World Cup

rockmonkeysc
rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
edited June 2014 in The Crudcatcher
Could this be England's year to win? I think it could.
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,106
    more of a chance than last year, that's for sure
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    who gives a flying fuck?

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  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    Wow
  • BigAl
    BigAl Posts: 3,122
    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
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    BigAl wrote:
    It's cos he's Welsh

    .

    yeah, we have even less chance of winning it :lol:
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    No matter what the results are the sport will be the true winner.
  • BigAl
    BigAl Posts: 3,122
    No matter what the results are the sport will be the true winner.
    Yeah, cos football's all about sportsmanship :wink: . 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
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Bring Kevin Keegan out of retirement.
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    No matter what the results are the sport will be the true winner.

    This is the most twatish statement ever said.
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    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
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    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.....
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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    BigAl wrote:
    Yeah, cos football's all about sportsmanship :wink: . Just ask Saurez

    He's too busy concentrating on those two crafty hobbits...
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    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.

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  • gt-arrowhead
    gt-arrowhead Posts: 2,507
    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
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    I actually thought the thread might be about a real sport, i was wrong... as you were.
  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    Football thread receives negative feedback in cycling forum shock horror.
  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    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
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    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
    gt-arrowhead Posts: 2,507
    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
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    welshkev 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.
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  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    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
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    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
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    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
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    Its very apparent the ones slagging off footballers as a whole, have never played sunday league football or in fact any organised football.
  • mudsucker
    mudsucker Posts: 730
    As Stephen Hawking quite rightly said the other day "England couldn't hit a cows ar*e with a banjo" :-)
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    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
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    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
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    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
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    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
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    At least in sports other than football a LGBT person is accepted. Footy types protest a little too much methinks.
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