The Football.....

[rich p]

However if you were to pull together a team of 11 plus subs from the qualified countries, just how many of the England team would be involved? Rooney, possibly, Gerrard possibly, Young outside chance. .

Some of them passed the 11 plus?

 

[martint235]

Some of them passed the 11 plus?

Don't be silly Rich. Do any of them look like they tie their own shoelaces yet??? I'm surprised top end football boots don't come with velcro fasteners to make them more realistic

 

[dellzeqq]

Brendan Rogers has said he won't be going to Liverpool. Hardly a surprise, since he said he didn't fancy the Chelsea job.

 

[martint235]

I really wasn't overly convinced by Rogers suitability though. He's doing a fantastic job at Swansea and I hope he continues it. (with the exception of repeatedly causing Liverpool problems next season obviously!!!)

 

[Inertia]

In other managerial news the baby faced assassin seems certain to be the new VIlla boss, ANOTHER Fergie friend in a the prem

 

[Doseone]

In other managerial news the baby faced assassin seems certain to be the new VIlla boss, ANOTHER Fergie friend in a the prem

Possibly a very good appointment. I think the Villa job is a really tough one. The club has high expectations which in reality I think they are going to struggle to attain without a significant influx of new players.

 

[mangaman]

Alex Mcleish is available, safe pair of hands, premier League experience, what more could they want?

Neil Warnock?

 

[mangaman]

I don't want to deflect the thrust of this debate about soccer, but the things that you mention about rugby football are precisely the things that are very closely scrutinised and accordingly dealt with. From Elite level through to 'grass roots', any behaviour prejudicial to the sport is taken very seriously. And sanctioned. This might be deliberately trying to blind someone, or acting recklessly while drunk on a rugby tour and sliding down an escalator belt, upsetting people along the way. Yes it matters in rugby - in football, the typical tosser-like behaviour is idolised and often copied. 'Role models' - my butt.
Don't get me started on journalistic propogation either - or the "celebrations" that involve sliding along the ground on the knees. Or somersaults and all that other obscene nonsense that is tolerated.

I'm not convinced by Rugby's clean cut image.

Since Union went professional and big money came with it, cheating inevitably will follow.

I can't think of an English National Team that was so ill disciplined in any sport than the last England World Cup Rugby Team - they must have come through the grass roots, but behaved how they wanted.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ru...t-blames-greedy-players-and-weak-leaders.html

 

[martint235]

I'm not convinced by Rugby's clean cut image.

Since Union went professional and big money came with it, cheating inevitably will follow.

I can't think of an English National Team that was so ill disciplined in any sport than the last England World Cup Rugby Team - they must have come through the grass roots, but behaved how they wanted.

I think quite a few of that squad didn't come through "grass roots" as in playing on a Saturday afternoon in the rain at Cricklewood (I'd done this and so will always associate this as the grass roots level). Rather they were either chosen very young or were from "another place".

There was admittedly a lot of boisterousness or downright misbehaviour (and also on the tour to Australia (I think) a couple of years before) but these are actually dealt with by the authorities while I think they would largely be unpunished in football. Would the England football team have fined someone for jumping off a ferry into a harbour? Remember the dentist's chair? Not only was no action taken but the whole event was parodied on the pitch as a goal celebration.

 

[bof]

Komm schon du Roten.

Bayern to win tomorrow please - I don't care how. Just keep Tottenham in the CL so we can still have Modric and Bale playing for us next season. Funnily enough if Arsenal had finished one below us, I'd be rooting for the Chavs.

 

[Archie_tect]

Could someone explain to me why Robbie Savage has suddenly become the spokesperson for every footballing breaking story... is he particularly intelligent?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Could someone explain to me why Robbie Savage has suddenly become the spokesperson for every footballing breaking story... is he particularly intelligent?

He's cheap.

 

[Maz]

Oh Yes!!!!

Got my tickets for....
Wem-ber-ly! Wem-ber-ly!
I have got my tickets now
And I'm off to Wem-ber-ly!
Wem-ber-ly! Wem-ber-ly!......

 

[Aperitif]

Good luck and have a nice day, Maz. It's overcast in London - and that's just the locals! If you find the football boring, there's a good drum store / guitars etc very near to the Stadium. The sight of bobbing heads making their way to Wembley Park Station is 'one of those sights'.

 

[Archie_tect]

He's cheap.

True, but that's no excuse to inflict him on the viewing public.