Jimmy Bullard joins Robinson and Brown in International retirement

[os5889]

http://newsarse.com/2010/08/09/jimmy-bullard-joins-robinson-and-brown-in-international-retirement/

Jimmy Bullard joins Robinson and Brown in International retirement



Following announcements by Paul Robinson and Wes Brown, Jimmy Bullard has pushed the England team into further disarray by announcing his retirement from International football.

The un-capped midfielder spoke of his intention to focus on being not-quite-as-good as Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard for his club Hull City, without the distraction of being not-quite-as-good as them for England.

His announcement marks the loss of three hugely significant members of Capello's recent squads, each of whom has brought their own unique abilities to the International arena.

England Fan Shane Green told us, "Watching Wes Brown play for England always made me feel like I could also make it at the top of the professional game.  And I lost a leg ten years ago in an industrial accident."

"And Paul Robinson's career has shown amateur keepers up and down the country that there is no such thing as a 'good' goalkeeper, and that flapping at crosses, dropping shots and letting in soft goals is perfectly normal."

"But worst of all is Bullard.  We are a nation of slack-jawed footballing simpletons, and who will we look up to now?"

England

Following the retirement of three such key individuals, England manager Fabio Capello has had to go back to the drawing board with his plans for Euro 2012.

"Who will pick up the bibs after training now?" he asked reporters.

"Who will stand in the wall when the good players want to practise free-kicks.  It is a new selection head-ache, for sure."

"They might think they are doing the right thing for themselves and the country, but my one word of warning would be that every time a professional footballer retires from international competition, it puts Phil Neville one place closer to a recall."

[Rambling_Syd_Rumpo]

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[LBNo11]

 ...now that is funny...:005:

[os5889]

a good little website (in your non FoF spare time), the mick mcarthy story about league tables made me choff

[gang]

Surely to retire from doing something you have to have first done it, I don't remember bullpoo playing for England.

[cebu]

Perhaps Jimmy could be non-playing player/manager/coiffeur at Villa?

[Pickle]

a good little website (in your non FoF spare time), the mick mcarthy story about league tables made me choff

:54:I liked the Joe Cole one good stuff

[Burt]

Erm...

How can you actually retire from something you weren't doing in the first place?

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[TheDaddy]

Quality  :62: I retired from international shove ha'penny many years ago.I wont go into to much detail but we coundnt find any coins !

[os5889]

Erm...

How can you actually retire from something you weren't doing in the first place?

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Cough Cough Joke Cough Cough

[blingo]

JB continues to try to be a joker. What a pillock. Best 5m we ever sold for.

[Rupert]

Is it just me, or are a few posters missing the point here?

[Chopper]

I also recently announced my retirement from International football.  :005:

[ImperialWhite]

Is it just me, or are a few posters missing the point here?

Ha ha, I thought that - to think that people say Americans don't get irony!

(unless they're double bluffing, and we're the ones who don't get irony?)

[Vinnieffc]

Wiping a small tear or mirth from eye here :-)

[finnster01]

I don't think Capello is losing too much sleep over that announcement.

After all, if you get called up for the first time into the England squad and you play Andorra, and you never even get subbed on to play for a few minutes, it should tell you that perhaps you are surplus to requirements.

[Jimpav]

Very good. Think something just flew overhead though!

[CorkedHat]

For those of you who don't get it, this is what we call satire - in other words a J-O-K-E