The anyone but England thread! - Page 9

TheDaddy · 09-06-2006, 01:27

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You'll feel the same again this year

As I said everyone's idea of achievement is different where as our's is to be there or there abouts, yours is to try and avoid finishing bottom of your qualifying group, see different expectations

Russ · 09-06-2006, 07:28

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

As I said everyone's idea of achievement is different where as our's is to be there or there abouts, yours is to try and avoid finishing bottom of your qualifying group, see different expectations

Again! Rather than face up to the fact your team will fail yet again, you attack my team - which is a bit of a cheap shot seeing as this thread is about the World Cup!

iadom · 09-06-2006, 09:48

It is just before Scotland v Brazil at the next World Cup Group game. Ronaldino goes into the Brazilian changing room to find all his team mates looking a bit glum. "What's up?" he asks. "Well, we're having trouble getting motivated for this game. We know it's important but it's only Scotland. They're rubbish and we can't be bothered". Ronaldino looks at them and says "Well, I reckon I can beat these by myself, you lads go down the pub." So Ronaldino goes out to play Scotland by himself and the rest of the Brazilian team go off for a few jars. After a few pints they wonder how the game is going, so they get the landlord to put the teletext on. A big cheer goes up as the screen reads "Brazil 1 - Scotland 0 (Ronaldino 10 minutes)". He is beating Scotland all by himself! Anyway, a few more pints later and the game is forgotten until someone remembers "It must be full time now, let's see how he got on". They put the teletext on. "Result from the Stadium "Brazil 1 (Ronaldino 10 minutes) - Scotland 1 (Naismith 89 minutes)". They can't believe it, he has single handedly got a draw against Scotland!! They rush back to the Stadium to congratulate Ronaldino. They find him in the dressing room, still in his gear, sat with his head in his hands. He refuses to look at them. "I've let you down, I've let you down." "Don't be daft, you got a draw against Scotland, all by yourself. And they only scored at the very, very end and all we needed was a point!" "No, No, I have, I've let you down... I got sent off after 11 minutes.

pedantic · 09-06-2006, 10:08

What amazes me, is that if the newspapers annoy you that much, why read them ? Big Brother annoys me, it's all over the tv, all over the newspapers.

Turn it off ! Don't read the sections of the press that annoys you !

You have a choice folks !

Russ · 09-06-2006, 10:29

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Originally Posted by pedantic

What amazes me, is that if the newspapers annoy you that much, why read them ? Big Brother annoys me, it's all over the tv, all over the newspapers.

Turn it off ! Don't read the sections of the press that annoys you !

You have a choice folks !

So you're suggesting what when I buy a paper I ought to avoid pages 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, as well as the back pages?

Perhaps I should just stick to the horoscopes then

SlackDad · 09-06-2006, 10:49

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Originally Posted by pedantic

What amazes me, is that if the newspapers annoy you that much, why read them ? Big Brother annoys me, it's all over the tv, all over the newspapers.

Turn it off ! Don't read the sections of the press that annoys you !

You have a choice folks !

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Plus BB goes on for longer than the world cup, and we are inflicted with it every year.

Russ · 09-06-2006, 11:04

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Originally Posted by SlackDad

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Yes......you're not English by any chance are you?

Mal · 09-06-2006, 11:06

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Originally Posted by SlackDad

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Plus BB goes on for longer than the world cup, and we are inflicted with it every year.

Twice a year if you include the celebrity BB

pedantic · 09-06-2006, 11:18

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Originally Posted by Russ D

So you're suggesting what when I buy a paper I ought to avoid pages 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, as well as the back pages?

Perhaps I should just stick to the horoscopes then

But if pages 1,3,4,5,6 and 7, and the back pages were full of Man U that would be ok ?

It's simply because the news doesn't contain what we want to read, we moan about it.

SlackDad · 09-06-2006, 11:27

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Yes......you're not English by any chance are you?

What's that got to do with Big Brother?

Russ · 09-06-2006, 20:18

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Originally Posted by pedantic

But if pages 1,3,4,5,6 and 7, and the back pages were full of Man U that would be ok ?

No that wouldn't be ok, but seeing as United never take up that amount of newspaper space, a bit of a worthless analogy really!

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What's that got to do with Big Brother?

Nothing at all!

pedantic · 09-06-2006, 20:57

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No that wouldn't be ok,

Firstly Russ, I did say IF

But would you be so quick to volunteer your discomfort about it ? Both you and myself support Man U, but we're hardly going to whine about over exposure in the press.

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but seeing as United never take up that amount of newspaper space, a bit of a worthless analogy really!

Back in 2000 they did though, remember the World club championships ? Played in south america, it was a round robin tournament, and was plastered all over the papers for awhile, taking up plenty of newspaper real estate.

Russ · 09-06-2006, 21:05

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Originally Posted by pedantic

Firstly Russ, I did say IF

But would you be so quick to volunteer your discomfort about it ? Both you and myself support Man U, but we're hardly going to whine about over exposure in the press.

Well as it's not something which is going to happen I can't give you an accurate answer - but I would understand and support anyone who objected to such coverage which IMO belongs in the sport pages.

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Back in 2000 they did though, remember the World club championships ? Played in south america, it was a round robin tournament, and was plastered all over the papers for awhile, taking up plenty of newspaper real estate.

Nope, didn't happen - the World Club tournament was a complete wash-out as far as United were concerned and there was nowhere near as much coverage.

Mal · 09-06-2006, 21:08

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Nope, didn't happen - the World Club tournament was a complete wash-out as far as United were concerned and there was nowhere near as much coverage.

I think he meant the fury over us being excluded from the FA cup.

Russ · 09-06-2006, 21:13

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I think he meant the fury over us being excluded from the FA cup.

If I remember correctly we weren't excluded, we just withdrew.

In any case, United's appeal goes throughout the UK, the supporters are probably evenly spread throughout the whole British Isles - but England's appeal is not as widespread.

When Liverpool won the Champion's Cup, that was given a lot of coverage - no problem there, the media have demonstrated they'll give such coverage to any team which does as well as them

But they have also demonstrated that they won't give the same coverage to all home nations - just the ones beginning with 'E' and that's what I object to - my money is as good as yours, why shouldn't my national team get equal coverage? As I've said, when all 4 countries play, why should yours get prominance over mine?