Recent Locker Room Comments by afx237vi

SportsfIlter last.fm Group

I added myself to the wiki and applied to the last.fm group too!

posted by afx237vi at 08:28 AM on February 04, 2008

Speculate away

Woah... "more inside", dude!

posted by afx237vi at 07:58 AM on April 18, 2007

Dear Santa: for Christmas, this sports fan would like...

- Wales to win the Rugby World Cup - A drug free year for cycling

posted by afx237vi at 09:21 AM on December 23, 2006

I Won't Stand for That

Speaking as someone who is in a wheelchair, I say: SIT THE HELL DOWN! Actually, I think you should just use your common sense and look around to see what everyone else is doing. Don't stand up if the people behind you are sitting down. And stadium designers should pay more attention to wheelchair sections. Some stadiums have them at the front, with no seats ahead of them, but some have them higher up in the middle of the stand. Invariably, that means the person in front jumps up whenever something exciting happens, and I can't see the damn thing I just paid £40 to see. It's fairly annoying.

posted by afx237vi at 03:35 PM on December 03, 2006

Nominations: best/worst in sports

Annnnnd the winner is: Colin Montgomery!

posted by afx237vi at 05:43 PM on November 12, 2006

Shocker Sunday!

Has anyone figured out why Terry got that second yellow yet?

posted by afx237vi at 04:57 PM on November 06, 2006

Volley of the week:

I find it quite amusing that this is posted in "Navel Gazing".

posted by afx237vi at 07:59 AM on October 10, 2006

Summer Reading List

Last summer I thoroughly enjoyed "French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France" by Tim Moore. It's about a regular joe who decides to ride the entire route of the Tour, and is extremely funny in some places, as well as providing some good historical background on the race and all the legends that surround it.

posted by afx237vi at 04:17 PM on June 10, 2006

Ask SpoFi

In soccer, I'd say most outfield players peak around the ages of 27 - 29. Goalkeepers, however, tend to get better as they get older, and it's not uncommon to see goalies hit their best in their early to mid-thirties.

posted by afx237vi at 11:15 AM on May 18, 2006

Images in comments

As long as this place doesn't turn into Fark, then I'm not bothered about the odd image here and there.

posted by afx237vi at 02:07 PM on March 30, 2006

Hey -

Yeah I got one of these. I'm special too!

posted by afx237vi at 07:26 AM on March 28, 2006

"New post" preview is wonky

What do you call a donkey with three legs?

posted by afx237vi at 07:14 AM on March 28, 2006

rcade, "a winner is you!"

You should definitely hold on to all the other pope.com's you registered too... that guy looks half-dead already.

posted by afx237vi at 08:45 AM on April 20, 2005

Hollywood Summer 2005 sports-related movies

I hated the original Fever Pitch (about an Arsenal fan), so I don't think I'll be first in the queue to see a remake. And Nick Hornby is not unknown for switching locations for his movie adaptations. High Fidelity was moved from the UK to the US too.

posted by afx237vi at 04:10 PM on April 10, 2005

A Blizzard of Columns!

May I suggest the user profile pages too? They could do with a little bit of left and right padding.

posted by afx237vi at 06:36 PM on March 23, 2005

SpoFi Wiki...keep it up?

Why did you get kicked from Wikipedia, squealy? I find them useful, but I've never really given any thought to contributing to one. I didn't even know a spofi one existed. Wouldn't it make more sense for it to be at sportsfilter.com/wiki as smithers suggests? Or even wiki.sportsfilter.com, whatever...

posted by afx237vi at 04:07 PM on February 26, 2005

Ask SpoFi

Second vote for the Tour de France. On one of the Pyranean mountain stages, at the top of a climb, with thousands of fans, and the riders going over the top one by one because they're all knackered and the peloton has exploded. Never done it myself, but it looks awesome.

posted by afx237vi at 10:43 AM on November 22, 2004