Ken

When did China ever win the WC you silly nugget? And the last time I was over there in Japan (2007) just about every domesticated animal I saw looked to be happy enough, well at least they didn't seem like they were suffering. And there's plenty more respect going around there than in the west, having witnessed it myself. And physically inadequate? Maybe if the sport were rugby, there would be little argument about that, but not football. The few examples like Iniesta, Xavi, Villa, Alves and Messi are all testament to that. Are your other 500 odd posts as stupid as this one man? Fuck me, by failing to get your steriotypes right you've failed even before you started. Why did you even bother? Year Zero makes a few good points imo. Anyway your bet Japan v England in Tokyo? Are you taking the piss? I'd almost feel like I was taking a bit of a liberty to be honest. No idea where they're playing mate, just saw the fixtures for that international week, probably be Saitama where most of their games are played. It certainly won't be played in Sendai. I'm ganning for an outright win. A draw is a no-result. I'll bet you £300 and what we'll do right, we'll pay the money to a trusted source on here via paypal BEFORE the game. Otherwise you're a gobshite. Deal? Fuckin Japan as someone pointed out our reserves beat them 2-1 in Austria and it was seen as a disaster. No comprehension of the real world son. I do not do my banking online mate, that is a big no-no for me. I'd be more up for whoever loses sending in a cheque to a charity - say maybe the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. England lose, you send in £300, Japan lose and I'll write a cheque for $460 (or whatever the conversion is at the time) and send it over. Perhaps sent to a trusted third party as proof (maybe to one of the admins) if that's what you want. A draw means exactly that - no result. Alreet? Oh and again, let's not exaggerate on things, it's easy to search for evidence on the net. This a match report from BBC; http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8712673.stm I don't see anything written about it being a disaster, but maybe that's because I've taken the report from the BBC who are impartial most of the time. Both teams look to be missing key players as well judging by the line-ups at the bottom. We all know your history when it comes to surmising about England comparable to the rest of the world, eh, Stevie?!?

When did China ever win the WC you silly nugget? And the last time I was over there in Japan (2007) just about every domesticated animal I saw looked to be happy enough, well at least they didn't seem like they were suffering. And there's plenty more respect going around there than in the west, having witnessed it myself. And physically inadequate? Maybe if the sport were rugby, there would be little argument about that, but not football. The few examples like Iniesta, Xavi, Villa, Alves and Messi are all testament to that. Are your other 500 odd posts as stupid as this one man? Fuck me, by failing to get your steriotypes right you've failed even before you started. Why did you even bother? Year Zero makes a few good points imo. Anyway your bet Japan v England in Tokyo? Are you taking the piss? I'd almost feel like I was taking a bit of a liberty to be honest. No idea where they're playing mate, just saw the fixtures for that international week, probably be Saitama where most of their games are played. It certainly won't be played in Sendai. I'm ganning for an outright win. A draw is a no-result.

When did China ever win the WC you silly nugget? And the last time I was over there in Japan (2007) just about every domesticated animal I saw looked to be happy enough, well at least they didn't seem like they were suffering. And there's plenty more respect going around there than in the west, having witnessed it myself. And physically inadequate? Maybe if the sport were rugby, there would be little argument about that, but not football. The few examples like Iniesta, Xavi, Villa, Alves and Messi are all testament to that. Are your other 500 odd posts as stupid as this one man? Fuck me, by failing to get your steriotypes right you've failed even before you started. Why did you even bother?

And by sheer coincidence (I've just found out now skimming through for Australia's next fixtures) and as luck would have it, Japan play England in a friendly on the 14th of January... How much then, Stevie? 50? 100?? 200???

