06-18-2010, 04:29 AM
Have to say watching the French be complete and utter crap was highly amusing. I've never seen a team appear as if they care less than the French in this World Cup. Individually they have some great players, but as a team they are quite simply shocking. And leaving Thierry Henry on the bench is one thing, but not even brining him on when you're chasing a game is something else entirely. Idiots.
Today should be very interesting. We'll see whether Germany are actually good or the Aussies were just exceptionally crap, and whether the US can break down a team that is just going to have 10 men behind the ball at pretty much all times. Also see whether England can fuck up again, I'm sure we'll find a new and novel way to not win tonight, something along the lined of a comical own goal, or missing 3 penalties or something. I'm wearing my England shirt underneath my work shirt today, and I've already seen a couple of dozen people doing the same on the way in this morning.
On a slightly different note, I was reading about a Helen Mirren interview on the Letterman show where she tore into BP (fair enough), but also the 'British' football team. Now, I know I'm being pedantic with this, but there is no such thing as a British football team, there is an English one, a Scottish one, a Welsh one and a Northern Irish one. Referring to Britain being in the World Cup is likely to anger quite a few Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish, as their teams are useless and didn't come close to qualifying. Also, Mirren's story about the origins of Football was interesting to say the least. Also complete and utter rubbish. She's annoyed me a little bit if I'm honest.
As for the Argies, I'm pretty confident they'll explode at some point in the tournament. They have a history of doing it, and having mad-man Maradona as your manager is hardly going to help matters. I can see them strolling to the Semi's and then getting 3 players sent off in a match and getting thumped. Probably by Germany. Bloody Germans.
Today should be very interesting. We'll see whether Germany are actually good or the Aussies were just exceptionally crap, and whether the US can break down a team that is just going to have 10 men behind the ball at pretty much all times. Also see whether England can fuck up again, I'm sure we'll find a new and novel way to not win tonight, something along the lined of a comical own goal, or missing 3 penalties or something. I'm wearing my England shirt underneath my work shirt today, and I've already seen a couple of dozen people doing the same on the way in this morning.
On a slightly different note, I was reading about a Helen Mirren interview on the Letterman show where she tore into BP (fair enough), but also the 'British' football team. Now, I know I'm being pedantic with this, but there is no such thing as a British football team, there is an English one, a Scottish one, a Welsh one and a Northern Irish one. Referring to Britain being in the World Cup is likely to anger quite a few Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish, as their teams are useless and didn't come close to qualifying. Also, Mirren's story about the origins of Football was interesting to say the least. Also complete and utter rubbish. She's annoyed me a little bit if I'm honest.
As for the Argies, I'm pretty confident they'll explode at some point in the tournament. They have a history of doing it, and having mad-man Maradona as your manager is hardly going to help matters. I can see them strolling to the Semi's and then getting 3 players sent off in a match and getting thumped. Probably by Germany. Bloody Germans.