RubberBuccaneer
Hedd Wyn
Harold Hill said:
Ahem who were the last winners of the Home Championships ?
Whos sick of hearing about the '66 World Cup?
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Ahem who were the last winners of the Home Championships ?
RubberBuccaneer
Hedd Wyn
Chorlton said:
Well it wasn't England, which is the point I was trying to make to the englander
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
isvicthere? said:So your nostalgia comes with a cut off date? "Yester year" is fine by you as long, or so it seems, as it wasn't filmed in black and white?
Maradona, 20 years ago = OK.
Cruyff, 32 years ago = OK
But 40 years ago = "irritating"
Why?
Because if your going to repeat stuff from history then chose something different rather than going on and on and on about the same old shit.
How often do you get to see the skills that made Johan Cryuff world famous. Can I ever get tired of watching Maradonas skill? Try me.
The world cup archives are huge, all those great games and great players that I'd love to be reminded of and rarely get a chance to see. But no, they play the one world cup event that i've seen played so often its worn a furrow in my skull.
Harold Hill
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RubberBuccaneer said:
N. Ireland wasn't it? Whats your point?
RubberBuccaneer
Hedd Wyn
Harold Hill said:
Write it off, but it's a good work out for you lot isn't it - not a walk over for you.
Harold Hill
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Chorlton said:
Says Mr Reasonably minded lol.
Nice use of the wannabe England football factory speak btw.
Why not put me on ignore?
Harold Hill
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RubberBuccaneer said:
Bar a one off at Windsor Pk, no not really. Wales were pretty tame in both games v England and N Ireland capitulated at Old Trafford. Maybe the non English competitors would do better treating games like Macedonia away like the 'battle of Britain' and raise their game accordingly.
And the only time it would be played would probably be squashed between internationals or preparations for major tournaments.
Not really selling it to me.
Harold Hill
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Chorlton said:
Work it out you melt.
jammer said:
You'd have more of a point aboput Motson and Lineker** if they actually had been going on (this time) about 1966. At a guess, the number of times I've heard Lineker and Motson even mention 1966, this time, and I've seen a lot of matches? About twice, in passing.
**And I'm no great fan of either, but for very different reasons
As has been said earlier in this thread, ITV has been quite a bit worse about the 1966 thing.
Inconveniently for your kneejerk 'all England fans never ever have any criticism ever about England/the media coverage of them and lap it all up uncritically' preconceptions, you could make many more telling criticisms. EG I'd agree with you, it must be bloody annoying in Scotland and Wales, to get all this England-centric WC coverage, and I fully understand that -- for instance it's bloody annoying to ME even, that so many commentators/summarisers see other matches far too much through a 'how would they get on against England?' prism.
But at least be accurate??
Rasberry Nipple said:
(oops! Forgot about that!
)I do agree with you ...
My general point still stands though.
Sunray said:
I agree with your general point (show more a much more varied range of old games) but actually, I'm really not aware of TV showing snips from the 1966 World Cup, that often. At least not recently, and certainly not on the BBC's main coverage.
(posting now cos I can't get to the Brazil game til after the second half has started!! I'm avoiding the thread too .,.. )
hurt ??? lol
Hurt ?
I feel no pain
You jealous minnows really do give me a good chuckle !!!
Keep em coming 
Chorlton said:
Hurt ?
I feel no pain
You jealous minnows really do give me a good chuckle !!!
Keep em coming 
tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
jammer said:
hansen. famously english.
leonardo. english as the day is long.
desailly. an illustrious career at centre half for england.
martin o'neill. might as well be called john bull.
mick mcarthy. is actually irish but played for and managed the english side.
gordon strachan. need I say more?
Harold Hill
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Chorlton said:
Yawn.
Harold Hill
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William of Walworth said:
Tough shit. English people were listening to the media rave about Scotland in the 70s and how Ally McCleod would bring the cup home. English media can be as biased as they like as far as I'm concerned. If people don't like it they can use interactive.
William I wish you would stop trying to reason with them. The stupid cunts could turn the commentators off if they wanted. easy to avoid 66/Hand of God boretalk if you really want to.
Harold Hill
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Chorlton said:
You sound like you're trying to be Donna Ferentes.
Harold Hill
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Chorlton said:
You tell me.
Harold Hill
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Chorlton said:
I enjoy pointing out their masochistic waffle too much.
Harold Hill
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Chorlton said:
Unlike most of your conversations on here....
Teadious as fuck. Think this will be the last time it's really mentioned though. I hope. A, because I hoep we win. Failing that. B. It will have gone 40 years, and there won't be the same coincidences like the hostes playing the first game for a long time.
The 66 players themselves are getting bored with being wheeled out every 4 years as well.
The 66 players themselves are getting bored with being wheeled out every 4 years as well.
