Originally posted by geniusWell, if scotland won something then we would be more than happy to put up with your gloating for the next forty years!! IF scotland win something!! IF!!!
you see, being scottish is exciting. we never know who we're gonna support next. switzerland, portugal, france?!? but with the english-tis always england 😛
nah-our main problem is that if england were to win we'd never hear the end of it. 38 years later...*rolls eyes*
That's a mighty unlikely if!!!! 😉😉😉😉
Mark
Originally posted by geniusThat's another thing - why does the BBC employ that miserable scot Alan Hansen - never a good word to say about England!
you see, being scottish is exciting. we never know who we're gonna support next. switzerland, portugal, france?!? but with the english-tis always england 😛
nah-our main problem is that if england were to win we'd never hear the end of it. 38 years later...*rolls eyes*
Originally posted by Vargwell-the other guys never sem to say anything bad about the other teams...and anyway-it's the British Broadcasting Cooperation...😛
That's another thing - why does the BBC employ that miserable scot Alan Hansen - never a good word to say about England!
and we won...erm...w4e won the calcutta cup a couple of years back!!! 😀
we all love it when england lose. the main reason is those awful commentators! after the france game - we'll just have to beat them in the final, snigger.
1966 and jonny wilkinson got mentioned within the first five minutes of every game.
the best panelist has to be gordon strachan who when asked by lineker what he would do if he was english!
btw Carlsberg don't do injury time or penalty shoot outs but if they did it would probaly be the best injury time or penalty shoot outs in the world😀😀
Originally posted by chris stephensand did you see last night how everything got related back to the english league? "...who'll be playing for chealse next year!" etc...
we all love it when england lose. the main reason is those awful commentators! after the france game - we'll just have to beat them in the final, snigger.
1966 and jonny wilkinson got mentioned within the first five minutes of every game.
the best panelist has to be gordon strachan who when asked by lineker what he would do if he was english! ...[text shortened]... but if they did it would probaly be the best injury time or penalty shoot outs in the world😀😀
Originally posted by geniusHmmm, not just the English league, they mention Larson playing for Celtic, blah blah, etc.
and did you see last night how everything got related back to the english league? "...who'll be playing for chealse next year!" etc...
I see your point though - the British TV probably seems very England-orientated from your perspesctive. Heck, it even seems London-orientated from my perspective.
Originally posted by VargThe British media are England-centric because nearly 90% of Brits are in fact English, and there's still significant net migration from Scotland to England. But I agree, the media have a metropolitan bias as well which comes from most of the national media being based in London.
Hmmm, not just the English league, they mention Larson playing for Celtic, blah blah, etc.
I see your point though - the British TV probably seems very England-orientated from your perspesctive. Heck, it even seems London-orientated from my perspective.
Originally posted by geniusprobably because the mix of ex footballers and comentators know nearly bugger all about anything but the home leagues, so when they start discussing a player all they know about him is which home sides he played for/will play for. They talk about the UK because that's what they know.
and did you see last night how everything got related back to the english league? "...who'll be playing for chealse next year!" etc...