11-12-2022, 08:11
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Re: Season 22-23
Funny how it’s never because we weren’t good enough. Good luck to whoever wins ultimately because it will hang around their necks for years.
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11-12-2022, 13:15
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Re: Season 22-23
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Originally Posted by Maggy
Funny how it’s never because we weren’t good enough. Good luck to whoever wins ultimately because it will hang around their necks for years.
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England are good enough this time though and yesterday it was 50/50 between us and the World Champions. We even did well containing their best player which was the major concern going into the game. It was small margins and poor decisions from the ref that cost us in the end. Incredibly frustrating but something to be proud of.
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12-12-2022, 02:17
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Re: Season 22-23
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Originally Posted by Ms NTL
I call it Marocco. Why Morocco?
Half of the channels called it Marocco....
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Half are wrong (unless you are Italian)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco
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The English name Morocco is an anglicisation of the Spanish name for the country, Marruecos. That Spanish name was also the basis for the old Tuscan word for the country, Morrocco, from which the modern Italian word for the country, Marocco, is derived.
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19-12-2022, 16:57
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Re: Season 22-23
Argentina win is an excellent result. Argentina is the lesser enemy, sort of thing. What a delight to see Macron's disappointment!
And remember, it was French Exocet missiles that sunk our ships in 1982.
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19-12-2022, 17:14
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Re: Season 22-23
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Argentina win is an excellent result. Argentina is the lesser enemy, sort of thing. What a delight to see Macron's disappointment!
And remember, it was French Exocet missiles that sunk our ships in 1982.
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A definite case of Francophobia....
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19-12-2022, 17:29
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Re: Season 22-23
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
And remember, it was French Exocet missiles that sunk our ships in 1982.
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The war however was against Argentina
They also cheated us out of the 1986 quarter finals.
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Maradona later said he considered the goal to be "symbolic revenge" for the United Kingdom's victory over Argentina in the Falklands War four years earlier.
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19-12-2022, 17:34
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Re: Season 22-23
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Originally Posted by Paul
The war however was against Argentina
They also cheated us out of the 1986 quarter finals.
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The Argies still haven't stopped cheating. Their goalkeeper throwing ball away as the French penalty taker came up warranted a yellow card at least. Worked a treat though, just like Maradonas hand did.....
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19-12-2022, 17:44
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Re: Season 22-23
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Originally Posted by Paul
The war however was against Argentina
They also cheated us out of the 1986 quarter finals.
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But the French, like the Spanish, were cheering Argentina.
"Perfidious", you hear me say.
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19-12-2022, 18:16
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Re: Season 22-23
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But the French, like the Spanish, were cheering Argentina.
"Perfidious", you hear me say.
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The President of France, François Mitterrand, gave full support to the UK in the Falklands war. Sir John Nott, the British Secretary of State for Defence during the conflict, has acknowledged in his memoirs that "in so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our greatest allies".
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even..._Falklands_War
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19-12-2022, 18:43
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Re: Season 22-23
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The President of France, François Mitterrand, gave full support to the UK in the Falklands war. Sir John Nott, the British Secretary of State for Defence during the conflict, has acknowledged in his memoirs that "in so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our greatest allies".
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https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war....html?chrome=1
The article acknowledges the assistance received from Mitterand but also:
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A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence that, even though the embargo was in place, a team from France worked with the Argentine troops in the Falklands during the war. The team allegedly tested the missile systems to ensure they would fire.
Three of the missiles failed and the team repaired the issue which allowed the missiles to be used against British troops.
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Hence perfidious.
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19-12-2022, 19:47
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Re: Season 22-23
I think it's a bit of mental gymnastics to support Argentina over France because of the Falklands War.
I was glad to see Messi win it but France would have been good as well. To see a team win it twice in a row would also be historic. Most of the time I separate the government/history from the team and besides there is little need to be that angry at Argentina because we won that war.
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19-12-2022, 20:50
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Re: Season 22-23
Do they get to keep the trophy for winning it 3 times?
Too much fakery in the final and matches before that.
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20-12-2022, 22:54
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Re: Season 22-23
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Do they get to keep the trophy for winning it 3 times?
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I dont think so, that was specific to the Jules Rimet cup (as stipulated by the man himself in 1930).
[ Technically, Germany won it for a 3rd time in 2014, although one of those was as West Germany ]
Argentina declared a Bank Holiday for the teams return : https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64036207
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21-12-2022, 00:17
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Re: Season 22-23
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Originally Posted by Paul
I dont think so, that was specific to the Jules Rimet cup (as stipulated by the man himself in 1930).
[ Technically, Germany won it for a 3rd time in 2014, although one of those was as West Germany ]
Argentina declared a Bank Holiday for the teams return : https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64036207
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Two of those as West Germany
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21-12-2022, 03:14
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Re: Season 22-23
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Two of those as West Germany
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Indeed, you are correct, on checking they were still "West" in 1990.
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