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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 30, 2021 13:13:03 GMT
What is Euro 2020? Is it a popular beat combo? It is to do with Soccar. This game involves men in shorts, the kicking of a bladder (and sometimes each other), a lot of crying and rolling around (not like real men in rugby), and England losing at some point due to penalty kicks (not happened yet). As an added piece of information, Britain's Archie Gemmel, who was the second best player ever, scored the greatest goal of all-time: The "Archie Gemmel Wonder Goal." I hope this helps. |
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Post by ripper on Jun 30, 2021 14:47:49 GMT
Our media love to build up players and managers then put the boot in with glee when they have a bad match. After the Croatia match, Southgate was hailed as a master tactician. After the one against Scotland, he went from hero to zero in the eyes of the press. Now, he is the second coming of Alf Ramsey. Agree with you, Dem, best to ignore the press. The most useful function too many papers perform is to wrap up bags of fish and chips, and it should be drilled into every young player and manager, and truthfully to any person in the public gaze that the press is not your friend. I'd imagine the press are scanning social media at this very moment, hoping to find an offensive to someone ten year old tweet from a player or member of staff, and I bet it's the more successful ones they are hoping to catch out. Players should be told to avoid it (social media), but it is like an addiction for many isn't it. The Wags (dislike that label so much, hate typing it here) don't help of course, being desperate for celebrity they use social media for publicity and undermine their husbands/partners. I was told they helped wreck England in a World Cup once, is this true? I think you are referring to the 2006 World Cup, where the antics of the WAGS was seen as a distraction for the players. In 2010 the then England manager Fabio Capello vowed to clamp down on them and restrict their access to the players during the tournament. It wasn't entirely successful I seem to remember as players were upset that they wouldn't be able to see their partners enough. Yes, social media can be a minefield for those that use it. I don't really understand why Twitter etc are so popular for public personalities given just how careful users have to be with what they post, always in the knowledge that something posted years before can come back to haunt them. I said in my last post about those in the public gaze understanding that the press is not their friend, and I think that also applies to social media. |
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Post by ripper on Jun 30, 2021 14:59:09 GMT
What is Euro 2020? Is it a popular beat combo? It is to do with Soccar. This game involves men in shorts, the kicking of a bladder (and sometimes each other), a lot of crying and rolling around (not like real men in rugby), and England losing at some point due to penalty kicks (not happened yet). As an added piece of information, Britain's Archie Gemmel, who was the second best player ever, scored the greatest goal of all-time: The "Archie Gemmel Wonder Goal." I hope this helps. I think you summed up the modern game very succinctly, Princess, particularly the crying and rolling about. Perhaps the most notorious case of blubbering was the Gazza incident in World Cup 1990--Italia 90. Talking of players rolling about seemingly suffering the agonies of the damned. Have you noticed the instant cure that a free kick awarded or even better a yellow or red card to a miscreant on the opposing team seems to confer? Surely the NHS should look into this as a matter of urgency. |
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Post by dem on Jun 30, 2021 17:16:37 GMT
It is to do with Soccar. This game involves men in shorts, the kicking of a bladder (and sometimes each other), a lot of crying and rolling around (not like real men in rugby), and England losing at some point due to penalty kicks (not happened yet). It's blood-curdling screams in these days of near empty stadia. Crying is so pre-Covid. Sadly, footballers not yet caught on to their rugby counterparts innovation, the mouthful of joke shop blood capsules. I'm going to get shouted at now, aren't I? |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 1, 2021 0:25:30 GMT
a lot of crying and rolling around (not like real men in rugby), It's blood-curdling screams in these days of near empty stadia. Crying is so pre-Covid. Sadly, footballers not yet caught on to their rugby counterparts innovation, the mouthful of joke shop blood capsules. I'm going to get shouted at now, aren't I? Adam Beard looks like he is wearing Halloween monster makeup. I like the "more than a little sore" understatement. |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 1, 2021 0:33:32 GMT
It's blood-curdling screams in these days of near empty stadia. Crying is so pre-Covid. Sadly, footballers not yet caught on to their rugby counterparts innovation, the mouthful of joke shop blood capsules. I'm going to get shouted at now, aren't I? Forgot to shout at you, which you obviously enjoy so... You're a Beast I say a BEAST!!! |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 2, 2021 19:10:21 GMT
Will you be running a contest on how many times 1966 will be mentioned in the next England match?
I would guess the further they progress the more mentions.
