Arse Cup - John Barnes V Angus Loughran

[terry]

Surely Barnes is too arse for Loughran?

Voting closes at midnight on Friday.

[Melendez]

No contest.

[Songsheet]

I knew it.. sooner or later I'd have to ask.....

Who is John Barnes?

[Colin Phillips]

At least Barnes has the balls to appear on camera in ridiculous outfits, I doubt if Angus has anything at all.

Colin

[BrianH]

John Barnes once scored a great goal for England against Brazil - and two weeks later opened a shop for me in Wavertree (Liverpool). I would put up a picture of John Barnes and me but I realise that I've overdone the "somebody and me" pictures over the years...

[PDJ]

Let's see it anyway. He may have a horrid suit on!! Statto for me.

[Latefortheraces]

Originally posted by Songsheet@Sep 2 2004, 03:56 PM
I knew it.. sooner or later I'd have to ask.....

Who is John Barnes?

I just wish we didn't know h34r:

[krizon]

I don't know nuffin abaht Barnesy (he's a footballer, so he's got to have a daft 'y' after his name), but in the good-looks stakes, he takes all the contestants in the Arse Cup by a country mile, so no, can't be 'avin' 'im maligned like this.

Statto looks like a superannuated bulldog that's lost most of its' teeth (come ON! You're paid a bloody fortune and you can't afford a trip to the dentist??), has a voice that could replace lethal injection as a method of execution, and the overall charisma of a custard tart. Nooooooo contest at all!

[BrianH]

He doesn't shower very often, either...

[krizon]

Omigod, not BO as well? That completes the picture of "Dates from Hell", doesn't it? I work with someone occasionally (a male) whose armpits are far from charm pits, and keeps refusing my frequent offers of Polo mints to freshen up his tuna sarnie breath. On the upside, I ain't married to him!

[Dave G]

John Barnes was a naturally gifted footballer, and stato looks as though he should go around in his spare time dressed up in an SS outfit strutting around like an extra from a Mel Brookes film. You decide...... B)

[terry]

Barnes is also a complete arse when it comes to broadcasting.

[Shadow Leader]

The 'In Running' book with Shadow Leader Turf Accountants currently goes like this - Loughran 4/6, Barnes 11/10....

[Songsheet]

Hmmm..

Barnes - tasty; Loughran - bleugh ; Barnes - tasty; Loughran - bleugh :Barnes - tasty; Loughran - bleugh ; Barnes.... B)

[terry]

It looks as if the non-racing arses are all going out.

Does this mean that racing broadcasters are more arse than those in any other sport, or that racing fans are more biased against their own broadcasters?

[Songsheet]

They're just uglier, is all....

[trudij]

Have to disagree there Julie - Roger Black / Brough Scott........



No contest....... B)

[Shadow Leader]

Mmmmmmmm....Roger Black....... B)

Updated book now Loughran 1/3, Barnes 2/1.....

[Ian Davies]

This is a mismatch - John Barnes was a professional footballer who showed glimpses of brilliance without being consistently world class, as such his ineptness as a sports presenter is almost endearing; Angus Loughran is a man who wanted to be famous so much he put on a pair of pyjamas and let a couple of prats (Baddiel and Skinner) who are about 1% as funny as they think they are, take the **** out of him, before conning Clare Balding and the BBC into thinking he is a shrewed professional gambler to land their betting pundit's job.

[krizon]

Ian, you're reading far more into this than us ladeeze care about: one's a tasty geezer, and the other's a lump o'lard. No contest, dearie.