Euro 2004

[St Helens RLFC]

I can honestly say that I think Bath were awarded the trophy when they beat you 33-13 in the union match.

 

[wigan_rlfc]

There must have been a trophy for the league match and one for the union match, if not

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Bath beat us 48-19.

 

[St Helens RLFC]

My mistake, thought it was less than that.

 

[wigan_rlfc]

Originally posted by St_Helens_RLFC@Jun 15 2004, 10:29 AM
My mistake, thought it was less than that.

We did have a 40+ man playing for us.

 

[Ripper]

Originally posted by St_Helens_RLFC+Jun 15 2004, 03:39 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (St_Helens_RLFC @ Jun 15 2004, 03:39 AM)</div>

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@Jun 14 2004, 07:48 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

To think the Poms have the cheek to call All Blacks chokers

Ah, but this is the difference Ripper.

We don't turn up to a tournament proclaiming ourselves as "the best team in the world" or "the best team in this tournament." [/b]

Youve been going on for 6 months how England have no chance of losing...

 

[wigan_rlfc]

Originally posted by Ripper+Jun 15 2004, 08:07 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ripper @ Jun 15 2004, 08:07 PM)</div>

Originally posted by St_Helens_RLFC@Jun 15 2004, 03:39 AM
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@Jun 14 2004, 07:48 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

To think the Poms have the cheek to call All Blacks chokers

Ah, but this is the difference Ripper.

We don't turn up to a tournament proclaiming ourselves as "the best team in the world" or "the best team in this tournament."

Youve been going on for 6 months how England have no chance of losing... [/b]

No chance of winning more like.

 

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by Ripper@Jun 15 2004, 08:07 PM
Youve been going on for 6 months how England have no chance of losing...

No -I've merely been stating the obvious - that England will be there or there abouts.

 

[St Helens RLFC]

Czech Republic 2 - 1 Latvia in Group D. Great game, very enjoyable and the Czechs did well to come from a goal down, which they didn't really deserve to find themselves in the first place.

Germany vs Holland later - that one will be a block buster!

 

[An Tarbh]

Bet Baros feels relieved, stupidly loses possession and the Latvians made them pay on the counter, but the Czechs did look good in attack and the goals inevitably came.

 

[An Tarbh]

Originally posted by St_Helens_RLFC@Jun 14 2004, 12:13 AM
Wouldn't be the first time you Irish have supported Europeans over England......... the first time was 65 years ago.....

Well Dan you seem so full of knowledge about the Irish during the war, just enlighten everyone on the forum and tell them what they did during the war.

 

[NZL Fan]

1-1 Holland vrs Germany.......

Only saw the first half before work and Holland were looking pretty ordinary - must have improved since then???

 

[St Helens RLFC]

Not neccessarily - the Dutch weren't at their best by any means. They did deserve the equaliser when it arrived late on, and probably should have won, but they need to play much better.

Fair play to the Germans, who looked better than I thought they would be.

And it was a classic game which I thoroughly enjoyed. The hatred between the two is immense though, I never realised how much so.

 

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by An Tarbh+Jun 16 2004, 08:19 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Jun 16 2004, 08:19 AM)</div>

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@Jun 14 2004, 12:13 AM
Wouldn't be the first time you Irish have supported Europeans over England......... the first time was 65 years ago.....

Well Dan you seem so full of knowledge about the Irish during the war, just enlighten everyone on the forum and tell them what they did during the war. [/b]

F**k all.

Oh yeah... and let Nazi cargo ships dock at your ports to refuel.

 

[An Tarbh]

Had a feeling you knew f*** all. In fact you'll find it was British ships that refuelled in Irish ports not the Nazis. Any information that Dev had on German U Boats was passed on unofficially to Churchill. British planes were allowed fly over Ireland. British prisoners were allowed to cross the border to the north while the Germans were kept in the Curragh. Not to mention the couple of hundred thousand Irishmen who gave their lives for the British army. Would have thought that a trainee journalist would not make such baseless accusations.

 

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by An Tarbh@Jun 16 2004, 09:33 AM
Would have thought that a journalist would not make such baseless accusations.

Don't say "journalist" when you mean "trainee journalist."

 

[An Tarbh]

Duly edited.

 

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by An Tarbh@Jun 16 2004, 09:33 AM
Had a feeling you knew f*** all. In fact you'll find it was British ships that refuelled in Irish ports not the Nazis. Any information that Dev had on German U Boats was passed on unofficially to Churchill. British planes were allowed fly over Ireland. British prisoners were allowed to cross the border to the north while the Germans were kept in the Curragh. Not to mention the couple of hundred thousand Irishmen who gave their lives for the British army. Would have thought that a journalist would not make such baseless accusations.

It's all irrelevant.

You still stayed neutral. And before anyone else says anything, this is about Euro 2004, so if you want to debate it any further let's take it to the Politics thread.

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[An Tarbh]

All this nonsense simply because I cheered for the French over England. Irrelevent absolutely not.

 

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by An Tarbh@Jun 16 2004, 09:45 AM
All this nonsense simply because I cheered for the French over England. Irrelevent absolutely not.

When I say "irrelevant" it was with regards to the fact that despite the very trivial things you've mentioned (save the brave men giving their lives) your country still stayed neutral in a war against pure evil.

As far as supporting France goes, I full expect you to. Bitterness about Ireland not being there comes into it, and bitterness full stop comes into it, but if you're anything like me, you won't have wanted England to win a game in your life, because that's the way I feel about the Irish, the Northern Irish, the Welsh and the Scottish.

I expect it and accept it entirely - just don't expect me to be quiet about it.

 

[An Tarbh]

Well I don't think bitterness comes into, sure I'd like Ireland to be there but we weren't good enough. I enjoy seeing England lose because your media builds them up beyond their capabilities and they inevitably fail. It's great. So many comments have been on how well England played. Well if England playing well is scoring against the run of play, defending too deep and not pushing on when the game was there to be taken, is good then well done England.