The Bitter Brigade, Or: Let’s Lock Rino and Ray Ray Up Together
By: Martha | November 18th, 2007
As everyone has no doubt hear by now, France’s resident rabble rouser Raymond Domenech is telling the press that his criticism was the source of the Azzurri motivation yesterday. Which he regrets, really, because he’d much rather his team had played their way in, rather than relying on those ugly Italians to get them through. (No, no — he didn’t watch the game. He prefers “not to force [himself] to sit through too many ugly things.”)
Rino Gattuso, meanwhile — AKA Ray Ray’s partner in button-pushing — has been busy trying to wind the French up, telling the press he’s happy with the victory, but peeved that by winning the Azzurri let the French through, as well. Rather hilariously, he apparently called Ray Ray out by name, saying “Domenech is always being such a pain and he really did not deserve to reach the finals.” Hee. Not to worry, though, Rino has plans to crush the French at the Euros, so they’ll be made to pay next summer.
I have two thought on this. First, don’t you think Domenech would shut up if everyone didn’t leap to his bait so immediately, every single time? I say we all make a pact to ignore everything he says for the next year. Agree? Good.* Second, I think we need to lock Rino and Ray Ray in a room with a bottle of wine, and just see what happens. Either Donemech will end up dead, with a broken bottle sticking out his neck, or the two of them will spend their time together making toasts, and laughing hysterically at all of the suckers (Read: Us) whose buttons they push so easily. Me, I’m guessing the latter.
*I do, however, reserve the right to bitch about him leaving out David Trezeguet, Sebastian Frey and Philippe Mexes.
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Typical Crazy Calabrese! Gattuso killing Ray Ray ? great Mental Image Martha
Rhino is an all time fan and media favorite and the fact that he kind of sucks at football is all part of his southern charm!
Here’s one less ”psychotic” version
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uwX5cbsj3UY&feature=relatedi totally agree on the who cares what Ray Ray says attitude
Boycott Ray Ray!
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Domenech never said it like he never said almost of the Bulls*** he had been supposed to say. I thought italians, english should stop believe tabloids.
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I kind of like Domenech…in this sense. If France had a coach that I admired or respected even a little bit, it would just tarnish the rivalry for me. I love that he talks because it gives us something else to talk about.
You have to love a guy who chooses Fabian Barthez over Coupet for however long and then doesn’t choose the best keeper in Italy for his side. God, they deserve all the misery they get.
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Ditto Martha, I completely agree with you. Given the individual we’re dealing with, it’s best to just ignore everything Dumbenech says from now on. The bottom line is that he just doesn’t deserve the attention.
About the Gattuso pic, here’s what he said to Lippi when he put the hand around his throat: “Se te ne vai ti ammazzo!!” (If you leave us, I’ll kill you!) You gotta love Ringhio… :DDDDDD
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There’s silly. There’s crazy. And then there’s absolutely bat-shit nuts. Domenech is number three. He makes great reading, though. He must be hurting so deeply still from the WC loss to make these comments. Every court needs a fool, and Domenech is our wily little man in motley.
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Domenech has the dryest sense of humor of anyone in the universe. He says all of these things with tongue in cheek, just trying to wind people up.
I LOVE Domenech. In fact, I’m writing a post to that effect today.
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Laurie, It’s not Domenech’s humor that is dry; it’s his brain. He is, of course, great entertainment. His comments are intended for headlines and they certainly get me reading. But to love him? Must be a French thing.
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i think domenech is just bitter about losing what will probably be hie best chance at a world cup
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His post match comments have been (conveniently) mistranslated as usual, but I find it interesting that Domenech receives more coverage on the Italian news sites and blogs than he does in the French ones.
Nice to know you guys are hanging on to his every word like any true Les Bleus fan.
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Well Inara, for us Italians let’s just say that Domenech is that little itch you can’t help but scratch, and you know full well that even though it might feel good at first, the scratching is only going to make it worse in the long run.
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Hey Thierry (Henry?)… If what he said was made up by tabloids then why was he suspended by UEFA for his alleged comments & certain accusations?
