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Post by Porrohman on Mar 28, 2021 15:53:32 GMT 1
I'm Yorkshire before England. I passionately want the England cricket and RU teams to win but I just don't care about the football team. As a football fan Porrohman is there a particular reason you dont care for the football team but want the rugby/cricket teams to do well, i wouldnt say that too much money, greed, overrated etc can really be used because that runs through league football too, i want both the rugby team and cricket teams to do well also, although i rarely watch a match of either sport in full. I don't know tbh. Someone said earlier that if it wasn't for Town they'd have given up on football. I think that's about where I'm at. I scarcely watch EFL games on the telly, I'll put the PL games on but end up looking at stuff on my phone instead of watching. I don't bother watching internationals or the Champions League. I think I stopped caring about England during the SA WC fiasco and haven't ever got the buzz back. Oddly though, I got my kids to buy me a copy of the early 80's Admiral shirt for Father's Day last year, although that's probably cos it was the last good looking home shirt they wore.
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Post by impact on Mar 28, 2021 15:55:45 GMT 1
As a football fan Porrohman is there a particular reason you dont care for the football team but want the rugby/cricket teams to do well, i wouldnt say that too much money, greed, overrated etc can really be used because that runs through league football too, i want both the rugby team and cricket teams to do well also, although i rarely watch a match of either sport in full. I don't know tbh. Someone said earlier that if it wasn't for Town they'd have given up on football. I think that's about where I'm at. I scarcely watch EFL games on the telly, I'll put the PL games on but end up looking at stuff on my phone instead of watching. I don't bother watching internationals or the Champions League. I think I stopped caring about England during the SA WC fiasco and haven't ever got the buzz back. Oddly though, I got my kids to buy me a copy of the early 80's Admiral shirt for Father's Day last year, although that's probably cos it was the last good looking home shirt they wore. There was a TV show on Admiral and that shirt of ITV the other day called Get Shirty. I only caught the end but looked decent. Probably find it on catchup.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Mar 28, 2021 15:59:25 GMT 1
As a football fan Porrohman is there a particular reason you dont care for the football team but want the rugby/cricket teams to do well, i wouldnt say that too much money, greed, overrated etc can really be used because that runs through league football too, i want both the rugby team and cricket teams to do well also, although i rarely watch a match of either sport in full. I don't know tbh. Someone said earlier that if it wasn't for Town they'd have given up on football. I think that's about where I'm at. I scarcely watch EFL games on the telly, I'll put the PL games on but end up looking at stuff on my phone instead of watching. I don't bother watching internationals or the Champions League. I think I stopped caring about England during the SA WC fiasco and haven't ever got the buzz back. Oddly though, I got my kids to buy me a copy of the early 80's Admiral shirt for Father's Day last year, although that's probably cos it was the last good looking home shirt they wore. Definitely a great England Shirt that one. Understand your lack of interest in the England team. Do you think a reason for this could also be that since Beckham, we’ve not really had a standout England player who people all want to watch? It’s certainly the case for me. Playing a boring unadventurous system and not having any flair in the team certainly means no interest from me.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Mar 28, 2021 16:00:54 GMT 1
I don't know tbh. Someone said earlier that if it wasn't for Town they'd have given up on football. I think that's about where I'm at. I scarcely watch EFL games on the telly, I'll put the PL games on but end up looking at stuff on my phone instead of watching. I don't bother watching internationals or the Champions League. I think I stopped caring about England during the SA WC fiasco and haven't ever got the buzz back. Oddly though, I got my kids to buy me a copy of the early 80's Admiral shirt for Father's Day last year, although that's probably cos it was the last good looking home shirt they wore. There was a TV show on Admiral and that shirt of ITV the other day called Get Shirty. I only caught the end but looked decent. Probably find it on catchup. “ Get Shirty” is absolutely brilliant. Had a good discussion with Marsh about this last year. If you like football from that era, I’d say it’s a must watch.
