So you are the reason why they're playing badly
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by The Blaatschapen » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:45 pm
by Armeia » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:49 pm
Devvo Mate wrote:I hate being an England supporter.
by Devvo Mate » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:51 pm
Fartsniffage wrote:Why?
by Devvo Mate » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:52 pm
DesAnges wrote:Just do what I do and don't support them. It's not like they miss my support, anyway.
by DesAnges » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:52 pm
by The Blaatschapen » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:53 pm
Devvo Mate wrote:Fartsniffage wrote:Why?
If I was from San Marino or summat it'd be reet cos I'd have no hopes or expectations, and if you lost you'd not think anything of it, and on the offchance you win you go mad. With England we should be doing well but we're just so A V E R A G E and it drives me bananas
by Devvo Mate » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:56 pm
The Blaatschapen wrote:Actually, England is slightly above average.
It's just not top of the world. And hasn't been for quite a while. Quarter finals world cup material at best. Which is still good, but the likes of Germany, Brasil and Italy will generally be better. France and Argentina too, on a good day.
by Fartsniffage » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:58 pm
Devvo Mate wrote:Fartsniffage wrote:Why?
If I was from San Marino or summat it'd be reet cos I'd have no hopes or expectations, and if you lost you'd not think anything of it, and on the offchance you win you go mad. With England we should be doing well but we're just so A V E R A G E and it drives me bananas
by Armeia » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:58 pm
DesAnges wrote:The Blaatschapen wrote:
So you are the reason why they're playing badly
I'm no such thing.
That would be Chris SmallingArmeia wrote:Being a USA supporter is way worse, at least the English FA is semi capable of making competent decisions.
As someone who is involved with grassroots football and whose dad is evern more heavily involved - the English FA is in no way even semi capable of making competent decisions.
by The Blaatschapen » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:00 pm
Devvo Mate wrote:The Blaatschapen wrote:Actually, England is slightly above average.
It's just not top of the world. And hasn't been for quite a while. Quarter finals world cup material at best. Which is still good, but the likes of Germany, Brasil and Italy will generally be better. France and Argentina too, on a good day.
Right, but on paper we SHOULD be better than that, but we're completely incapable of performing to our best ability. Haven't in a long time really, last I can think of was 2002 where we go booted out by Brazil who went on to win.
by DesAnges » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:00 pm
by DesAnges » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:04 pm
Armeia wrote:DesAnges wrote:
As someone who is involved with grassroots football and whose dad is evern more heavily involved - the English FA is in no way even semi capable of making competent decisions.
I'm not from there(England) so I can't say anything about grassroots football but both the USA federation and the top league which is heavily involved with the federation don't treat their fans well. You can look up what happened with AO Seattle and AO Columbus for an example. And with the league MLS, they advertise showing smoke and streamers but punish supporters groups that use them in real life.
Devvo Mate wrote:Fartsniffage wrote:Why?
If I was from San Marino or summat it'd be reet cos I'd have no hopes or expectations, and if you lost you'd not think anything of it, and on the offchance you win you go mad. With England we should be doing well but we're just so A V E R A G E and it drives me bananas
by Devvo Mate » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:06 pm
DesAnges wrote:Fucking hell you are a north Bristol boy.
by Devvo Mate » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:08 pm
The Blaatschapen wrote:Yeah, too bad that the game is played on grass and not on paper
Why do you think you should be better than that "on paper"?
by DesAnges » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:08 pm
by DesAnges » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:10 pm
Devvo Mate wrote:The Blaatschapen wrote:Yeah, too bad that the game is played on grass and not on paper
Why do you think you should be better than that "on paper"?
Lots of exceptionally good players in the Prem who are very good week-in week-out, but stick all these fantastically skilled blokes together on a single team and they just fall to bits, can't work it out for the life of me. We should be a consistent quarter-finalist, and semis shouldn't be beyond us, but we just don't seem to be able to do it in practice.
by Devvo Mate » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:12 pm
by DesAnges » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:14 pm
Devvo Mate wrote:DesAnges wrote:1) You're a Rovers fan, rare-ish to get one of those south of the Avon
2) I read your post on the election thread about your constituency.
But yes, I'm psychic.
Ah well that makes more sense. I do know a Rovers fan who lives in Burnham which is a seaside town about 30 miles south of here, but yeah the general rule is north Bristol and the northern surrounding towns are Rovers, South and central Briz, plus the southern satellite towns are City filth.
by Devvo Mate » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:15 pm
DesAnges wrote:It's often a complaint about English players that they aren't technically proficient - players like Rooney, Wilshere (I'll give him that very grudgingly), Sterling, Barkley, Gerrard, Lampard etc. etc. all disprove this.
Brendan Rodgers thinks that English players lack the tactical and mental game that their continental counterparts have - I think this holds much more water.
by Devvo Mate » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:17 pm
by DesAnges » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:21 pm
Devvo Mate wrote:
Oh you're from Keynsham! Why did I think you were scouse? Or did you move there? Yeah it might be on the basis that Keynsham's out the southeast, and Rovers used to be based in Eastville, there's a bit of historical support still knocking around?
by Devvo Mate » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:26 pm
DesAnges wrote:Dad's a wool, I'm a wool by birth, but been down here for 99.9% of my life.
And I think the split is just because we're more removed from the insularity of the rivalry. There's a bit more exposure to both teams.
by DesAnges » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:31 pm
Devvo Mate wrote:DesAnges wrote:Dad's a wool, I'm a wool by birth, but been down here for 99.9% of my life.
And I think the split is just because we're more removed from the insularity of the rivalry. There's a bit more exposure to both teams.
Ah I wasn't totally making shit up then.
Hahahaha acting as if Keynsham is some metropolitan paradise where you're above such petty things as football rivalries and instead pick teams based on merit, love it.
by Osarius » Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:03 pm
DesAnges wrote:Armeia wrote:Being a USA supporter is way worse, at least the English FA is semi capable of making competent decisions.
As someone who is involved with grassroots football and whose dad is evern more heavily involved - the English FA is in no way even semi capable of making competent decisions.
by Evil Lord Sauron » Wed Apr 01, 2015 4:32 am
DesAnges wrote:Armeia wrote:Being a USA supporter is way worse, at least the English FA is semi capable of making competent decisions.
As someone who is involved with grassroots football and whose dad is even more heavily involved - the English FA is in no way even semi capable of making competent decisions.
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