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"Why oh why?"

Damn the World Cup! Damn Football! Damn round spherical objects that shoot off in all directions! (footballs, what were you thinking of?)

What the hell am I moaning about? I AM NOT A FOOTBALL FAN! Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike football, but I'm not a supporter of any team either.

"Shut it Edgy! No one wants to hear you moaning about the World Cup! Live with it!" is what I bet you're all thinking now.

So you should, and I wish I could!

Usually I don't care about the world cup, and just for the sake of it, I'll start watching from the Semi-finals. I started watching football matches on the TV during Euro '96. I think it was England v Germany in the final and it all came down to penalties, and I really was rooting for England to win.

I don't know why though as I never really watched football before then. World Cup '98 and Euro 2000 didn't really interest me at all. However, thanks to those guys Baddiel and Skinner, singing this ruddy song on their show 'Unplanned', I've now listened to it many a hundred times.

Now, today, as I was walking home with some of my friends, we were chatting about this years World Cup. Because the exam started 1:30pm BST, and didn't finish til 4:40pm BST, neither of us had heard the France Senagol final score. All we knew was that at the 62nd minute, Senagol were still beating the European adn World Champions 1-0.

I wasn't that interested though. I tried changing the subject and just joking around, but football stil remained the main topic we were chatting about. Anyway, I got home, had something to eat and watched a bit of TV, and after watching BBC Wales news, Match of the Day started.

I flicked through the channels and all that was on BBC2 was Robot Wars, which has severely deteriorated over the years, and as far as I was concerned, there was only crap on the other channels. So I switched back on to BBC Wales.

Oh what joy, they finally evicted him from the country, the guy with the lowest street-cred' in British history: Gary Lineker. He's stuck in Japan for the world cup. Anyway, he introduced the highlights of the France v Senagol match.

I actually felt excited about watching this game! I know it wasn't the full 90 minutes (or 93 as it was apparently) but what I do know is I couldn't get out of my seat! I'm not a France Supporter, infact I'm not too keen on the French anyway, so I wasn't rooting for them. I was cheering, to the shock of myself, for Senagol!

What a brilliant goal!

Then, as soon as the highlights finished, I started thinking...What the hell am I doing? I'm had just watched the first match of the world cup, cheered a non-british side, and felt emotion as the ball went to the back of the net!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Now I'm going to be playing Fifa 97, or getting Fifa 2002 for the GameCube, so that I can control the action! Why have I let myself become a part of the world cup by watching it at such an early stage?

I'm not a fan! I only ever go to see Rugby matches! I'm a Cardiff RFC supporter, I support a welsh Rugby team, I support Wales in the internationals, and I certainly don't support England in the World Cup!

Right now, I'm going to continue supporting teams in the World Cup, mainly Japan (They brought us Nintendo for crying out loud and were subjected to the only two nuclear weapons to be used on civilians - they deserve something from the western world). Having said that, if England get to the Quarter Finals and above, I will cheer for them. I mean, it's better than France getting it again :)

But why oh why oh why has it happened to me? I personally think Football is a pansy's sport! I'm sure you'll see what I mean when to try and cheat, they jump in the air, fall purposely, hold their leg with tears dropping down their faces, just to get a free kick because there's no other way of them winning. Many a team does it. Swansea does in Rugby!

Anyway, if you can think up any cures, I would be eternally grateful as I do not want to be buying Fifa 2002 (or any other football game) for the GameCube in the near future! It's because I know I wont play them for long. Just please do me this favour! Save me!

there are loads of Welsh people here!



RUN!!!!!!!!!!!




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He He!

Stryke wrote:
> Edgy wrote:
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> I only ever go to see Rugby matches! I'm a Cardiff RFC supporter
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> Excellent, but Cardiff suck. Swansea! Gibbsy could kick your whole
> team single-handedly.


Can't agree with you there. (though I missed the whole of the last season due to other commitments :( )

I reckon, despite my dislike of Swansea (my dad was born there) that Cardiff and Swansea are the two best sides. They beat every English team and had good games against each other in the Anglo-Welsh Rebel league :)

Stryke wrote:
> 0-MessiaH-0 wrote:
> heh you're welsh
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> --
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> Heh you're retarded. Welsh people rule. Like me.

I was born in England, but both parents are Welsh, and going back hundreds of years, my family was Scottish :)

I consider myself Welsh though, and considering that if I was any good, I'd be able to play for Wales in the World Cup (Rugby World Cup seeing as Wales didn't qualify for football) then I have to use Stryke's logic by saying Welsh people rule meaning I rule :D

Edgy wrote:

> I only ever go to see Rugby matches! I'm a Cardiff RFC supporter

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Excellent, but Cardiff suck. Swansea! Gibbsy could kick your whole team single-handedly.

I'd buy World cup 2002 straight away but it uses up 39 memory blocks :O is it easy? do i need a memory card? I neve rused it tfor world cup 98.

1-0 to the Senegal!! says:
I didn't think that u liked football

I Want To Be Much Then More says:
I don't, I like champ man and world cup


I am the bottom one and that is my quote of the day, talking to a friend from school about the match today.

Much to learn, you still have.

Stryke wrote:

Welsh people rule. Like me.


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HA! Don't make me laugh... :-D

0-MessiaH-0 wrote:
> heh you're welsh

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Heh you're retarded. Welsh people rule. Like me.

heh you're welsh