Friar Bellows

I'm not talking cricket, rugby league, olympics, tennis, or anything else the Aussies regularly trounce the Poms at. I'm talking football (soccer), the obsession in England, the afterthought in Australia. What am I actually talking about?

Australia defeated England 3-1 a few hours ago.

mecca777

Obscenity. Michael Owen's first-half performance may not make baby Jesus cry, but I nearly burst a blood vessel.

I guess we'll just have to give up sport completely. It's one thing to watch Aussie superhumans destroy English hopes in the swimming pool or on the track (I'm not even going to think about that game with the red ball); but by the IP-f'in-U, when Sven's boys get invited to the spank by the Socceroos, it's time to take up synchronised gardening.

ju'iblex

ja, despite the fact we import all our playes from the Baltic, we still arent too good. <yes, hyperbole>

You poms should be well and truly ashamed of that 'world class' team of yours.

Xeluan

I'm meeting up with a good friend who is a Pommie for lunch tomorrow. I shall not try and mention Australia's victory too much....apart from the first 15 minues of gloating and ribbing about the hapless Poms.

Is there any sport where the Poms could possibly have a chance?

Corgan Sow

Also France losing 2-0 to Czech (did they have Henry in French squad?!). Well, a jinxy night.:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Shows also 30 million pound Rio ferdinand is a useless dumbass for Manc Yoo . And Owen, he's been terrible almost the whole season of English Premiership. Sven's selection is another reason he should be sacked. David James for GK?

Celsus

Ha! I love it when England lose, mainly because of the ridiculous self-adulation and jingoism that goes on in England prior to any England match. Why do they do it to themselves?
Well, I was going to mention curling, but, sorry, that's the Scots isn't it. But seriously, 15 minutes of gloating? Only?

Joel

Xeluan

Well, there is beer to drink.

Doubting Didymus

Funny. I always thought we were crap at soccer. I certainly wouldn't have thought we could be outcrapped.

Friar Bellows

But then again, where's Australia when the real football is played, i.e. World Cup? England threatened to beat Brazil in the last World Cup. Australia threatened to merely show up (and didn't, as usual). Australia will never amount to much in men's football, because most boys lose interest in the sport as teenagers, and switch to the vastly more popular sports such as rugby league and union, aussie rules or cricket. If football was a number one sport in Australia, like it is in England, we would be regulars in the top twenty FIFA rankings.

As much as I detest Anglophiles in my own country, I really admire the English sporting teams. They play fair and with the right spirit, and are never sore losers. Maybe some of their fans are different, I don't know.

BigBlue2

Well, Mark Viduka went walkabout for the entire game - at least Owen had a shot or two on goal.