Jun '06

World Cup

Posted by: lyle in Thoughts

OK, just so I know, is it bad to be hoping that England get knocked out in the first round, so we don’t have to deal with all this hysteria and media bollocks all the way through June?

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6 comments so far

bsag

Nope, not bad at all – that’s what I’m hoping for. On the other hand, with England still in the World Cup, we can look forward to specified times when the streets will be deserted and we non-football lovers can skip around enjoying the peace. So, swings and roundabouts, really.

June 10th, 2006 at 10:26

Pete

It’s the grumpy-old-man attitude, but I have to admit that I share it. I don’t like what football does to people.

June 10th, 2006 at 11:24

Skytower

Heavily seconded.

June 10th, 2006 at 16:44

hockney

I thoroughly agree – the media saturation (ALL media!) is tedious, and presumes that the entire nation is interested in/obsessed with football. There IS a large sector of the population who couldn’t give a toffee…Personally, I loathe the macho, aggressive and tribalistic behaviour that football supporting brings out in people, and feel there’s nothing ‘beautiful’ about the game at all. It’s troublemaking, and it won’t go away!!

June 10th, 2006 at 23:30

Andy