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LOL Australia down to 10 again |
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#642 |
BAY BAY
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#643 |
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Injured for the last 10 years and then sent off.
Shame, loved him at Leeds back in the day. |
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For once he didn't go off with an injury though.
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Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
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Then on the other hand you complain that the English are all arrogant for having high expectations and there's no basis for these high expectations. Alright. |
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#647 |
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I have Ghana for 2-1 in my picks. Haway fellas!
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#648 |
Triple A
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I'd say only the Onion Bargies are living up to expectations right now, frankly.
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Tîm Defaid
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#650 |
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lol Ghana are frustrating
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#651 |
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#652 |
Over Like Rover
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#653 |
Tîm Defaid
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And let's be honest, your main competition in qualification was Croatia, who were past their best following Euro 2008. Not a huge deal to be proud of really for a team like England's.
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#655 |
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You can only beat the teams in your group. Croatia, Ukraine and even Belarus are not mugs. Could argue it's not far away from USA, Slovenia and Algeria which why this World Cup as been a bit of a let down.
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#656 |
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#657 | |
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
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Mars, The Sun, Carlsberg, Nationwide? Now i'm not sure with this, but bear with me. Perhaps, MAYBE (and I admit this is a long shot) PERHAPS they're shouting about England doing well so that some of the people in England (50 odd million, compared with 5 million in Scotland and 3 million in wales) might go out and buy their products so their companies will make money. Sort of like marketing. Now admittedly i'm not a marketing executive but if Carlsberg did an advert saying "England haven't won anything since 1966 and probably wont win anything this year, but hey, buy our beer" i'm not sure if they would sell as much. I could be way off the mark though. |
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#658 |
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Well England as a nation are pretty arrogant. You qualified easily in a mediocre qualifying group and now all I've been hearing the past couple of months is how England are going to win the world cup. I'm sorry, but fucking prove yourselves until you have such swagger.
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As has been suggested by several people already, are you just mixing up the press and companies trying to sell products with the English people? |
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#660 |
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In fact, I can recall very few examples of English posters on here coming out and saying England are amazing and will win things but I can recall numurous occassions (whether it be football, rugby or cricket) where England have lost and you come on here saying "AHHH LOL YOU ENGLISH BASTARDS!". I remember this especially well from a cricket thread because I had to point out to you that it was the England AND WALES Cricket Board you were laughing at for losing.
If you have some sort of pathological hatred for England, then come out and say it, like ECG did. Don't try and blame it on some generalisation like "the English are arrogant". |
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#661 |
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So you are saying that we shouldn't be proud for qualifying because it was easy, shouldn't be proud of the national team because they haven't done anything for 44 years and shouldn't show passion when things go wrong.
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#662 |
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Nope. I realise that the companies hype the shit out of it to make money. I can't fault that, it's business. But due to me driving a lot I listen to a lot of radio so Five Live and Talk Sport have been doing my head in with presenters physically saying ENGLAND WILL WIN THE WORLD CUP.
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#663 |
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TO SELL THEIR FUCKING RADIO STATION. lol seriously, this cannot be your argument.
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Yeah, well, you are an idiot for listening to Talksport.
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I've not listened to a sports call in show in about 10 years, really helps the sanity unless you want to giggle at a loony bin. Invest in an MP3 player, you'd probably add years to your mental health life. |
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#668 |
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Hey that player on Ghana was really bleeding.
That's all I got. |
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#669 |
Tîm Defaid
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I didn't turn on the team you gimp.
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#670 |
Over Like Rover
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That's the only part you are going to respond to?
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#671 |
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#672 |
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#673 |
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and supporting Newcastle (full offence intended TL).
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Besides, this has all been blown a lot out of proportion. My point was that the fans are fucking shit for turning on their country after a draw when they're not even out of the cup yet, and I don't see what England have to be confident about. When is the last time they beat a real world contender? Argentina in 2002? Come on. |
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Sorry Team Sheep, we're just a lesser race than the perfect Welsh.
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#677 |
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Sorry, I thought Capello was some sort of God before last Saturday.
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#678 |
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They were frustrated because it looked like they weren't even trying. I know that's not the case, but surely if Rooney/Bellamy can turn round and twat someone when they're frustrated, fans can't be expected to applaud and cheer after that.
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#679 |
LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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I think 90% of other managers would have qualified us in the play-off rather than automatically. |
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