tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post6274379120945582040..comments2023-10-30T08:56:36.302+00:00Comments on Pseuds' corner and home of the frustrated hack: St Pancras, French footballers' terminus – by Marcel des Maures et des AuroresUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-31479926872239823802007-11-19T22:29:00.000+00:002007-11-19T22:29:00.000+00:00gg: I appreciate your concern! Obviously I am hopi...gg: I appreciate your concern! Obviously I am hoping against reality that Northern Ireland will qualify, but I do also hope England will. Though that's more because I support the players than any support for Steve McLaren.<BR/><BR/>Cricket is never a problem for me. Despite the standard use of the initials ECB, those of us who care are well aware that it is still the England AND WALES cricket Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-85760627062449801842007-11-19T05:17:00.000+00:002007-11-19T05:17:00.000+00:00byebye, you're absolutely right, but I still alway...byebye, you're absolutely right, but I still always hope that one of these years I'll feel like celebrating when we do qualify, rather than just feeling relieved.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-VMk71yy8&feature=related" REL="nofollow"> bread and circuses. </A>munnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06416316883517693939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-19561510545111819072007-11-18T22:53:00.000+00:002007-11-18T22:53:00.000+00:00I often wonder if I'm missing something with Engla...I often wonder if I'm missing something with England. Only once in my lifetime watching them have they ever qualified without needing to win or draw the last game, or have another team lends us a hand with a favourable result.<BR/><BR/>We're down to the last game again and yet the prevalent attitude seems to be that we shouldn't be in this position. We're always in this bloody position! Why byebyebadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038367328030974280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-71941046773279945202007-11-18T14:52:00.000+00:002007-11-18T14:52:00.000+00:00ah ah! sticking your neck out cause me closed on s...ah ah! sticking your neck out cause me closed on sunday.Please come again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-18913299509444797242007-11-18T10:38:00.000+00:002007-11-18T10:38:00.000+00:00Dear guitoutine -you can never imagine how much I ...Dear guitoutine -<BR/><BR/>you can never imagine how much I revel in the company of a fellow-nostalgico!<BR/><BR/>I understand your happiness: the French league always was crap, and still is.<BR/><BR/>England have been crap since 1966, and still are.<BR/><BR/>The Premier League has, admittedly,<BR/>threatened our contentedness by occasionally providing exciting footy. Similarly, France sometimes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-83772634253086116362007-11-17T22:09:00.000+00:002007-11-17T22:09:00.000+00:00hey gg, the frog qualified thanks to the italians,...hey gg, the frog qualified thanks to the italians,and the brits are almost there thanks to the Israeli- Isn't the world a better place when countries are willing to help each other ? naturally Scotland may have a different opinion on this.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-55920553909437337262007-11-17T21:55:00.000+00:002007-11-17T21:55:00.000+00:00(in his grandad's flanelette nightshirt)- OK. I'll...(in his grandad's flanelette nightshirt)<BR/><BR/>- OK. I'll settle for the guitoutine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-38002320622697580242007-11-17T21:39:00.000+00:002007-11-17T21:39:00.000+00:00I really thought I didn't care anymore. I thought...I really thought I didn't care anymore. I thought I <I>wanted </I> England not to qualify. I'm now having a very complicated emotional response to the Israel-Russia result...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-82812074461350720392007-11-17T19:39:00.000+00:002007-11-17T19:39:00.000+00:00There is no bread any more.Let them eat cake.And t...There is no bread any more.<BR/><BR/>Let them eat cake.<BR/><BR/>And take the consequences. Even if that is the guillotine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-72102992732458919802007-11-17T18:49:00.000+00:002007-11-17T18:49:00.000+00:00sorry, no translations on the weekend.sorry, no translations on the weekend.offsideintahitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429832647076219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-7110008784242858592007-11-17T18:40:00.000+00:002007-11-17T18:40:00.000+00:00'You have to live with it" Marcel you do need a t...'You have to live with it" Marcel you do need a translator.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-58491739078323546752007-11-17T17:10:00.000+00:002007-11-17T17:10:00.000+00:00-gg you're guitou's best customer.the truth is, no...-gg you're guitou's best customer.<BR/>the truth is, now that the entrepreneurial owner is gone the circus is in place and we have to leave with it-clowns, animals, acrobats ,Of course it's the oldest con in the world.Juvenal first called attention to it in the 1st century when he wrote:<BR/>"two things only people require-bread and circuses". Nothing change,Roman A and his peers bring us the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-31438410915749945912007-11-17T17:09:00.000+00:002007-11-17T17:09:00.000+00:00-ggmy idea of sport? i am a nostalgic.