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Post by romfordstokie on Feb 17, 2004 12:49:00 GMT
Excellent article in the Independent today by the peerless James Lawton. Sums up Gary Neville and the modern footballer perfectly Who the fuck do these people think they are?
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 17, 2004 12:53:24 GMT
I've read it too. James Lawton was rather pompous and sanctomonious in his judgments on Neville I thought. I thought Nevilles reaction to his sending off was perfectly rational. He acknowledged he'd been daft but why should he beat himself up over it?
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Post by no1stokie on Feb 17, 2004 12:56:06 GMT
Not read it, is there anyway of getting it up on here?
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 17, 2004 12:57:29 GMT
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Post by romfordstokie on Feb 17, 2004 13:03:11 GMT
I think his criticisim of Neville regarding the sending off was part of the overall painting of what an odious chatacter Neville has become and not sanctimonious in the slightest
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Post by no1stokie on Feb 17, 2004 13:14:41 GMT
Thankis a lot.
He's convinved it was a one off? Is someone else controling him? He's the one who has to make it a one off.
Agree there Romford. A good article, very true!
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Feb 17, 2004 14:08:34 GMT
Draws good comparisons to the Rugby sqaud. They act very professionally for (probabley) a quarter of the money that the footballers are on.
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 17, 2004 21:48:19 GMT
Personally I get sick of everyone using the rugby team as an example of all thats perfect and right with humanity and football are portrayed as evil visigoths. Anything footballers do is measured against the behaviour of rugby players.
At least the captain of Englands football team has never had to resign amid a drug scandal.
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Post by no1stokie on Feb 17, 2004 22:07:08 GMT
I agree Joe, we do compare them a lot though there is something to be learnt.
It's all becasue Rugby fans/players all come from posh private schools becasue they're the only places that play it anymore.
I go private and it's shit for the fact we play rugby not football, (i don't, i play hockey instead), untill i came to this school i didn't know anyone played rugby out of school, and didn't know where the rugby teams got their few fans from!
The reason they're more disaplinned is becasue they're posh bastards.
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Feb 17, 2004 22:19:31 GMT
Wouldn't like to call Martin Johnson a posh bastard, personally   |
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 17, 2004 22:25:14 GMT
Wouldn't like to call Martin Johnson a posh bastard, personally
Not to his face anyway!!
One thing worth mentioning is that the nature of football and rugby are different. And don't forget that until November if anyone was saying how much better rugby was you could just ask them if its so good why doesn't anyone watch it?
Good that England won the world cup but some people are using it as an excuse to bash football. In 66 when Nobby did his dance around Wembley was he singing about sticking it to the rugby people? No. So why is evreyone comparing their virtues to football?
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Post by no1stokie on Feb 17, 2004 22:25:54 GMT
No you might not want to!
But i would, bring the fat bastard on!
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Post by no1stokie on Feb 17, 2004 22:27:59 GMT
Please tell me he's not a Stokie and doesn't read this message board. And if he does don't tell him who i am!
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