… and he might have a point.
With Spurs in crisis, Martin Jol’s continuing success in the Bundesliga - where his Hamburg team is flying high - seems to rub razor-like shards of salt into a fresh weeping wound. Not that any of that could stop Franz Beckenbauer having a dig over the weekend.
“I don’t know the exact circumstances of what happened at Tottenham but it’s hard to believe any team would not want Martin Jol as coach. He is doing a fantastic job at Hamburg. Your loss, if you like, is our gain. It’s another huge victory for German football over you English!”
And, depressingly, Jol’s phoenix-like rise from the ashes isn’t the only thing making Germans look better than us at the moment. Remember You Bet!, the former teatime abomination hosted by Matthew Kelly? The Germans have a version of that called Wetten, dass…?, and it looks brilliant. While ours featured the likes of Capes, Fashanu, and Bruno Brookes as the big-name celebrity guests, the Germans get to enjoy Sylvie van der Vaart (above), fancy dress icon Karl Lagerfeld, and a severely bosomy Salma Hayek falling out of her top (after the jump).
That’s 2-0 Germany.
2 responses so far
1 indieLimey // Oct 6, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I live in Germany and Wetten, dass…? is the longest-running show on German TV. It’s only on once a month but is a always massive extravaganza. I think each show costs €1 million or so to produce.
I once saw a guy put 16 pieces of corn up his nose with his hands tied behind his back using just his tongue. It was amazing.
2 George // Oct 6, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Note how Lagerfeld’s dark glasses allow him to have a proper leer at Hayek’s rack without getting busted. Legend.