Football Poets

When Will We Learn~haiku 4

two hours of our lives
we cannot get back again
oh when will we learn?

great expectations
ev’ry single time will bring
great disappointments

pass forward and back
pass forward and back again
we’re all bored to bits

surely this must be
the most boring game we’ve watched…
if we stayed awake?

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The Difference Between the Two Haiku

Shambolic Brazil
They fell apart at the seams
No defensive glue

Germany rampant
Delivered record scoreline
Clinical machine

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Time To Learn Anew ~haiku poem 10

in this special land
where they struggle to survive
forced to just endure …

pass and move.. goal ! goal !
pass and move …goal ! goal ! goal !
pass and move…..goal ! goal !

when the penny drops
there’s no consolation found
when you love a team

carried on the wave
cracks we’d seen were opened wide
broken thrashed destroyed

this was something else
love or loathe the German style
how it purred with class

effortless they stream
disciplined this smooth machine
ruthless and precise

Juninho was right
they were taught a lesson here
time to learn anew

where now do they go?
just like us they start again
for a new Brazil

gone a country’s dream
with those tears like Rio rain
crying as they saw…

pass and move – goal ! goal !
pass and move – goal ! goal ! goal !
pass and move – goal ! goal !

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Di Stefano-haiku

I was just a lad
when I heard of Alfredo
saw him in a book.

He wore a white shirt
colour of Real Madrid
scoring a great goal.

Hit a fine hat-trick
hammering Eintracht Frankfurt
European Final.

Up their with Puskas
Pele,and Eusebio
could be number one ?

Another legend gone
from an era which was the best
sleep tight Alfredo.

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Disappointed Haiku

Just the big guns now
The outsiders entertained
We believed their dreams

They showed us some skill
Came tantalizingly close
But went home too soon

Now we’re near the end
Left with familiar names
A bit of a shame

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Diabolical ! Hansen’s Off ~ 11 haiku

when the World Cup ends
we lose someone unafraid
to hit home his point

“passion depth and skill..
pace and movement from the back” …
Hansen will be missed

love or loathe his voice
he taught us to analyse
how we watch the game

sometimes it felt like
all the BBC pundits
came from Liverpool

sat there in that chair
as important as the ball …
so he’d like to think

obstinate and strong
laid back in his tight trousers
and those well-pressed shirts

on his head that scar
from a door he walked into …
or was it?

never lost for words
blasting full backs down the years
Alan’s left his mark

dour deadpan look
never sitting on some fence..
came out with stuff like….

“stonewall penalty….
you cant win with kids…
diabolical!”

it will sure seem strange
when Match of the Day comes back
without Alan there*

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Hansen Haiku. x 5

The Jock on the box
Is finally retiring?
Though he isn’t the type.

Listening to him
Sounds like birth control advice
Coming from a priest.

Far too much to say
Talks over the new pundits
Without thinking.

So Goodbye Good Luck
and Good bleeding riddance
We’re well rid.

Football, like he said
Is all about opinions
The above are mine.

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Di Stéfano’s Gone~haiku

Di Stéfano’s gone
with him goes another time
when we watched in awe

there in black and while
tearing Eintracht clean apart
on that magic night

in 1960
Alfredo Di Stéfano
taught us something new

in five finals he
played and scored and thrilled us all
in that Real side

I was only 12
but I still recall his strength
farewell Alfredo

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World Cup Prediction-haiku

Jules Rimet trophy
18 carat gold statue
14 inches tall.

Can Brazil lift it
will they miss skilful Neymar ?
pressure on the hosts.

Germany up next
a very tough nut to crack
like a Berlin Wall.

Netherlands scrape through
Messi’s Argentina await
will Dutch pop their clogs ?

European Final
or South American teams
could be one from each ?

My prediction is ?
Germany v Argentina
meet in the final.

And hate to say it
Germany will be victors
win on penalties.

But as we all know
football is hard to predict
so don’t bet on it !

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Shearer Haiku. x 2

“Tim Kruul saved two
Out of twenty penalty’s
For Newcastle….

Last season
So I really hope Van Gaal
Knows what he’s doing?”

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