World Cup thoughts

[dianeduane]

A note to the US team: Guys, please pull your socks up and start playing like grownups. You made it to the Cup when a lot of talented teams didn't. If you don't start functioning a lot better than this, you're never going to have a chance to beat England... (And, on a happier note, a magic reminiscence from a tournament long ago:)

In 1954 when Ireland were playing Luxembourg, they had an inside left called F**kinger. To my eternal glee, he was the best player on the pitch. He was everywhere. (Radio Eireann sports commentator Philip Greene, who would therefore have had to say the player's name about eight hundred times)

(snort) Wonder how the FCC would handle that kind of name if it came up in a match these days....

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Football

[psycho-machia.livejournal.com]

Of course there are those of us that are supporting Trinidad and Tobago who played a blinder against Sweden at the weekend.

Looking forward to watching them beat ....sorry....play England on Thursday :-P

Sparks

who's Mother in Law was born in Trinidad which justifies his support of them....and the fact they aren't England of course :-P

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[feorag.livejournal.com]

Trinidad and Tobago have a player called Jason Scotland, who also happens to play in the Scottish League. Guess who everyone here is supporting in that game, even more than we'd usually support Whoever's Playing England?

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[psycho-machia.livejournal.com]

from what i've heard about half the team play in the Scottish Divisions.

Of course he can join those great Scottish Footballing heroes like Madonna and Waddle and of course Archie Gemmell

[megabitch.livejournal.com]

They'd probably have pronounced the first syllable to rhyme with "boot" - so it's only swearing if you're a geordie *g*

[rosefox]

He'll never be able to get it on a license plate, that's for sure.

[starkruzr.livejournal.com]

There would be endless jokes about his name being "Bleepinger."

I wonder if no one here cares about soccer because we're so terrible at it, or if we're so terrible at it because no one cares about it.

[wetdryvac.livejournal.com]

*looks on sadly at the US team*

I've seen players Stateside play better than that, really I have. Me friend and I spent the whole game looking on in a strange flavor of apathetic awe, forgetting to eat, and only occasionally muttering something about formation.

Must admit I don't support my own nation - or really any other in the cup. Just want to see a good game, and that wasn't one for either team. Happily, every other game I've seen so far has been pretty nice.

And F**kinger, oh my. That sounds like the basis for either a drinking game or an FCC aneurysm.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Mispronounced it Foo-kin-jer?

[buran.livejournal.com]

We can't even call football by its proper name over here in the US, so I'm not too surprised.

Re: the FCC … well … I don't really know. Already you get fined more for some minor swearword that only a few special-interest groups can be bothered to actually complain about than you do for far more serious offenses.

I may like my country, but I am not proud of its government.