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Post by Porrohman on Mar 28, 2021 16:17:20 GMT 1
I don't know tbh. Someone said earlier that if it wasn't for Town they'd have given up on football. I think that's about where I'm at. I scarcely watch EFL games on the telly, I'll put the PL games on but end up looking at stuff on my phone instead of watching. I don't bother watching internationals or the Champions League. I think I stopped caring about England during the SA WC fiasco and haven't ever got the buzz back. Oddly though, I got my kids to buy me a copy of the early 80's Admiral shirt for Father's Day last year, although that's probably cos it was the last good looking home shirt they wore. There was a TV show on Admiral and that shirt of ITV the other day called Get Shirty. I only caught the end but looked decent. Probably find it on catchup. Yeah, I saw it a couple of years ago. It's very good.
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Post by wigster on Mar 28, 2021 16:19:33 GMT 1
I don't know tbh. Someone said earlier that if it wasn't for Town they'd have given up on football. I think that's about where I'm at. I scarcely watch EFL games on the telly, I'll put the PL games on but end up looking at stuff on my phone instead of watching. I don't bother watching internationals or the Champions League. I think I stopped caring about England during the SA WC fiasco and haven't ever got the buzz back. Oddly though, I got my kids to buy me a copy of the early 80's Admiral shirt for Father's Day last year, although that's probably cos it was the last good looking home shirt they wore. Definitely a great England Shirt that one. Understand your lack of interest in the England team. Do you think a reason for this could also be that since Beckham, we’ve not really had a standout England player who people all want to watch? It’s certainly the case for me. Playing a boring unadventurous system and not having any flair in the team certainly means no interest from me. For me it was actually because of players like Beckham that I lost interest. A good player, never a great one, he milked football and the celebrity factor for all that he could, and still does. I once read about the whole machinery that he/his marketers put into the process after his free kick against Greece and, for me, it showed a total lack of love for the game but an absolute desire for celebrity and profile. Those leaked tapes were revealing. I think that even today there are few "high profile" events that he doesn't take part in. To a certain extent he was found out, in a footballing sense, when he left Man U. I accept that it might be an age thing but, for me, he was never in the same class as many of our World Cup winners, for example, but I can't think of many who have taken as much from football as he has. I genuinely didn't watch Red Nose Day this year and don't know, but I'll bet that he was on it ...
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Post by Porrohman on Mar 28, 2021 16:39:58 GMT 1
I don't know tbh. Someone said earlier that if it wasn't for Town they'd have given up on football. I think that's about where I'm at. I scarcely watch EFL games on the telly, I'll put the PL games on but end up looking at stuff on my phone instead of watching. I don't bother watching internationals or the Champions League. I think I stopped caring about England during the SA WC fiasco and haven't ever got the buzz back. Oddly though, I got my kids to buy me a copy of the early 80's Admiral shirt for Father's Day last year, although that's probably cos it was the last good looking home shirt they wore. Definitely a great England Shirt that one. Understand your lack of interest in the England team. Do you think a reason for this could also be that since Beckham, we’ve not really had a standout England player who people all want to watch? It’s certainly the case for me. Playing a boring unadventurous system and not having any flair in the team certainly means no interest from me. I don't think it helps that we have Foden, Grealish, Maddison, Mount etc to load the bullets for Kane but when push comes to shove a manager that will pick as many defensive players as possible
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Mar 28, 2021 16:44:35 GMT 1
Definitely a great England Shirt that one. Understand your lack of interest in the England team. Do you think a reason for this could also be that since Beckham, we’ve not really had a standout England player who people all want to watch? It’s certainly the case for me. Playing a boring unadventurous system and not having any flair in the team certainly means no interest from me. For me it was actually because of players like Beckham that I lost interest. A good player, never a great one, he milked football and the celebrity factor for all that he could, and still does. I once read about the whole machinery that he/his marketers put into the process after his free kick against Greece and, for me, it showed a total lack of love for the game but an absolute desire for celebrity and profile. Those leaked tapes were revealing. I think that even today there are few "high profile" events that he doesn't take part in. To a certain extent he was found out, in a footballing sense, when he left Man U. I accept that it might be an age thing but, for me, he was never in the same class as many of our World Cup winners, for example, but I can't think of many who have taken as much from football as he has. I genuinely didn't watch Red Nose Day this year and don't know, but I'll bet that he was on it ... I only used Beckham as an example but take your point. Mine was that the National Team has not had a “talisman” for many years since. You mention that free kick of Beckham’s and I get all the stuff about his marketing people. However, I was lucky enough to be in Munich to witness England thrash Germany. I can honestly say that I’ve never seen a footballer work as hard as Beckham did that evening.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2021 16:59:09 GMT 1
Definitely a great England Shirt that one. Understand your lack of interest in the England team. Do you think a reason for this could also be that since Beckham, we’ve not really had a standout England player who people all want to watch? It’s certainly the case for me. Playing a boring unadventurous system and not having any flair in the team certainly means no interest from me. I don't think it helps that we have Foden, Grealish, Maddison, Mount etc to load the bullets for Kane but when push comes to shove a manager that will pick as many defensive players as possible Southgate is naturally pessimistic. He’ll happily play all of the aforementioned attacking talent in meaningless games, but it’s probably a safe bet to assume we’ll be playing with either 3 centre backs or 2 defensive midfielders (or both!) by the time the Euro’s come around. Such a shame. I guess the difference, for me, in terms of England and Huddersfield, is that I genuinely care and lose sleep (at times) when it comes to Town. When England lost the semi final of the World Cup, it didn’t really effect me in any way. Maybe it’s because I don’t support a Prem team and consequently don’t have much care for any of the players in the England squad? I’m unsure, but I have much more alignment and connection with Town than England, by far.
