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« Reply #150 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 14:10:46 » |
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When will you guys be able to do ANYTHING? EVER?
Even with all their English-born players. |
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« Reply #151 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 14:17:28 » |
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Even with all their English-born players.
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« Reply #152 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 14:45:03 » |
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That the best you could find? Thought you'd of gone for someone recent like Hargreaves  |
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Bob's Orange
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« Reply #153 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 15:26:24 » |
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Or Michael Owen.
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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« Reply #154 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 15:31:58 » |
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Or Michael Owen.
Wasn't Owen born in Chester? |
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« Reply #155 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 15:35:43 » |
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Wasn't Owen born in Chester?
hmmm, when I lived in Scotland, I was always led to believe that Owen was 'Welsh'. The morale of the story, never trust a Jock!! |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #156 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 15:39:54 » |
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hmmm, when I lived in Scotland, I was always led to believe that Owen was 'Welsh'.
The morale of the story, never trust a Jock!!
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
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Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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« Reply #157 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 16:26:15 » |
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on another note, whats with the refs on the goal lines...I have watched most of the games and havent seen them make a single call yet...unless they are communicating to the ref via his ear piece...
however, there have been two blatant fook ups by them...
the 'goal' last night and some other game I was watching, a missed corner where the line ref was stood no more than a metre away, the ball crossed the line by probably its diameter before being cleared but no corner was given...
oh, and for what its worth, my thoughts on last night:
I thought we were mostly dire but just scrpaed through, the inability to keep possesion was frightening...a massive improvement need for the Italy game...
Didn't one of the goalline guys signal a corner when someone passed back to Hart and it went over the line ? |
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« Reply #158 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 16:57:04 » |
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hmmm, when I lived in Scotland, I was always led to believe that Owen was 'Welsh'.
The morale of the story, never trust a Jock!!
Discussing this with a Welsh mate some years ago, we concluded that Owen was a straight swap for Giggs, who (as Ryan Wilson) played for England at schoolboy level or some such. |
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #159 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 17:06:12 » |
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Discussing this with a Welsh mate some years ago, we concluded that Owen was a straight swap for Giggs, who (as Ryan Wilson) played for England at schoolboy level or some such.
How could it be a straight swap when Owen was born in England and his father is English as well? is his mother Welsh? |
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From the services at Leicester
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« Reply #160 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 17:08:01 » |
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How could it be a straight swap when Owen was born in England and his father is English as well? is his mother Welsh?
No idea. It was a pub conversation. The bigger point was that it can work both ways (losing Giggs to Wales) |
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« Reply #161 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 17:10:53 » |
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How do you decide nationality though? Place you were born? Place you grew up? Nationality of parents?
I also heard that anyone born in the UK and of British nationality can play for any of the home nations, despite having no connection to those states. It's more of a gentlemen's agreement that means they (kind of) go with their 'proper' countries.
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« Reply #162 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 17:11:00 » |
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Giggs is welsh though
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« Reply #163 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 17:12:47 » |
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Giggs is welsh though
He is, born in Cardiff and Owen born in England, so the whole argument is flawed somewhat. |
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« Reply #164 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 17:13:34 » |
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Balotelli is a sending off waiting to happen.
The Italians were not tht impressive against the Irish yesterday, whilst we regularly raise our game aginst the bigger sides.
we do? |
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