FUNNIEST incident of the week that didn’t involve Dwain Chambers?
That Richard Moore interview after his monstering performance for Wakefield against Harlequins.
Apart from the fact there was something weird stuck to the side of his head, the big fella managed to use the phrase ‘you know’ 22 times in two sentences.
It makes a change from the usual ‘like I say’ – as favoured by Paul Sculthorpe and David Beckham (is that some subconscious advertising thing from Gillette?).
But the more he, you know, said it the funnier, you know, it got.
So for those of you who missed it and for those of you who didn’t but, you know, just want to marvel at it again here’s the first sentence with, you know, a mere 14 of them.
Question is posed by Overtobillonthesidelines Arthur..
Richard Moore: “John didn’t have to say much YU KNOW I think the boys knew what we’d done wrong YU KNOW we can’t afford to give silly penalties away on the last tackle YU KNOW us go forward YU KNOW us push YU KNOW first half YU KNOW there were more of it there it just showed in the second half YU KNOW if the push and people going forward these half backs can play on the back of it YU KNOW Danny Brough YU KNOW Jamie Rooney YU KNOW quality players YU KNOW but they need us big players to take em forward YU KNOW me and Ricky said to each other at half time YU KNOW we need to go forward and we did it in the second half (pause) YU KNOW.”
So there you have it. I was laughing too much to write down the second sentence but, YU KNOW, there were seven more.
Thing is, while I’m smirking at him – from a suitably safe distance – I’d love to see him in an England shirt at the World Cup.
Big, daft and YU KNOW up for it. Perfect. YU KNOW…