The anyone but England thread! - Page 27

Saaf_laandon_mo · 19-06-2006, 17:13

I still dont get it......... can we have it one more time Russ.....

TheBlueRaja · 19-06-2006, 18:16

MY GOD!

I go away for a few days and you lot (the Jellied eel lovers) are STILL banging on and on and on in this thread and its specifically not even about you - its about anyone BUT you for god sake.

Talk about Paranoid!

I mean this thread has about 1000 more views than the proper one....

I think you all know your going out soon - and i think your trying to get as much in as possible before you desert this thread in DROVES the minute you flap out the World Cup.

To all the people on here not from that Paranoid land - get behind your team, if Sweden fail, you just get somebody else to support! Enjoy the World Cup for what it is - a laugh at Englands expense!

BRING ON THE ENGLAND!

Larsson, Larsson, Larrson.

bhoywonder1967 · 19-06-2006, 18:25

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

....Larsson, Larsson, Larrson.

Not quite what I would expect from a Bairn!!

What's the odds on the King of Kings for a treble??

Russ · 19-06-2006, 18:27

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Originally Posted by bhoywonder1967

What's the odds on the King of Kings for a treble??

Jesus is in the World Cup??

bhoywonder1967 · 19-06-2006, 18:32

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Jesus is in the World Cup??

Nope but God is and his name is Henrik Larsson!!!

SlackDad · 19-06-2006, 18:41

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

MY GOD!

I go away for a few days and you lot (the Jellied eel lovers) are STILL banging on and on and on in this thread and its specifically not even about you - its about anyone BUT you for god sake.

Talk about Paranoid!

I mean this thread has about 1000 more views than the proper one....

I think you all know your going out soon - and i think your trying to get as much in as possible before you desert this thread in DROVES the minute you flap out the World Cup.

To all the people on here not from that Paranoid land - get behind your team, if Sweden fail, you just get somebody else to support! Enjoy the World Cup for what it is - a laugh at Englands expense!

BRING ON THE ENGLAND!

Larsson, Larsson, Larrson.

How strange

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Seeing as so many of you are completely failing to grasp my very simple point, I'll go over it again.

One last time.

When it is only England playing, it makes sense for them to be given media coverage. No problems there. What I object to is when England have a game (in any competition or even a friendly) the amount of coverage they're given vastly outweights that given to the other home countries when they play.

When all the home nations (or one of them as well as England) are playing, England are given priority in the Uk media. This, as I'm sure you will all agree, is completely unfair.

I pay for my licence like you guys pressumably do, so why should I feel like my national team is being treated like an afterthought on the national news?

There are very few (in fact I can only think of one) Welsh newspapers which report on the whole of the UK and of course we are given much more fair coverage there, but they are not my style of newspaper.

So all in all, The media, as Nugget can see and agree with, is biased towards England. Completely unfair and it's for this reason that threads like this will pop up and also the reason why the rest of us aren't as enthusiastic about England. Nothing to do with jealousy, just the way we are treated.

Isn't it a bit like complaining that man Utd get more coverage than any team in the lower leagues.

TheBlueRaja · 19-06-2006, 18:42

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Originally Posted by bhoywonder1967

Not quite what I would expect from a Bairn!!

What's the odds on the King of Kings for a treble??

Hey, i may not have liked him sticking goals past us, but i sure as hell will do when he bags a few at the expense of the English.

Lets just call it Ying/Yang...

bhoywonder1967 · 19-06-2006, 18:46

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Hey, i may not have liked him sticking goals past us, but i sure as hell will do when he bags a few at the expense of the English.

Lets just call it Ying/Yang...

Fair enough my friend, welcome to the Henrik Larsson Appreciation Society

TheBlueRaja · 19-06-2006, 18:50

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Originally Posted by bhoywonder1967

Fair enough my friend, welcome to the Henrik Larsson Appreciation Society

I've been a member for a while to be honest, just because a player plays for an opposing team dosent mean i dont appreciate talent when i see it and he had it in droves.

I also think what he's doing in going back to his local club is a brilliant gesture - i wish more footballers would do that.

bhoywonder1967 · 19-06-2006, 18:54

He has what not a lot of other players don't, Integrity.

He made a promise to return to Helsingborg one day and he's doing just that.

The man's a class act.

Russ · 19-06-2006, 18:58

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Originally Posted by SlackDad

Isn't it a bit like complaining that man Utd get more coverage than any team in the lower leagues.

No because to use your analogy, the sports reports would need to feature all 92 clubs which is completely unworkable.

SlackDad · 19-06-2006, 19:39

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Originally Posted by Russ D

No because to use your analogy, the sports reports would need to feature all 92 clubs which is completely unworkable.

So rightly or wrongly the media focus on the more successful, more widely supported clubs. After all, they want higher circulation figures or larger audience share. Personally I can't stand Man Utd, but realise they are going to get alot of coverage in most media.

Nugget · 19-06-2006, 20:43

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Originally Posted by SlackDad

So rightly or wrongly the media focus on the more successful, more widely supported clubs. After all, they want higher circulation figures or larger audience share. Personally I can't stand Man Utd, but realise they are going to get alot of coverage in most media.

But that doesn't correlate with the earlier theory that England get more coverage because of the comparative size of the population - using this theory, that would mean that Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland could, potentially, receive more coverage. However, even as a massive England fan, not only would I not want to see it, but it just wouldn't happen

**Hugh** · 19-06-2006, 21:08

Sorry if I am going over old ground, but I can't be bothered to read 27 pages of anti-Sassenach invective

I was born in Glasgow (Govan - it is like Fallujah, but without the sunshine and friendly people), joined the RAF, and then settled down in Yorkshire (with some time abroad in Europe and NZ).

I have a very simple decision tree
If Scotland are playing, I support Scotland (even against England).
If Scotland aren't playing, I will support England (if they are playing).
If Scotland or England aren't playing, I will support Wales (except against NZ in Rugby Union, as I have spent more time in NZ than in Wales).
As above for NI.

Why do so many Scots feel they have to support two teams - Scotland, and anyone playing against England. We are all part of Great Britain, and the sum of all is greater than the individual parts.

Rant over.

19-06-2006, 21:11

Come on Germany....

German pride forever - the sooner this "world cup" is over, the sooner we can go back to normality.

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