hey all, found this on "The New York Times" online this morning.....you long suffering fans...
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Sheddo wrote: Americans trying to write about..ahem.."soccer"
My goodness, the next thing you know, the Brits will be writing about basketball!
Well, you’ll notice the article is rather light on actual football talk. Very funny stuff about England’s search for a new coach though. :-) Will Rio Ferdinand’s afro slow him down?? Well, at least you don’t have to play Argentina or Germany in the first round. Don’t England’s group play Germany’s group in the 2nd round though? Could be very tough to play Germany, but very nice to get to play anyone else from that group in the 2nd round.
Will Melanie Slade, the 17-year-old girlfriend of the 17-year-old forward Theo Walcott, crumble under the pressure of having her figure and her fashion sense dissected daily by the tabloids?
ahhahaah
Shellshocker wrote: We Don’t England’s group play Germany’s group in the 2nd round though? Could be very tough to play Germany, but very nice to get to play anyone else from that group in the 2nd round.
Aye, first in ours plays second in theirs. But Germany should win their group and we SHOULD win ours. On paper...
Sheddo wrote:
Shellshocker wrote: We Don’t England’s group play Germany’s group in the 2nd round though? Could be very tough to play Germany, but very nice to get to play anyone else from that group in the 2nd round.
Aye, first in ours plays second in theirs. But Germany should win their group and we SHOULD win ours. On paper...
Glorious thing is paper!
If England get Germany, we'll beat them! Trust me!
Sheddo wrote:
Shellshocker wrote: We Don’t England’s group play Germany’s group in the 2nd round though? Could be very tough to play Germany, but very nice to get to play anyone else from that group in the 2nd round.
Aye, first in ours plays second in theirs. But Germany should win their group and we SHOULD win ours. On paper...
Thank fcuk we're playing on grass though. 
Imagine the paper-cuts otherwise. Ew. 
Al Jarvis wrote:
Thank fcuk we're playing on grass though.
English grass at that. All the turf in all the stadiums is being relayed with England's finest. So that apparently means that we're playing on home soil and apparently will win. Apparently.
Old Blue wrote:
Al Jarvis wrote:
Thank fcuk we're playing on grass though.
English grass at that. All the turf in all the stadiums is being relayed with England's finest. So that apparently means that we're playing on home soil and apparently will win. Apparently.
Well, if Michael Ballack sprains his ankle on that English soil, imagine the scandal!
What's ballack doing wearing sandals for footy? Oh sorry you said scandal
Anyway bollox to him..Does'nt he know our Grandfathers fought hard for that soil.Bloody cheek!Who won the war anyway!
Shellshocker wrote: Japan did, I think... Well economically, anyway.
We should nip this in the bud so as not to look to triumphant,war-wise then
Boatraceface wrote:
Shellshocker wrote: Japan did, I think... Well economically, anyway.
We should nip this in the bud so as not to look to triumphant,war-wise then
No pun intended, I'm sure.
Bonzette wrote:
Sheddo wrote:
Shellshocker wrote: We Don’t England’s group play Germany’s group in the 2nd round though? Could be very tough to play Germany, but very nice to get to play anyone else from that group in the 2nd round.
Aye, first in ours plays second in theirs. But Germany should win their group and we SHOULD win ours. On paper...
Glorious thing is paper!
If England get Germany, we'll beat them! Trust me!
PS With regards to the grass playing surface, it'll be of American origin, they lead the world in that particular domain...
Super Ally wrote:
Bonzette wrote:
Sheddo wrote:
Shellshocker wrote: We Don’t England’s group play Germany’s group in the 2nd round though? Could be very tough to play Germany, but very nice to get to play anyone else from that group in the 2nd round.
Aye, first in ours plays second in theirs. But Germany should win their group and we SHOULD win ours. On paper...
Glorious thing is paper!
If England get Germany, we'll beat them! Trust me!
PS With regards to the grass playing surface, it'll be of American origin, they lead the world in that particular domain...
You'll see!
I knew Lampard would miss that penalty! I'm always right! 
Sheddo wrote: Americans trying to write about..ahem.."soccer"
well...if they called it by its proper name, it would confuse most of us...
Sheddo wrote: Americans trying to write about..ahem.."soccer"
*cough* ahem....judging by the previous articles by the author, Sarah Lyall, in the Times (Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic, British police nabbing 8 terrorist suspects, a book festival in Wales, DIY dentistry by the British people themselves) odds are very, very good that she isn't some American. Just sayin'.....
Pat McCrotch wrote: Greenie...just what are you trying to say???
Erm, just that the "American" who wrote the "soccer" story that Sheddo referred to, is most likely a citizen of the UK, going by the stories she's filed for the New York Times previously.