Inara, last time I checked Michel Platini was French. He was born there, he played there, he managed there. When he ordered that Ray sit out for a certain match a short time ago, did he not know what he said and made an ill informed decision based on a mistranslation? Did he (conveniently) forget how to read and speak French?
Fact of the matter is Raymond Domenech is a classless, miserable donkey.
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Paolo, I never said his words were made up. But he says A, and it’s written up as B (fyi, Domenech didn’t deny his accusations two months ago, which was why he was suspended). But a lot of the comments he does make (including “Italy qualified because of me”) have been conveniently mistranslated. I spent all morning searching for those exact comments of Domenech’s in the French press but have yet to find it.
You should know full well that’s how media interviews work: they take out the juiciest bits and put them together to make the final interview completely different from the original. If Domenech really had been saying all the stuff goal.com credits him for, the FFF would have fired him a long time ago (they did however sanction him along with UEFA).
And yes, Domenech does enjoy riling the Azurri, but they seem to genuinely enjoy his baiting. All he has to say is “italie” and everyone comes running for more.
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This is what Domenech really said: “le match aux Féroé, un symbole dans les qualifications”
“Question: You had predicated a draw for the Italians in Scotland…
Domenech: It’s true, I guessed wrong about the match in Ukraine. But I’m pleased that I motivated the Italians! They are useful for once…On a serious note, I thank Panucci for his good play. However, the Italians did not play for us. They did so because they wanted to prove that their qualities were worth more than the cases of violence in their country. They want to be justified by saying that “we don’t deserve what’s happening to us” despite all that is surrounding Italian football right now. Italy has quality players, so it’s a pity that the context has problems of violence.”
That’s not the best translation, but all I can do on the spur of the moment. But reading that interview, I fail to see what is in there that makes him a classless, miserable donkey. There was no mention of watching ugly football, though he did say that he would have preferred France had something to play for on Wednesday.
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Oops, I pressed submit before I was ready. Anyway, Domenech said he was joking, given the amount of attention he gets from the Italian media. His “the Italians were useful to us for once” isn’t a slight on the Azurri but the fact that this time, their win didn’t result in France’s loss. That’s not an insult.
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Plain and simple, Rino is my favorite footballer of all time. And my idol.
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Inara, the thing is that Domenech has accustomed everyone so much to his usual bitter comments (in which he seemingly says something nice, a praise, but actually disguised underneath is an obvious insult) that nice comments like the one you cited are so out of the ordinary no one gives a damn. Those aren’t the ones we tend to remember, those we remember go along the lines “Italians are cheaters”, “they bought the referee in my U21 France-Italy match”, or the recent “I motivated the Italians to win”.
All these comments to me, reveal the true feelings of a man who evidently still hasn’t digested his World Cup loss in 2006. A bitter bitter man. Saying “I was only joking” (funny, ah ah) doesn’t make him any classier. Funny ah ah Domenech, all you need is a red nose and your costume is complete.
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Domenech is sh!t… i more and more hate him… he’s so synical about italy…
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Domenech has no class.
Anyone who enjoys football should hate him. His made up allegations of cheating and match fixing tarnish the game for everyone, not just those he is accusing.
Inara, if domenech had class why did he make such allegations in the press and not to the proper authorities.
I’d like to see him sent to the guillotine, although that probably wouldn’t stop him running his mouth off!!!
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=hbKJd_64toA
There’s one of Gattuso giving Materazzi a friendly pre-match stomp-out.
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This poory guy needs Therepy. The World Cup lose had a devastating effect on him and his players.
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How funny about Thierry Henry. He was the Sports show with Bryant Gumble and expressed his views about Racism in European stadiums. He teamate ( who’s african) says something derogatory about Italians and no one says anything. How sad.
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Oh Rino. You’re the only reason why I’m not curled up in a little emo ball crying my heart out because Scotland lost. (Instead I’m bravely trying to get through my day crying my heart out because Scotland lost.)
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http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/10/31/travel/1104-Journey_index.html
looks like we’re stuck with the don for now.
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uh, sorry, wrong link, here you go . . .
http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov19m.html
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