COME ON ENGLAND!

[apolla]

*whistles Great Escape theme along with Supporters Band*

We're NOT losing right now! We're WINNING!

*dies*

We're playing FRANCE and we're not LOSING!

*laughs* The commentator just called France 'Arsenal'. I know most of you don't have a clue what I'm talking about, but Arsenal *spits* is a team in North London who are the great rivals of my own darlings, Tottenham Hotspur. Aside from a French coach, a huge number of their team are French and a lot of them are on the French team. So I find it amusing. :D

Remember: A victory for England is a loss for France. Therefore it is a loss for Arsenal and so in effect, victory for England is victory for Spurs!

More convoluted, stupid football theories later!

ETA: Hang on, just remembered: the current French coach is going to be Spurs' new coach after Euro 2004. So I hope he's not lost his personal touch.

ETA 2: OK. FUCKING HELL. WE JUST CONCEDED TWO GOALS in STOPPAGE TIME! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DAVID JAMES ACTUALLY HAS TO DO THINGS! WE LOST IN A MATTER OF 2 MINUTES! LIFE IS SO FUCKING UNFAIR!

Comments

[sugarjet03.livejournal.com]

I actually know about Arsenal! I watched Fever Pitch was night and Colin Firth is this guy who lives and breathes Arsenal in the 1980s. It was very funny :-)

Anyway, go England!

[apolla.livejournal.com]

Arsenal SUCK. I don't care what Colin Firth says in the movie, they SUCK. OK?

[sugarjet03.livejournal.com]

OK :-D

[likebunnies.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about your team. I watch a lot of 'premiership soccer' on our cable in the middle of the night because I like the rhythm of the crowd in the background. Very soothing. This is not to imply that it puts me to sleep except sometimes at 4 a.m., it does. :)

[apolla.livejournal.com]

The premiership can be boring enough to put you to sleep sometimes.

Especially Arsenal games ;)

[likebunnies.livejournal.com]

I do believe the Arsenal put me to sleep once or twice. I watched one that had very excitable announcers and that was fun. Some are just so quiet. But keep in mind, I also get South American Soccer on this channel and those announcers are something else, especially when it's in Spanish.

[apolla.livejournal.com]

There's a commentator here called Jonathan Pearce. He's rarely lower than 90 decibels.

Then there's Alan 'ex-England captain' Shearer who tried his hand at commentating once... and put the entire stadium to sleep.

[lady-carrie.livejournal.com]

I agree if you there, I'm trying not to watch any football at all, not a very big fan of football, which its quite hard when you live in Newcastle

[apolla.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

You guys really are passionate about it. I think it's cos there's three big clubs in the area if you count Middlesbrough as well as Sunderland.

My friend Lins stopped at St James' Park on the way back from a gig at midnight to post his season ticket thing just to make sure it was definitely in on time. Or something.

[lady-carrie.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* some people are just crazy about football, I never really follow sport

[marquiserachel.livejournal.com]

damnit! damnit! damnit! Bloody David bloody James bloody bloody!!!

[krisdalooney.livejournal.com]

We lost in 3 freaking minutes of extra time. Two goals in 2 minutes.
*headesk*
And that penalty was so not deserved - Henry (VaVaVoomBoy) did an acrobatic flip over James' leg and fell over. His fault. Not ours.
Ah well, tis only football. *waits for most of Britain to jump on her*

[apolla.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think David James was very foolish to make such a stupid tackle. The ball was clearly already away from Va Va Voom, so it was dumb, esp. in the penalty box.