. Bahala na si Ellen diyan. Alam kong nagbago na siya at di basta nauuto ng mga asong palaaway.
Kick out? Okay na rin. Tutal football and mainit na usapan dito. Pero ang unahing sipain ay iyon mga nakabase sa abroad na bihira at ilang dekada nang hindi umuwi sa Pilipinas tapos kung magkomento mas magaling pa sa taga rito. Kasi ba naman kinukuwento ng barkada. Madali lang naman basahin sa online, website, googles at kung may TFC lalong magaling.
Last na yan ha. I will delete all posts on that irritant after this.
#120
Kung sabihin ko sa iyo na ako iyong Chinese na may maskarang matanda na nakarating sa Vancouver? Kung sa bagay, saludo din ako sa iyo na ipinagmamalaki mo ang pangit mong mukha dito. Mukhang pedophile na Pinoy. Ikaw siguro iyong nahuli sa Union City na nag-molestiya ng isang batang babae na dalawang taon gulang. As I said, wolves are slowly appearing and there will be more. Basta ginalaw mo ang isa, maraming lilitaw. Ewan ko kung tatagal ako dito. Bumalik ako na matino ang layunin at ang mga comments ko ayon naman sa paksang pinag-uusapan. Eh kumikilos na naman ang Ellenville Mafia.
Sorry Ellen. I sincerely apologize. Please advise them to stop bullying. So far, I’ve been quite decent in my posts and you know for a fact that I’ve been contributing my ideas.
However, this guy or these guys are behaving as if they are private investigators insinuating and accusing me of things without basis. Assuming without admitting that I’ve used aliases, I don’t think that’s wrong as long as I stick to rules of this blog. But these guys cannot take it. They want me out. As one say, kick out. I leave it up to you and trust your judgment. I’m here to share my ideas not fight. If you believe that I’m a liability to this group, you may kick me out.
#126
Cool ka lang!!!Wala tayong away.Wala akong pinapanigan sa inyo ni Tongue.Inspired akong magbasa ng mga post ninyo.Kung gusto ko ng away sa Tondo ako titira at mumurahin ko ang mga kapitbahay kong Siga.
#127
Huwag ka na ngang mag drama diyan, kumita na iyan at napanood na namin.Sino naman ba ang may gustong i kick out ka na naman dito? Stay ka lang diyan at magkipag eskrimahan ka na lang ng dila sa amin.
coke, Pabayaan mong ilabas niya ang naipong sama ng loob niya dito sa blog (na ilang taon na niyang ginagawa, hahaha). Kesa ma-stroke yan, hayaan mo nang mag-iiyak dito online. Kargo de konsensiya pa natin. Kasama na sa history yan ng Ellenville at di na mabubura kailanman.
Sa mga hindi pa gaanong nasasanay sa mga characters dito, masaya rito. Merong comic relief paminsan-minsan, meron ding drama. Pero dito ninyo makikita ang tindi ng emosyon at lalim ng analysis pag dating sa bawat political issue, merong isa o dalawang devil’s advocate. Pero kadalasan, iisa ang patutunguhan ng damdamin.
Kaya naman sa konting kanti lang, meron agad bumibigay.
Pasensiya na kung naligaw ng konti yung topic.
Think his booklet bearing the names/passwords of his possee of shadowy characters was probably misplaced, hehe….dami kasi…wink! Si Coy na defender nya sa kabila thru thick and thin, kinagat na rin. Sige, meri chrismas na lang.
Here’s a good old comic relief I just remembered:
Philippines used to have a professional baseball team that was to play for the Pacific Coast League (a stepping stone for the Major League Baseball). The noypi baseball team briefly existed and none of the players ever swung a single bat; the team abruptly shut down. The name of the Filipino baseball team was the “Manila Folders”…wink! wink!
Langya ka kasi panay sabi mong labs na labs ako, tinira tuloy ako.
Buhay na buhay ang Ellenville, the number one political blog in Pinas!
Kaya tama na. Enough na please.
(Hahahahaha!!! Kung ako si Ms Ellen di ko siguro malalaman kung magagalit ako o matatawa. Ms Ellen you must be a very patient mommy to your kids, if you have any, and they are very lucky to have a mommmy like you. In paren dahil off-topic na kasi!).
Guido,
Hahahaha! Maraming characters dito.Ganyan lang dito kapag medyo uminit na ang usapan may intermission na ng drama at comic relief.Kulang na lang ang commercial ng Ice Cream product.
Cocoy – thanks for the orientation para sa newbie na tulad ko. At uulitin ko, ako’y sumali rito dahil may saysay ang mga entries at medyo nawawala lang sa landas/topic kung nagkapersonalan na. Ang sa aking singkong may butas, di rin maiiwasan yon kung minsan pero if we dwell on it nawawala na tayo sa dapat pag-usapan. At huwag na natin pahirapan pa si Ms Ellen. Siya na ang nagsusulat siya pa ang referee. Sana naman pag sinabi na niyang tama na, we should all know when to say when. Ako’y bago lang dito at ito’y obserbasyon ko laang, di ako nagmamamagalingan, at sana naman eh yong makabasa dito won’t take it in an offensive way, dahil di yon ang aking intensiyon.
marz, pare ko, dapat after nong #136, wala na sanang entry pa. [wink wink! hahaha!]
okay, read mode ulit ako sa ibang thread.
That’s democracy at work, mga kapatid. We may not necesarily agree with some opinions expressed here, but hey, everybody’s got a story to tell and that’s what makes this Ellenville blog so colorful. May drama, may techie topics, legal cases, sports,and all that crap, eka nga.
And there is one common bond (at least for me, that is) why we are all here and seems to have some sense of belonging. And that is, we have one common enemy we want to hang upside-down and doused in boiling hot oil before the year ends. And that is Gloria.
You missed my point entirely, pareng marz. If you would read between the lines, my humble comments were for all of us. I mean just like the rest of the chaps here, I was just exercising my right to free speech and I was just voicing an opinion which I thought would not harm anybody. I was NEUTRAL !!In fact, I was amused with your altercations with the two guys up there. I do not have any problems with any one of you. I sure hope you do not have a problem with me.
Aba, nilabas na uli ni Ellen ang gunting at pinutol ang sagot ko sa #140. Di ba dapat lang pati #140 pinutol dahil baka akala ng iba wala akong sagot. Tignan ko lang kung gagamitin ang gunting sa iba…
hey stop slanging american football.;-) i love football (aka soccer). i’ve been watching it since maradona’s hand of god. and i just love la furia roja and follow all their games. love barcelona’s tiki-taka style of play, and i think lionel messi is the best player in the world. andres iniesta is a close second. but i have recently learned to appreciate american football. it’s like warfare. there’s a general (quarterback eg tom brady aka mr gisele bundchen) who needs to be protected (by the linebackers eg blindside guy) so he can get the ball forward to the receivers and move his troops forward to get to their enemy’s territory (end zone for a touch down). it’s a game of intelligence, strategy and power. loves it!
and it just warmed my heart when these big hulking men wore hot pink cleats and paraphernalia for the whole month of october for breast cancer awareness month.