Nult satis nisi optimum: Phil McNulty 2011/12

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why does he court controversy like this???

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link

ugh grammar

Capello is now handed the dilemma of whether he should even take Terry to Euro 2012 - as well as the possibility that his former captain may not wish to go.

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link

let me hand you this possibility

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link

fucking hell, the whole article is vintage nult doggerel

Capello clearly felt Terry's credibility as captain had been damaged and his ability to lead - and perhaps more importantly unify - England's squad was beyond him.

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link

As the Football Association removes the captain's armband for a second time with Terry scheduled to stand trial in July for alleged racist abuse directed at QPR's Anton Ferdinand - and for which he has entered a not guilty plea - the discussions and conclusions will have been much more complex.

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link

When FA chairman David Bernstein canvassed opinion from his other board members, the legal and footballing implications of such a move will have weighed heavily on their minds, as well as the reaction of their coach.

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link

xhnnntthh ffffffvvvv - pointless subclause - gjtdhkkgrr jecbbjjrr

The FA will feel it has moved to clear away a cloud that could have been the England squad's constant companion up to and including Euro 2012. Terry's presence as captain will have ensured constant questioning about the very obvious sub-plot to this tournament - but it will not go away if he is still a member of the squad.

hating him more than ever now, picturing him having a post-work fosters in salford with "stevo".

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link

kinda imagine them saying 'quaffing'

bevies will have been quaffed by the bbc football men

"stevo it's nult. will have been in the bbc bar at 7 tonight for an hour at 8. you'll want to come?"

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link

Terry's presence as captain will have ensured constant questioning about the very obvious sub-plot to this tournament

feel that 'will have' entering the future tense marks a giant leap for nultianism.

Merdeyeux, Friday, 3 February 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link

difficult to imagine alphanult's mumbly evasions fitting easily with stevos contrived beta banter

hierarchies will be observed even in salford quays more lively quaffingplaces

The Stamford Bridge surface shows no signs of the heavy weather around London as Manchester United prepare their response to Manchester City's three-point lead at the top of the Premier League when they face Chelsea.

HHhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg

oppet, Sunday, 5 February 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

Many would have paid more than a penny for the thoughts of Villas-Boas if he was watching this game while the wounds heal from his sacking. He may have wondered how he could have failed so spectacularly to coax a performance on this scale from Chelsea during his nine months at the club.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/2012/03/abramovich_basks_in_chelsea_vi.html

that first sentence is a work of art

Number None, Friday, 16 March 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link

the portuguese was literally stigmatized

Getting a bodysnatchers avec nult vibe from the lanchester thread? im scared to go outside now*

*not really

a hoy hoy, Monday, 19 March 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link

three weeks pass...

BBC Sport Chief Football Writer Phil McNulty at the DW Stadium

"Expect scenes of verbal carnage in the Manchester United dressing room at half-time. Sir Alex Ferguson literally hopping mad on occasions. Wigan excellent so far and furious with the decision to disallow Victor Moses' goal."

from twitter. "Nani on for Rooney. Rooney been poor tonight - but little handshake with Ferguson as he goes to the dug out." little handshake?

kid steel (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link

OK, this is neither Nult nor football, but I think BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson may have outdone the master:

Nico Rosberg's dominant victory in China ensured he has become the first son of a living world champion to become a grand prix winner - and only the third ever. The fathers of Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve were killed when their son were children.

William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 16 April 2012 06:02 (twelve years ago) link

"when their son were children" sounds like a play set during apartheid era sa.

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link

McLeish insists he will not walk away from a three-year contract and as one of the most battle-hardened men in the game. This is no surprise - but he will need Lerner to be as supportive as he was on Tuesday.

Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link

two weeks pass...

I'm starting to think it's house style. Martin Fisher looks ahead to Chelsea-Blackburn:

This end-of-season dead rubber is bound to elicit a level of disinterest not in keeping with how the rest of the season has panned out for these clubs.

William Bloody Swygart, Sunday, 13 May 2012 12:33 (twelve years ago) link

two weeks pass...

By Phil McNulty
Chief football writer, BBC Sport
England manager Roy Hodgson insists he will leave it Uefa and match officials to take action if any his players are racially abused during Euro 2012.

welp.