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Post by johnnymains on Jul 2, 2021 21:14:00 GMT
Belgium for the tournament.
Ah bugger. England for the tournament. |
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Post by dem on Jul 3, 2021 7:05:08 GMT
Will you be running a contest on how many times 1966 will be mentioned in the next England match? I would guess the further they progress the more mentions. I gave up at 1, 750, 061, and that was just during the opening ten minutes of Austria V North Macedonia. Quarter FinalsLast NightSpain 1 Switzerland 1 (aet: score at 90 mins 1-1. Spain win 3-1 on pens). Swiss reward for doing everyone a favour and seeing off the swanky world champs, a second gruelling epic, 40 minutes of it with ten men after a straight red card. Suddenly prolific Spaniards one up after eight mins through an OG, but that was the last they'd see of the back of the net until their second spot kick after extra time. Pens will always be a rotten way to settle a contest. Swiss out, but only after a valiant struggle. Spain back to not looking all that. Which good as guarantees they'll beat ..... Belgium 1 Italy 2 The Azuri (I still love saying it) have been brilliant in four of their five games to date and thoroughly deserved the win - were it not for a dubious penalty decision going their way, the team ranked #1 on planet would have been buried by half time. Had the draw kept them apart, this could well have been the final. TodayCzech Republic V Denmark
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Post by ripper on Jul 3, 2021 9:19:55 GMT
It made my English heart proud to see how many penalties Spain and Switzerland missed. Apparently, Spain don't have a good reputation in penalty shootouts either--I do remember them losing in one to England in Euro96.
Italy have been the team that has impressed me the most. An England vs Italy final would be quite a game, but my spidey sense is giving me the coliwobbles about tonight--that's what 51 years of following England does to you. I recall bawling my eyes out after we had been beaten 3-2 by West Germany in the 1970 World Cup QF--cut me some slack, guys, I was only 8 at the time.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 3, 2021 16:00:24 GMT
Like Stan and Jack (looked their names up) from On the Buses, England have their own date with destiny! It's not with dolly birds ( desperate linkage of the two here) but with History itself! Will they prevail like Stan with a clippie on the back seat of his bus parked on a beach somewhere, or will their opponents (forgot who) be like the Hitler moustached Blakey and say: I hate you Butler!
Tune in to find out!
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Post by dem on Jul 3, 2021 18:05:27 GMT
Like Stan and Jack (looked their names up) from On the Buses, England have their own date with destiny! It's not with dolly birds ( desperate linkage of the two here) but with History itself! Will they prevail like Stan with a clippie on the back seat of his bus parked on a beach somewhere, or will their opponents (forgot who) be like the Hitler moustached Blakey and say: I hate you Butler! Tune in to find out! Slowly but surely Stan, Jack and the crew weave their magic spell. So that's two box sets I'm after tomorrow? Czech Republic 1 Denmark 2. Danes two up at half time, could have been more. Great credit to the Czechs for coming back from dead after break and pushing them all way. Incredibly, after losing their first two games, Denmark need only beat winners of England - Ukraine and they're in the final. |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 3, 2021 18:15:21 GMT
Czech Republic 1 Denmark 2. Danes two up at half time, could have been more. Great credit to the Czechs for coming back from dead after break and pushing them all way. Incredibly, after losing their first two games, Denmark need only beat winners of England - Ukraine and they're in the final. The dominating and muscular blond Viking men of Denmark are through to the semi-finals! Can England match this achievement against whoever they are playing? Time ticks toward an answer! Oh just noticed it's Ukraine. The dominating and muscular blond Viking men of Denmark are through to the semi-finals! Can England match this achievement against the Ukraine? Time ticks toward an answer! |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 3, 2021 18:27:58 GMT
Like Stan and Jack (looked their names up) from On the Buses, England have their own date with destiny! It's not with dolly birds ( desperate linkage of the two here) but with History itself! Will they prevail like Stan with a clippie on the back seat of his bus parked on a beach somewhere, or will their opponents (forgot who) be like the Hitler moustached Blakey and say: I hate you Butler! Tune in to find out! Slowly but surely Stan, Jack and the crew weave their magic spell. So that's two box sets I'm after tomorrow? I just registered fully the number 7 with reference to the amount of On the Buses discs on the other thread. This suggests a frightening amount of episodes. Are you the sort of person that binge watches? Perhaps this is a lucky omen, and England's number 7 will score. Do we know who is number 7? Is it likely? |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 3, 2021 20:58:02 GMT
4-0 that is amazing. Did number 7 score?
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