Villain - THE BORG

[Col ISIHAC.]

The man is 100% fruitcake, totally vertifiable.

Following article is on the news website:

Braintree boss George Borg launched a furious verbal assault on Hawks ahead of the biggest match in their history tonight.

Borg branded them 'cheats' and 'bullies' ahead of the crucial Conference South semi-final first-leg clash at West Leigh Park.

And the outspoken manager has even threatened to stop his team playing in what looks set to be a fiery encounter.

Borg's blast reopens the feud between the sides that began with their West Leigh Park clash in February.

There was trouble on and off the pitch and the Essex side were found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute after a dressing room was wrecked.

Borg said: 'We will go to Havant & Waterlooville and put on a show. It's a shame the Conference South don't look into them more.

'We're not scared of anyone and we're pleased we have to play them.

'They cheated when we played them at their place, and everyone who was there saw that.

'If we get treated the same tonight we will not get off the coach. They were a bunch of bullies.

'But our away record is very strong. Nothing will faze us. We're more determined than ever to do well. We've come this far. I want my players to finish it off.'


He trashed the away dressing room at WLP, blamed us! Not a word of apology from the fat tw*t when HIS club were found guilty.



EVIL MAN.

[ambersalamander]

Blimey. But nobody likes him anyway, do they?

Incidentally, "vertifiable"? Does that mean you can turn him green?

[martello]

Only if he's in France at the time... ;D

[ambersalamander]

Not necessarily! There are something like 41 official French-speaking countries in the world, plus lots more with a significant French-speaking population. And anyway, it comes from the Latin "viridis" and where do you think words like "verdant" came from?

So pooh to you with knobs on

[Giggy of Telford]

And we at Telford thought Hednesford's Phil Starbuck was crazy with his interviews/programme notes/prematch sabotage attempts.

Or that Shrewsbury's Gary Peters spat the dummy out during/after our game with them.

Borg sounds crazy though, if I remember right in Football Manager (where oddly enough I was Havant & Waterlooville, it was the coolest named team I could find, it was them or Kettering.) he took a random disliking to me......then he got them relegated though and he got sacked.

[coops]

Love this bit:

'If we get treated the same tonight we will not get off the coach. They were a bunch of bullies.

Did you threaten to nick their dinner money and then give them a chinese burn?

[ambersalamander]

What! You can't nick Braintree's dinner money! They'll have none left to buy Iron Burgers- the only beef, bacon, cheese and sausage burger in the league!

Incidentally, if anyone happens to want Bjorn Borg boxer shorts, there's an advert for them up top

[malxscfc]

"Vertifiable" could also suggest that he can be made a worm out of.
On the face of it, that might seem the most sensible interpretation!

Looks like we've got a fun time on Sunday. On the train up, we'll be doing our usual "£1-in" bets, and I suspect one will be whether (our) Tommy Widdrington or (their) Borg gets sent off first! ;D

[ambersalamander]

Surely that would be "vermifiable"?

[malxscfc]

ambersalamander said:

Surely that would be "vermifiable"?

Thought you might say that, and as usual you're not wrong.

Yes, 'verm' is the basic (if spineless) stem of the word, as in Roald Dahl's "Vermicious Knid, Wangdoodle and Snozzwanger". Verm=worm.
'Vert' is greenness, freshness, growth. Alternatively it's 'vert' from vertical - i.e. towards the apex or pinnacle.

That's why I prefer associating Borg with slimy, slithering dirt-eating creatures with no backbone!

(Fun French tongue-twister involving an alcoholic worm: "Le ver va vers le verre vert." )