(okay, after a bit of radical confusion i see where the missing word is now. but still, that's the first line. and 'insists'?)

Merdeyeux, Saturday, 2 June 2012 01:11 (twelve years ago) link

Not a nactual eponymous nultification, but Guardian keeps an amount of proper gravitas:

Poland would have preferred to galvanise their countrymen, but the side were not masters on this night. Even before they enjoyed a numerical advantage for a spell, Greece had been insistent on showing that they had notable means of their own. It is the co-hosts who may be left to reflect most deeply on these scenes.

There is more.

anatol_merklich, Saturday, 9 June 2012 06:44 (twelve years ago) link

Some real high energy - or do they call it hi-energy these days? - pre-match entertainment

Merdeyeux, Monday, 11 June 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link

Nult pretending he's never been to a leather bar

'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 June 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link

Is that really what they've laid on for the baying hordes? (lol at the story of France having sold 27 tickets btw)

Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link

lol merdes

too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link

And finally back to hotel in Krakow just as the sun breaks through. Certainly shining on England & Roy Hodgson today. #bbcfootball
@philmcnulty 5 hours ago

5 hours ago, nult will have had a wild bender with the barmy army, inebriated will have arrived back at hotel at 6am.

ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 08:50 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

They have been busy in the transfer market but the main reason for predicting a much-improved Premier League placing for Villa this season is the arrival of the single-minded Lambert. I expect Villa to be much more formidable this season.

Finishing position - 8th

Claude Parfait Ngon A Djam (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 August 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link

is this the first time he has made any prediction not of the 'formidable catalans barcelona will be a threat in the champions league this year' variety

Claude Parfait Ngon A Djam (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 August 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link

woah, return of the nakh

Number None, Friday, 17 August 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link

that will have been a display name

Claude Parfait Ngon A Djam (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 August 2012 23:30 (twelve years ago) link

try parsing this one

It is also a signal that United can and will spend the big money on stellar stars when the moment arrives Ferguson can point at Van Persie as the flesh and blood embodiment of his insistence that owners the Glazers will support him financially when it matters, proof that his public support for the Americans is not simply lip service to his paymasters

Number None, Friday, 17 August 2012 23:35 (twelve years ago) link

that is absolutely immense

Claude Parfait Ngon A Djam (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 August 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link

'stellar stars' is only about the seventeenth most astounding thing that about that sentence

Claude Parfait Ngon A Djam (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 August 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link

So while no-one can dress up Van Persie's loss as good news for Arsenal or downsize the challenge now facing Wenger - especially as he has chosen Old Trafford as his next destination - cold reflection from their supporters may just leave them thinking life will go on.

Claude Parfait Ngon A Djam (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 August 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link

oh shit i didn't even notice "stellar stars"

Number None, Friday, 17 August 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link

Haha, I was going to revive this after reading that but got distracted at work.

That quoted bit is like he fired a shotgun full of words at the page.

Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Saturday, 18 August 2012 09:46 (twelve years ago) link

It's glorious. his ability to make moebus strip sentences out of russian doll grammatical constructions is truly impressive, but even allowing for that he's surely aided by the absence of an obvious full stop there. a relatively crude device by his standards.

Fizzles, Saturday, 18 August 2012 10:34 (twelve years ago) link

http://www.vinylvendors.com/Pictures/s/t/stellastarr365929.jpg

oppet, Saturday, 18 August 2012 10:38 (twelve years ago) link

moebius. ykwim.

Fizzles, Saturday, 18 August 2012 10:39 (twelve years ago) link

The Scot hinted at the pain he insists will drive his players to feats of recovery they have accomplished before, bouncing back from the loss of losing the title Ferguson treasures, when he spoke during United's pre-season tour of South Africa.

vintage nult.

btw does anyone think someone had a word about all the "will have knowns", you just don't see them anymore.

Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Saturday, 18 August 2012 11:23 (twelve years ago) link

And while City will once again cast a considerable shadow, Ferguson can also point to shafts of optimism ahead of United's first test at Everton on Monday even before the signing of Van Persie.

shafts of optimism!

Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Saturday, 18 August 2012 11:24 (twelve years ago) link


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