Gkirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24621 posts, RR: 58 Posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1454 times:
How long will the English media go on about winning the Ashes now? 10, 20, 30, 40 years perhaps?
40 years on, we still hear about Nineteen Sixty six, 2 years since 2003 and now this.
Watching Sky Sports News, they are wrecking a whole load of songs with their horrendous singing Although, to be fair, God Save the Queen was always a horrid song anyway Now they want to sing that Jerusalem song again, they've gone bonkers.
Can the English media please shut up, please shut up?
That's my rant over
When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 1, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1438 times:
How long will the Scots whinge on about England winning the Ashes now? 10, 20, 30, 40 years perhaps?
40 years on, we still hear about the Scots whingeing about Nineteen Sixty six, 2 years since 2003, they're still whingeing and now this.
Watching Sky Sports News, the Scots are whingeing about them wrecking a whole load of songs with their horrendous singing Although, to be fair, God Save the Queen was always a horrid song anyway Now they want to whinge about singing that Jerusalem song again, they've gone bonkers.
Can the Scots please stop whingeing, please shut up?
That's my rant over.
:D
(Of course, you could always actually go and win something you know)
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
Cornish From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2005, 8187 posts, RR: 56 Reply 4, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1400 times:
Quoting Trident3 (Reply 3): Can't see them getting the pachyderms on to an open top bus though.
Well lets put it this way, in the unlikely event of a Scottish sporting win at anything they'd have trouble sourcing an open top bus. Lets face it with the lack of anything to see tourist-wise, no sporting success and an abysmal climate, they'd have to come begging to the English for a suitable bus
Just when I thought I could see light at the end of the tunnel, it was some B*****d with a torch bringing me more work
EGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 40 Reply 5, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1379 times:
I'm just imagining the highly unlikely scenario of Scotland winning anything of importance. Would we EVER hear the end of it? I doubt it! It's bad enough we have to constantly hear about unimportant matches in which Scotland beat England in a competitive contest 40 years ago that's been dredged up by one of our kilt wearing friends from up North .
Call as back when you do succeed in something and then we can talk. Until then keep your jealousy to yourself, nobody likes a moaner!
Wunala From Australia, joined Mar 2005, 939 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1373 times:
I agree with Gkirk. The English press is painful at the best of times. I have a friend in work who can quote minutes/seconds when the final bell wnet in 1966, the exact moment Jonny Wilkonson became a god, and in 1982, the last time Aston Villa won anythng. Its just wrong.
Mind you they have been building up to this for 18 years or so.
And before anyone says 'bitter Australian', I would like to point out that I do not give a flying rats arse about sport. For me the Olympics is the opening and closing bits, it is the British press that I grow weary of.
Xpat From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 634 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1319 times:
Better they keep harping on about something happy for a change. Saw the players ride past St. Paul's this morning. Quite a good crowd.
The only thing we have to fear is the sky falling on our heads. -Asterix
Gkirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24621 posts, RR: 58 Reply 15, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1311 times:
Xpat...you live in the US. You don't know the hell it's like when nearly every TV station is looking at the Ashes win etc.
Thank god for BBC Scotland though
When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!
BCAL From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 3384 posts, RR: 18 Reply 17, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1257 times:
Give a few days, couple of weeks top, and all the celebrations will die down. After all, we English rarely win major sports events and on the few occasions that we do, every sports fan goes potty.
My bet is that the UK Governemnt is encouraging the celebrations in order to distract attention from the petrol crisis that is surfacing. My local petrol station is down to its last pump and there is a queue of cars strecthing for nearly 0.25 miles. Panic buying is hitting the streets and Blair is more concerned about the cricket! What's new about that?
MOL on SRB's latest attack at BA: "It's like a little Chihuahua barking at a dying Labrador. Nobody cares."
Gofly From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2004, 1727 posts, RR: 46 Reply 18, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1244 times:
Quoting Cornish (Reply 4): Well lets put it this way, in the unlikely event of a Scottish sporting win at anything they'd have trouble sourcing an open top bus
True, but at this time with petrol prices sky high, and related strikes, only we would drive round London in an open top bus that does 4 miles to the gallon.
-Gofly
Living the high life on my ex-Airliners.net Moderator pension...
Christa From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 5 days ago) and read 1237 times:
Well done to England and Wales... oh sorry, got that one wrong. Although it is the English & Wales Cricket Board and the team that faced the ashes had two Welsh players in it, I see no mention of Wales?
Ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17 Reply 21, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1180 times:
Kirkie it's been ONE DAY for feck's sake! Of course the media will report it. Are you saying that if Scotland actually won something then the Daily Record et al wouldn't be banging on about it.
I agree that 1966 is overplayed too much - for example the 2003 English World Cup win in rugby was IMHO a much bigger achievement in terms of difficulty but nobody talks about that any more.
I used to think the brain is the most fascinating part of my body. But, hey, who is telling me that?
EGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 40 Reply 22, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1176 times:
Well according to Kirkie Scotland is world champions of something and we're not . Shows you how much our media reports the fact that we are still the Rugby world champions!
But you know, they constantly remind us of it and such, maybe he wasn't reading the right newspapers .
Xpat From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 634 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1116 times:
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 15): ...you live in the US. You don't know the hell it's like when nearly every TV station is looking at the Ashes win etc.
True. However, I happened to be in London the day they won. It's like the media here, they'll harp on about something until something new comes along.
The only thing we have to fear is the sky falling on our heads. -Asterix
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 25, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1071 times:
Quoting Cornish (Reply 12):
That's rich coming from ASBO Boy
Let the wee little bam have his fun, he's just coming down from his buckie......
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