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From: Chagney Hunt on 26 Jun 2010 17:50

Neither side is truly confident for this clash. The English are
geezing themselves up with positive thinking and hubris, while their
cousins the German are still trying to get over that confidence speed
bump served by the Serbs. What happens when relatives play one
another? Of courses, they'll exaggerate old bad memories to cover the
fact that they secretly like each other quite a bit. At the end of the
match, they'll share a beer and laugh at the Italians and the French.
From: Alkamista on 26 Jun 2010 20:48
On Jun 26, 5:50 pm, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Neither side is truly confident for this clash. The English are
> geezing themselves up with positive thinking and hubris, while their
> cousins the German are still trying to get over that confidence speed
> bump  served by the Serbs. What happens when relatives play one
> another? Of courses, they'll exaggerate old bad memories to cover the
> fact that they secretly like each other quite a bit. At the end of the
> match, they'll share a beer and laugh at the Italians and the French.

That may all be true, but I think Beckanbauer's remarks last week may
not have been well advised. The last time a German (Kahn) made
unprovoked disparaging remarks before an England game he ate 5 goals.
Franz may have been reminded of that because he apologised yesterday,
claiming that "maybe he was in a bad mood."
From: Jellore on 26 Jun 2010 21:08
On Jun 27, 7:50 am, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Neither side is truly confident for this clash. The English are
> geezing themselves up with positive thinking and hubris, while their
> cousins the German are still trying to get over that confidence speed
> bump  served by the Serbs. What happens when relatives play one
> another? Of courses, they'll exaggerate old bad memories to cover the
> fact that they secretly like each other quite a bit. At the end of the
> match, they'll share a beer and laugh at the Italians and the French.

Interesting story: I heard from an elderly relo recently that the term
"German cousins" referred to the relationship between two of your own
1st cousins on your mother and father's side. Clearly they are not
related to each other by blood or even marriage. Who knows where that
phrase came from?
From: Jellore on 26 Jun 2010 21:08
On Jun 27, 10:48 am, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 26, 5:50 pm, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Neither side is truly confident for this clash. The English are
> > geezing themselves up with positive thinking and hubris, while their
> > cousins the German are still trying to get over that confidence speed
> > bump  served by the Serbs. What happens when relatives play one
> > another? Of courses, they'll exaggerate old bad memories to cover the
> > fact that they secretly like each other quite a bit. At the end of the
> > match, they'll share a beer and laugh at the Italians and the French.
>
> That may all be true, but I think Beckanbauer's remarks last week may
> not have been well advised. The last time a German (Kahn) made
> unprovoked disparaging remarks before an England game he ate 5 goals.
> Franz may have been reminded of that because he apologised yesterday,
> claiming that "maybe he was in a bad mood."

Or feeling to cocky after their demolition of Australia.
From: KaiserD2 on 26 Jun 2010 21:29
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:08:08 -0700 (PDT), Jellore
<jellore(a)bigpond.com> wrote:

>On Jun 27, 7:50�am, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Neither side is truly confident for this clash. The English are
>> geezing themselves up with positive thinking and hubris, while their
>> cousins the German are still trying to get over that confidence speed
>> bump �served by the Serbs. What happens when relatives play one
>> another? Of courses, they'll exaggerate old bad memories to cover the
>> fact that they secretly like each other quite a bit. At the end of the
>> match, they'll share a beer and laugh at the Italians and the French.
>
>Interesting story: I heard from an elderly relo recently that the term
>"German cousins" referred to the relationship between two of your own
>1st cousins on your mother and father's side. Clearly they are not
>related to each other by blood or even marriage. Who knows where that
>phrase came from?

I know all pros maintain a confident attitude, but in their gut, I
think the two teams must have some sense that this is the real final
for them. I think Argentina is going to beat either of them pretty
easily. So they should be relaxed, throwing caution to the wind, and
trying very hard.

DK
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