soldier of fortune Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 KoS you laughed, but 2 of my picks are in the quarter finals not bad!! I accept your "apology" jack!!! McCarthy amazed at incredible turnout June 18, 2002 (22:24) Mick McCarthy has paid tribute to the “incredible” turnout of over 100,000 supporters at the Phoenix Park in Dublin for the homecoming concert of Ireland's World Cup Squad. The Republic of Ireland manager said: “We were told to expect a reception, but, honestly, we never expected anything like this”. “It makes you feel very humble, and also proud to be Irish,” he added. The crowd also enjoyed performances from Westlife, Six, Bellefire, Aprés Match, Mundy, Kila and Picturehouse. Mick McCarthy and the players touched down in Dublin Airport just before 5pm after a twelve-hour flight from Seoul Well Done Lads!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Glad to hear you "accept" my apology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 No hard feelings eh jack? Come let me buy you a pint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Next challenge: Finding a tv on friday in god-forsaken yank country to watch England trounce the Brazilians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Yeah i hope England win the world cup!! :wary: KoS put the gun away!! Really i do!! Anyway i hope the Yanks beat the Krauts, should be a good game!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I tend to give preference to countries I've visited before, just because it's as good a reason as any. So I've been all over Brazil and England, so I've be happy who ever wins. I'll probably watch the game always rooting for whoevers behind. As far the the yanks and the krauts, well, I think we all know who's getting my support there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Varley Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I noticed b*witched weren't playing, what the fuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Are they still alive? ??? Well there was over 120,000 people there to welcome home the lads! Thats pretty good!! Well i'd like to see England win more so than Brazil!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Varley Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 I WANT TO SEE B*WITCHED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 AV do you have some Blue Denim Fetish thing going on there ? ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Varley Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Nope, just cute Irish Girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Hmm...cute girls. B*witched, hehe, nostalga factor 10! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Yeah my god, bad memories, but to get back to the matter at hand. Brazil i think will win the world cup, but i think it'll be tough to call who'll they'll play against. Unlucky England :dissappointed: Maybe next time ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 AV just for you!! They ain't in denim though!! Sorry off subject again!! Go samba boys!! :wary: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 Go South Korea !!! :approve: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted June 25, 2002 Author Share Posted June 25, 2002 Two articles First, a look at why Europe may have done so badly this year: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/24/sports/soccer/24VECS.html Second, Politics and futbol. Who knew? http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/24/opinion/24SAFI.html username: drunkennews password: pinky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 Jumbie, do u get unlimited BJs from NYtime.com to their site???? Well, at least there is a European team in the final, although i think Brazil will win, Germany will miss Ballack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 Wednesday June 19, 2002 > The Guardian Immediately after scoring a goal against Saudi Arabia, those giants of world football, Robbie Keane raced across the pitch and, directly in front of the pitch-side camera, performed a mime of an archer firing an arrow. He crouched down, drew one hand back and then simulated letting go of the bowstring and went kerpppowwww! I don't know what you thought about that, if you saw it. I wanted to climb inside the television and smack him about the head. Or maybe respond with a real arrow. It was hugely irritating, the sort of smug, dumb, self-aggrandising thing you might expect one of the Big Brother cretins to perform, or possibly Lulu. It made me spit. Partly, I suppose, this is because I was cheering for the Saudis, out of a respect for their criminal justice system. Given a choice between two right-of-centre agrarian theocracies, I'll go with the more rigorous one, if that's OK. But I am well aware that I was almost entirely alone in not rooting for the Irish. Everybody in the world adores them, it would seem - including the referee in their last game, who awarded them a total of seven penalties (from which they managed to score three times) and disallowed a whole bunch of Spanish goals. Perhaps he'd been mugged last year on holiday in Marcella or something. But more likely he was just in thrall to the Irish like everybody else. But who will the world cheer for now that the lovable leprechauns have been returned to their misty hills and treacherous bogs? Perhaps, like my friend and colleague John Humphries, they will occupy themselves by cheering for whomever England are playing, even if it's an al-Qaida Select XI, or maybe Germany. I hope so. England's victories get more and more enjoyable as the whining about "English triumphalism" grows within Great