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He needs a proof reader, not for his spelling but to stop him writing irrelevant ****.
Lol Ian Wright. GIVE DEAD SOLDIERS FOOTBALLER PHONE NUMBERS
He needs a proof reader, not for his spelling but to stop him writing irrelevant ****.
Lol Ian Wright. GIVE DEAD SOLDIERS FOOTBALLER PHONE NUMBERS
Lol Ian Wright. GIVE DEAD SOLDIERS FOOTBALLER PHONE NUMBERS
That's actually pretty disrespectful to those that have lost their lives in army. As if playing football comes anywhere close in comparison.
Also last time I checked, we live in a relatively free country. Irrespective of the fact that playing for England is a dream for millions of us, if someone wants to turn that down then they're free to do so without continually being guilt-tripped by media whores and general bellends.
While I get what you're saying above, I don't understand why Ian Wright is being given such a hard time. He's talking about people not having pride in playing for their country, and how that compares with the pride of soldiers and of the families of those who lose their lives in our country's armed forces. What's to pick on there?
While I get what you're saying above, I don't understand why Ian Wright is being given such a hard time. He's talking about people not having pride in playing for their country, and how that compares with the pride of soldiers and of the families of those who lose their lives in our country's armed forces. What's to pick on there?
How can you call them pointless games ? How else is the manager supposed to assess players ? It's not just about the actual game it's about being part of the squad, interacting with other players, building team spirit and seeing if they fit in with systems etc. employed in training.There is pride in playing for your country and there's having to spend weeks of your life playing in pointless friendlies etc.
Soldiers take pride in doing what they have to do, I can understand why some players may not take pride in having to turn up to so many pointless games.
Any player not wanting to go to a World Cup is another thing.
Stripped down to its bare bones, that Ian Wright piece isn't about football or soldiers. It's The Sun attempting to legitimise Redknapp's fanciful claims from the weekend because he's subsequently been ridiculed and flog papers with outlandish nonsense. It's like when the Star write about lottery winners forced to fellate dogs for Quavers, it's nowhere near true, but that doesn't matter.
Redknapp's mates wheel out their Jester in Chief and attach 400 words to his name in an attempt to stir ill-feeling. It's nonsense. As Pubey says, there's nothing quantitative about passion and so is difficult to prove or disprove either way, which makes it an easy weapon with which to criticise the England squad with. This blame culture - whether it be Beckham's, Rooney's, Ronaldo's, the ref's, Hodgson's, McClaren's or whoever's fault - only prevents us from addressing the key issue here and that's we're not producing youngsters technically gifted enough to win major international tournaments. But that doesn't sell newspapers, so out pops Ian Wright spouting a load of nonsense that will get a rise out of the utterly predictable, soldier-praising, 10 German Bombers in the Air-ing, No Surrender-ing type that get themselves into a right state every time there's an incident that proves England isn't quite what it's cracked up to be.
If he had compared serving your country as a soldier it would have been sort of acceptable but taking it to the next level and comparing those who have given their lives is ridiculous, when was the last time a footballer was killed representing their country against an enemy ? Utterly ridiculous comments from Wrighty. He is very passionate about England and I like the guy a lot but he's been very ill advised on this but hey if it sells ***** papers they are going to print it aren't they !!!
Erm they made the final last time :stunned:Netherlands looking strong but they do have a habit of impressing in the group stages then bottling it in the quarters. Robben on fire and they look solid at the back. This World Cup is wide open.