The anyone but England thread! - Page 24

Mal · 18-06-2006, 00:01

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Originally Posted by danielf

You didn't. I'm just surprised there's no discussion of the actual matches.

Different thread though. At least this isn't hijacking the main thread.

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Originally Posted by danielf

Just England/Scotland/Wales supporters slagging each other of.

The England fans didn't start this...

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...and to be honest, me saying that the Italy - USA was an interesting game, would that really have done anything for the other thread?

danielf · 18-06-2006, 00:04

Oh, I give up! I thought there were some supporters of the game here. Apparently I was wrong.

Mal · 18-06-2006, 00:08

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Originally Posted by danielf

Oh, I give up! I thought there were some supporters of the game here. Apparently I was wrong.

Yes I am a supporter of the game. Just because I don't want to post some inane, meaningless post in the main thread, which would get overlooked anyway, doesn't mean otherwise...

I am taking part in the other part of supporting a football team...the banter.

Why have you got Aanvullah in your user title for? From what I gathered from what you have said, it doesn't exactly have a "lets be friends" use.

danielf · 18-06-2006, 00:30

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Originally Posted by Mal

Why have you got Aanvullah in your user title for? From what I gathered from what you have said, it doesn't exactly have a "lets be friends" use.

Aanvalluh is a phonetic shortcut for "aanvallen" which means nothing more than "attack". It's a chant used by Holland supporters to cheer the team, which is supposed to play attractive footballl. I suppose the best translation of aanvallen is 'forward' There's nothing offensive about it (imo).

pedantic · 18-06-2006, 01:15

The trouble is, the scottish are very bitter, hence the title of this thread. Bitter, with a massive inferiority complex.

But we English like a good chuckle, watching them recruit as many people from the home nations against us as they possibly can.

Russ · 18-06-2006, 09:47

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

You are unbelievable that was the World Cup its a bit different, you ask the average bloke on the street if he likes rugby and his likely answer is 'yeah I love the five nations'

, to which you say 'but it's six nations now Italy joined' cue bemused looks

It's nothing to do with whether people are bothered by rugby or not! The simple fact is when England win any major tournament we get wall to wall coverage - when any other home nation wins all we get is a few pages!

Are you seriously trying to tell me you don't think that happens???

ikthius · 18-06-2006, 11:43

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Originally Posted by pedantic

The trouble is, the scottish are very bitter, hence the title of this thread. Bitter, with a massive inferiority complex.

But we English like a good chuckle, watching them recruit as many people from the home nations against us as they possibly can.

lmao, that gave me a laugh

ik

TheDaddy · 18-06-2006, 23:25

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Originally Posted by Russ D

It's nothing to do with whether people are bothered by rugby or not! The simple fact is when England win any major tournament we get wall to wall coverage - when any other home nation wins all we get is a few pages!

Are you seriously trying to tell me you don't think that happens???

Your nation has never won any World cups and until they do I guess we will never know

Russ · 18-06-2006, 23:29

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Your nation has never won any World cups and until they do I guess we will never know

Well you could have avoided such a cheap cop-out

Read my post again, I didn't mention the World Cup, I said a major tournament.

In all likelihood being English means that when your team succeeds and the papers are saturated in it, you just consider that to be normal, and not 'excessive' like the rest of us do. However I'm sure our roles would be reversed if Wales were given the same kind of coverage (which will never happen regardless of what any of our teams win).

TheDaddy · 18-06-2006, 23:39

The papers are hardly 'saturated' when we win the Six Nations, things like The Ashes were different because it was for the first time in twenty odd years we had won it, desides if you don't like whats written I am sure there are Welsh National papers.

Russ · 18-06-2006, 23:46

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

The papers are hardly 'saturated' when we win the Six Nations,

Selective memory then...?

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

things like The Ashes were different because it was for the first time in twenty odd years we had won it, desides if you don't like whats written I am sure there are Welsh National papers.

Yes - and they cover the news in Wales. I want a newspaper which covers the whole of the UK - is that so hard to understand?

carlingman · 18-06-2006, 23:53

And of course not to mention the papers are saturated with Englands recent tour in Rugby as they are doing so well against Australia etc.

More a case of World Chumps not World Champs.

TheDaddy · 19-06-2006, 00:07

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Selective memory then...?

Yes - and they cover the news in Wales. I want a newspaper which covers the whole of the UK - is that so hard to understand?

Newspapers are businesses and like any other business if they don't give the customer what they want they go bust, if enough people shared your views then things would change, maybe that is why I am convinced by your media claims and by the way I want to moan about the bias coverage Scotland recieved in the 1978 World Cup finals especially to their ludicrous claims about winning it

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Originally Posted by carlingman

And of course not to mention the papers are saturated with Englands recent tour in Rugby as they are doing so well against Australia etc.

More a case of World Chumps not World Champs.

Seeing as Wales have never won anything that will make you just Chumps then

pedantic · 19-06-2006, 01:11

Not being funny here, but both Russ and Carlingman support english teams that are not short of good coverage in the press. Both Man U, and Arsenal, are plastered all over the tabloids, week in and week out. What would your response be to your respective rivals, when they bleat on about your dominance in the press I wonder ? Having lived in both Manchester, and East London, I know how it irritates the respective rival clubs. Hence the reason, I find all this talk of press dominance a tad hypocritical.

Russ · 19-06-2006, 01:39

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Originally Posted by pedantic

Not being funny here, but both Russ and Carlingman support english teams that are not short of good coverage in the press. Both Man U, and Arsenal, are plastered all over the tabloids, week in and week out. What would your response be to your respective rivals, when they bleat on about your dominance in the press I wonder ? Having lived in both Manchester, and East London, I know how it irritates the respective rival clubs. Hence the reason, I find all this talk of press dominance a tad hypocritical.

Don't forget I also support a Welsh team

The difference is I don't object to, say Arsenal getting loads of coverage when they win something (if anyone can remember those days

) because they play in a part of the country which gets equal press as Man Utd, Liverpool or anyone else. No matter what Wales do, none of our teams will get the same level of coverage.

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Seeing as Wales have never won anything that will make you just Chumps then

Forgetting the small issue of the 6 Nations Tournament in 2005??