SOCCERROO FOX Posted 13 August 2008 Posted 13 August 2008 Do you fell that England, Scotland and Wales should compete as seperate countries at the games?
LeeCovFox Posted 13 August 2008 Posted 13 August 2008 Do you fell that England, Scotland and Wales should compete as seperate countries at the games? Personally, no. They are just four entities which make up a nation state, as with the states of Australia surely?
Manwell Pablo Posted 13 August 2008 Posted 13 August 2008 Do you fell that England, Scotland and Wales should compete as seperate countries at the games? Not really we compete in most sports as Great Britain. Rugby, Football and cricket are exceptions rather than the rule.... and snooker but no bugger else plays that.
purpleronnie Posted 15 August 2008 Posted 15 August 2008 Hope not, it wouldn't look good for england if we did. I say keep it the way it is. Its hard enough to get medals as it is.
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 16 August 2008 Posted 16 August 2008 Not really we compete in most sports as Great Britain.Rugby, Football and cricket are exceptions rather than the rule.... and snooker but no bugger else plays that. Well Crickets a dubious one - with it being the England and Wales Cricket Board - why the scots don't join us instead of being rubbish i don't know! And Rugby league we do compete as great britian. So i suppose that strengthens your initial argument - and to the original poster - is that the aussie's worried we'll over take them in the medals table?
Guest Posted 17 August 2008 Posted 17 August 2008 Well Crickets a dubious one - with it being the England and Wales Cricket Board - why the scots don't join us instead of being rubbish i don't know! If there are any decent Scottish cricketers, they do end up playing for England (Dougie Brown, for instance). It's a funny game.
Father Ted Posted 17 August 2008 Posted 17 August 2008 If there are any decent Scottish cricketers, they do end up playing for England (Dougie Brown, for instance). It's a funny game. They don't bother playing cricket in Scotland, most matches are rained off...
Guest Posted 17 August 2008 Posted 17 August 2008 They don't bother playing cricket in Scotland, most matches are rained off... Ouch.
Tubes Posted 17 August 2008 Posted 17 August 2008 We dont get enough medals as GB, imagine being seperatewe would look awful.
Ultra Posted 18 August 2008 Posted 18 August 2008 We dont get enough medals as GB, imagine being seperatewe would look awful. Come 2012, it may happen. The Tories and the SNP want to see Britain broken up..
Webbo Posted 18 August 2008 Posted 18 August 2008 Come 2012, it may happen.The Tories and the SNP want to see Britain broken up.. Since when? Give the propaganda a rest will you.
Guest Bilo Posted 18 August 2008 Posted 18 August 2008 Since when? Give the propaganda a rest will you. If anything, the Tories are opposed to devolution.
Jimmy Posted 18 August 2008 Posted 18 August 2008 Come 2012, it may happen.The Tories and the SNP want to see Britain broken up.. Labour used to want devolution until they realised they'd never be elected with out Scotland, think the lib dems still want it though
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 19 August 2008 Author Posted 19 August 2008 Well Crickets a dubious one - with it being the England and Wales Cricket Board - why the scots don't join us instead of being rubbish i don't know! And Rugby league we do compete as great britian.So i suppose that strengthens your initial argument - and to the original poster - is that the aussie's worried we'll over take them in the medals table? Personally i don't care i don't know any englishmen so it wouldn't bother me. I just find it strange that you don't all compete seperatly as seperate nations.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 19 August 2008 Author Posted 19 August 2008 BBC Leicester called me to ask me how it is being reported about the GBR are beating us in Golds i've got the second half of the interview sent to me i will try and up load it. Yes i did call you guys cheats...............cos it made good radio
Manwell Pablo Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 BBC Leicester called me to ask me how it is being reported about the GBR are beating us in Golds i've got the second half of the interview sent to me i will try and up load it.Yes i did call you guys cheats...............cos it made good radio .... <_< I preffered you when you were drinking heavily.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 19 August 2008 Author Posted 19 August 2008 .... <_< I preffered you when you were drinking heavily. I'm sorry, does any one actually listen to radio leicester? I want to know if any one heard my 2 minutes of fame Can't upload the interview as i gave FT a small plug stating i get stick for being an Aussie
Phube Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 Funny comment by a bitter Aussie today, stating we only win medals in sitting down events!! Funny thing is... it's nearly true! Sailing, rowing, cycling, Equestrian...
Corky Posted 19 August 2008 Posted 19 August 2008 Funny comment by a bitter Aussie today, stating we only win medals in sitting down events!! Funny thing is... it's nearly true! Sailing, rowing, cycling, Equestrian... Who cares what the bitters say? We've won gold medals because we're good at those sports.
lookwhaticando Posted 20 August 2008 Posted 20 August 2008 Labour used to want devolution until they realised they'd never be elected with out Scotland, think the lib dems still want it though Because they know they can't be elected with or without Scotland, so it matters little.
lavrentis Posted 24 August 2008 Posted 24 August 2008 Funny comment by a bitter Aussie today, stating we only win medals in sitting down events!! Funny thing is... it's nearly true! Sailing, rowing, cycling, Equestrian... Blardy convicts
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 25 August 2008 Author Posted 25 August 2008 ***So it's not just the olympics then **** Tell all ... Tresco lets the cat out of the bag. Phil Hillyard Poms cheated in 2005 Ashes win August 25, 2008 FORMER England batsman Marcus Trescothick has admitted in a new book he illegally shone the ball by sucking on breath fresheners during the 2005 Ashes series. The virtually unplayable reverse swing generated by pace bowlers Simon Jones and Andrew Flintoff-- which was crucial to England's Ashes triumph over Australia - may have been caused by Murray Mints, which, as with other artificial substances, is illegal. The saliva from these mints aided swinging, Trescothick wrote in his autobiography 'Coming Back To Me'. "I was firmly established as the man in charge of looking after the ball when we were fielding,'' he wrote in an excerpt which appeared in Britain's News of the World newspaper. "It was my job to keep the shine on the new ball for as long as possible with a bit of spit and a lot of polish. "And through trial and error I finally settled on type of spit for the task at hand. "It had been common knowledge in county cricket for some time that certain sweets produced saliva which, when applied to the ball for cleaning purposes, enabled it to keep its shine for longer and therefore its swing.'' Australia left-arm quick Nathan Bracken was verbally lashed by Jones after the 2005 series for suggesting the use of mints was common in English cricket, but he says he was misquoted and did not want to comment, Fairfax media reported. Trescothick, who retired from international cricket in March due to stress-related illness, also used the mints in the 2001 Ashes series and narrowly escaped detection during the Headingley Test. "For the first time, as I dived to gather the ball at square-leg, I landed on my side and a shower of Murray Mints spewed out of my trouser pocket all over the grass right in front of the umpire,'' he wrote. "Fortunately neither he nor the two batsmen seemed to take much notice as I scrambled around on all fours trying desperately to gather in the sweets before they started asking awkward questions.'' It's unlikely cricket's governing body the ICC can open an investigation into alleged ball-tampering, the newspaper added. India's Rahul Dravid was fined half his match fee for rubbing a cough lozenge on the ball during a tri-series one-day match against Zimbabwe in Brisbane in January 2004. AAP
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