Joga Bonito

[ShearerM4]

wonder if you would be saying that if he was on your pathetic team..

What the hell is your problem? Don't have a go at a whole football club. twatboy


And yes of course I would say the same idiot. I'm not a hypocrit.

 

[Help?]

I like Cantona too, but you guys are just biased. Justified reason!? Give me a break. And I believe the FA gave him a medal for it, didn't they?
So what if the guy Cantona hit was a moron? You're getting paid big time, so just ignore him and behave decently. It's not a bar you're at, it's a football match.

Eric spent enough time at suspension and doing community service for the thing he did. Nobody says that it was great, but the whole crowd and a player marking Cantona were winding him up the whole time. He served his time and i think it's time we forgot about this incident, especially when there are so many people that cheat everyday and nobody is really talking about them. Don't get me wrong footballers should be able to keep their cool for the money they are getting, but they are humans too, not robots, how would you feel if you were sent off in a game that didn't go your way and then thousands of fans started chanting racist remarks at you? Would you think about your fat check and walk away?

Yeah, it was wrong, but it was one incident he did and he got his time, no need to make a big deal about it. It's been more than 10 years, time to forget that, especially when its a player that didn't cheat on the field. A real role-model. Fans should go to the games to cheer their team on, not go to the games to have a go at the team they hate more than they love their own club.

 

[Moreira_Benfica]

What the hell is your problem? Don't have a go at a whole football club. twatboy


And yes of course I would say the same idiot. I'm not a hypocrit.

i can have a go at who ever i want like the other guy said.. we can all share our opinions

 

[modena_10]

haha you really got a hate-on for C.Ronaldo, don't ya!? Well, regardless of what you think of him on the field, Ronaldo does a huge amout of charity contributions for children in poor countries, and uses his fame for raising funds for those types of organizations. He's not the evil prick you seem to beleive he is..

Talk about beating a dead horse. How much people has complained about this now? That might of been a dark period in Cantona's career, but his best moments far outweigh that one moment, therefore you have no case.

And ShearerM4, I dont see your problem with Ronaldo. Sure he whines alot when he's fouled in matches, but he's eliminated the diving comepletely, he only goes down when he's genuinely fouled, and he's improved his game immensely, cut him some slack man.

does these comments go for all the hated players out there. in my case i would ask does this go for totti.

and i know most of the haters don't really care, if you hate the guy you hate him, but as shinji said, these guys aren't the pricks you think they are.

 

[Fernandez]

I don't think those commercials are annoying though. Cantona would be a great ambassador for the sport regardless of what he has done in the past.

 

[BenBeckham]

I fail to see what cantonas super kick makes him a hypocrite for talking about playing beautiful football? He is saying stop diving, playacting, time wasting, none of which he did, and to play real football and beautiful entertaining football. So whats wrong with him saying it? I think that his acts were entertaining, to say the least

That's spot on + he actually played beautiful creative football aswell.

 

[Sevillista]

The commercial has a corny feel to it but the message is excellent. Barca's win over Chelsea is a triumph for the Joga Bonito.

Cantona's kick has absolutely nothing to do with the message of Joga Bonito. It was aside from the game. This argument is null.

Btw, just a side note, is anybody else disappointed with the selection of clips they chose? It was as if their message was, "play Brazilian soccer." Don't get me wrong, I think the Brazilians are the epitome of Joga Bonito and I think they play the best soccer in the world, but they should have evened it out with more Europeans. Get more Zidane, Figo, etc. There is a wealth of beautiful plays out there in just about any match you watch, why show just the Brazilians?

 

[Jon]

What's the big deal about this picture? The guy is a racist and got what he deserved, i believe that he is even banned from all stadiums now at all after another bad incident. If any of us were in Cantona's shoes at that moment, we would have probably done the same.

Eric had a justified reason for his action.

excatly, he was a nasty little racist thug. Fairdo's, Cantona shouldnt have done what he did, IMO someone of his build would have been better off just going upto him and smacking him in the face.

 

[Help?]

The commercial has a corny feel to it but the message is excellent. Barca's win over Chelsea is a triumph for the Joga Bonito.

Cantona's kick has absolutely nothing to do with the message of Joga Bonito. It was aside from the game. This argument is null.

Btw, just a side note, is anybody else disappointed with the selection of clips they chose? It was as if their message was, "play Brazilian soccer." Don't get me wrong, I think the Brazilians are the epitome of Joga Bonito and I think they play the best soccer in the world, but they should have evened it out with more Europeans. Get more Zidane, Figo, etc. There is a wealth of beautiful plays out there in just about any match you watch, why show just the Brazilians?

Yeah, i thought of that too. Joga Bonito is portugese as well.