Utter pish. Japan lost today to wait for it.....drum roll................NORTH FUCKIN KOREA. That team in our group, Montenegro are better than Japan. Confident enough of Japan beating England to put money on it, people are getting way too carried away here as 'shite' as people like to think England are we're still a very strong international side. I've just noticed he'd put money on it If England lost a game to North Korea, the manager would be sacked on the spot, they're ranked 125th in the world, below Moldova, Faroes, Cyprus or Luxembourg. If we lost against any of them it would be the biggest embarrassment in England's history, not just in football but in life. Fucking Japan He's just proven the world wide media machines relationship with England has two intensities, the one where England are going to win the World Cup and the other that Japan are better than us! It's always one of the other. Stick to crying about the ashes and when we beat your rugby team convict. Japan had already qualified for the next round by the time they played North Korea you arse-clown, so therefore the fixture was quite literally meaningless. Tbf though, going to Pyongyang and picking up a result is a right old cunt for any team, not least of all Japan who North Koreans are educated to hate and are treated in an extremely hostile manner from the moment their plane lands on their turf. Now could England go over there and do it? Fuck off man, they can't even beat Algeria on neutral territory, you're having a laugh there! As I've posted before, it wouldn't matter who the manager of England is. If you don't have the players the best thing to do is park the bus and scrap, Capello had obviously come to that conclusion the moment he agreed to take on that dead-end job. And aside from thinking the FIFA ranking system is a joke and should not be taken seriously - is going to Moldova, Faroes, Cyprus or Luxembourg as an unappealing prospect as going to a muppet state with third-rate facilities? No, not quite.

We had a pretty strong squad back then. Thems were the good ol' days.

Utter pish. Japan lost today to wait for it.....drum roll................NORTH FUCKIN KOREA. That team in our group, Montenegro are better than Japan. Confident enough of Japan beating England to put money on it, people are getting way too carried away here as 'shite' as people like to think England are we're still a very strong international side. I would put money on it, the odds would be too juicy to pass up! Look, England couldn't even beat America or Algeria in the WC group stages... ALGERIA man. When you consider how much money is in the game in England, to continually churn out technically inferior players is inexcusable imo. I don't see much change with the next crop of players coming through either, but tbf it's too early to write off the likes of Ramsey at his stage of development. There was a time when tactics were to blame but not now. England are just plain shite. Picking up results by parking the bus does not make England a strong side - not in my eyes anyway.

Having said all that about the Japs and how good they're going, I don't know what China's deal is. 1.3 billion people and all they've got to show for it is a national team full of players with salad-bowl haircuts who can only dribble out of their mouths. As for India, football is popular, one of the big local matches over there (can't remember the two teams) attracts 100,000 to the stadium, but there isn't anyone willing to put money into the game. All the money goes into cricket.

Living here in Australia I get to watch Asian football pretty closely, so I know the good, the bad and the ugly side of it. Japan are a strong footballing nation in my opinion and are underestimated by many. Though the after-effects of the earthquake has set them back a bit, up until then they were on a high with decent results at the World Cup and an invitation to play at the Copa America in Argentina to test themselves against the best of South America. They've overtaken Australia by a long way now (though you won't find many who would admit that here) and Japan are at a level now where I would put money on them beating England in a proper game (where it actually means something) if it were played tomorrow. It's taken them 20 years to come to this point but right now players want to move abroad to test and prove themselves and to learn their trade whereas before it was too easy to stay in Japan because of lifestyle/cultural/monetary reasons. They are a great exporter of talent and they're even exporting centre-backs now, something you'd laugh at for even suggesting it 10 years ago. The obvious strengths and where they have great depth though are the number 10's, they've got a seemingly endless production line of them coming through who have scouts from Europe sniffing around them in Japan. Most of their current internationals play in Europe and they've got quite a few in the 18-19 age bracket locked away playing in youth systems at top European clubs (like Bayern Munich, Dortmund and Arsenal). Technically the Japs are brilliant and they play possession-style football. It's almost impossible to get the ball off them unless you chop their legs down from under them - they are good to watch - they are essentially Asia's version of Spain. Players (off the top of my head) playing in Europe at the moment include Nagatomo (LB Inter Milan), Makino (CB Koln), Uchida (RB Schalke), Okazaki (ST Stuttgart), Hasebe (MID Wolfsburg). Kagawa and Honda are their two best players and most well known, with Honda probably being the only one who could cut it in the Premier League with his direct and physical nature.