Britain. ======================================================================== The reply to what the journalist in the Guardian Newspaper said about the Irish With regard to your comments on Robbie Keane's celebration & numerous little digs at Irish-ness in general, I fell you need a little reminding of some facts that British people tend to forget for some strange reason. Firstly the Robbie Keane thing. Scoring a goal in the world cup is something a lot of us dream of, for Robbie Keane it must have been a dream for him too. I can understand his celebration, it was a sort of follow on from the goal against Germany when he drew two guns & start firing away only this time it's a different weapon. How this annoys you is confusing. What's the story with Beckham scoring & opening out his arms as if he's an aeroplane about to take off?? Maybe he's trying to tell us he's from cloud cuckoo land or something; he'd be right. Saudi Arabia may not be any great sheiks "get it?" But what do you call Greece when you struggled to beat them & to be fair you mention the referee giving us a lot of dodgy decisions. If it weren't for a terrible decision to give you a free kick in the last minute against Greece you wouldn't have qualified. Short memories. I have to agree with you in regard to the strange phenomenon that most people throughout the world seem to take to Irish people & admire a whole host of different things about us. Now let's ask our selves why this is? Is it anything to do with our culture of Music, Dance & the ability to have a decent conversation with a complete stranger? Is it anything to do with the fact that after about seven pints we tend to be a little happier & start singing? Is it anything to do with the age-old reputation of us been a friendly race? Is it anything to do with the fact that where-ever Irish people turned up in the world, we have blended in and had a lot to offer? For example in America it's generally known that we built the entire infrastructure form the ground up. The influence of the Irish in Argentina, Australia, Britain & Canada for example is shocking. The fact that your people & country are hated, & I don't mean this to be offensive but this is fact. This hatred is simply because all of the above I have mentioned in favour of my people is exactly the same reasons as to why your not liked, but in reverse. I mean your people are so diverse due to the colonization of vast amounts of lands & cultures that you lack your own cultural identity. The fact that after seven pints, there is a tendency to smash some bodies face in. The Fact that you have an age-old reputation that you are an oppressive race that took rather than contribute to any other nation in the past. So you wonder why we support anybody but England? Not Wales or Scotland, only England. We're not perfect by any means and were not all friendly, but I can tell you that the old laugh about the leprechauns and misty hills and the bogs are starting to disappear. For a country like Ireland with a population of about four million & our own identity, add the fact that our people are loved everywhere & that our economy is the fastest growing in Europe, is it any surprise why were admired? Go on, have a dig at us ? sure we've taken a lot worse than that from you lot before & came out stronger for it. At this stage it's like water off a Duck's back. The worst bit about it is that it's eating you up in side & there's nothing you lot can do about it anymore!!! Mind yourself & answer me this simple question. You own the English language, but why do the London folk pronounce such words like THINK as FINK? Where on Earth did you get the F? Like all things that originate from England, English people are crap at them. Is mise le meas "Irish" John McGuinness ps: in your bit below about the referee been mugged in Marbella, well what's the chances that an English lout might have done it? Who'da thunk it, blatant racism in a respected English Newspaper?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Varley Posted June 29, 2002 Share Posted June 29, 2002 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! B*Witched :sly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 Well its the 5th world cup for the Brazilians, and i think they deserve a round of applause!!! Well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yahve Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 here here. It was a very entertaining world cup, a lot of fresh blood reaching the final divisions. Sad to see the last 2 remaining ancients battle it out for the championship. I did expect Germany to put on a bit of a better show, I didn't see any german matches other than the final but as far as i remember, they have great midfield organization skills that i didnt see in the final. Hell Brazil came up with a good defense out of nowhere. I was very impressed by that. Probably due to psychological pressure or of the sort. It's all part of the game. Moito biem moito biem. !! *tries to knee the soccer ball one more time.... come on 16...* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Well seeing as tho Brazil won it for the 5th time, i think this may be one of the better expanations as to why they did!! See below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Go Brazil! Man, i gotta visit that place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 "Get yer tits out for tha lads!" SoF leers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 This is like the 5th time ive checked this thread just to see that chick (one on the left). Good one, SOF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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