Re: Lambs to the slaughter
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:34 pm
Probably met his doom somewheres.amar wrote:the sassenach has gone silent...
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Probably met his doom somewheres.amar wrote:the sassenach has gone silent...
lost what little credibility he had on that on, didn't heNanohedron wrote:Lemmesee...SteveShaw wrote:That would be like banning those girlies with the legs and the fluffy skirts who jump up and down at American football games. Nah!
I've only been silent because I was watching the highlights of the Argentina game in which Lionel Messi was strutting his sublime stuff. I wouldn't miss that for the world. Yes, well, had I done my homework on the so-called "American" squad and found out that only four or five of the 23 actually play in America and that the vast majority play in the English Premier League or in other European leagues I might have revised my estimate to 1-0, which indeed it should have been but for the most crass, unforgiveable error by the bloke in goal who should never have been picked. My wife and I nearly fell off our seats laughing when the yanks made a substitution, putting on a chap who played for Bolton Wanderers, whose ground had a pub next to it in which I must have sunk ten thousand pints. There was a superb Chinese chippie right opposite. I actually went to school in Bolton for seven years. It was a very scrappy game, mainly because of the playing-the-man tactics of the very poor US team that stemmed the flow of the game. We will have to think hard about how we can counter this type of approach by poor opposition. England came good for a long period of the second half but, sadly, couldn't find the net. Aaron Lennon on the right flank made some fundamental errors due to inexperience in situations where his devastating pace could have been the clincher several times over had he moved out to the wing with the ball instead of trying to find men inside in the crowded area in front of the box. We will win the group but unfortunately we have now probably allowed the US to qualify. Still, another weak team in the last 16 can only be good for us. And, let's face it, at least I got a few yanks passionately interested in footie.Denny wrote:lost what little credibility he had on that on, didn't heNanohedron wrote:Lemmesee...SteveShaw wrote:That would be like banning those girlies with the legs and the fluffy skirts who jump up and down at American football games. Nah!
yer post lost to the three quote ruleDenny wrote:lost what little credibility he had on that on, didn't heNanohedron wrote:Lemmesee...SteveShaw wrote:That would be like banning those girlies with the legs and the fluffy skirts who jump up and down at American football games. Nah!
Denny wrote:....what's this about sporty things an' footies?
Bloody Nora, I'm already an old man and here you are harking back to the time before I was even born! You know very well that you only won because, at that time, the English were suffering from the privations of ration-book existence. How do you expect anyone, especially a footballer, to be any good if they can't even get half a pound of butter each per day? Anyway, how many World Cups has the US won? We've won one...dwest wrote:Personally I find it encouraging that the USA had the good sportsmanship to allow the English one goal more than they let them have in 1950 during our last match up. Good for England!
Two world wars and one world cup,SteveShaw wrote:Anyway, how many World Cups has the US won? We've won one...
It'll hurt both of you. Isn't that when you cross over to play the other pools? A weak team in your pool means a fresher opponent at the far end of the elimination rounds. If you get that far, of course.harpmaker wrote: Let's see how the next matches go. You are right about one thing. It certainly won't hurt the US to have another weak team in the final 16
Ration cards? Wow. That's really weak. Because ya know, the US was a HUGE football power in 1950.SteveShaw wrote:Bloody Nora, I'm already an old man and here you are harking back to the time before I was even born! You know very well that you only won because, at that time, the English were suffering from the privations of ration-book existence. How do you expect anyone, especially a footballer, to be any good if they can't even get half a pound of butter each per day? Anyway, how many World Cups has the US won? We've won one...dwest wrote:Personally I find it encouraging that the USA had the good sportsmanship to allow the English one goal more than they let them have in 1950 during our last match up. Good for England!