Big Ewis
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^ well that's very possible. But with the goal average thing England should really win the tournament...they basically have at this point already...
You know, I was looking back at highlights and stats from the past 2012 Rugby Championship...I have no relation with those 4 nations (well a bit of family in Australia, but that's neither here nor there...) and yet, the level of excitement was 100 times what I'm feeling now.
This will sound weird, especially to the English for whom..."a win is a win !! we'll take the win !! we come here to WIN !! Doesn't matter that it's ugly, it's a WIN !! AAAARRRHHH !!!" -
but I've come to the conclusion, since this tournament has been so immensely shittty to sit through (level of play I mean, not outcome), that it is truly the quality of play that matters. We stand behind our team, our national side, with pride and hope they'll make us proud back and all...but why do you watch rugby ? Is it politics or a sport. If you're that irrationally chauvinistic that you'll take a horrible, painful to watch grindout win (not targeting anyone here ! honest...), just as long as your country wins...then wtf, just become a historian and look for every possible argument as to why your country is great.
I watch rugby coz I like watching rugby
, sounds ridiculously obvious but here I am with the necessity to mention such a thing.
If my team were to go through the shittiest road in a World Cup, struggle every single match, play in the trenches, in the mud, not score a try for every 2 matches we play, all the way til the final and win...seriously, what's the fkn point ? You sat yourself through all that, just so you can go "yayyyyy...we won the world cup....".
What a small, petty mind reacts that way ??...what's the price to pay for victory ?...in the end it's just one side surviving another for 80minutes. And the we all cheer like drones "yayyyyy...", just wtf...if there's no spectacle. I watch to have fun, not for MY TEAM TO WIN NO MATTER WHAAAAAAAAT !!!...I'd still have felt like ****, I'll repeat this, had we won the past 3, the way we played them...except the first one in Italy, would've been nice coz it was a nice game...but penalties and defense for 80min ?? fk this sht, I'm goin back to my playstation 2 !...
I think I'm going to ask for a South African passport...or Argentinian.
You know, I was looking back at highlights and stats from the past 2012 Rugby Championship...I have no relation with those 4 nations (well a bit of family in Australia, but that's neither here nor there...) and yet, the level of excitement was 100 times what I'm feeling now.
This will sound weird, especially to the English for whom..."a win is a win !! we'll take the win !! we come here to WIN !! Doesn't matter that it's ugly, it's a WIN !! AAAARRRHHH !!!" -
but I've come to the conclusion, since this tournament has been so immensely shittty to sit through (level of play I mean, not outcome), that it is truly the quality of play that matters. We stand behind our team, our national side, with pride and hope they'll make us proud back and all...but why do you watch rugby ? Is it politics or a sport. If you're that irrationally chauvinistic that you'll take a horrible, painful to watch grindout win (not targeting anyone here ! honest...), just as long as your country wins...then wtf, just become a historian and look for every possible argument as to why your country is great.
I watch rugby coz I like watching rugby
, sounds ridiculously obvious but here I am with the necessity to mention such a thing.If my team were to go through the shittiest road in a World Cup, struggle every single match, play in the trenches, in the mud, not score a try for every 2 matches we play, all the way til the final and win...seriously, what's the fkn point ? You sat yourself through all that, just so you can go "yayyyyy...we won the world cup....".
What a small, petty mind reacts that way ??...what's the price to pay for victory ?...in the end it's just one side surviving another for 80minutes. And the we all cheer like drones "yayyyyy...", just wtf...if there's no spectacle. I watch to have fun, not for MY TEAM TO WIN NO MATTER WHAAAAAAAAT !!!...I'd still have felt like ****, I'll repeat this, had we won the past 3, the way we played them...except the first one in Italy, would've been nice coz it was a nice game...but penalties and defense for 80min ?? fk this sht, I'm goin back to my playstation 2 !...
I think I'm going to ask for a South African passport...or Argentinian.
