Phil 'Popeye' Scolari

[Jacques]

This amused me like an orange kittin:


New Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari raised eyebrows at Stamford Bridge today, when he attended his first Press conference dressed in a shabby suit and a porkpie hat, moving one journalist to address him as "Mr Doyle".

The Mr Doyle being referred to, was Popeye Doyle, the alter-ego of Hollywood actor Gene Hackman in the French Connection series of films in the 1970s. Doyle is an American detective on the trail of a drugs gang in Marseille, who tries to imposes his rather uncouth ways on his French hosts, with disastrous results.

The toothless Scolari, apart from looking like Doyle and Hackman, has found himself with several French connections, in Claude Makelele, Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka. Any of these could be the villain, but the most likely culprit-in-waiting is Ivory Coastian centre forward Didier Drugbaron, who speaks excellent French and eats snails.

Chelsea have a recent history with the drugs trade, Romanian Adrian Mutu having been discovered with cocaine inside him, and Scolari may have an uphill battle if he is to control things at the Bridge.

He already has a mountain to climb, being unable to speak English, although he has taken a crash course since he landed the Blues job. Asked by a reporter how his new language skills were coming along, he replied:

"This is Doyle. I'm sitting on Frog One."

[Pervert]

!bow!

[Mike_CFC]

You're talents knows no bounds Jacques.

Before you start massaging your ego,i'm taking the pissJacques wrote:

> This amused me like an orange kittin:
>
>
> New Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari raised eyebrows at
> Stamford Bridge today, when he attended his first Press
> conference dressed in a shabby suit and a porkpie hat, moving
> one journalist to address him as "Mr Doyle".
>
> The Mr Doyle being referred to, was Popeye Doyle, the alter-ego
> of Hollywood actor Gene Hackman in the French Connection series
> of films in the 1970s. Doyle is an American detective on the
> trail of a drugs gang in Marseille, who tries to imposes his
> rather uncouth ways on his French hosts, with disastrous
> results.
>
> The toothless Scolari, apart from looking like Doyle and
> Hackman, has found himself with several French connections, in
> Claude Makelele, Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka. Any of
> these could be the villain, but the most likely
> culprit-in-waiting is Ivory Coastian centre forward Didier
> Drugbaron, who speaks excellent French and eats snails.
>
> Chelsea have a recent history with the drugs trade, Romanian
> Adrian Mutu having been discovered with cocaine inside him, and
> Scolari may have an uphill battle if he is to control things at
> the Bridge.
>
> He already has a mountain to climb, being unable to speak
> English, although he has taken a crash course since he landed
> the Blues job. Asked by a reporter how his new language skills
> were coming along, he replied:
>
> "This is Doyle. I'm sitting on Frog One."
>
>

[The Last Word]

Very amusing, but as Danny Baker once pointed out, he looks nothing like Gene Hackman.

However, added Baker, he does bear a striking likeness to silent film star Ben Turpin.

You can Google the evidence, should you wish.

[Jacques]

You couldn't take the piss if you had a catheter and a couple of nurses from Holby city or something .....

[Mike_CFC]

He loves me really !whistle!Jacques wrote:

> You couldn't take the piss if you had a catheter and a couple
> of nurses from Holby city or something .....
>
>

[Jacques]

[Mike_CFC]

Yep,keep em coming sunbeam.

For someone who appears to hate my beloved bluenoses from the Kings Road,you seem to have some obsession with them.

Jealousy is a very shallow thing Jacques.Or would you prefer the dark,halycon days of the 1980's to return to Stamford Bridge?,where the Headhunters reigned,and no football ground in England was safe to go to. !thumbsup!.

[Jacques]

Don't hate Chelski just enjoy winding you up ... well did, it's getting tiresome and too easy .... scoring too many points in the wind up league, I like a challenge.