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Mrs Bangkok Red and I are staying awake until 4 A.M. to watch the footy tonight, therefore, anybody in the UK (I have to be in bed by 10.00) who misses it is a woosie

FACT

P.S. The "my GF won't let me" excuse is equally bad if not worse, cos' as I said my misses is gonna be cheering on the lions, AND SHE AIN'T EVEN ENGLISH.

FACT

woosie's

I have severe man flu and will be watching it tucked up in bed.

Only a man has man flu and still watches footy = not a woosie

I completely agree!  :mrgreen:

You don't know what it's like Lady!! You can't get proper flu, only that girly pussy version.

Bird Flu?

Why would some parts of the UK be interested in some Wembley pantomine tonight?  More booing goes on there than the Bristol Hippodrome in January!!

I'll be watching Northern Ireland tonight!!!

Bitter jock............................................... :D

Is a woosie that same as a wussy, or is it a reference to one of our finest golfers?

Not at all mate, given the opportunity to watch england is like being given the opportunity to watch oxford.  I have far better things to do with my time, as I am not interested on how they get on.

Same as Wales, I have no interest in their fortunes, and watching football when you don't how the team gets on is not exciting entertainment.

The N.Irish (and Rep of Ire when they play) I wanna see do well.

One of Wales' finest golfers.  Didn't know you were a taff Russell.

 :wink:

He was using the British sporting we, like i do when Andy Murray wins something :D

Or that effin arrogant jock juanker when he loses.  I see.

Andy Murray is arrogant and he's a wanker.

Be quite happy to see a Scots, Welsh or Irish person or team win anything as long as they're not against an Englishman or English team.

Why do you want NI  but not England?

OH NO IT DOESN'T

The underdog, I love seeing a team like Northern Ireland do well, hardly any household names do so well.  Brilliant work rate, saying that I think they'll get gubbed tonight.

Also I haven't had to endure newspaper column, television minutes/hours full of Northern Irish team news etc.  Unlike the other nation you mention.

Tbf, if you live in a foreign country there's no point complaining about the amount of press coverage that nations team gets.

I expect the Scottish press went to town last week...........

Mi ćemo izlaženje to pobjeda.

Quite obviously since the Act of Union, england is not a foreign country to Scotland and vice versa.

And sorry mate but the BBC is not English news, it's meant to be for the Great British people.

Finally I'm not making a big deal out of it, I just choose not to watch england matches.

Scotland are trying pretty hard to be a different country though aren't they? Their own government, different laws and fervent nationalism (Which annoyingly seems to be ok in Scotland and Wales, but not England).

As for the BBC, surely even you would agree that England is more important to a much larger percentage of the UK population than Scotland or Wales and therefore gets much more coverage?

Finally if we are all one big country, why do you find it so hard to cheer on your English countrymen?

P.S You even find it difficult to start 'England' with a capital 'E', you've got it bad

 :D

Iv'e met ton's of people from all over the world on my travel's, and the nationailty that I have got on with the most is by far Is the Scot's (Excusing the Brit-nationality thing).

Just a shame that the sweaty socks don't have enough to give us some real sports rivalry innit!!

I've been spelling england like that for ages now(you are the first to pick up on it though - well done).  

For the love of God, football is a game, it's a bit of fun.  england are a local rival to Scotland, and as such I like to see you lot struggle.  I honestly don't understand why a number of english people have difficulty realising this.

Hertha, when was the last time you saw a political post from me regarding devolution, do you know my views on devolution??  No you don't .  

I'm not saying we one big country, we are a collective of two countries, a principality and a province.  The coverage Northern Ireland have received this last week has been pretty poor.  They had about 1 minute on football focus on Saturday which is crap, even by BBC's standards.

Yes population does come into it, but the sun rarely shines on Scotland's arses so a bit of decent coverage wouldn't go a miss when it does.  However england's behind's are bathed in glory all year round according to some of the media.

And that's about all folks!!  Sorry for the length of "my piece".

But in a way that's what makes the rivalry what it is.  Government centred in the south east making all the decisions, population stacks odds in favour of england, it's big brother little brother, I used to love beating my brother at sport, didn't happen that often but when it did - good times!!

If it was a level playing field then the rivalry wouldn't be that intense.

On a personal level english and Scottish people get on fine, in my experience, good and bad in both nationalities.

Ok Jan :D

I'm not really bothered about whether the Scots, or Irish, or Welsh want England to do well or not. I just wanted to waste some time until I left for the pub.

I know you want us to do well really though...................... :wink:

On a final note I did read a sporting letter on teletext today

"Why should the Scots, Welsh and Irish all get behind the england football team, the england fans don't".

Thought that was pretty good.

We get the point you boring Jock bastard  :o

I bet Bangkok Red is loving watching this.

Less than 20 minutes in, clear waste of time....

Hope you dont have to get up early for work tomorrow....mug!

the England fans do get behind England, however just because I'm English doesnt mean I should be an England fan and give a toss about the national team.

Oh just fucking do one Dan.

Anyway, I seem to recall you wearing an England shirt at 5-a-side last night. Not a fan?

i don't give a fuck about international football either.

i also own england, ireland, spain and usa football shirts.

nope, I play alot of football and have a mass collection of football shirts.

I fucking love Greece

I have the Bulgarian flag tattooed on  my ass....

Anyone who says they don't give a fuck is a liar imo.

If we got to the world cup final would you be sat watching Corrie with a cup of tea?

No, you'd be with all your mates getting pissed and showing how passionate you are about the 3 lions.

p.s. Sonic is Irish and doesn't drink but you get my point.

no, I wouldnt Ralphy....

....I'd do exactly what i'm doing now....got the TV on in the back ground but dont really care.

I'd rather Swindon got promoted than England win a national tournament

If the takeover don't happen DV you might never have that choice again!!

ok, in that case id rather see Oxford relegated!

ha ha!!  that would be class.

alright, i do give a fuck. i don't particularly care who qualifies for international tournaments but if england/ireland got there i'd support them.

it doesn't mean a jot compared to swindon though...

I care. But I hope if we lose the way things are run are changed around dramatically.

What would you change Si?

I wouldn't insist on an English manager for a start. And just because you play for Chelsea doesn't mean you get into the team automatically, let alone the squad.

And play with 2 strikers.

and with robert green in goal.

Yes because he's the best player in that position at the moment. Manager's too scared to drop the names.

I watched the Arse v West Ham last season (on some foreign tv channel) and Robert Green put in one of the best goal keeping displays I have ever seen.  Superb (not as good as Craig Gordon though, but I don;t think he's english).

Well Bangkok Red, I feel for you.

Get to bed mate.

Redbullzeye made a very good point at the weekend, next competitive game we should just stick out the reserves - the ones who want to play for the shirt.

The likes of Ashley Young, Agbonlahor, Huddlestone, Baines etc. They'd all give 100%.

When do the world cup qualifiers start?

giving 100% doesn't get results...

draws on sunday, normally start about next october time

I was gonna book 2 weeks off work next summer in june for the Euro's.

Looks like i'll have to wait till 2010 to watch England in a major tournament. :x

If we qualify Ralphy  :wink:

Yeah thats true.

Fuck off Mclaren.

:D

I'm not really bothered. Should make the Euro's better to watch.

What am I gonna do next summer now? Swindon will be looking ahead to another season in league 1 after a mid table finish and England are shit.  :|