The Great debate.

[yerself]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

It was'nt like this in '66....we went in coldly & clinically and did the job....Ramsey puffed on his pipe & Moore raised the trophy and then we all went home. Of course, the thing is, we knew how to win in those days...Ah well.

Not quite, apparently. Did anyone see the programme on TV the other night that suggested the match was rigged? We all know about Geoff Hurst's goal that wasn't, this programme highlighted several dubious refereeing decisions to support its claim that the match was won by less than fair means. If I remember correctly the inference was that the ref had accepted a bung.

[yerself]

Originally Posted by mez

YOU WILL change your mind when you meet old tea

Less of the old. He was in the same class at school and I'm not old.

[Bazf]

God it must be a slow news day when they have to have a program about rigging matchs in the sixtys or is just that if England do well we have to knock them down? Let me guess the reporter was from err... Scotland, Ireland, Wales or a mixture of all 3.

[mez]

didnt mean it that way, yerself, sorry it was a term used as :an old friend : ive met tea a few times now & find him great o eck dont tell him that :///

[Bagpuss]

Originally Posted by mez

tell you wot why dont you both meet up in the miners on sunday, believe me kipax YOU WILL change your mind when you meet old tea there so come on even if its only for 1/2 hr //

What are you saying Mez that what we see on here is not the real Tealeaf, does the real one really watch football and enjoy it.

[mez]

no wot im saying is hes a nice person really ooo eck im ruining his reputation for stirring it, or liking winding people up ooo eck should never av started all this, forget it all of it hes gonna taunt my dog now i just know it hes a bully //

[Weary Tourist]

Debate is now over.

Here's a shiny gold thing that a fabulous England team won.

At least it was in living memory. Eh ?

[slater_scott]

Dont forget england won le tournoi or something in 99 i think. The tournament that was in france.

[Tealeaf]

Le Tournai! You're having a laugh........no one took that seriously...that was 3 teams having a minor kick about in the park....I think the other 2 teams gave us the cup out of sympathy for having won nowt.

This debate has only just begun....

[slater_scott]

Why do you hate the england team so much? Are you jealous or something that you cant play at that level or something?

[yerself]

the excuses are already being rolled out for tonight's match. Apparently England have never won a match that has been exclusively televised on ITV. That's according to this morning's Daily Express.

[Tealeaf]

Scott, I don't "hate the England team"..........like any other person on here I would love to see any team or individual in any sport win while representing this country.

However, what I do have is contempt for English football as played at the premiership and national level. I object to the incomes the players receive, I object to the coverage on the TV and in the media, I object to the England team's miserable performance, I object to their lack of skills and leadership, I object to the fact the manager is a foreigner, I object to the England Captain because he is a complete waste of time....

[mez]

tea you did, BULLY leave my dog alone//

[simon]

Tea you are going a little CRAZY now....................... The england captain a WASTE OF TIME ?????????

Your contempt for the higher level's of football is ruining your EYESIGHT and Judgement

[Tealeaf]

No, it's everyone else who's following these idiots who's crazy (I acknowledge my eyesight is'nt to good)....do you seriously believe Beckham as a captain is any good? So you really think that the opposition are going to respect an English Captain who wears his wifes underwear....they're going to be pi**ing themselves with this joker. Get real, Simon.