Never Trust a Hippy: Priorities
Who to support in the World Cup ? Being English and living back in England the choice isn't too hard for me. The difficult choice this summer is whether to have 2 flags on my car, or the slightly less subtle 4 arrangement.
For my Irish friends, FIFA's enforcement of the rules have hit the Republic hard. They are now struggling with the rule that says your players need to be ever so slightly associated with the country they eventually turn out for. That's not really fair, is it Mr Cascarino ?
I did my stint of living 'abroad'. 18 months at the top of Scotland taught me to stand up and be counted when England are playing, but then happily accept the ribbing when Scotland come out on top.
A recent poll run by the Press & Journal website shows the level of support England can expect in the North East of Scotland over the next 5 weeks, nearly 60% saying they would rather support anyone else than England. A couple of the Trinidad & Tobago players ply their trade north of the border, so now there is a national shortage of Trinidad shirts as thousands of pasty faced jocks wander round trying to look like they're from the Caribbean. Most Scots get sunburn looking at holiday brochures. Tanning salons in Aberdeen involve standing in front of your mate holding a torch.
Paulie has his own suggestions on who to support in the world cup if your country of birth isn't represented, teams with ex-forest players or those with good kits seem to be high on the list. With no Republic of Ireland to support, it must be hard to accept supporting England especially, as he says, with an "antiseptic" manager.
But then if I'd been with Ulrika Johnson, I'd be bathing in Dettol as well.
For my Irish friends, FIFA's enforcement of the rules have hit the Republic hard. They are now struggling with the rule that says your players need to be ever so slightly associated with the country they eventually turn out for. That's not really fair, is it Mr Cascarino ?
I did my stint of living 'abroad'. 18 months at the top of Scotland taught me to stand up and be counted when England are playing, but then happily accept the ribbing when Scotland come out on top.
A recent poll run by the Press & Journal website shows the level of support England can expect in the North East of Scotland over the next 5 weeks, nearly 60% saying they would rather support anyone else than England. A couple of the Trinidad & Tobago players ply their trade north of the border, so now there is a national shortage of Trinidad shirts as thousands of pasty faced jocks wander round trying to look like they're from the Caribbean. Most Scots get sunburn looking at holiday brochures. Tanning salons in Aberdeen involve standing in front of your mate holding a torch.
Paulie has his own suggestions on who to support in the world cup if your country of birth isn't represented, teams with ex-forest players or those with good kits seem to be high on the list. With no Republic of Ireland to support, it must be hard to accept supporting England especially, as he says, with an "antiseptic" manager.
But then if I'd been with Ulrika Johnson, I'd be bathing in Dettol as well.
posted by Lucky Col at
10:17 AM
1 Comments:
The Cascarino affair was a genuine mistake that any FA around the world could have made.
If you take the last letter of his name and stick it at the beginning instead you have O'Cascarin - now how much more Irish do you need than that.
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Mac, at 4:24 PM
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