Leo needs to concentrate on his own team though, trying to avoid 10-0 trashings by the other team he is bashing.
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Leo needs to concentrate on his own team though, trying to avoid 10-0 trashings by the other team he is bashing.
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Just for the record...the Scottish press is actually extremely strong...we have our own national press, TV football shows, radio phone in's and so on.
For example, as the English version of the Sun is praising the England NT, building them up into world beating national hero's with the bulldog spirit and a blitz mentality, the Scottish version is running them into the ground and calling them arrogant bast..ds.
There is no real reason to read, listen or see any coverage of the English NT if you don't want to.
...and all this rubbish in the press at the moment about Scots not supporting England has been blown out of all proportion with misquotes taken out of context by Jack McConnel ,Walter Smith and so on...
For example, as the English version of the Sun is praising the England NT, building them up into world beating national hero's with the bulldog spirit and a blitz mentality, the Scottish version is running them into the ground and calling them arrogant bast..ds.
There is no real reason to read, listen or see any coverage of the English NT if you don't want to.
...and all this rubbish in the press at the moment about Scots not supporting England has been blown out of all proportion with misquotes taken out of context by Jack McConnel ,Walter Smith and so on...
Well you have to understand, Paul, that many fans here are supposed Azzurri supporters, so if the media overrates them they're all for it. Everybody loves Italy around here and hates England.
But again the English media does stretch far around the world because obviously the reports are in English..
But again the English media does stretch far around the world because obviously the reports are in English..
Buffon sees England danger
Monday 29 May, 2006
Italian goalkeeper Gigi Buffon has backed England to launch a serious assault at winning the World Cup.
The Juventus shot-stopper is a fan of Sven Goran Eriksson’s men, pinpointing their central midfield partnership of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard as key.
"I'd say England have the strongest midfield in Europe, maybe in the world,” the custodian told the Mirror newspaper. "They have the best players in that area.
“Lampard and Gerrard are great players, strong people who can drive the game and win you matches.”
The Azzurri will start the tournament as possible winners, but the 'keeper insists their chances would be boosted had Lampard or Gerrard been Italian citizens.
"If we could have just one of them, we'd be very lucky,” he added. "If we could have them both we'd win the World Cup.
“When you look at our team we're very strong at the back, with [Alessandro] Nesta and [Fabio] Cannavaro and have strikers to choose from.
"But there is a weakness in the midfield. We have a few good players but it is a weakness and one of the points we have to try to address.
"When we look at the England squad and the midfielders they have, we do wish we could have one of them.
"England are good enough to reach the Final."
Monday 29 May, 2006
Italian goalkeeper Gigi Buffon has backed England to launch a serious assault at winning the World Cup.
The Juventus shot-stopper is a fan of Sven Goran Eriksson’s men, pinpointing their central midfield partnership of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard as key.
"I'd say England have the strongest midfield in Europe, maybe in the world,” the custodian told the Mirror newspaper. "They have the best players in that area.
“Lampard and Gerrard are great players, strong people who can drive the game and win you matches.”
The Azzurri will start the tournament as possible winners, but the 'keeper insists their chances would be boosted had Lampard or Gerrard been Italian citizens.
"If we could have just one of them, we'd be very lucky,” he added. "If we could have them both we'd win the World Cup.
“When you look at our team we're very strong at the back, with [Alessandro] Nesta and [Fabio] Cannavaro and have strikers to choose from.
"But there is a weakness in the midfield. We have a few good players but it is a weakness and one of the points we have to try to address.
"When we look at the England squad and the midfielders they have, we do wish we could have one of them.
"England are good enough to reach the Final."
actually if ionly it was that easy, you cant turn on any scottish channel during the world cup without listening to the mindless ramblings of some english commentator talking about 66 over and over........but i said in another thread that its not the english players, team,etc i cant stand its motty and his gang. sky is just as bad though. thank god for the new option on BBC to turn off the commentators
Watch the pictures, put on 5 live for the matches...works for me.
...and agreed about the commentators...we used to have a sweepstake to see how many times '66 was mentioned each time England played against, well, anybody.
...and the red button is the greatest thing...I enjoy just watching the game with the sound of the match...brilliant.
Sky and Talk Sport are the two biggest culprits IMHO for building animosity between England and the other home nations...as you say, we respect the players and management, but loath the media
...and agreed about the commentators...we used to have a sweepstake to see how many times '66 was mentioned each time England played against, well, anybody.
...and the red button is the greatest thing...I enjoy just watching the game with the sound of the match...brilliant.
Sky and Talk Sport are the two biggest culprits IMHO for building animosity between England and the other home nations...as you say, we respect the players and management, but loath the media
