I think southern English get into the big tourneys more than northern English, for two reasons... a. the England team does tend to be disproportionately southern and b. In say London there are so many teams that it's only when the world cup's on that everyone kind of gets together to support one team
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I think southern English get into the big tourneys more than northern English, for two reasons... a. the England team does tend to be disproportionately southern and b. In say London there are so many teams that it's only when the world cup's on that everyone kind of gets together to support one team
revol68
what, fucking what?
saying that if they get to the world cup we'll all jump on the bandwagon.
It's a bit like that only with extra hatred thrown in.
twistedAM
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To be fair he probably made a big deal of san Marino scoring against England in the first minute and other upsets.
I don't get why anyone would support a team from a country, but then actively hate that country's national team. It's really odd.
twistedAM
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revol68
what, fucking what?
A lot of Manchester United fans from England don't like the national side much.
It's not even that we hate the national side, infact we love some of the players, it's the whole jingoistic shite in the media that pisses off everyone.
revol68
what, fucking what?
Does revol hate the USA national team?
I bet you can't name three settlements in the state that owns City.
That's just more of a club first country second thing. I mean people from Ireland or whatever, it just seems a bit disingenuous... I would look pretty stupid if I adopted Real Madrid as a team and then actively hated the Spain team.
Not saying I Think people should support England just because they support an ENglish club, I just don't get the hate the England team get...
N_igma
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Cos England are cunts. Plus if you look at a lot of the English teams Irish people support you will see a lot of Irish immigration to those cities with a shared ancestry, relatives living over there etc. Same with Scotland and supporting Celtic or Hibs etc.
revol68
what, fucking what?
Yeah but what if you were to support Barca?
Also Manchester United have had a long tradition of Irish fans and players and their greatest eras have been under Scottish management.
Basically it's the Celts that have provided the backbone of English club success.
Yeah but what if you were to support Barca?
Also Manchester United have had a long tradition of Irish fans and players and their greatest eras have been under Scottish management.
You're right, I was going to say Barca first and then thought hmm
That said, when my mate visited Barca I had told him this thing about how they don't support Spain and he asked quite a lot of locals that and they said it wasn't really true, although Barca came first...
ChocolateTeapot
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It'll get a bit more interesting when Macedonia score
This is fucking torture
Can Scotland still make it then, I take it?
ChocolateTeapot
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In theory
Putting club first isn't exclusive to the 'Big Four' as it goes - a lot of West Ham fans don't care much for England at all these days, although I think that's mostly because of feeling a bit gutted about the number of ex West Ham players in the squad...
How theoretical is it?
ChocolateTeapot
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Theoretical as in managing to pass to one of our own players and take a shot
Right but do you have to win all the games or just some
twistedAM
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I bet you can't name three settlements in the state that owns City.
Dubai
West Dubai
East Dubai
ChocolateTeapot
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Win both and even then, no guarantee
Ah, just checked. You've only got to beat the Netherlands. Mind you, they've already qualified, so may do you a favour...
ChocolateTeapot
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And the game is not being helped by the macedonians falling over blades of grass and requiring 5 mins of physio treatment
David Healey
I see where you're coming from.
Namely a godforsaken place.
My Fulham mate who always over-talks-up his club said when they signed Healey, no joke, that it would be "The signing of the season"
They're a bugger of a team to play against. Caused England a fair amount of bother.
twistedAM
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ChocolateTeapot
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I can't actually complain, you have to play against who you are given and in that half we were sluggish, poor and don't seem to know which way we are shooting
When are English people going to realise that while the Warsaw pact left the East with woefully corrupt and underdeveloped economies, almost every single one of the bastards can complete a fantastically well disguised reverse through ball?
ChocolateTeapot
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It must be the deep-set eyes, strong forehead and inscrutable aspect to them. Or they could just be pretty good at the game.
I dunno though, despite the two qualifying games against Croatia last time around, who are a far bigger force, we've managed to beat them on a few other occasions (Euro 2004, that excellent recent 4-1 away, and a 3-1)
Macedonia are quite a tough team to play, they aren't a nancy team like Portugal...