I wish it was, but no, it's true, every word of it. Though all this happened 20 years ago, I remember it like it happened yesterday, especially the second episode that I had. The first time that it happened wasn't too bad as I had managed to hold off until I was only footsteps away from the toilet. I was able to get into a cubicle and clean most of it up early enough, and there wasn't much of it there, though I knew I couldn't continue on with my day at school, I went to the office which was quiet at the time (my luck) and had them ring me dad to pick me up. The second time though was a completely different story. I was in a maths class at the time and started getting cramps and started to sweat bullets. I tried to hold it in, but the urge to shit came and went three times and I knew I had to go, so I asked the teacher as casually as possible (who was fucking hot and rumour had it - though unsubstantiated as most school rumours are - that she was an ex centre-fold model) that I needed to go to the toilet. I can only imagine the kind of expression on me face. She obliged and I tried to walk out casually as possible, though I would have been slightly hunched over for sure and I had well and truly lost control of my bowel movement by this time. I went straight to the office this time round, no fucking about, but to my horror the office was full of people everywhere and here I was trying to navigate around, by quick-pace then slow-pace, to avoid people catching wind of me. Got the key to the toilet and went straight in and locked the door. There was shit everywhere, it took me an age to clean myself up, the office lady even knocked on the door twice to see if I was OK. To make matters worse there was a clear, visible, small wet patch on me trousers which added to my stress - I wondered if anyone had seen it. Anyway I did me best, and shoved plenty of rolled up bog-roll between my arse and balls, and my undies. I took my jacket off and tied it around me waist to cover the wet patch and I lengthened the straps on my backpack so that it would come down and cover my backside as I carried it. Fuck I must have looked the biggest tit in the world walking out of the school that day. It was the worst day of my life to this point and fucked my confidence for a short while. Funny looking back at it now though.

It can happen to anyone ffs. Please be a little compassionate about the subject.

How is your smelly little bairn now like anyway? Seriously, can you notice that it has affected him in any way? I hope not. Looking back, and being a bairn once meself I remember pissing meself but I was fucking 6 and I have vague memories about that, other than my pants were wet when I got home, that's all I can remember about that... And shitting... well I shat meself at school, when I was 13. I asked to go and I was allowed to but I couldn't make it to the shitter in time. Had to go to the office and asked for them to get me dad to pick me up. I went to my doctor about it and everything. He told me I may had been lactose-intolerant, but that was bullshit. The same thing happened the year after too around the same time, and this was the time I was getting into girls and that, it fucked me up for a while, I'll admit, being paranoid about whether they smelt me in one of my episodes. It had something to do with the seasons though I'm sure, why a shat me pants, like someone getting a runny nose when flowers come out in spring time.

A lot of effort there to 'smoke' but not really 'smoke'. Oh well each to their own. I used to smoke, it's been 8 months now for me, I decided that this time was the time to fuck it right off and I haven't had any cravings. I do miss the green stuff a bit, I'll admit to that bit of weakness, but it's been more than 4 year for me with that. Oh well, that's life.

Yes, well, thank you for the reminder, and I'm happy for you tbh, and all English sports lovers for that matter. We take comfort knowing that it gives you at least something to take pride in.

It's two isn't it - NZ and Australia. It's true what the say about rugby union though - it is as boring as bat shit. Watching any of the British Isles teams play rugby union is worse than watching a Sam Allardyce team take on a team managed by Rafa Benitez in football. Says a lot really. What a fuckin mug and what's funny he pipes up that we're shite at cricket and rugby, sports which generally no cunt cares about, yet Australia are fuckin shite in both and they all passionately care about them. Convict cunts, you're basically scousers in the sun. Ireland 15 Convict Skin Cancer Victims 6 Ireland 9 England 20 Pipe down. Settle down you pasty-faced bastid. Given up the cigarettes yet btw - I've not been around for a while and have not read any of your updates - your trials and tribulations. I've basically said in my post that my interest in the sport is pretty limited. It is too stop/start, and there are too many rules, and different interpretations/variations of those rules depending on where the referee comes from, and which many professional players, past and present, admit to not even knowing. I'd got quite a few free tickets and a couple of offers to watch games from private boxes when the WC was down here in 2003. I could only bring myself to go to one game, just to enjoy the spectacle and atmosphere rather than the game itself. Anyway, as you've been corrected, Australia beat NZ a few weeks ago. I know your understanding of rugby union is limited, but NZ are slightly better than Ireland, and at this time Australia's best player is out injured so they are missing a clog. Not taking away from Ireland though, they well and truly deserved their win yesterday, unequivocally.

