never seen x factor. I do know I like entertainment if I spend time in front of the box. Spain currently is not that. Actually I read today that 65% of the spanish find their own team boring. that could be non-factual of course.
Glad to hear you dont mind being bored watching football, its handy being in the premiership :-) Cheers, Eric On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:34 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > always makes me laugh this thing about Spain being boring - they're not out > there to entertain you - go watch X-factor or something - they're there to win > the match - if the tippy tappy football is boring, it is up to the other team > to > take it off them, and then score - and more often than not, they cannot. Their > technical ability is simply mind-blowing as is their team-ethic; their work > rate > when they lose the ball is second to none. > > That said, Spain vs Portugal could be good because twatface is more or less > unplayable at the moment. > > England? Should have dropped Rooney. The main problem with England is our > stupidity as a nation - we all moan and grumble at our inability to keep the > ball; control and pass with accuracy; and yet we do nothing less than scream > about "hitting the big man"; "put it in the stands"; "get some blood on your > boots" at every game we go to - cause and effect people, cause and effect. We > will never (and by we, I mean us, the press, the managers, the punters, the > chairmen and boards -anyone connected with the game) let the national game and > team, take 10-15 years to regroup, re-learn the game from the roots up, > because > "it wouldn't be exciting". Fine, I comfortable with that, but just don't > expect > us to be any better than 8th best in Europe. > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Eric B <[email protected]> > To: Brendan McWilliams <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: 25 June 2012 at 20:05 > Subject: Re: [LU] New levels of indifference > > Spain is the reason I now go for zee germans to win. I am bored to > death watching 700+ passes a game with 90% success rate. > 600 of them being passes going back or 3 meters. I am a bloke, I want > fxxing penetration at some point, not endless poking, get it?! > > Watching England was like watching norway..put everyone behind the > ball, defend well and try and get a lucky goal on a freekick or a > counter > attack. I have been surprised by Italy playing like a team, and by the > germans. Portugal are better than expected. The rest mediocre.. > > I expect germany to beat spain in the final. > > hasta luego! > Eric > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Brendan McWilliams > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It pains me to say it, but Ireland were definitely the worst team in the >> whole >> tournament, closely followed by England - yes, even worse than Greece. >> >> I can't watch an England match these days without a non-stop pass count in my >> head: 1-2-3, ball lost and repeat... It is STAGGERING to see how England >> cannot maintain possession. The two good moves they had yesterday were the >> result of a string of consecutive passes, but otherwise it was constant >> losing >> the ball and crazy champagne passes. Truly amazing, like they were allergic >> to >> it. I used to take huge enjoyment from England being hopeless, but now it's >> just ridiculous. Young, Milner and yes, Gerrard, truly shocking. >> >> For those of you who haven't seen them, check out Liam Brady and Eamon >> Dunphy's half and full time analysis from RTE on YouTube. Priceless. >> >> On to my adopted Spain: what IS annoying though is that people say Spain's >> games are boring like it was Spain's fault, WTF! Spain are the Barcelona of >> world football at present obviously but France did a Chelsea and employed a >> blanket defence. Understandable tactic from the french, but if you pick 2 >> extra defenders you're gonna get the ball even less. Yes the game was a bit >> dull but blaming the spanish is lunacy. >> >> >> >>> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:44:22 +0200 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> CC: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [LU] New levels of indifference >>> >>> The astonishing thing about England for me is HOW CRAP ROONEY HAS >>> BECOME..............*AND HOW NO ONE DARES MENTION IT! >>> >>> *I heard Hodgson say before the Ukraine game that if he didn't pick Rooney >>> there would be a mutiny in the dressing room. So none of the players, >>> certainly none of the commentators, dare address the issue..............he >>> is just awful. 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