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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!
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!
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Lörd Hümüngöüs wrote:
> Cocky thugs is really a rather silly thing to say. Who on here is a
> cocky thug?
Okay so I was a bit stereotypical in my post there. And I wasn't really saying anyone on here was a cocky thug. I wasn't aiming that comment at anyone on the forums, more the actual thugs that many England supporters are. And that's true, you can't deny it.
And I don't despise football at all. I just despise England. Although not nearly as much as I used to. They're just really big headed and many (although not all yardie yardie yar) fans seriously over-rate them.
If I say now that I support Scotland (which I do), plenty of you will probably defend England by saying that they are better than Scotland and "Where are Scotland in the World Cup?". Okay so England are, without a doubt better than Scotland, but you don't see Scotland supporters causing riots and Scotland don't kid themselves about their chances.
Hmmmm.....a much easier way to explain that would have just been to say that I was joking. :-D
However, I am happy that you actually wrote a reply which was intelligent rather than a stupid "shut up u idiot" comment (similar to my original post). :-D
> Cocky thugs is really a rather silly thing to say. Who on here is a
> cocky thug?
Okay so I was a bit stereotypical in my post there. And I wasn't really saying anyone on here was a cocky thug. I wasn't aiming that comment at anyone on the forums, more the actual thugs that many England supporters are. And that's true, you can't deny it.
And I don't despise football at all. I just despise England. Although not nearly as much as I used to. They're just really big headed and many (although not all yardie yardie yar) fans seriously over-rate them.
If I say now that I support Scotland (which I do), plenty of you will probably defend England by saying that they are better than Scotland and "Where are Scotland in the World Cup?". Okay so England are, without a doubt better than Scotland, but you don't see Scotland supporters causing riots and Scotland don't kid themselves about their chances.
Hmmmm.....a much easier way to explain that would have just been to say that I was joking. :-D
However, I am happy that you actually wrote a reply which was intelligent rather than a stupid "shut up u idiot" comment (similar to my original post). :-D
Heh damnit!
Stryke wrote:
> Snipe® wrote:
> shush u nonces the WC is bigger than you think you are urselves.
>
> --
>
> Sod off.
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Hhe.
> Snipe® wrote:
> shush u nonces the WC is bigger than you think you are urselves.
>
> --
>
> Sod off.
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Hhe.
Vottanator wrote:
> The sooner England are sent home the better. Then all you cocky thugs
> who kid yourself at how good England are can once again be
> disappointed and shut the hell up!
Flametastic!
Cocky thugs is really a rather silly thing to say. Who on here is a cocky thug?
IMHO posts like this should be dealt with more severley. If you were joking then:
(a)Why post in a thread about football if you detest it so much and
(b)You should have used emoticons to portray you were joking.
There is no real need to post things like that and you are simply judging everyone by the actions of a few.
> The sooner England are sent home the better. Then all you cocky thugs
> who kid yourself at how good England are can once again be
> disappointed and shut the hell up!
Flametastic!
Cocky thugs is really a rather silly thing to say. Who on here is a cocky thug?
IMHO posts like this should be dealt with more severley. If you were joking then:
(a)Why post in a thread about football if you detest it so much and
(b)You should have used emoticons to portray you were joking.
There is no real need to post things like that and you are simply judging everyone by the actions of a few.
Snipe® wrote:
> shush u nonces the WC is bigger than you think you are urselves.
--
Sod off.
> shush u nonces the WC is bigger than you think you are urselves.
--
Sod off.
The sooner England are sent home the better. Then all you cocky thugs who kid yourself at how good England are can once again be disappointed and shut the hell up!
And does Gary Lineker go on holiday every few weeks? He has a constant tan! And a big tan too! His skin is always tanny coloured.
This reminds me of a great line in Me, Myself and Irene.....
"You ever notice that your kids sort of have an all year round tan?"
And does Gary Lineker go on holiday every few weeks? He has a constant tan! And a big tan too! His skin is always tanny coloured.
This reminds me of a great line in Me, Myself and Irene.....
"You ever notice that your kids sort of have an all year round tan?"
Okay, from my last post people probably assume I hate football. I don't, I just don't like that footballers get huge (correction, ridiculous) sums of money for having the skill of kicking a ball. Okay, they may be extremely good at kicking a ball, better than we could ever dream of, but still, they're just kicking a ball. And people say yeah they work really hard and all that they deserve good pay, fine, but they get RIDICULOUS pay. And the footballers themselves always go on about how they really do love the sport, well then they shouldn't care about the pay then as long as they can get by on it should they?
shush u nonces the WC is bigger than you think you are urselves.
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