Newcastle-Online comment: 14th June 2004
1: Hype
I can't watch the build up or read the papers whenever England play
because the hype does my head in. It's so monotonous and self replicating
it can send people insane.
2: Build them up, nock em' down.
I detest that about the UK in general and when it comes to England
the media and people are the worlds best at doing this. If Heskey
had of scored tonight, he would have been the worlds best striker.
Rooney will be hailed for his performance, but the day after tomorrow
slagged for his petulance.
I dread to think what size the knives would be if he was to ever get
sent off in an England shirt.
3: Sven
His tactics are so boring and so counter productive they are stopping
England developing. How he fails to notice that he can play a left
footer on the left wing (Bridge) in front of Cole is staggering because
it's so obvious. But he is too scared to drop Scholes, Beckham, Gerrard
and now Lampard meaning they all have to play.
4: Blindness
According to the media, England should always win every game and every
tournament because they are on a par with France and Brazil. No they
ain't. England are a team of maybe 3 world-class players, some very
good ones and the rest are very average. Basically they are a very
good team and on their day they can beat anyone, but overall they
are just a very good team, nothing more, nothing less and always will
be until the way we teach our younger players in this Country changes.
5: England are not the Toon
I try, I did tonight, I screamed, I panicked, my heart raced, my nerves
went, my heart swelled with pride and passion...but it was fleeting.
As I write I'm not down, depressed or even indifferent. It's as if
I didn't just watch England at all.
Just before a Toon game, even against the likes of Wolves I get the
shakes, I feel sick, my head spins, my heart feels like it's doing
100 laps around Le Mans, every emotion is tampered with. The night
before a Toon game I can't sleep, in the morning when I wake up I
wake up and think; hey the Toon play today, I'm so excited. With England
I feel nothing, just in those 90 minutes and that's it. With the Toon
it's an every day, every moment thing.
I see England as a day out, enjoy it regardless and don't get too
uptight about whatever happens because it bears no significance to
my life.
Newcastle United on the other hand mean the world to me.
Anyway that's how I see following England. |
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