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Post by kaima on Jan 21, 2008 21:29:34 GMT -7
Now to see if Leslie and Charles are passionate about their sports ... In the design for the carnival float, Germany thumbs its nose at the English knight, condemned to watching the tournament on the television. The message reads: "We're Off to the European Championship Without England." just to show the Poles are fully involved, there is the new Polish football ... In Poland, fans and politicians are celebrating what will surely prove to be a major event for the nation - the European Football Championship in 2012. Poland and Ukraine beat Italy and joint bidders Hungary and Croatia in the race to host the event, which will surely go far beyond just a sporting competition. But the organisation of the Euro 2012 is seen by most Poles first and foremost as a big opportunity to boost the country's economic growth: more at incentraleurope.radio.cz/ice/article/90853Kai
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Post by leslie on Jan 22, 2008 4:37:49 GMT -7
Kai Just to let you know very few of us are worried about England not being in the Championship - after all we have to rest every so often to let the other countries have a chance! ;D
Seriously, the major complaint in England about our poor showing these days in games outside the UK is the number of players that are being brought in to English League sides from other countries - hence they cannot play for England and we have to try to make up a team from what are almost second rankers.
Are the two characters in the cartoon wearing red and white scarves, not red, white and blue?!
By the way, rugby not football is my preferred game - footballers have to foul to 'get' the other players - rugby players just jump on an opponent and he sinks six feet into the ground! And we are doing very well at rugby, thank you.
Leslie
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Post by kaima on Jan 23, 2008 10:12:28 GMT -7
Leslie,
I am one of the few Americans who favors soccer over American football and baseball, but even at that I barely follow it. I was amused on one European trip when I landed in England and proceeded east through Belgium, France, Germany and CzechoSlovakia during the world cup. In each country the fans were wild about their own teams. It seems the best times to drive the roads is during a hot competition because so many men are glued to the TV screen or the local pub and the roads are empty.
Now this is a Polish forum, so red and white must do!
On my last job I worked with a young man who was a rugby player. A perfect gentleman and body builder, I had the impression he was precisely the kind of player on the field that you describe ... it must be quite the game!
Kai
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Post by leslie on Jan 23, 2008 10:39:38 GMT -7
Kai The reason why I made the comment on being buried in the ground in my last post on this was because it was a common occurrence with me. I'm too old to play now ( and too heavy) but when I was younger and playing I was slim and not weighty, but very fast. So I played on the wing - if I had the ball and got off to my speed, I was fast and the other team's backs had a job catching me. But if a big, heavy, burly back did get in my way and stopped me, down I went, and down, and down. When once we were playing against an Army team - the Pioneer Corps (all brawn and no brains!), there was a loose ball. I dived for it at the same time as the Pioneer Corps back took a swing at it with his boot. I got the ball and he got me - right in the mouth. When I came to my face hurt all over, but worst of all I had lost five teeth! Needless to say, it was not long after that incident that I stopped playing, and until I did I never dived for a loose ball again!! But the main thing I see nowadays is that if in soccer a player is pulled up for a foul, they always argue with the ref. In rugby you will rarely see that - if the ref says 'you fouled'. the fouler accepts it and it's 'game on' immediately. There are some 'big' refs but many are about a quarter the size of the player he is telling off!! Oh to be young and fit again!! Leslie
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