Death to all those who will not die...
"Football is not a matter of life and death, it's much more important than that" - Bill Shankly.
Now that Woolmer's demise has disproved that famous statement (sort of), you'd think the media and the experts would be a little wary of casual allusions to death. But the two phrases most bandied about in the Indian media have been 'Do or Die' (prior to the SL game) and 'Perform or Perish' (as in 'Will Greg Chappell become a victim of his "perform or perish" mantra?'). Next up, Imran Khan pushed the insensitivity limits with his "I'm dying to know the reults of the Woolmer investigation" quote to BBC.
But, considering that Woolmer's death was caused by strangulation, the award for 'Most inappropriate figure of speech' has to go to John Wright. During the Bangladesh-Bermuda match, Bermuda were batting with a few down for next to nothing when John offers " Bangladesh really need to be ruthless here. They must not take their foots of the Bermudan throats".
Now that Woolmer's demise has disproved that famous statement (sort of), you'd think the media and the experts would be a little wary of casual allusions to death. But the two phrases most bandied about in the Indian media have been 'Do or Die' (prior to the SL game) and 'Perform or Perish' (as in 'Will Greg Chappell become a victim of his "perform or perish" mantra?'). Next up, Imran Khan pushed the insensitivity limits with his "I'm dying to know the reults of the Woolmer investigation" quote to BBC.
But, considering that Woolmer's death was caused by strangulation, the award for 'Most inappropriate figure of speech' has to go to John Wright. During the Bangladesh-Bermuda match, Bermuda were batting with a few down for next to nothing when John offers " Bangladesh really need to be ruthless here. They must not take their foots of the Bermudan throats".
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Posted by
Megster |
1:35 pm
It's now "Do or Death" I guess! :-)
Nice Read!
Posted by
Addy |
12:56 pm