I don't look on them as inferior to the English at all. Australians and the Irish share a common heritage. The Welsh have the most beautiful countryside in all of Britain. The Scots make killer Whiskey, and are trying to secede. The English have a proud history, but have mostly abandoned Locke and Hume in favor of Fabian socialism. Huxley had the right vision of the dystopian British future: 1 in 3 citizens having used cocaine, pleasure seeking, progressive values, etc. It's a complete joke that the Conservatives hand out John Stuart Mill's On Liberty to newly elected MPs. Their platform is completely opposed to everything Mill wrote.
Thanks ant. I have some close German friends, no word from them yet! Germany should be fine. A win against Georgia, at home, and they will finish top of the group. So, you would think it is a straight head-to-head between Poland and Ireland on Sunday for automatic qualification. Georgia can be tricky,Jogi Love if they decide to play. They are a tight unit of skilled pros with nothing at stake outside of taking a World champion's scalp. Therein lies the danger. In saying that, early pressure and a goal and I'd say they will crumble. Jogi Love (the best name in football) uber allez! He said Ireland scored after the 100th long ball. Which of course is ludicrous. Yes Ireland hit the ball long in the first half. We just don't have the players to go toe-to-toe with Germany in midfield. But Germany turned up in Dublin last night expecting a handy end of group stages match to secure qualification. All they needed was a draw. The likes of Wes Hoolahan, our playmaker, et al, sensed this. It was then a case of, well, if they want to give us this much space, thank you very much.
LOL Jogi Love We call him J-Lo. He has an endorsement deal with a shampoo manufacturer - how fitting - so he won't be happy to hear the Georgians are out for his scalp. What he said about the 100th long ball was pure hyperbole. Your guys used exactly the right tactic to deal with the German team and it payed off. I also agree that Germany went into the match over-confident and played like they were already in the lead, even after the 1-0. Good job bringing them back to earth. I like both the Irish and the Polish team so I hope whoever ends up 3rd makes it through the playoffs and all three can meet in France.
Please, please, tell me there is a TV ad of Mr Luuove in the shower, running his hands through his lush black hair, whilst pouting to the camera
Funny thing is you practically gave me the complete synopsis before you even saw it. I also remember a game when the cameras caught him filing his fingernails. Oh, the fun we had.
I don't know how I missed this post. Good post. I do love a good football story. The only thing I would say in the defence of messrs Lalis, Adu, and Donovan, is that they really did achieve greatness, and a huge amount of respect in the game. Any team that reaches the quarterfinals of the World Cup, as the US did in 2002, is straight up regarded as being part of the elite of World football. Very few weak teams make it that far. My country, Ireland, made the quarterfinals in 1990, pushing Italy, the hosts, to their limit that night. They still sing songs about that team. And rightly so, they were a great team. USA has been in every world Cup in the last two decades. They have only twice failed to make it out of the group stages. There are many traditional footballing nations who would give anything for that record. Ireland is a bit like the US, in terms of soccer not being the dominant sporting force. You have gridiron, basketball, baseball, etc, and we have Gaelic football, hurling, and rugby, which all vie for the same pool of sporting talent. But trust me, no one sees the US as a walkover in World football. And in the World Cup, I would imagine, many team look to avoid them due to their 'giant killing' status in the competition.
How else would you advertise shampoo with such a dashing specimen of manly beauty, that is Mr Jogi Love (said in a central European soft porn accent!). He, he! Here is a clip of Legendary Irish manager Mick McCarthy, when he realises that the camera is on him. He's the one that sent Roy Kean home from the WC in 2002. Probably the biggest controversy in the history of modern Irish sport. [video=youtube;Vo5qX1Yr-hQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5qX1Yr-hQ[/video] I served him a pint once, when I was younger. Really nice, down to earth, sort of guy.
It is "Careless Whispers", by Wham! "You're never going to dance again, guilty feeling, got no lover"
Re Ireland's victory over France in the rugby world cup today. How French do the two French guys look! (Not so good a result against Poland in the football)
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/lo...irl-s-wonder-goal-is-an-internet-hit-1.907467 why some folks like soccer
Check out the sheer genius of this one from Stephanie Roche: [video=youtube;18XwLJlwVUo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18XwLJlwVUo[/video]
She is the first woman ever to be shortlisted for FIFA best goal of the year. She came second behind J Rodriguez of Real Madrid. And just to prove it wasn't a fluke, she did this a month later: [video=youtube;k5dcn1n0LSg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dcn1n0LSg[/video]
Why? I watch girls high school and college soccer - it's fun to watch and a wholesome activity for them.
Interesting the difference in the way it's viewed in different countries. In England it's always been the 'toffs' game, played by public schoolboys and often subjected to comments of that kind, whereas in Wales it was the game of the industrial workers - the working class 'hard man' game. Totally different traditions, and partly why there is such rivalry between the two - it's not just the Wales/England thing, it's also the 'working man' versus the 'public schoolboy' thing (which a lot of people in England don't seem to realise). Wales really doesn't do the whole 'tally ho, chaps - champers from hampers at HQ' kind of thing! Let's put it this way - I'd certainly advise against openly making comments of that kind in some of the rugby clubs in the Welsh former mining valleys!
I'm not going to post any photos on the subject but you need to see one of the earliest scenes in This Sporting Life (1963) with Richard Harris. Small wonder why Frank Machin screams "I NEED YOU!" to widow Margaret Hammond and hangs out with Dad Johnson of the clean white hands.
Erm no they don't, not even in the same stratosphere. It just looks that way if you don't know what you're talking about because they're so bad, mens football the men are also good at stopping the other team playing, thats why to you it looks that way.
