Guest Len B'stard Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) But by that reckoning you're drawing a very narrow margin of like, 3 teams that are actually in with a shout, id like to think its a bit more competitive than that, the way you go on its like we got no chance.Don't get me wrong, i ain't saying we're a shoe-in by any stretch of the imagination but still. Edited August 16, 2013 by sugaraylen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 From my persepctive, English football fans tend to prefer their clubs rather than their national team. And so do the players when you see players like Carragher and Shearer retiring too early from internationals. This is not so in Cricket or Rugby where the national sides are prioritised - in cricket, the English counties are essentially fueling stations for the English test team. Personally I never got into club football. Dreary provincial stuff, full of idiotic sectarian rivalries and a transfer soap opera which bores the tits out of me. The Premier League is simply awful. But I do watch internationals (world cup, euros). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Personally I never got into club football. Dreary provincial stuff, full of idiotic sectarian rivalries and a transfer soap opera which bores the tits out of me. .Fuck me, say what you mean Dies' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 But we don't have a chance, we crumble in the important games and our players aren't good enough. If we were we would at least get past the quarter final stage so lets just look at who made up the semi finals at the major tournaments since 1998.1998 WC: Brazil, France, Netherlands, Croatia2000 Euros: France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal2002 WC: Brazil, Germany, South Korea, Turkey2004 Euros: Portugal, Netherlands, Greece, Czech Republic2006 WC: Germany, Italy, France, Portugal2008 Euros: Germany, Turkey, Russia, Spain2010 WC: Uruguay, Germany, Spain, NetherlandsEuro 2012: Portugal, Spain, Germany, ItalyTeams like Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands are all teams that play at a higher level than England and can turn it on for tournaments despite indifferent form in qualification while we struggle to make it through to the competition and that form carries over into the competition. Regardless of how competitive you think a competition might be there are sides that consistently get to the semi finals over a prolonged period of time and as a nation England do not, we are the teams that gets through to the quarter final and then gets beaten by a better side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Personally I never got into club football. Dreary provincial stuff, full of idiotic sectarian rivalries and a transfer soap opera which bores the tits out of me. .Fuck me, say what you mean Dies' I just never got into football at club level. I never had a 'club' that I felt terribly drawn towards. I do not really get the whole thing. You know, Newcastle v Sunderland? All that rivalry. England, yes, I support them. I watch football only at international level.This transfer thing. Months are wasted discussing this tedious drama which essentially consists of: Team A sells Player 1 to Team B. Team B sells player 2 to Team C. Team C sells player 3 to team A - and, the cycle continues. Every year all the teams seem to switch players for zillions of cash for seemingly, no apparent reason. So you can be watching a match and suddenly you find, Owen, who you thought was a black and white, as a red! It makes me dizzy. Why don't they just stick to the same bloody clubs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Geordies and Mackems, thats a fuckin' hardcore rivalry man. Thats your sort of manor, isn't it? Look, we're pack animals, it just works like that, you see it everywhere in life, in the work place people band together, it's done by race, by the area you're from, by common interest, even on this forum in a way, different Kung Fu schools and that (cuz i know you're into that mularkey)They switch for money, for glory, for the chance of a better career when it's all said and done. There are those (not including me) who consider the loyalty to your squad stuff to be an old fashioned provincial attitude. But see, you can understand loyalty on that level so loyalty (and the resultant rivalries) in terms of the fans etc should be easy to understand, it's kinda related to that mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I am just pissed off because I keep tuning into talksport for the Ashes gossip and I keep getting Gareth Bale and Rooney in my left ear hole. I really couldn't care if the two of them fucked off to Scunthorp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I am just pissed off because I keep tuning into talksport for the Ashes gossip and I keep getting Gareth Bale and Rooney in my left ear hole. I really couldn't care if the two of them fucked off to Scunthorp.I'm a fucking Spurs fan I think I speak for most football fans when we say we're sick and tired of the Bale and Rooney sagas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 I am just pissed off because I keep tuning into talksport for the Ashes gossip and I keep getting Gareth Bale and Rooney in my left ear hole. I really couldn't care if the two of them fucked off to Scunthorp.I'm a fucking Spurs fan I think I speak for most football fans when we say we're sick and tired of the Bale and Rooney sagas.All sagas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Season starts tommorow, fuck the sagas now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Season starts tommorow, fuck the sagas now But even if you win don't destroy Villa there will be people complaining that you need to sign players, aka the Wenger Warchest saga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Season starts tommorow, fuck the sagas now But even if you win don't destroy Villa there will be people complaining that you need to sign players, aka the Wenger Warchest saga Sod em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 Yeah, don't you need to restart it so I can win again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) 2242680-467937 for anyone who wants to join the league Auto-in, ideal. Edited August 16, 2013 by The Sandman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Mighty Stranraer tomorrow, one of my oldest friends used to play for them... Still can't bring myself to hope we do anything other than soundly thrash them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 There arent any english players in the best prem teams. Well there are but they are squad players. I do think you need a bit of luck from quarters but spain were crush teams with quality. Eng need to eject the old guard. Also for last decade they had a player in scholes who could do it but they played him left wing. They have some exciting players like Zaha, Sterling, Welbeck. But thats what we like wingers. But really when it comes done to possession we either dont play like that or dont have players to do that. Like walcott gives the ball away or scores. Maybe Carrick cleverly, Wilshire can do it. Lampard, rooney, gerrard need to go. So need one more mid who can keep ball and put fear of god into to team. Theres no falso 9 a messi or ronaldo unplayable. Thats why we draw away to moldova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Last call for the fantasy league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Oh Arsenal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Im doing ok so far. Miglolet 12pts, Toure 5. but arsenal let villa score. So Mertagerman nil points. Penalty! i wish i had bentekke now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 BENTEKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Red card. That was never a penalty in a month of tuesdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Im doing ok so far. Miglolet 12pts, Toure 5. but arsenal let villa score. So Mertagerman nil points. Penalty! i wish i had bentekke nowI have Mignolet but his good work has been undone by Koscelny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Migloet is making up for this shambolic arsenal display. Giroud missed two sitters now they in deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Had Guzan instead for DGW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Holy god what was that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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