It's two isn't it - NZ and Australia. It's true what the say about rugby union though - it is as boring as bat shit. Watching any of the British Isles teams play rugby union is worse than watching a Sam Allardyce team take on a team managed by Rafa Benitez in football. Says a lot really.

My fear is that 20/20 cricket will kill off proper Test Match cricket - the thinking man's game. The signs are there already in Australia. Money talks, bullshit walks.

What a daft cunt. We are lucky enough to live in a country where not only do you live a life of luxury, but you have sports that you can have a punt on that don't require a fuckin' draw as a result FFS. But I suppose it just goes along with you dipping your croissants in instant coffee to look sophisticated, and you trying to be original at Christmas by making claypot wonder meals.

More evidence of Japan's cultural superiority here; http://japantoday.com/category/national/vi...unami-hit-areas Rescue workers and citizens have turned in to police tens of millions of yen in cash found in the rubble in mud-covered coastal areas in Japan’s northeastern region, hit hard by the killer quake and massive tsunami last month, police said Saturday. While police and local governments are pessimistic about finding the original owners, unless the money was found with the original owners’ identifications, survivors are calling on authorities to use it to help in the reconstruction of the ravaged areas. Under Japan’s law, people who find money can keep it if the original owners do not come forward within the three-month custodial period. When people who find it give up their claim or fail to show up to receive it within two months after the expiration of the custodial period, ownership will be transferred to prefectural governments or the owners of the property where the money was discovered. According to the police in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, police stations receive everyday on average several hundred items containing cash. The areas were hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami waves. The Miyagi prefectural police said the money has only been returned to the owners in less than 10 percent of the total cases. A senior officer of the police force said, ‘‘It is impossible to return cash unless it is found inside a wallet together with an ID.’‘ Shigeko Sasaki, 64, who is in a shelter in Miyagi’s Minamisanriku, said, ‘‘I want anybody picking up money to donate it to disaster-hit areas instead of keeping it for themselves.’‘ Kenji Sato, 65, in Onagawa, also in Miyagi, said it is acceptable for people who find money and report it to the police to eventually keep it ‘‘because it means they have goodwill.’’ Sato said he spotted many empty bags being dumped in devastated areas. Takehiko Yamamura, head of the Disaster Prevention System Institute, urged authorities to set new measures to handle the matter, such as extending the three-month holding period and special permission to open a safe to determine the owner.

Is that so?

Oh how I'd love to shove my shaft up that lass' poo hole. Kate Middleton is it? She'd be limping for a year if I had my way with her.

Fuck that. There's enough of them there as it is. They're so loud and dense. Enough of who dickhead? Aussies or is it really the stupid northerners who embarrass the rest of the country with their view of the world...

Who gives a shit you croissant-dipping, clay-pot cooking turd.

Commentators should have said the Pakis are corrupt cunts, in a politically correct manner of course.

Adelaide where all the trampy Aussies live. It must be fuckin bad when even Aussies say it's full of ugly bamps. Actually I was born in England and in a city that is equivalent to England as Adelaide is to Australia. Sorry to disappoint you mate. So you're a fuckin brummie as well. Not got much luck have you? No, sorry, born in Newcastle. Why else would I care about NUFC you fool? The equivalent of Adelaide, you stupid cunt. There is no Australian equivalent of Newcastle, no history, no splendour, no historic buildings. The most notable construction in your country was copied off the Tyne Bridge even. Nobhead. I stand corrected (on holidays and on the drink, pretty hard, you know a bit about that do yee? ), but yes it would be Adelaide, or Tasmania tbh. More to do with the people there though, a bit fruity, you know? Adelaide has nice cathedrals though if you care for those things.