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Post by Marshleeds on Mar 28, 2021 17:01:22 GMT 1
There was a TV show on Admiral and that shirt of ITV the other day called Get Shirty. I only caught the end but looked decent. Probably find it on catchup. “ Get Shirty” is absolutely brilliant. Had a good discussion with Marsh about this last year. If you like football from that era, I’d say it’s a must watch. Wouldn’t mind a rewatch of that, will look out for on ITV Catch up. Albania 0 - England 3 my prediction today, they are a much stronger opposition than in past years.
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Post by Porrohman on Mar 28, 2021 17:01:45 GMT 1
For me it was actually because of players like Beckham that I lost interest. A good player, never a great one, he milked football and the celebrity factor for all that he could, and still does. I once read about the whole machinery that he/his marketers put into the process after his free kick against Greece and, for me, it showed a total lack of love for the game but an absolute desire for celebrity and profile. Those leaked tapes were revealing. I think that even today there are few "high profile" events that he doesn't take part in. To a certain extent he was found out, in a footballing sense, when he left Man U. I accept that it might be an age thing but, for me, he was never in the same class as many of our World Cup winners, for example, but I can't think of many who have taken as much from football as he has. I genuinely didn't watch Red Nose Day this year and don't know, but I'll bet that he was on it ... I only used Beckham as an example but take your point. Mine was that the National Team has not had a “talisman” for many years since. You mention that free kick of Beckham’s and I get all the stuff about his marketing people. However, I was lucky enough to be in Munich to witness England thrash Germany. I can honestly say that I’ve never seen a footballer work as hard as Beckham did that evening. We went to Majorca on holiday just after he signed for Madrid and I remember reading an article about how the other Galacticos had to up their game because of how hard Becks worked. I also remember watching the tsunami fund raising game played a couple of years later when all the top players played. They were knocking all this superb 1 touch stuff around including Becks. Gerrard came on as a sub, after 10 minutes they had to move him to CB cos he couldn't do the 1 touch stuff, everytime it came to him it bounced off him or up in the air. Just the difference between 2 players, 1 taking the hard route and playing and learning with better players and 1 happy to stay where he was.
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Post by morleyterrier on Mar 28, 2021 17:02:30 GMT 1
And England move on from playing the Waggon and Horses reserves in midweek to playing the Rose and Crown today.
Is anybody seriously watching this guff?.
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Post by Porrohman on Mar 28, 2021 17:03:27 GMT 1
And England move on from playing the Waggon and Horses reserves in midweek to playing the Rose and Crown today. Is anybody seriously watching this guff?. No, I'm watching us probably balls up the cricket
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Post by morleyterrier on Mar 28, 2021 17:05:28 GMT 1
And England move on from playing the Waggon and Horses reserves in midweek to playing the Rose and Crown today. Is anybody seriously watching this guff?. No, I'm watching us probably balls up the cricket Good choice the Cricket Porro.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Mar 28, 2021 17:09:02 GMT 1
And England move on from playing the Waggon and Horses reserves in midweek to playing the Rose and Crown today. Is anybody seriously watching this guff?. No, I'm watching us probably balls up the cricket I thought you’d be watching the return to the England team of your mate, “Slabhead”.
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Post by Porrohman on Mar 28, 2021 17:22:07 GMT 1
No, I'm watching us probably balls up the cricket I thought you’d be watching the return to the England team of your mate, “Slabhead”. Who's he in for cos he isn't a patch on Stones or Coady
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Mar 28, 2021 17:23:20 GMT 1
I thought you’d be watching the return to the England team of your mate, “Slabhead”. Who's he in for cos he isn't a patch on Stones or Coady It’s an all Yorkshire born pairing of Stones and Slabhead.
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Post by drumriggend on Mar 28, 2021 17:30:48 GMT 1
Accidentally put England game on.. has that l##ds c*** got on his head.. He’s a fooooookin disgrace to the human genome.. Embarrassing.. 🦆
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Post by Stewpot on Mar 28, 2021 17:38:29 GMT 1
Needed that, up steps Harry.
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Post by Stewpot on Mar 28, 2021 17:41:53 GMT 1
And England move on from playing the Waggon and Horses reserves in midweek to playing the Rose and Crown today. Is anybody seriously watching this guff?. I am, nowt better to do, a few beers before tea, but.....we should have been 1-0 down earlier, that would have been embarrassing. There's no easy games in international football anymore.
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Post by Porrohman on Mar 28, 2021 17:43:58 GMT 1
And England move on from playing the Waggon and Horses reserves in midweek to playing the Rose and Crown today. Is anybody seriously watching this guff?. I am, nowt better to do, a few beers before tea, but.....we should have been 1-0 down earlier, that would have been embarrassing. There's no easy games in international football anymore. Just ask Eire 😁
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Post by Porrohman on Mar 28, 2021 18:03:20 GMT 1
Georgia 1-0 Spain HT
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Mar 28, 2021 18:12:48 GMT 1
England are so boring to watch of late.
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Post by sabailand on Mar 28, 2021 18:14:41 GMT 1
And England move on from playing the Waggon and Horses reserves in midweek to playing the Rose and Crown today. Is anybody seriously watching this guff?. I am, nowt better to do, a few beers before tea, but.....we should have been 1-0 down earlier, that would have been embarrassing. There's no easy games in international football anymore. Unless your playing teams like San marino, Andora, Gibraltar etc its a fact, even Luxembourg who were whipping boys years ago aren't the pushovers they once were, remember when we would beat Turkey 8-0 away, they beat Holland 4-2 on weds and Norway 3-0 yesterday, come away from Turkey with a 1-0 win or even a draw nowadays its viewed as a decent result.
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Post by impact on Mar 28, 2021 18:18:23 GMT 1
England are so boring to watch of late. Are you trying to say that playing 2 defensive mids against the 66th ranked team in the world isn't exciting?
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Post by Stewpot on Mar 28, 2021 18:29:11 GMT 1
England are so boring to watch of late. Are you trying to say that playing 2 defensive mids against the 66th ranked team in the world isn't exciting? Lewandowski might be a better yardstick of where we're at next Wednesday.
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Post by Galpharmer on Mar 28, 2021 18:41:19 GMT 1
This is fucking boring garbage, and that's coming from someone who's acclimatised to such fare.
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Post by Galpharmer on Mar 28, 2021 18:51:39 GMT 1
Injury time winner for Spain.
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Mar 28, 2021 19:20:14 GMT 1
England "did a job" but god it was boring to watch. Sterling needs 4 chances to score, some of his control was pathetic.
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Post by Stewpot on Mar 28, 2021 20:02:42 GMT 1
3 games in 6 days, you do what is needed and manage that, and get through to the finals. What do you want against Albania away, go gung ho, all out full pace, and win 7-0, for what?
Does you no good at all in the long run, get the job done, and ensure we get to the tournament proper. I'm old enough to remember us missing out in 3 world cups, so I've seen us cocking it up when we shouln't have.
We potentially have some good young players coming through, I want to see them at the World Cup in 2022. Not too fussed how we get there. 0-2 in Albania is ok for me.
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