 

[INFESTA]

Eric spent enough time at suspension and doing community service for the thing he did. Nobody says that it was great, but the whole crowd and a player marking Cantona were winding him up the whole time. He served his time and i think it's time we forgot about this incident, especially when there are so many people that cheat everyday and nobody is really talking about them. Don't get me wrong footballers should be able to keep their cool for the money they are getting, but they are humans too, not robots, how would you feel if you were sent off in a game that didn't go your way and then thousands of fans started chanting racist remarks at you? Would you think about your fat check and walk away?

Judging by your answer, I assume you didn't read the first page. Here's the condensed version: we had all forgot about that incident until we saw Cantona in a tv commercial advertising fair-play and the beauty of the game. Some found that hypocrit and that's why this thread was made.
Had Cantona not done the add and I'd probably be watching porn instead of replying to you.

i think it's time we forgot about this incident, especially when there are so many people that cheat everyday and nobody is really talking about them.

Have some major star kung-fu kick someone on the stands and you'll see if he doesn't get a lot of attention too...

Don't get me wrong footballers should be able to keep their cool for the money they are getting, but they are humans too, not robots, how would you feel if you were sent off in a game that didn't go your way and then thousands of fans started chanting racist remarks at you? Would you think about your fat check and walk away?

Really, you people wait until you start working for real and then we'll talk about having to swallow your pride, your manager's angry and unfair remarks, etc., for that tiny slim check at the end of the month.


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EDIT: I don't want to come across as some Cantona hater, which I'm not. The guy is a legend and I've always loved do-or-die players, but it's just annoying to see him as part of this joga bonito stuff.

 

[Help?]

If you forgot about it, why bring it up? Why even reply about it now?
Don't know how you think, but in my opinion it is much worse to dive and win your team a penalty or get another player sent off, rather than kick and beat the **** out of a wanker that deserved to be beaten.

Let me say this again Cantona is HUMAN, big paycheck does not take away emotions, if it does than football has a serious problem coming it's way.

 

[INFESTA]

If you forgot about it, why bring it up? Why even reply about it now?

Dude, do you actually read the whole posts?

we had all forgot about that incident until we saw Cantona in a tv commercial advertising fair-play and the beauty of the game. Some found that hypocrit and that's why this thread was made.

I won't repeat myself again. If you don't get the contradiction between Cantona's past actions and present commercials or why we mentioned them it's just too bad.

Don't know how you think, but in my opinion it is much worse to dive and win your team a penalty or get another player sent off, rather than kick and beat the **** out of a wanker that deserved to be beaten.

Let me say this again Cantona is HUMAN, big paycheck does not take away emotions, if it does than football has a serious problem coming it's way.

About your last paragraph:

Really, you people wait until you start working for real and then we'll talk about having to swallow your pride, your manager's angry and unfair remarks, etc., for that tiny slim check at the end of the month.

Well, so you think it is worse to play a trick in a football game than to physically harm someone for saying something... You know what, just nevermind...

 

[Help?]

Yeah, let's just forget about it and move on, because it's going nowhere.

 

[Hans]

King Eric is a God and you don't question God . . .

He kicked the ****head to make him stronger. It was a blessing in disguise . . .

 

[Filipower]

i can have a go at who ever i want like the other guy said.. we can all share our opinions

luis filipe vieira is a fag.

 

[Ubik Valis]

Mothafu*k Cantona and his kung-fu kick anyways.

Boban kicking a COP during a game > Poofy French guy

 

[Hans]

Boban kicking a COP during a game > Poofy French guy

If I remember correctly it wasn't just a cop, but a fully loaded anti-riot Police Millitary

But still King Eric is a God . . .

 

[Sevillista]

I thought this would be an appropriate place for these videos. The two links at the very bottom are to videos of two commercials which are pretty famous in Spain.

http://www.tiempobbdo.com/creativos/ficha.php?i=1&idnp=107&qs=

For those that don't speak Spanish, they translate as follows.

"The commercial Renault vehicles have taken Rafa Guerrero to some forest so that he doesn't interrupt the best plays."

"The commercial Renault vehicles have taken Simeone far away from anything so that he doesn't ruin the best plays."

 

[Crusad3r]

I thought this would be an appropriate place for these videos. The two links at the very bottom are to videos of two commercials which are pretty famous in Spain.

http://www.tiempobbdo.com/creativos/ficha.php?i=1&idnp=107&qs=

For those that don't speak Spanish, they translate as follows.

"The commercial Renault vehicles have taken Rafa Guerrero to some forest so that he doesn't interrupt the best plays."

"The commercial Renault vehicles have taken Simeone far away from anything so that he doesn't ruin the best plays."

You are missing the best one, the commercial of Amunike :P , and the one of "Tren" Valencia.

 

[newbie original]

anyone else find these commercials annoying?

He sounds like there is too much saliva in his mouth when he keeps saying Goal. Very annoying because they are so short.