Obviously I'm disappointed, but today hurt less than previous eliminations
TV pundits were quick to use the familiar term "heroic" once again and yes the players did graft and did care. But personally I'm finding this elimination a lot easier to deal with than all of the others. On previous occasions we've ben terribly unlucky: but throughout this comp we've been somewhere-approaching-rubbish and our players have underperformed badly.
I wouldn't want to be Eriksson though: he must know, deep down in his soul, that he's woefully f**ked that up. Picked the wrong squad, picked the wrong shape and sat and watched while it didn't work. I can only guess that the several million quid he's pocketed while failing to make a set of players like ours into a meaningful threat.
We deserved very little today. Makes the pill less bitter.
But Ronaldo............ that's scum, that is. Rooney looked shocked, and as he gave him what was a gentle shove he plaintively called him "Ronny". I doubt he'll call him by a pet name again.
Ah well, hey ho, bring on Plymouth and Colchester.
Posted By: Suggy on July 1st 2006 at 22:37:32
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- Obviously I'm disappointed, but today hurt less than previous eliminations (Other Football) - Suggy, Jul 1, 22:37:32
- You're quite right (n/m) (Other Football) - ronnie, Jul 1, 22:43:20
- I agree with you totally. (Other Football) - shoddy, Jul 1, 22:42:16
- I nearly choked on my drink when they said the word 'heroic'... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jul 1, 22:40:42
- remember how unlucky we've been too (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jul 1, 22:40:33
- none of them players were playing well though so I don't really agree (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jul 1, 22:43:52
- You have a point, true, though I'm not sure we had any edge to start with (n/m) (Other Football) - Suggy, Jul 1, 22:42:42
- a fit rooney, a fit owen and an on-form becks would have helped beat portugal (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jul 1, 22:46:54
- a half fit rooney, and a half fit owen (Other Football) - HoofinHughes, Jul 1, 22:50:52
- oops (Other Football) - Suggy, Jul 1, 22:45:59
- yeah (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jul 1, 22:51:36
- a fit rooney, a fit owen and an on-form becks would have helped beat portugal (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jul 1, 22:46:54
- ah... I seem to have deleted half a paragraph there (Other Football) - Suggy, Jul 1, 22:39:24
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