Wow - that’s not a comment to make lightly. Very sorry you feel that way.
Anyway, hope it doesn’t ruin your enjoyment of the sport we gave to the world.
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Anyway, hope it doesn’t ruin your enjoyment of the sport we gave to the world.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Just hope it's another 4-3 type game with Messi and AliMac on fire VS Greizmann and Mbappe on fire.
Perhaps if 'we' spent less time telling the world what 'we', oh so generously, gave them while refusing to acknowledge that 'we' fail miserably at pretty much all of it.
The rest of the world might not think we're ****s.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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We're all team Ally Mac for this one aren't we?
A Brighton player winning the world cup is next level 'if you told me that 25 years ago' shit.
A Brighton player winning the world cup is next level 'if you told me that 25 years ago' shit.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Jnr started to talk about Mbappe, not the longest of conversations.
TBH being guided by an Albion player is probably the only thing holding Messi back, there's just no way my Albion have any right to be there.
Well I’m sure plenty do think it, but I have been to around 100 countries, at least half of them more than 20 times each, and have worked for global multinational companies at a senior level for more than 25 years. Sure we are not perfect and never have been but I don’t have or experience this ‘the rest of the world thinks we are ****s’ feeling you have. But thats your view and you are completely entitled to it, regardless of whether I agree or not.
To take a good example, I have spent a reasonable amount of time in Argentina. I loved it there, liked the people, got robbed twice, had a few ‘’Malvinas’ conversations and came away with the feeling that because of history and politics our countries don’t get on but there was also a lot of warmth towards us there too. But from a distance we are sworn enemies it seems, and maybe always will be.
I am currently reading a book about the history of Soviet football, written by a Catalan. I am on chapter 4 and still haven’t got beyond the bits about how British workers and factories set it up, so although I take your point there is a fair bit of truth in all of that, including in Argentina.
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Not a very coherent one imo.
I’ve travelled extensively throughout my life and have a multi-cultural, multi-national family - never got the impression the English were ’despised the world over’ (ok - Scotland and Wales perhaps, and Ireland
- but not the world!)I’m bored with the WC now, lost interest really when England went out and getting really fcuking bored with all the politics and nationalistic shite it has attracted tbh - Mackie’s not enough to reignite much passion for me - I’ll be watching as we have a social engagement planned round watching the Final but I don’t really care who wins - my money is on France though.
My football head is firmly back in the UK with BHA and looking forward to continuing our campaigns in the PL and Carabao.
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Oh dear.
I don't think anybody (apart from possibly the Scots) hates the English more than the 'I'm ashamed to be English' brigade.
smillie's garden
Am I evil?
- Aug 11, 2003
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I'm hoping Argentina succeed for a few reasons, but they are dwarfed by wanting Alexis to get a winner's medal - if he could score (the winner?!) that would be the icing on the cake. The far inferior reasons: the arguable GOAT seems to be a relatively humble chap (despite tax cheating), and his incredible skill has entertained me via video for years - for me it would be apt for Messi to win the world cup in the twilight of his career; and, it's about time a non-European nation won it again.
I don't mind France though: they have a winning mentality that got them past an England team that on paper are their equal; and by a fired up Morocco with an unbelievable twelfth man. I hope that the Messi/Mbappe duel lives up to the hype, and that it's an open, entertaining match.
I don't mind France though: they have a winning mentality that got them past an England team that on paper are their equal; and by a fired up Morocco with an unbelievable twelfth man. I hope that the Messi/Mbappe duel lives up to the hype, and that it's an open, entertaining match.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Yep but with a caveat…I am team Argentina as long as Mac is on the pitch, I’m team France when he’s not
I am not bothered about Messi winning a World Cup, I spend quite a bit of time in France so should really be supporting them.
kojak
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You do know we are the only nation to win the WC at football,rugby and cricket
Silverhatch
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Picked up my daughter from Uni in Leeds yesterday. In the pub some young bloke (Mackem as it turned out) asked me where my accent was from. Said Brighton and he immediately shook my hand and said Alexis MacAllister, fookin luv’im. His three mates then joined in waxing lyrical about the weird Scottish/Irish sounding Argie tearing it up in Qatar and playing for Brighton!!!
The needle moves a little more…
The needle moves a little more…
I don’t care. But if Argentina win then it’ll be nonstop Messi rimming for the next 6 months and frankly that can go eff itself.
And if we hadn't lost to the Aussies in the 1986 Final - we'd also have won the Hockey World Cup!
All in extra time too! (If you ignore the T20 ones)