alexander72 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Has given me quiet roads all night for blatting on :-) glad I didn't stay in to watch that tripe!!! Roll on Saturday morning for the all blacks game :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M444TTB Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 First full game I've had on. I spent more time looking at the internet on my iPhone though. Totally indifferent to football (and rugby) and honestly felt very little when the goals went in. My interest might have gone up for a semi-final it's fair to say though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham0127 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Suarez........AMAZING After sticking it up us for the second time.....all I could see was the ghost of one Diego Maradonna ! This though was the boot of God......hands not required. So are we out ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ashcroft Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I had 2 productive hours working on the car, new floor pans now riveted in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory's Dad Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thank goodness for 'Mock the Week' on BBC2 straight after the match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I thought they did well since I predicted they would lose 3 - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonk179 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 We shouldn't be too hard on them as some of them are trying to scrape by on 100k a week!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 We shouldn't be too hard on them as some of them are trying to scrape by on 100k a week!!! They spend 99K of that on make up though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E. Coyote Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Has given me quiet roads all night for blatting on :-) glad I didn't stay in to watch that tripe!!! I had a lovely evening jaunt too: 8-10ish and barely a soul on the roads. Are there other big matches looming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2rrr Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Sh1te, pure and simple. Overpaid and over there. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peet Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 After they lost the ads came on Nike showing some of these muppets as robots or some rubbish - maybe they should stop making adverts and practice to win the game they're paid so well to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M444TTB Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Selling stuff is what they are so well paid to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Turner - Black Country AO Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Has given me quiet roads all night for blatting on :-) glad I didn't stay in to watch that tripe!!! My thoughts exactly went out about 8 and got back just in time to see the last couple minutes (after giving Westi a quick wash). Even managed to stop for a quick photo shoot as I realized I would be home too early otherwise. A much better evening, still disappointed but not stressed about it, which I would have been had I wanted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham0127 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Selling stuff is what they are so well paid to do.[/quotNo good moaning about how much they are paid, or how rarely they win. As Matt says 'selling stuff........ These guys are professional athletes, win or loose. They are paid to put bums on seats and shirts on shoulders. It's business ,pure and simple. Do any of you honestly begrudge these guys what they earn......what if it was your son ? Stop putting our athletes down.....yes athletes ! If they come home, then so be it...... Do you think they're happy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 No doubt at all they're excellent athletes. Can't complain about how much they're getting paid either when there's enough people willing to spend their spare cash to watch and support them, no matter how expensive it gets - that's called market forces. It's a bit rich that some moan that the national team aren't good enough when they support teams that have a squad of almost enitrely overseas players. However, I won't watch simply because the game is crooked. Like a dead fish, it stinks from the head down. FIFA and Sepp Blatter are like the Mafia. Pro players at the highest level cheat by diving and faking fouls and injuries, and they get away with it, and they also berate and bully officials, encouraging the youth of the world to do so as well at the local level. Corporate sponsorship has priced what is the simplest, cheapest (1 ball) and most egalitarian sport on the planet out of reach and use it to try to get you and I to buy their products. It's not the beautiful game any longer, and I've better and more fair sports to enjoy watching. Don't wish the players or the game ill, but let me know when it's clean and fair. /apologies to anyone offended 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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