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Re: uefa nations league
DIR By: bmb
Date: September 2, 2018, 2:23 pm
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> to bmb
> i get the impression from your post that you are taking the
Micky out of me i was only saying what the nations league was
about and you know about it as well so what!!!
> you support hungry and ireland shame they are not with the big
boys-this being engljand Croatia Spain etc
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Not taking the mickey out of you at all. You clearly didn't
understand my self deprecating joke about my team as you
explained to me it wasn't a competition that needs to be
qualified for, so was just trying to explain my joke to you,
sorry if you felt that was offensive, I didn't mean it to be!
I've had 21 lady years of being Northern Irish surrounded by
English people understandably ridiculing/making jokes/taking the
mick out of my little team & I just laugh & remind them I was
there for that 1-0 win at Windsor Park on 7th September 2005,
the peak of our glory. I accepted many years ago that we will
never be a big team, half the time we don't even qualify for the
qualifiers for the big tournaments, let alone the tournaments
themselves! You'd think when I moved and got an adopted country
I'd chose one with a decent football team but no, Hungary it is
and right now they are even worse than Northern Ireland!! I
think we hold the not so proud record of being the only team to
lose to luxembourg, Andorra and the Faroe Islands in the space
of a year, even Kazakhstan whipped our behinds. Trust me we
can't even beat the other little boys so I certainly do not want
to be playing the big boys - I cry once 5 have been knocked in
past us!!!
I love Michael O'Neill, love what he has done with Northern
Ireland and we are probably the best we will ever be with him at
the helm. Euro 16 was fantastic for both my teams, just to see
us there was an amazing experience. After them though it showed
Herr Storck had been purely riding on the crest of a wave
started by the awesome Dardai Pal & was not that good of a
manager once the Euro's were over & he had to work it alone as
opposed to finishing what Dardai Pal had started. Leekens was an
era that I want to forget - it lasted just 4 games but it was 4
games too long, none of us wanted him but the MLSz for some
inexplicable reason did! We all wanted Rossi & now we have him
so I am really excited for the Nations League - we won't be one
of the big boys but we will at least have our pride restored!
Hajrá Magyarok. Forza Marco!
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Re: uefa nations league
DIR By: bmb
Date: September 2, 2018, 2:38 pm
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I will add there is a huge advantage to supporting a rubbish
small team, on the rare occasion we do actually qualify for one
of these tournaments it is just a party for as long we stay. Our
fans literally just party and sing from the minute it starts to
long after it has ended. We don't care about the results because
we don't expect to win. We can't believe our luck just being
there & being on the same stage as some of the big boys. A lot
of my England supporting friends enjoyed our games more because
of how our fans were, goal down - get another whiskey/palinká in
and carry on singing, laughing and enjoying every second of it,
win, lose or draw. For the big teams like England there is an
expectation to win, an expectation to proceed beyond the group
stage and beyond that into the last however many as the Ivory
Towers keep tinkering with the numbers and the huge
disappointment if it doesn't happen. I watch my England
supporting friends so stressed about results and progression in
the tournaments and cannot understand how they can enjoy that -
I would hate it. I thought England were fantastic in the World
Cup, they did themselves & England proud & I'm delighted the
fans enjoyed it for the great achievement it was. That delight
is a taste of how just qualifying feels for us.
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Re: uefa nations league
DIR By: bmb
Date: September 2, 2018, 2:41 pm
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> i suppose taylor oliver and some other big hitters will be in
action when the nations league campaign starts
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I hope so. It's a good tournament and deserves the best
referees. I'm sure in the earlier stages some of the
younger/inexperienced refs will take the bigger games - Turpin
from France as well as Taylor/Oliver. It might on paper be a
friendly tournament but I'm pretty sure the teams will be taking
it seriously. I can't wait for it to start.
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Re: uefa nations league
DIR By: referee12
Date: September 4, 2018, 1:01 pm
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to bmb
lets forget that missunderstanding regarding northern Ireland
and be back to being pals in refereeing terms the officials for
the first rd of games are very intresting
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Re: uefa nations league
DIR By: bmb
Date: September 4, 2018, 4:27 pm
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--- Quote from: referee12 link ---
>
> to bmb
> lets forget that missunderstanding regarding northern Ireland
and be back to being pals in refereeing terms the officials for
the first rd of games are very intresting
>
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Now don't you be telling me both my teams qualified, that will
be excitement overload![emoji23]
Saturday is going to be a very drunken day with my 2 epic teams
playing straight after each other. I get roughly 1 hour 15 mins
recovery in between games - just enough time to swap out the
whiskey for the palinká! For some bizarre reason I have got
Hungary down for a 2-1 win in the MLSz prediction league - I
must be completely barking! We get to find out tomorrow which
poor 2 referees have to try and not make me cry!! Some decent
refs already named for the Thursday & Friday games.
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