Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The Euro 2008 hosts who are worse than Haiti

Raphael Honigstein: Austria are in such a bad state that some supporters think they should withdraw from their own tournament.

"Getting into the quarter-finals wouldn't be a sensation, it would be a world-sensation," said Hickersberger. The head of the ÖFB (the Austrian FA), Friedrich Stickler is a bungling know-it-all but the malaise is no one's fault in particular. They simply don't have any decent players. The eminently useful Paul Scharner (Wigan) and Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough) are both banned from the team following critical remarks about a lack of professionalism.

Sure is purty, though! -Sanford

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