++ [ originally posted by Shadowfax ] ++
So its personal insults now is it?
What a lovely person you are erik.... But then your a mod so as usual you can say and do anything you like... grow up
Actually, I cannot just say and do as I like but that's another topic. As to insulting: I agree I went too far there and I apologize. A mixture of disappointment, frustration and anger took over there I suppose.
I dont try to be objective at all i have my views and express them as i see fit... yo udont like it dont read it.
As for saying i know everything about football.... when exactly have i said that... as ive said many times im jus a fan i know very little about the game... football isnt where my expertise lies
If others want to give that impression thats up to them but i have never said im a footballing expert.
If you knew anything about british nations or me you would know i have no intrest in scotland and couldnt care whether they go through or not.
The only thing that even slightly makes me think scotland going through would be a good thing is the possibility of us meeting them later and being the ones to knock them out.
The fact is they put up a good performance... credit where credit is due.
That actually wasnt my intended comment however it was the words of a dutch fan being interviewed on leaving the stadium and i thought it was quite apt to what we had jus seen.
The fact is you have a great squad ... but all the in fighting and other bullshit that surrounds them stops them from performing . One day when they actually realise if they want to win anything they need to play as a team and stop trying to show off there individual talents and pull the bottom lip in then they will be a force so yes i see them as pampered primadonas... sorry but thats my opinion... or am i not allowed my own opinion in your little world.
dont bother what??
No facade .. you read what i say how you like .. you wanna call it something go ahead.
You dont like what i write dont read it or jus wield your power and ban me
I have no intention of banning you, Paul. Never had. I do, however, sometimes get the idea that you try to look like the expert (that maybe you are, I don't know you well enough) and then I read that comment of
pampered primadonas and I came to the wrong conclusion that you were just another chauvinistic Brit.
Now, when you tell me about the rivalry between England and Scotland - I very much got into contact with that when I lived in the UK but I also came across a sentiment of
us versus the rest of the world. Us being of course all the British nations.
Fact is that we don't have a great squad, we have a couple of world class players and some 'good' players around that but they are by no means a team and can't perform to save their lives. I'd much rather have a group of lesser players who do co-operate.
Either way - I hope Holland doesn't make it to Euro2004. Yesterday we were toyed around like amateurs by the Scots. Imagine what would happen if we met France, Italy or England.