BarrelofFun said:He is practically admitting that Portugal had to resort to dirty tactics to beat England. There is no shame in that.
As for the Welsh and the Scottish hating us, that is a crass generalisation. It varies from person to person.
I for one would be delighted to see more of the home nations in the tournaments, but they are not good enough as it stands. Other obviously feel the same.
Commander said:Yeah I think that's true. I've got a Scottish mate who always takes the piss and winds me up about England, but when I spoke to him on Saturday eve he was actually really dissappointed and was just saying that he cant understand why we never have any luck etc etc.
Rangdo said:To be fair though what else is a welshman going to have to occupy his time during the World Cup? Besides rimming sheep obviously.
Tyrone Biggums said:I think it's not that different from the Australian/English relationship.
In peace they love to hate each other and get great delight in beating the old foe.
But give them a war or common adversary and they will be the first two to stand side by side together to face the event together.