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Originally posted by Sysman View PostOn the subject of footie, it always amazes me how the English assume that a game against a small country should be a walkover, field a weak side, then wonder why they didn't win.
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"I don't think the English public care very much."
Nope I don't. Couldn't care less about RU. Didn't even bother watching the final a few years back.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostWell that excuse may work for you, and I dont mean to brag but it would never work with my misses - cough
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Originally posted by wendigo100 View PostNo snaw, that's not my definition - I said size means nothing.
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Originally posted by snaw View PostNewsflash - NZ's national sport is rugby, Scotland's is football - I suspect more kiwi's play football than Scots play rugby.
Either way what's your point - England's is over 12 times bigger by your definition - how many times you beat them?
And rugby isn't England's national sport either, but nevertheless, we've still managed to win the world cup as many times as New Zealand.
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Originally posted by wendigo100 View PostThat means nothing. If it did New Zealand would be crap as well!
...and as New Zealand's population is even smaller than Scotland, remind me how many times the Scots have beaten them in their 25-match history - that's right - never!
Either way what's your point - England's is over 12 times bigger by your definition - how many times you beat them?
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostWell there is only 5 million of us
...and as New Zealand's population is even smaller than Scotland, remind me how many times the Scots have beaten them in their 25-match history - that's right - never!
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Chr£$%, I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978
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Scotland vs England:
Played Won Lost Drawn Pctg
124 41 66 17 33.06
I wouldn't call that a walkover. In fact on population % we're ahead
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostOn the subject of footie, it always amazes me how the English assume that a game against a small country should be a walkover, field a weak side, then wonder why they didn't win.
HTH
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Originally posted by wendigo100 View PostI've said elsewhere that when England win something, we spend the next year celebrating and let everything slip back to tulipeness. The world cup 1966, the Ashes 2005...
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Originally posted by wendigo100 View Post
I can't speak for the Scots as it hasn't been put to the test up there yet...
http://www.dailymotion.com/tag/franc...cfadden_eventsLast edited by scooterscot; 15 September 2007, 10:00.
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I don't think the English public care very much.
I've said elsewhere that when England win something, we spend the next year celebrating and let everything slip back to tulipeness. The world cup 1966, the Ashes 2005...
I can't speak for the Scots as it hasn't been put to the test up there yet...
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