Originally posted by WheelyI will wait... 😞
You just wait 'till your team is there. They'll say exactly the same in the emerald isle only you'll believe it 🙂
I didn't hear what the papers were going on about which I'm thankful for but I don't think anybody I know was as confident as you feel we all were.
But they won't say the same thing- we've a different sporting mentality here. It's equally annoying for me- we just like to get there, and have a bit of fun 'sure, isn't that what it's all about?', and all that nonsense. It's rare we get a team with a true winning spirit.
Take the rugby, I know you follow that. If we face a really poor team, we'll win 40- 3, say, when the All Blacks or England in form would win 80-3. The reason as I see it is we say, 'ah, sure, those lads turned up, and had a go, and sure, wasn't it a bit of craic, so let's ease up on them', instead of really hammering home an advantage. You watch in the next World Cup, and see if I'm wrong. You see, it's not just the English sports teams that annoy me...😀
Originally posted by sjegSomewhere in between then is what we need to make a killer team then.
I will wait... 😞
But they won't say the same thing- we've a different sporting mentality here. It's equally annoying for me- we just like to get there, and have a bit of fun 'sure, isn't that what it's all about?', and all that nonsense. It's rare we get a team with a true winning spirit.
Take the rugby, I know you follow that. If we face a really poor t ...[text shortened]... if I'm wrong. You see, it's not just the English sports teams that annoy me...😀
We'll send you our newspapers and you send us yours and who gives a stuff what the teams are like we'll all be supporting each other well into our sixteeth pint.
Hmmm, sounds like it might work!
Originally posted by WheelyYou don't want our newspapers, trust me. But otherwise, i'm in favour! Good man!
Somewhere in between then is what we need to make a killer team then.
We'll send you our newspapers and you send us yours and who gives a stuff what the teams are like we'll all be supporting each other well into our sixteeth pint.
Hmmm, sounds like it might work!
Originally posted by Sicilian Smaugits funny how yer media said that when celtic where bulldozing through ingerlund teams when they got to the uefa cup final.
Hahahaa, A Scot that doesn't realise his national football league is Mickey mouse.
scotland and scottish teams have the best record against the ingerlunders. fact not fiction.
as ive said before its a pity we dont have the home nations tourney anymore.
Originally posted by chris stephensThe Scottish play football?? 😕
its funny how yer media said that when celtic where bulldozing through ingerlund teams when they got to the uefa cup final.
scotland and scottish teams have the best record against the ingerlunders. fact not fiction.
as ive said before its a pity we dont have the home nations tourney anymore.
Since when?
Originally posted by Varga matter of opinion. i went through 5 years of secondary education without a recognised schools football team, due to a bitter teachers dispute. that was the beginning of the downward spiral for scottish football, with limited youngsters coming through.
Then how come you're no good at it?
however, no one can seriously think we havent turned the corner, and having got rid of the german hired hand, 3 games too late it has to be said, we have improved with impressive away wins against norway and slovenia, we will give ukraine, italy and france - what a bar steward of a group! a good run for their money.
our youth teams are progressing well in each competition.
if we are no good at football, how come we have the best record of any team against the ingerlunders?
Originally posted by Vargnone of the teams in question have defeated scotland on the football field. and i was talking about the games played ratio as opposed to the number of wins etc.
Perhaps because the two teams have played more times than any other.
What's your record against the Faroe Isles, or was it Andorra or Monaco that thrashed you?
another try?
Originally posted by chris stephensWell, i'm guessing beacuse the Scots get a bit riled-up for games against the old Sasanach enemy! Naturally enough.
none of the teams in question have defeated scotland on the football field. and i was talking about the games played ratio as opposed to the number of wins etc.
another try?
Wasn't the first every international England vs. Scotland?
It's a derby. Same as it is for us. Not too sure about the Welsh (prove me wrong, Taffs), but playing England for us adds a bit of spice and rivalry to the game. What's this tourny Chris keeps on about- like the Four Nations old rugby competition? When was the last time that existed?
Originally posted by sjegI think we are all wrong.
Actually, the Genoese, who invented the 'English' flag (read flag of Genoa), played football with the heads of Pisan captives in Campo dei Pisani, Genoa, in the early 12th century.
Wikipedia says:
Games revolving around the kicking of a ball have been played in many countries through history. The earliest documented version is the Mesoamerica ballgame, played by the Olmec as early as 1500 BCE. The Chinese game Cuju is mentioned in military manuals from the time of the Qin Dynasty (255–206 BCE).[3] Other ancient ball games include kemari in Japan and the Roman game Harpastum. Various forms of mob football were played in medieval Europe, though rules varied greatly by both period and location.