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"Lawrence Jenkins" <lawrence13(a)sky.com> wrote in message
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> "Mentalguy2k8" <Mentalguy2k8(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Lawrence Jenkins" <lawrence13(a)sky.com> wrote in message
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>>> "johnty" <johnty1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>> On 19 June, 02:11, Legend-11 <Legend...(a)spamless.com> wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>> Listening to their own fans booing will not have helped with their
>>>>> fragile state of mind....but you can almost forgive it. There was a
>>>>> bloke who re-mortgaged his house for his World Cup funds on telly the
>>>>> other day. In the end, though, booing is fundamentally wrong....and it
>>>>> helps no one.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fragile state of mind? They ought to try living in the real world for
>>>> a while, struggling to pay bills and watching their faithful wags
>>>> disappear over the horizon.
>>>>
>>>> That England performance was the worst I've seen in over 40 years, and
>>>> considering the amount of money it cost those fans to be there, the
>>>> booing was thoroughly deserved.
>>>
>>> I agree with that Johnty I didn't like the attitude expressed that the
>>> fans had no right to feel pissed off. When you add into the mix just how
>>> well paid these players are and paid to be in SA to boot , then
>>> derogotry remarks about the fans who have to pay through the fecking
>>> nose every season to see their overpaid stars and then pay some more to
>>> support these twats when they play for England is out of order.
>>
>> To be fair, it was the only bit of passion Rooney showed all night....
>> Probably would have been better if he'd kept his mouth shut and said
>> later that although he didn't like it, he understood *why* the fans were
>> booing.
>>
>> There's some problem(s) that we're not being told about, maybe injuries
>> or illness or friction. We'll probably get told about it months after the
>> WC is over.
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> I've calmed down a bit now but the players really do need to realise how
> lucky they are

Agreed. They also need to see the sacrifices some people make to go and
watch them in these 3rd world countries.

From: RickyBobby on



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> Be honest rickybobby, even if they beat slovenia how much further can they
> go-the team is rotten and the whole squad should be barred from playing
> for England ever again. Its mainly about mental attitude and most of the
> players will be thinking great go out next week and I'm off on me hols
> spending my over paid wedge.
>

If they beat Slovenia they will go on the the knockout round. What more can
you ask?