DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
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Apart from the team, manager and fans.
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No Ta Doctor
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Couldn't sleep for the fireworks, car horns etc last night. In the end I went out and joined them celebrating this massive achievement of winning the third place medal
Rusty Nails
We remember
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My heart bleeds for them, these very young, very fit players.
They are very, very highly paid, pampered pros who will soon be lying on expensive sun loungers in exotic resorts, and then start earning more millions from their clubs. If a pro can’t take the psychological stress of losing a match they should get a job like the fans who pay good money to watch them, or take up knitting. Most of the other countries would love to be playing for third place if they were offered that at the start. They know the rules when they enter the tournament and the time for changing them Is before the tournament not because they’re a bit upset.
That is not to say the WC finals do not have too many teams entering so more matches, but that is a different argument and one which should also apply to their clubs when arranging out of season tours to avoid too much strain on them.
Compare them to the poor domestiques at the Grand Tours who have to struggle on for weeks when they know they and their leaders are not going to win anything. They are pro sportsmen.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Come on Espania !
Rusty Nails
We remember
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It would be interesting to see how the team, manager and fans view a 3rd place match with a result and a game like that. They all looked very happy at the end, especially people like Saka and Bellingham.
No Ta Doctor
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All I got out of that was an image of Homer Simpson shouting "MAKE THE MONKEY DANCE!" at an organ grinder, and I don't even think that was an actual episode.
matticus
Guru
Post-match prayer circle:
matticus
Guru
Caption Contest anyone??
AndyRM
XOXO
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You know where NCAP is.
Must say that it resulted in a quiet road day for cycling. 😎🚵♀️🚵♀️🚵♀️
Rusty Nails
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That would be funny, if we weren't talking about millionaires who chose professional sport voluntarily, and not monkeys forced to do it.
They may have chosen sport voluntary but there’s no way they could be 100% that they would end up professional and millionaires. Especially given the numbers of talented players who fall by the wayside.
