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Originally Posted by young_timbo
hear hear. but i'll warn you you are wasting your time on these lot. they aren't sports fans, and they detest football. they don't get it. it's a pointless crusade.
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What?!? Pure drivel. Lots of people like sports (rugby, cricket, golf, tennis, badminton, rowing, cycling, running, swimming, darts.) I personally "get" football, but have slowly fallen out of love with the game. What I don't "get" is how there is no pride for the English team whilst nearly every other nation still have huge pride. If you look at the Germans, Dutch, Spanish, Italians etc you will see great team spirit and pride in those teams. England simply do not have it and simply can not work as a real team playing "total football", as shown over the last 15 years or so.
If you look at all the sports I have mentioned you will find considerable more passion in the vast majority of players when turning out for national teams, especially the rugby (look at the British Lions - 4 nations playing hard and fair for each other - a few months earlier they were playing for national pride and bragging rights through hard rugby to beat the same said players in the 6 nations.) and cricket teams (google Jimmy Anderson ashes wicket celebrations, and Freddide Flintoff's 5 wickets at lords). Also I suggest you find the post race interview of the 8's rowing team from the 2012 Olympics to see their reaction for coming THIRD (bronze). They gave their all to try and win, when they could have coasted home for a very comfortable second (silver). They were devastated for "letting the country down." Also watch Chris Hoy's podium tears, Jess Ennis's, Mo Farrah's, Andy Murray's, Laura Trott and various rowers and their sheer joy at winning gold. Also Ben Ainsle and his anger over perceived cheating. Mark Cavendish also wore his heart on his sleeve when the Brits were left to head the peloton and which scuppered his chances of winning gold.
Still, I guess I don't know anything about sport just because I think a bunch of overpaid primadonna's who lie, cheat and deceive fellow professionals and fans (far more than in any other sport) don't deserve the money they are paid.
For an "educated" man, you don't really come across as one very often. Won't be on here for much longer, I have a job to get up for in the morning.