We love football and we love David Brent. Put them together and you’ve got something special.
The Office is of course the genius creation of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Part of what makes the show so incredibly funny is that it allows the deluded main character a platform to be cringingly funny without actually realising it. It’s more a case of laughing at him than with him.
The modern-day manifestation of all that is probably football fan channels, where again, deluded characters are allowed a platform to…you get the picture. That’s probably a bit mean – let’s just say that we have a love/hate relationship with them – and find it difficult to look away.
Thankfully, a number of viners – most notably the superb @CookPassTim and @MPH1982 – have cottoned onto these perfect parallels and created some piss-funny efforts for our enjoyment. We thought we’d share 15 of the best (including a couple of cheeky videos). Enjoy…
“Pipe dreams are good, in a way…”
“Oooh, you’re hard. Showing off…”
“Go and get the guitar…”
“Didn’t happen in the end. We had to let him go, he was rubbish…”
“That’s racist…”
“So…that’s…”
“That was the real quiz – that was the real quiz…”
Considering it’s #DeadlineDay, isn’t it about time we heard more from this fella? #netspend #realquiz pic.twitter.com/hTQVLWogRf
— WeLoveBetting (@WeLoveBettingUK) August 31, 2016
“Here’s the man!”
“I’ll turn this place around…”
“I will try twice as hard…”
— Bobby Faghihi (@BobbyFaghihi) May 26, 2015
“I was a liiiiittle biiiit drunk!”
“You’ve charmed me…”
“Why don’t you fuck off?”
“No – not up the arse…”
Finally, we couldn’t resist adding our own twist on Brent dancing…
