Re: (Euro '04) RSS Battles!

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 23:17:13 -0500, Victoria Barrett
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> proclaimed:

>On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:04:14 GMT, ilmaestro
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>England. With all of my heart, and most of my money :p
>
>Ah, you like a flutter now and again. I wonder how many RSS'ers put
>their money where there expertise is?
>
>>France. In the event that England can't win the tournament, I'd like
>>the best and most attractive team to win.
>
>I like France too, but after England, I don't have a special team I
>like to see win, or not. If Italy win or Germany or Latvia, fine by
>me.

If Germany win, I won't be very happy. If Latvia win I think I might
have to stop watching football for good :)

>>Portugal. Always over-rated, and I still don't forgive anybody who
>>raved about Figo's *deflected* goal against England last time around.
>
>That was crushing. I still remember how I felt and the silence in the
>pub when it went in.

And the reason is because Figo really isn't/wasn't that good. When
Brazil beat us in the last World Cup, it was like 'fine, they're a
better team, and we played pretty badly in the second half' The defeat
to Portugal was like the one to Romania; ridiculous.

>>Spain. I hate how the media fawns over them as if they are actually
>>ever going to win anything.
>
>You know, it's interesting you mention that, because most Spaniards I
>know of aren't really "into" their national team, to say the least.
>They're much more noxious about Real Madrid, than they'll ever be over
>La Furia. But merely IMHO, of course.

I didn't really mean the Spanish media, I meant football media in
general, even the English.

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ilmaestro

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