I'm not watching the England game....


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take them around the country.old trafford,emirates etc.no point having a national stadium for fa cup finals.IMO would have been better to bulldoze wembley and play england games around the country,might get more people intrested for a start.

I'd rather goto Wembley if we ever make the final again.

Old tafford etc should be used for semi finals and thats it.
 
I know that and its not ideal.

I hate the fact that FA Cup Semi Finals are at Wembley.

Thats an absolute piss take. It annoys the life out me how they get away with it and no one seems bothered.
 
And what of the representation of the club at playing level especially over the last 15 years or so? Name me the last Sunderland player to hold down a regular England place.

Mickey Gray, Gavin McCann, Jordan Henderson, Darren Bent (when he had a love for the club) and SKP amount to the number of England players to have pulled on the England jersey over the last 15 years or so and every one barely played a handful of games. So we are talking about a player likely in the 80's or even 70's at the most recent.

Thats not the national teams fault completely though is it? We havent exactly had a golden generation of English players at the club even most of those on the list mentioned are not good enough for England ie Gray, Mccann, Henderson.

I think its more the fact we havent had many decent players rather than a conspiracy against Sunderland. The mags have had plenty so it cant be a north east thing.
 
Thats not the national teams fault completely though is it? We havent exactly had a golden generation of English players at the club even most of those on the list mentioned are not good enough for England ie Gray, Mccann, Henderson.

I think its more the fact we havent had many decent players rather than a conspiracy against Sunderland. The mags have had plenty so it cant be a north east thing.

Two words...Emile and Heskey.
 
Two words...Emile and Heskey.

Heskey was used as a foil for Owen and did a job for England. Not everyones cup of tea but just becuase Heskey got picked for England doesnt mean Sunderland should have had more england regulars. Other than them few seasons under Reid we were hardly in the top flight.
 
There's a fundamental difference for me between England and Sunderland.

Sunderland players do not represent me, I follow that team absolutely blindly and while I expect something back I'm still going to support them no matter what because they're not playing for the purpose of representing me. The Sunderland team could be full of all the players in the current England set up and I might be a bit pissed off but I'd still support them whole-heartedly.

England on the other hand exist for one purpose only: to represent the nation on the international stage. I hate nearly everyone in that England team, and I would be overjoyed if the manager suffered some sort of paralysing injury. These are the people who are supposed to be representing ME and my countrymen on the world stage, and I hate them all. I don't want these people representing me, and I don't think I can wish them well in matches any more.
 
There's a fundamental difference for me between England and Sunderland.

Sunderland players do not represent me, I follow that team absolutely blindly and while I expect something back I'm still going to support them no matter what because they're not playing for the purpose of representing me. The Sunderland team could be full of all the players in the current England set up and I might be a bit pissed off but I'd still support them whole-heartedly.

England on the other hand exist for one purpose only: to represent the nation on the international stage. I hate nearly everyone in that England team, and I would be overjoyed if the manager suffered some sort of paralysing injury. These are the people who are supposed to be representing ME and my countrymen on the world stage, and I hate them all. I don't want these people representing me, and I don't think I can wish them well in matches any more.

:eek::lol:
 
There's a fundamental difference for me between England and Sunderland.

Sunderland players do not represent me, I follow that team absolutely blindly and while I expect something back I'm still going to support them no matter what because they're not playing for the purpose of representing me. The Sunderland team could be full of all the players in the current England set up and I might be a bit pissed off but I'd still support them whole-heartedly.

England on the other hand exist for one purpose only: to represent the nation on the international stage. I hate nearly everyone in that England team, and I would be overjoyed if the manager suffered some sort of paralysing injury. These are the people who are supposed to be representing ME and my countrymen on the world stage, and I hate them all. I don't want these people representing me, and I don't think I can wish them well in matches any more.

Another load of drivel. Of course Sunderland players represent you if you're going to games and supporting them.

Its the same lame excuses every time. The manager is a ****, the players are *****...

Thats modern football unfortunately, its the same at club level yet you're happy to buy into it by going to games.
 
Another load of drivel. Of course Sunderland players represent you if you're going to games and supporting them.

Its the same lame excuses every time. The manager is a ****, the players are *****...

Thats modern football unfortunately, its the same at club level yet you're happy to buy into it by going to games.

Where the fuck is the logic in that? :lol:

The relationship between club and fan is totally different to the one between national team and nation.
 
One of the positives. I have Sky but loads of mates don't bother, so the pub it is.

You never see the game properly but it's a great laugh.

Too right. We're normally all shouting for different teams, SAFC, NUFC then the token Mancs, scousers etc...

So it makes a nice change to have all the lads together and be all on the same side once in a while.
 
There's a fundamental difference for me between England and Sunderland.

Sunderland players do not represent me, I follow that team absolutely blindly and while I expect something back I'm still going to support them no matter what because they're not playing for the purpose of representing me. The Sunderland team could be full of all the players in the current England set up and I might be a bit pissed off but I'd still support them whole-heartedly.

England on the other hand exist for one purpose only: to represent the nation on the international stage. I hate nearly everyone in that England team, and I would be overjoyed if the manager suffered some sort of paralysing injury. These are the people who are supposed to be representing ME and my countrymen on the world stage, and I hate them all. I don't want these people representing me, and I don't think I can wish them well in matches any more.

Spot on apart from the injury bit...
 
England on the other hand exist for one purpose only: to represent the nation on the international stage. I hate nearly everyone in that England team, and I would be overjoyed if the manager suffered some sort of paralysing injury. These are the people who are supposed to be representing ME and my countrymen on the world stage, and I hate them all. I don't want these people representing me, and I don't think I can wish them well in matches any more.

Spot on.(Apart from wishing injury :confused:)

I spent the whole 5 weeks in France '98, cheering on Shearer etc. so it's definitely got worse over the years. The thought of a Bent/Carroll forward line is sickening.
 
Another load of drivel. Of course Sunderland players represent you if you're going to games and supporting them.

Its the same lame excuses every time. The manager is a ****, the players are *****...

Thats modern football unfortunately, its the same at club level yet you're happy to buy into it by going to games.

Sunderland to win the League cup or England to win the World cup?
 
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