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Post by leanne on Sept 27, 2010 18:40:40 GMT
Released last year or the year before. Anyway they started the first chapter (the 'eponymous' Why England Lose chapter) with a checklist of England's world Cup campaigns []Phase One pre-tournament: Certainty that England will win the World Cup TICKPhase Two: During the tournament England meet a former wartime enemy. TICKPhase Three: England conclude that the game turned on one freakish piece of bad luck that could only happen to them. - TICK  Phase Four: Moreover everyone else cheated. TICKPhase Five: England are knocked out without getting anywhere near lifting the cup. TICKPhase Six: The day after elimination, normal life resumes. TICKPhases Seven: A scapegoat is found TICKPhases Eight: England enter the next World Cup thinking they will win it TICKSpooky, non? |
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Post by abs on Sept 27, 2010 18:45:17 GMT
Some of those eight are just standard behavioural patterns whipped up by the media (believing we'll win the Cup, making scapegoats) and aren't spooky, they'll happen until the day we actually win the Cup. Wartime enemy - we happened to have wars against two major footballing powers, but we've also got knocked out vs Brazil and Portugal in recent times. Things do usually seem to revolve around one incident though, that much is true, but then that seems to be the case in a lot of World Cup knockout games.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2010 18:51:00 GMT
Phases Nine: Heskey scores one good header and Stan Collymore states Houllier can bring twenty league goals out of him this season, calling him international quality in the process (this all happened), thus leading to the 'big man' coming out of retirement and leading our 2014 line around the rest of our overhyped mercenaries.
Phases Ten: John Motson chuckles to self during opening game coverage.
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Post by Moz on Sept 27, 2010 19:04:10 GMT
Phase Eleven - the words "Beckham territory" pop up whenever there's a free kick from a sensible range to score
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Post by socalledhardcunt on Sept 27, 2010 19:19:47 GMT
Just my opinion but I think post world cup that has changed from a working class fan mindset to a middle class fan mindset. I think even the hardened old school England die hard has realised they have absoltuly nothing in common with the current England set up from the players to the coaches to the FA big wigs to the complete omelettes (city boys, barmies, familys, even women probably) who spend 2 years of qualification on the piss at Wembley who are now our core fanbase and believe the tick thing. I can't see your average geezer in the pub thinking we're gonna win anything in 2 years or we have been cheated out of our rightful place as champions like they have done for the last 40 years.
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Post by leanne on Sept 27, 2010 19:29:41 GMT
The thinking we're going to win is probably an exaggeration tbh.
Got fuck all to do with 'average geezers' down the pub though.
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Post by socalledhardcunt on Sept 27, 2010 19:51:58 GMT
Has for me because they spouted that shit.
The England fanbase might be a bit more realistic up north.
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Sept 27, 2010 20:12:26 GMT
the day we actually win the Cup.  |
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Post by eddiemurphy on Oct 3, 2010 13:35:53 GMT
programme on bbc2 tonight at 9.30. gary linker interviewing the football bigwigs about why we can't get it right. |
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Post by Moz on Oct 5, 2010 15:58:47 GMT
There was an article in New Scientist before the WC about why England always fail too. Was a pretty good read. Not sure if I know where I put it now though...
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Post by eddiemurphy on Oct 6, 2010 9:11:41 GMT
decent programme on sunday night. too many foreign players.  11 a side kick and rush for kids. but as we all know it's in the genes.  |
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Post by caspergomez on Oct 6, 2010 10:08:11 GMT
Phase Twelve: Realising that you aren't good enough to win it
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Post by thegreathehe on Oct 6, 2010 11:09:46 GMT
;D
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