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Old 19-06-2006, 01:12 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by luckyeddie
Can someone tell me why some people are suggesting that Brazil and Italy have 'started slowly' yet England and Portugal are crap?

(This is probably more a dig at social's natural Australian 'patriotism' than yours, but as one who has 'seen the Australian point of view' on matters in the past, perhaps you can translate now some unlikely sources have suddenly become experts on football)
Eddie, I was just discussing that with my boss. It's because it's cool to slag England off, and just as cool to love Brazil. Simple fact is, Brazil have started just as bad as us, but the thing is, they've been lucky to win their games, whereas however poor we were, we still deserved the points.
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