Yay :D

How's things in Lithuania?

 

everything's fine :) everybody's waiting for football ;) and there?

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bs :cheesy:

Hey Karo! :wacko:`

i support blackburn rovers, an english football team.

 

i don't have great patriotism. i acknowledge that being english has shaped me greatly as a human being and i would be quite different had i come from somewhere else, however on the other hand i feel no connection to the majority of people in this country.

 

football related, i watch my team play against english international footballers week in week out and the arrogance that they display, the preferential treatment they receive from the referees (which i think hurts the national team as they don't get the same treatment when they play with foreign referees) and the scandalous activities they have become well know for leads me to have nothing but dislike for them.

 

combine this with the sports media in this country which is nothing short of ridiculous and the overhyped (until recently) opinions of englands ability by the average england fan and their previous history of hooliganism means i stick to supporting my town team.

 

Ah, I understand...well, I'm not very patriotic too, but it's because of government. And it's something strange about football in England: as I know almost everyone is playing football there (just like in Norway), have an oppoortunity to participate in world and euro cups, but never win. I cant understand why. :stunned:

Hey Karo! :wacko:`

Hey, Tammi :) how's going?

It's going good, in an hour I'll be home alone. :blush:

 

you?

Nice :) I wish I can be alone too :rolleyes: but I have a sister who's annoying me when in the middle of my talking and writing on coldplaying, she interups me and occupies pc :confused:

My sister likes to kick me off :P

Ah, I understand...well, I'm not very patriotic too, but it's because of government. And it's something strange about football in England: as I know almost everyone is playing football there (just like in Norway), have an oppoortunity to participate in world and euro cups, but never win. I cant understand why. :stunned:

 

i believe (though many will disagree) regarding england that it is the nature of the way we are brought up. when children in this country play football in their leagues the emphasis is only on winning. it shoud be on enjoying the game and playing together (it is a team sport after all) and trying to improve. this emphasis on success means they simply pass the ball to the better players and let them do all the work, or pass the ball to the bigger children since they are more developed. they do not learn how to play as a team properly. the better players also do not develop properly as they are not playing against good teams. they are simply knocking smaller players out of the way (which is easy) and scoring a hat-trick every game. this does not benefit them though. playing against tough opponents develop players. if the teams concentrated on playing as a team the standard would be higher.

 

this setup in the youth leagues stems all the way up to the top where the best of the best play, but they are used to being the main players in their team and when they find themselves up against a team like germany who are strong throughout, they struggle to make an impact as they are surrounded by other major players who are used to having a team focused around them as well.

 

as we have seen in this tournament big players don't always mean big results for your team. it is those who can play well together who succeed.

i believe (though many will disagree) regarding england that it is the nature of the way we are brought up. when children in this country play football in their leagues the emphasis is only on winning. it shoud be on enjoying the game and playing together (it is a team sport after all) and trying to improve. this emphasis on success means they simply pass the ball to the better players and let them do all the work, or pass the ball to the bigger children since they are more developed. they do not learn how to play as a team properly. the better players also do not develop properly as they are not playing against good teams. they are simply knocking smaller players out of the way (which is easy) and scoring a hat-trick every game. this does not benefit them though. playing against tough opponents develop players. if the teams concentrated on playing as a team the standard would be higher.

 

this setup in the youth leagues stems all the way up to the top where the best of the best play, but they are used to being the main players in their team and when they find themselves up against a team like germany who are strong throughout, they struggle to make an impact as they are surrounded by other major players who are used to having a team focused around them as well.

 

as we have seen in this tournament big players don't always mean big results for your team. it is those who can play well together who succeed.

 

Hm..I see. It looks the biggest problem with team work. It's sad when on team games (like football, basketball) you can't see the team game but individuals game. And of course pay attention to only best players is not fair,I think. It's discrimination :thinking:

So, I think germany plays as a team and will win :D

My sister likes to kick me off :P

she is older than you, right? :D

yup :P

The same here :rolleyes:

ahaha :P

there needs to be a revolution

rise against your older sisters and claim back the computers!

It's annoying how older sisters/brothers likes to control the youngers :dozey:

there needs to be a revolution

rise against your older sisters and claim back the computers!

haha :D good idea.. are you the youngest in the family too?

I can't wait until she moves out and then the bedroom is ALL MINE. :blush:

 

yeah.

Well, I have my own bedroom, but she's back from university for summer :dozey:

I miss having my own room. :(

haha :D good idea.. are you the youngest in the family too?

 

there is me and my older sister but she is 26 and moved out when she was around 18 so i've had the house to myself for aaages. and since i've been a student for a long time when it is the summer my parents work so i have the house from when i wake up till at the earliest half 3pm

 

:cool:

good for you ;) My sister moved from home when she was 18. but she's always back for summer holidays home. But I need to wait only one year, and when I'm going to leave :dance::dance:

:dance:

Can't wait till that day :) still I need a lot of things to do, exams and so on....

I wonder when I'll move out. :wacko: