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Old 07-07-2012, 12:49 PM   #31
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Rugby and cricket have humans as supporters, the problem is that you need brains to understand those games
One is to throw an egg backwards while running towards a line and the other is to hit a ball with a piece of wood and then run.

Not quite quantum physics.
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Old 07-07-2012, 01:03 PM   #32
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One is to throw an egg backwards while running towards a line and the other is to hit a ball with a piece of wood and then run.

Not quite quantum physics.
But more technical than aimlessly running around then falling over and pretending to be hurt!
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Old 07-07-2012, 01:08 PM   #33
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But more technical than aimlessly running around then falling over and pretending to be hurt!
A bit like popping 'blood' capsules in your mouth to feign injury...

Rugby league isn't too bad though, they are athletes at least and not big lumps that wander around the pitch, huffing and puffing like old men.
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I think the rules say we're not allowed to mention that game where a bunch of grossly overpaid morons kick a ball around, so I won't say how much I hate all the coverage it gets in the media as they try to feed the illogical cravings of the illiterate masses.

And neither can I understand why we have to put up with all the negativity against the best British tennis player since Fred Perry. What is it with this country that we feel a need to criticise success gained on the back of a massive amount of hard work?

Can you appreciate the irony?
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a bunch of grossly overpaid morons kick a ball around

What is it with this country that we feel a need to criticise success gained on the back of a massive amount of hard work?

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Can you appreciate the irony?
Nope. What connection is there between GB's footballers and success (other than financial of course!) Or is that the irony to which you refer - that they can be paid a fortune for being unsuccessful?

Oh hang on, I get it now, of course, we're British so we have to praise the losers and berate the winners. Sorry, my mistake.

Note to self: Must stop being delighted that England's cricketers are the No. 1 Test and Twenty20 sides, and at the moment thrashing the No.1 ODI side.
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a bunch of grossly overpaid morons kick a ball around

What is it with this country that we feel a need to criticise success gained on the back of a massive amount of hard work?


Nope. What connection is there between GB's footballers and success (other than financial of course!) Or is that the irony to which you refer - that they can be paid a fortune for being unsuccessful?

Oh hang on, I get it now, of course, we're British so we have to praise the losers and berate the winners. Sorry, my mistake.

Note to self: Must stop being delighted that England's cricketers are the No. 1 Test and Twenty20 sides, and at the moment thrashing the No.1 ODI side.
Winning the Champions League could be defined as success, no?

Being intentionally obtuse doesn't mean you're right.
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Nope. What connection is there between GB's footballers and success (other than financial of course!) Or is that the irony to which you refer - that they can be paid a fortune for being unsuccessful?
Chelsea didn't do too badly in the Champions League.
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A few years ago Neil Hodgson won the world superbikes so the uk had a WORLD CHAMPION and yet this was not even mentioned on national news. Some idiot kicks a ball about and it's on every news bulletin for weeks
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We've also had a number of World champions in sailing, but it's a sport that's never covered on TV, we just get wall to wall coverage of football on the assumption that everyone is interested in it.
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Winning the Champions League could be defined as success, no?

Being intentionally obtuse doesn't mean you're right.
Don't worry about the non-believers, they're just jealous because more people watch BBC4 at 3AM than they do these other fringe 'sports' like bat & ball (spot fixing cheats) and the egg-ball (feigning injury while chewing on a red capsule).

Maybe if they'd have been picked for the football reserves at school, they wouldn't be so bitter.
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A few years ago Neil Hodgson won the world superbikes so the uk had a WORLD CHAMPION and yet this was not even mentioned on national news. Some idiot kicks a ball about and it's on every news bulletin for weeks
Andy Priaulx got even less coverage than Niel.
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Don't worry about the non-believers, they're just jealous because more people watch BBC4 at 3AM than they do these other fringe 'sports' like bat & ball (spot fixing cheats) and the egg-ball (feigning injury while chewing on a red capsule).

Maybe if they'd have been picked for the football reserves at school, they wouldn't be so bitter.
I played rugby at school, football was for the girls
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I find it funny that this forum permits baiting and trolling against football fans...
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I find it funny that this forum permits baiting and trolling against football fans...
Bugger we've been rumbled
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You mean you couldn't get picked, even for the girls team?
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