-gg<BR/>my idea of sport? i am a nostalgic.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-36824518588000375372007-11-17T16:49:00.000+00:002007-11-17T16:49:00.000+00:00Controversial, as ever, but Russell Brand made an ...Controversial, as ever, but Russell Brand made an interesting point in his article today. How about if players should turn out for the nation in which they earn their money?<BR/><BR/>And now I'm really quite excited as Wales level the score in Cardiff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-19557400179081831192007-11-17T15:22:00.000+00:002007-11-17T15:22:00.000+00:00Guitou -is that your idea of sport?No way will I e...Guitou -<BR/><BR/>is that your idea of sport?<BR/><BR/>No way will I enjoy a major tournament without having the England team/management/FA/bus driver to moan about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-10191859482617613922007-11-17T14:40:00.000+00:002007-11-17T14:40:00.000+00:00gg,it's a new way to get bored at home-nobody care...gg,<BR/>it's a new way to get bored at home-nobody care about who is winning.If you can picture a CL final without a team or a player you fancy, you get the picture.<BR/>But then, i suspect you will bet on a team to loose to make it exciting,guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-61349545901351871892007-11-17T13:53:00.000+00:002007-11-17T13:53:00.000+00:00guitou: "to watch football with objectivity."What ...guitou: "to watch football with objectivity."<BR/><BR/>What a novel idea - tell me more!<BR/><BR/>P.S. I think I just heard the BBC World sports presenter refer to the manager of Russia, "Gus Hitler".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-51099962109882055512007-11-17T13:36:00.000+00:002007-11-17T13:36:00.000+00:00Actually there is debate here about reviving the H...Actually there is debate here about reviving the Home Nations Championship for next summer if england, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all kicking their heels while Euro 2008 takes place.<BR/><BR/>They knocked that tournament on the head in the mid-eighties when England and Scotland pulled out because they felt the standard of competition wasn't high enough for them and held them back.<byebyebadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038367328030974280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-672758574992203472007-11-17T13:18:00.000+00:002007-11-17T13:18:00.000+00:00mouth,offside,if you guys start to agree on someth...mouth,offside,<BR/>if you guys start to agree on something. I have to desagree just for thr principle.<BR/>gg,<BR/>who said 2008 a non tournement year? just because the Brits and the Frog won't be there, for once we may have a chance to watch football with objectivity.<BR/>Bybye<BR/>You're right, same thing with Henry and Framce but if you take Brazil (I watch them last night) they always look guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-77284991444917584512007-11-17T12:14:00.000+00:002007-11-17T12:14:00.000+00:00bbb -could the fact that United have a manager inf...bbb -<BR/><BR/>could the fact that United have a manager influence the issue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-76975410626849984992007-11-17T12:11:00.000+00:002007-11-17T12:11:00.000+00:00mouth: "a non-tournament summer".2008?mouth: "a non-tournament summer".<BR/><BR/>2008?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-11726629511859708362007-11-17T11:16:00.000+00:002007-11-17T11:16:00.000+00:00The original idea of international football was th...The original idea of international football was that by picking the best players form each club you would create a superteam to represent the nation that would, naturally, be better than any club side.<BR/><BR/>the more money has trickled into the game though the more you get a concentration of the best players at a few clubs and multi-national squads and scouting networks. With this financial byebyebadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038367328030974280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-24889083933151077572007-11-17T09:49:00.000+00:002007-11-17T09:49:00.000+00:00In a hypothetical showdown between the top 16 WC a...In a hypothetical showdown between the top 16 WC and the top 16 CL, which team would the players play for? Whichever one their agent tells them to.<BR/><BR/>After that mangled English, in a non-tournament summer (2009, 2011) wouldn't it be great to see a four team one week tournament (proceeds to UNICEF) comprising the two best international sides of the previous year (or WC winners) and the two Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-91328655334798628762007-11-17T06:10:00.000+00:002007-11-17T06:10:00.000+00:00Guitou, I know, I've read them all. I was just won...Guitou, I know, I've read them all. I was just wondering if the Steiner character in Corto's adventures was based on the real life one. <BR/><BR/>Back on topic, I agree with Mouth. I'll have the World Cup over the CL and I do think the level is higher. I also agree with Marcela that's it's impractical and can only remain on the hypothetical level. <BR/><BR/>I'll have country over club. Definitelyoffsideintahitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429832647076219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-33852057491457571882007-11-17T04:20:00.000+00:002007-11-17T04:20:00.000+00:00offside,Corto Maltese and Raspoutine.offside,<BR/>Corto Maltese and Raspoutine.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.com