Thursday 11 September 2008

Giggs red-faced over slogan

The long running feud between team-mates Ryan Giggs and Paul Scoles has escalated to more than just dressing-room japes.

Giggs, who has always been jealous of the "Scoles Means Goals" catchphrase attempted to start his own one during a recent interview on Match Of The Day 2. He asked fans to start shouting "Giggs Means Figs" and went as far as to request that they throw figs onto the pitch every time he scores.

UEFA officials were quick to denounce this as "...fruit being thrown has the potential to incite violence". The Met office has confirmed that customs and excise dogs, trained in detecting food products will be on hand for Saturday's match and anybody caught smuggling figs into the ground will have their ticket confiscated.

Have footballman's egos reached new heights or is this exactly the sort of thing a dying game needs?

1 comment:

Alistair Lee said...

Adebayor is one ego that needs toning down. Not only does he think he is the new Henry after just one season in the big time, but he now thinks he is as big as the Togo president. The reports claim he had persuaded his team-mates not to fly a day earlier because there were rumours it would crash. He was quoated saying, 'My life is very dear to me and, if we have to go down, we'll all go down together with the president!' Adebayor refused to board the flight when president said a family bereavement prevented his making the flight. Adebayor really does need a good talking too...(all this from an Arsenal fan too)!