At last, and end to the hype....
England have been eliminated (or "crashed out" to use tabloid speak) from the football world cup. This was a predictable outcome, see my post for December 10th, including, though I say so myself, an insightful hint into the sending off.
So no more stupid, endless, microscopic coverage of the team, no more pointless training montages, no more whatever the hell the wives are doing (you tell me?), no more proles aimlessly wandering around with St.Georges flags. Hopefully, it maybe the last time you ever see Victoria Beckham on TV ? No more commercialisation of the team (for a while anyway), was there anything more annoying than trying to buy food to the accompanyment of football songs over the tannoy in the supermarket?
When all is said and done, it's a game of football. No more.
I have to say, I found the site of grown men, supposedly hard men, weaping at a football result, strangely inappropriate. Especially since ot was the 90th anniversary of the battle of the Somme. That was a tragedy worthy of tears. Yesterday was mass hysteria, and people wailing, simply because others were doing so.
Learn to think for yourself. It leads to a better life.
posted by Stussy88 @ 11:14 AM
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Local football has the pride and passion, you're a supporter of the Bluebirds, right? You don't get engaged when they have an important match? It's just scaled up to a national level.
I could usually care less about football, whether the Premiership or the Champions League. I don't remember paying much attention to Euro 2004. But the World Cup is something that I enjoy following. I have the matches on, and even if my eyes aren't glued to the screen the whole time, I'm on my laptop and listening. I watch most of the England games.
Whatever floats your boat, as with everything in life. I enjoyed watching the games, cheering when England scored, and going "No!" when the other team scored. I was nervous watching the penalties. I got goosebumps when the fans would launch into a loud chorus of a song, and wonder how the players felt. On the one occasion I did stop to imagine how the players felt, they scored minutes later.
We're not the only country with hooligans, ours just get a worse press. At least it was reported about some of the German fans acting up and throwing bottles and chairs. But the fans of ours who aren't into throwing stuff and fights? They drink, they sing and they cheer the team on, exactly the same as every other country. And I think in terms of singing and cheering, and keeping our players going, we have the BEST fans. Listening to thousands of our fans all singing together, with pride to cheer on our players, made me feel proud.
I'm sorry we were knocked out, but I will continue to watch, and support the other teams - my favourites being France and Germany.
I don't know much about the Somme, as unlikeeveryone else who seemed to study World War 1, my class did World War 2 (like everyone else) and then things like the History of Medicine (fascinating), the American West and the Arab-Israeli conflict. But from what the news said, it hit home. Thousands of men, many young, going over the top and being killed minutes later. Even trying to imagine (which I know doesn't come close to what reality must have been like), is frightening.
Boy, my longest reply ever !
Don't stress the hooligan stuff, the reality is way different from that which is presented by the media.
In fairness to the reporting, although they will mention any hooligans (numbers, what happened and the result, e.g. arrest), they do mention that the bulk of the fans were well behaved and out to celebrate or drown their sorrows.
Given the thousands who fill a stadium, and the thousands who will watch in the cafes and pubs, if 12 fans get into a fight, 12 out of several thousand is a very small percentage.
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