England booted from World Cup

[Nemises]

England left a laughing stock!

You tell ‘em Davey 🤣

 

Edited November 5, 2023 by Nemises

[Baht Simpson]

7 minutes ago, Nemises said:

England left a laughing stock!

You tell ‘em Davey 🤣

 

This is great banter!

 

 

 

 

It really is. 

[Walker88]

7 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

At least we don't have a World Series that only involves two countries 🙂 

 

Allow me to be a pedant and correct a misconception.

 

The MLB World Series was a competition first funded and promoted by a newspaper called the New York World. They named the competition after themselves, as in The World Series. Had it been the Telegraph, the name would have been The Telegraph Series.

 

Now you know.

[Crossy]

5 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Allow me to be a pedant and correct a misconception.

 

The MLB World Series was a competition first funded and promoted by a newspaper called the New York World. They named the competition after themselves, as in The World Series. Had it been the Telegraph, the name would have been The Telegraph Series.

 

Now you know.

 

I actually knew before!

 

The "New York World" story is one of several circulating about where the series actually got its name.

 

Bard AI says this: -

 

[John Drake]

6 hours ago, Crossy said:

Interestingly the "short" (T20) version of the World Cup of which we speak will be held in the US next year.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_ICC_Men's_T20_World_Cup

 

I wonder what the crowds will be like, will there be TV education programmes explaining the complexities of the game?

 

 

None and hell no.

[John Drake]

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

 

      Oh? Those dare devils with the shoulder pads and helmets! Is that football?

 

The shoulder pads and helmets are used to hit people, not protect them. And the most grotesquely overweight NFL lineman can probably outrun just about every soccer player, most of whom seem to laze about the field in a trot half the time.

[Lacessit]

4 hours ago, itsari said:

Was it not the Australians that came up with limited overs cricket ? 

Mr Packer I believe was the man behind the introduction of the reinvented  rules of cricket .

Correct in that Kerry Packer came up with limited overs ODI, which has further evolved into T20 etc.

The rules of cricket were not reinvented, only the format. It rejuvenated a game which had become stodgy and defensive.

How many people remember Trevor Bailey, Geoff Boycott and Bill Lawry? The latter batsman was called "a corpse with pads on".

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

 

The shoulder pads and helmets are used to hit people, not protect them. And the most grotesquely overweight NFL lineman can probably outrun just about every soccer player, most of whom seem to laze about the field in a trot half the time.

Oh, come on. Half the time NFL players are not even on the field.

Check out an Australian Rules midfielder. They will cover 16 - 20 km in a game. One of your linemen would have busted a gut at that work rate.

[John Drake]

11 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Oh, come on. Half the time NFL players are not even on the field.

Check out an Australian Rules midfielder. They will cover 16 - 20 km in a game. One of your linemen would have busted a gut at that work rate.

 

I've watched Australian football and they look like they're moonwalking. Truth is, put them on an NFL field and it would only take one or two plays for them to need to exit the field in a stretcher.

[2baht]

4 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

I've watched Australian football and they look like they're moonwalking. Truth is, put them on an NFL field and it would only take one or two plays for them to need to exit the field in a stretcher.

 

      Rubbish! 🙄

[still kicking]

3 hours ago, bignok said:

Soccer? Nobody cares about soccer in Australia. Minor sport. Its ranked about 7th. Soccer is no 1 in England.

You got no Idea about Aussie soccer. Minor sport can draw 59 thousand spectators for women soccer. Go back to bed and take your medicine. 

[Olmate]

47 minutes ago, 2baht said:

 

      Rubbish! 🙄

But he,s watched AFL!!! lol

[bignok]

47 minutes ago, still kicking said:

You got no Idea about Aussie soccer. Minor sport can draw 59 thousand spectators for women soccer. Go back to bed and take your medicine. 

You got no idea. Most Aussies couldnt careless.

[2baht]

Just now, Olmate said:

But he,s watched AFL!!! lol

 

     Repeat after me "There is only one game, Rugby League!" 😉

[still kicking]

6 minutes ago, bignok said:

You got no idea. Most Aussies couldnt careless.

Yes, the ones who got kicked out and moved to Thailand and talk B/S every day.

[bignok]

3 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Yes, the ones who got kicked out and moved to Thailand and talk B/S every day.

Soccer players moved to Thailand?

[bignok]

NRL, AFL, horse racing are big sports. Played in pubs across the land. Soccer yawn. Nobody cares except a few Italians.

[still kicking]

3 minutes ago, bignok said:

Soccer players moved to Thailand?

No, only bigmouths like you

[bignok]

4 minutes ago, still kicking said:

No, only bigmouths like you

Says the pensioner. Get a life champ.

[still kicking]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Says the pensioner. Get a life champ.

I have a life not like you 

[bignok]

Just now, still kicking said:

I have a life not like you 

Really? Unemployed pensioner sitting in Perth? Your life is stalking me.

[still kicking]

Just now, bignok said:

Really? Unemployed pensioner sitting in Perth? Your life is stalking me.

Take your medicine unemployed living in a third world country.

This is what an unemployed pensioner has, I am not living in a room with a fan.

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Take your medicine unemployed living in a third world country.

This is what an unemployed pensioner has, I am not living in a room with a fan.

You said you couldnt afford the 400,000 baht before. Now you show 2 different houses 555

[still kicking]

Just now, bignok said:

You said you couldnt afford the 400,000 baht before. Now you show 2 different houses 555

I bought a new one to rent out 

[bignok]

1 minute ago, still kicking said:

I bought a new one to rent out 

More lies.

[still kicking]

2 minutes ago, bignok said:

More lies.

F off 

[still kicking]

3 minutes ago, bignok said:

More lies.

Show me what you got? Nothing at all .

[bignok]

5 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Show me what you got? Nothing at all .

You keep changing your story. Before it was cheap rent. You said you paid less than $300 a week

Now you claim to be buying houses on the pension. You also said you lost most of your money in Thailand. You also said you couldnt afford the 400,000 baht for visa.

 

Make up your mind what story you want to run with.

[bignok]

9 minutes ago, still kicking said:

F off 

Nice.

[still kicking]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Nice.

I am not surprised you moved to a third world country