24 Sep 14
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Originally posted by redbadgerbut i don't hate our English cousins I simply find them culturally vacuous because they have lost their Englishness, Maradonna is the greatest footballer we are likely to see in out lifetime, except for James MacFadden and as he pointed out England are not above bending the rules themselves.
there are things greater than your hatred of the English Zen Master,it is not cool to make heroes out of cheats. the badger is very grumpy now
25 Sep 14
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI am old enough to remember Pele & Best so I think your claim is your personal choice, as an Englishman born and bread in the north east I do not feel I have lost my Englishness.
but i don't hate our English cousins I simply find them culturally vacuous because they have lost their Englishness, Maradonna is the greatest footballer we are likely to see in out lifetime, except for James MacFadden and as he pointed out England are not above bending the rules themselves.
25 Sep 14
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Originally posted by redbadgerAre you still bitter because Diego gave England a whuppin in the 1986 World cup? I cannot remember George or Pele although I have seen videos of them, I still think Diego is the most naturally gifted.
I am old enough to remember Pele & Best so I think your claim is your personal choice, as an Englishman born and bread in the north east I do not feel I have lost my Englishness.
But to the philosophical question of has England lost its Englishness, what was it that made England great? was it not their mannerliness and their sense of fair play? has this not given way to a nation of lager louts and divers?
I remember cycling along Great western road in Glasgow near the Grosvner hotel and a mini bus full of Geordies on the same road opened their windows and they started to threaten me and spit on me, I knew at that point England had lost its Englishness.
26 Sep 14
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Originally posted by robbie carrobiecome on Robbie everyone knows a Scotsman is a Geordie WITH HIS HEAD KICKED IN.on a more serious football note why did the Scotland V England games get banned...because the Scots got drunk and wrecked everything littering Trafalgar square with cans and haggis wrappers eating the pigeons destroying rail carriages leaving carnage behind them God knows How things would have been if they had lost.
Are you still bitter because Diego gave England a whuppin in the 1986 World cup? I cannot remember George or Pele although I have seen videos of them, I still think Diego is the most naturally gifted.
But to the philosophical question of has England lost its Englishness, what was it that made England great? was it not their mannerliness and their ...[text shortened]... ey started to threaten me and spit on me, I knew at that point England had lost its Englishness.
26 Sep 14
Originally posted by redbadgerI don't know why they got banned, probably cause you couldn't handle our humanity, we came down there and were too friendly, you were not used to it and banned us cause we are too friendly, what else is there?
come on Robbie everyone knows a Scotsman is a Geordie WITH HIS HEAD KICKED IN.on a more serious football note why did the Scotland V England games get banned...because the Scots got drunk and wrecked everything littering Trafalgar square with cans and haggis wrappers eating the pigeons destroying rail carriages leaving carnage behind them God knows How things would have been if they had lost.
26 Sep 14
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI went to a rangers celtic match with my Bro 20 years back both supports were animals.
I don't know why they got banned, probably cause you couldn't handle our humanity, we came down there and were too friendly, you were not used to it and banned us cause we are too friendly, what else is there?
26 Sep 14
Originally posted by robbie carrobieit was pancake day everyday when I was a brat cheap as chips we even had them with gravy on.
My father is Catholic, but I went to non denominational school, lets just say I had certain sympathies, after all, any religion that has pancake Tuesday cannot be all bad 😀
26 Sep 14
Originally posted by robbie carrobieyeah spalfy was spoilt compared to me but did have to endure the pancakes and fishcake and chips in the months before we holidayed so we ate cheaply so we could afford a weeks hols, as he got older he thought nothing of raiding the booze cabinet whilst we slept.
LOL, seriously, that son of yours is a pampered one! So is mines, they should be put on a pancake and gravy diet.
26 Sep 14
Originally posted by redbadgeraye you would have done it yourself Badger!
yeah spalfy was spoilt compared to me but did have to endure the pancakes and fishcake and chips in the months before we holidayed so we ate cheaply so we could afford a weeks hols, as he got older he thought nothing of raiding the booze cabinet whilst we slept.