Monday, October 22, 2007

What the press said. (And then what we said about what they said)

James Lawton
The Independent

“England never forgot what it was like to battle like champions”

They did however forget to win like champions and lost the game. 15-6.

William Langley
The Sunday Telegraph

“… even as the whistle blew, the 60,000 English fans in the French capital knew they had seen something remarkable”

Agreed. The fact that the oldest Rugby team the world has ever seen managed to play an entire game of union without a single player suffering a heart attack was indeed quite remarkable.

What was even more remarkable however, was the repeated ass kicking England received at the hands of the Glorious Springboks. Final score. 15-6

Andrew Alderson & Patrick Sawyer
The Sunday Telegraph

“The Tory leader David Cameron said: “This was an incredibly brave performance by England. Dogged. Determined and fearless”

Aww, that’s nice.

…but thousands of disappointed England fans streamed away after the defeat. Some started leaving with around 10 minutes to go, when it became clear the game was lost”

Well, so much for the indomitable British spirit. “What, they’re not going to win? I’m outta here”. And as for the fearlessness of the team, the only thing dogged about British Rugby is their complete, and utter reliance on John Wilkinson.

David “Whiny Bitch” Walsh
The Sunday Times

“The decision was referred to the television match official with the statutory instruction that he must award a try unless there is any compelling reason not to. From all the replays available to Stuart Dickenson, the Australian TMO, there did not seem to be one which conclusively ruled out a try”

So there you have it. Because of a corrupt Australian referee, England lost by 9 points instead of just 3. And anyway, when is stepping out of touch any reason to disallow a try.


Jenny McCartney
The Sunday Telegraph

“…while hopes of victory were inflated in the first half, later you could hear the expectation gently dying and hear the full throated roars from the crowd – and on sofas across the country – softening to mournful groans of disappointment.”

I think you’ve just described what it’s like to have sex with a British man.


Various other news sources including the above:

“Vickery’s determination not to surrender an easy yard…However, it was also increasingly clear… that England were facing a test of will beyond anything produced by either Ausralia or France”

Read: Hey we still beat Australia and France. Let’s not forget that.

You be assured the English will claim, with lip trembling pride that “We fought them for ever inch” as if this is somehow a display of their true grit and determination.

The truth is, the English style of play is ruining Rugby. The English inch forward in maul after maul after maul, praying for a penalty. It’s the way Italians play soccer. Eventually, out of sheer desperation the referee awards one and John Wilkinson boots a field goal from just over half a field away. Whatever English wingers do, I’m sure I have no idea. They could well do with a ball of wool and some knitting needles to help them pass the time.

It’s a desperate tactic. And it sometimes wins but at the cost of boring the living shit out of every single person there.

So for every Englander who takes pride in their “fought them for every inch” baloney. Consider that as this ugly style of Rugby continues to be used by desperate, uncreative teams, we can all thank the Shitty English for their Shitty English Style of play.





Andrew Alderson & Patrick Sawyer
The Sunday Telegraph

“Tears flowed in the French capital, on and off the pitch, after the Springboks won five penalties to two…”

Actually the Springboks won 15 points to 6. Phrasing it in penalties only makes it seem like The English lost by a little bit, when in fact, they were shat upon and lost the game by a hearty nine points (that’s three field goals for any English reading). Mind the gap Britain, it ran to nine points.

The fact that the British now measure the score by how many penalties are kicked is testament to the ugly style of play they’ve introduced into Rugby, that makes even nail biting World Cup finals about as interesting as a British mistress.

“But for English fans the game turned on the ‘try that never was…English hopes flared but after an agonizing three minute wait it was disallowed by the Australian fourth official Stuart Dickenson, from his vantage point high in the stands…”

Read: Those dirty Australians really screwed us. And how could he see it anyway he was waaay up there in the stands.

Unlike a British man telling about the last time he had sex, the video referee never lies. From the video replay, the lower half of Cueto’s body was out of touch, but even if it wasn’t, (and God bless you Stuart Diskinson if this is the case), the difference would mean the crybaby English would still have lost the match by three points. This kind of Woulda-shoulda-coulda crybaby whining is typically English. I think it’s because they don’t mind looking like complete wankers.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Arrogant, conceited nationalism: US citizens have a general attitude that they are rich because they are superior. This is totally explicitly stated, especially on ceremonial occasions. The reason the USA is rich is for many reasons, including very successful exploitation of other countries, the fact that they came into World Wars I and II very late when other countries were exhausted, the geographical isolation of the USA, the fertile land which they took from the indigenous people (whom they largely exterminated), and their homogeneous language and culture.

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