World Cup

rockmonkeysc

Could this be England's year to win? I think it could.

tlw1

more of a chance than last year, that's for sure

welshkev

who gives a flying fuck?

pesky_jones

Wow

BigAl

It's cos he's Welsh

Win it? No chance, none at all.

But we may be a bit of a surprise package and do okay.

welshkev

BigAl wrote:

It's cos he's Welsh

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yeah, we have even less chance of winning it

rockmonkeysc

No matter what the results are the sport will be the true winner.

BigAl

RockmonkeySC wrote:

No matter what the results are the sport will be the true winner.

Yeah, cos football's all about sportsmanship . Just ask Saurez (remember poor old Ghana) or Qatar.

I'd rather England didn't come home as plucky or unlucky losers - although it would be an improvement on the dire performance we put out in South Africa.

I do hope Hodgson puts the youngsters in, at least we'll go down with some spirit and fight that way

rockmonkeysc

Bring Kevin Keegan out of retirement.

Chunkers1980

RockmonkeySC wrote:

No matter what the results are the sport will be the true winner.

This is the most twatish statement ever said.

rockmonkeysc

Chunkers1980 wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

No matter what the results are the sport will be the true winner.

This is the most twatish statement ever said.

Thank you 8)

The Rookie

Even offering 28:1 Ladbrokes have only taken a measly £80,000 in England to win, the dearth of silly Cross of St Georges everywhere is just another boon of of having a team with little more chance than Wales/Scotland and the 2 Irish teams.....

Andy

BigAl wrote:

Yeah, cos football's all about sportsmanship . Just ask Saurez

He's too busy concentrating on those two crafty hobbits...

stubs

I think England have an excellent chance of winning the World Cup with home advantage and a young side maturing nicely 2015 could be the year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup

Oh you mean the Soccerball World Series Championship.

gt-arrowhead

England probably wont even get close to winning the world cup in my opinion.

They will most likely get knocked out in the group stages. They have Italy and Uruguay to finish ahead of. Uruguay could be beaten, but Italy, i dont think so. Costa Rica is the other team, but i dont think they will throw up any surprise wins.

Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy, Brazil are all very strong, England winning is very unlikely IMO.

Thewaylander

I actually thought the thread might be about a real sport, i was wrong... as you were.

pesky_jones

Football thread receives negative feedback in cycling forum shock horror.

pesky_jones

Plus I don't really understand this pansy thing. Sure, rugby is more aggressive than football, but football is more aggressive than riding your xc bike down a river? Why this consistent comparison to sports that are more aggressive? Does a sport have to be a at a certain level of aggressiveness to be enjoyed? Sounds kind of macho homo to me

welshkev

Pesky Jones wrote:

Plus I don't really understand this pansy thing. Sure, rugby is more aggressive than football, but football is more aggressive than riding your xc bike down a river? Why this consistent comparison to sports that are more aggressive? Does a sport have to be a at a certain level of aggressiveness to be enjoyed? Sounds kind of macho homo to me

are you for real? the way that footballers roll around on the floor when they receive even the slightest tap on the ankle? that seems rather pansyish to me

gt-arrowhead

Yeah thats pretty much the only thing i hate about football. It pisses me off so much. The worst are the dives where you clearly see zero contact between the players.

Just stay up on your feet for as long as you can and man up to the tackles, that is how football should be played. Not trying to gain advantages by trying to fool the ref.

thekickingmule

welshkev wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

Plus I don't really understand this pansy thing. Sure, rugby is more aggressive than football, but football is more aggressive than riding your xc bike down a river? Why this consistent comparison to sports that are more aggressive? Does a sport have to be a at a certain level of aggressiveness to be enjoyed? Sounds kind of macho homo to me

are you for real? the way that footballers roll around on the floor when they receive even the slightest tap on the ankle? that seems rather pansyish to me

That and the fact they're paid ridiculous amounts of money to roll around on the floor! For the amount of money they earn, they should be ashamed of themselves.

pesky_jones

I think being pansyish would be to genuinely get hurt from a slight tap on the angle. Footballers are just straight up cheating. Its how footbakk all around the world gets played now. Saw a clip of Suarez a while ago, he goes down, sees the balls still in play and jumps back up, all within about three seconds. I'm not saying it's not a bad thing to happen to the sport however. Just wouldn't call footballers pansies and compare them to rugby players, bikers, any other sport to be honest.

rockmonkeysc

I found it amusing last week that in the final race of the IoM TT William Dunlop broke his leg in two places and they described that as relatively un-hurt, he was back in the paddock within a few hours on crutches and will have been paid very little for racing.
A footballer with the same injury would be crying like a little bitch and sat around for the next six months not doing anything while still receiving more than an average persons annual salary every week.

pesky_jones

So it is the macho-ness of it that you like. Fair enough. To call a broken leg relatively un-hurt in my mind is erm questionable. I keep saying though, I don't think you can compare it to other sports. In mortorbike racing, could falling off your bike result in you winning the race?

Andy

Its very apparent the ones slagging off footballers as a whole, have never played sunday league football or in fact any organised football.

mudsucker

As Stephen Hawking quite rightly said the other day "England couldn't hit a cows ar*e with a banjo" :-)

welshkev

Andy wrote:

Its very apparent the ones slagging off footballers as a whole, have never played sunday league football or in fact any organised football.

yeah, I never played football for my county and won 3 county championships with my school :roll:

then I realised that the modern game of football is shit!

I appreciate what you're saying though, but sunday league football is a completely different beast. I think the general opinion is based on the professional game.

Thewaylander

Yup used to love it, remember David Platt getting nailed in the box, going down but then being up and on the ball just trying to push on to score, now the player would be crying for a penalty! Can't abide it!

Want tough look at the XC race at the Olympics, Emily Batty breaking her shoulder and still racing!

rockmonkeysc

Andy wrote:

Its very apparent the ones slagging off footballers as a whole, have never played sunday league football or in fact any organised football.

I did play Sunday football years ago before changing over to rugby for twice the fun.

Andy

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Andy wrote:

Its very apparent the ones slagging off footballers as a whole, have never played sunday league football or in fact any organised football.

I did play Sunday football years ago before changing over to rugby for twice the fun.

Fun on the pitch then fun with your team mates in the showers. Thats rugby all over.

stubs

At least in sports other than football a LGBT person is accepted. Footy types protest a little too much methinks.