Team GB want Villa stars - McLeish

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Also, to write off the olympics on the back of your lack of interest in synchronized swimming is ludicrous, in as much as it'd be ludicrous to write off the world cup because some of the games can end up being, say, New Zealand v Saudi Arabia.

New Zealand have reached the tournament stage twice but have never played Saudi Arabia in the final stages.
However, if they did play Saudi Arabia, I would be very keen to watch.
Particularly, as in the last World Cup they remained unbeaten.

[Somniloquism]

Although I wasn't a fan of us getting the Olympics, I do like some of the arguments using the current economic climate as to why we shouldn't have won it in 2005 and started to plan and build the stadium in 2006. Can those people please tell me the lottery numbers in 7 years time as you can obviously see that far into the future.

[Villanation]

The problem with the Olympics is that its to diverse, most people like the 100mtrs, but how many people actually are bothered with Judo for example, ( Judo as an example) personally I would not only say that the World Cup is way better I would go as far as to say The European Championship is way better, another example, IF, England get into the Semi's of the European Championships this year the whole country will stop work or whatever it is they are doing and get in front of a TV screen to watch, can't even think what impact getting into the final would bring and a World Cup final, can't even imagine.

I can't remember an Olympic event getting anything like that interest for years, at least since Redgrave picked up an ore or Torville and Dean did there thing, so IMO its just not in the same league.

On the nationalism point, you don't have to go up to Scotland to find inbreed racism, I live in and have lived in a part of the UK where people refuse to call you by your name and will openly call you a shortened localisms, a bit like calling someone from Pakistan the shortened version, do it all the time here, gone into pubs and not been served or had beer passed over me to a local just walked in behind me and I've been waiting 10mins, I know of a case whereby 1 such local totally abused 2 people from England, and his defence with an impending court appearance was "well they're outsiders from England", "they have to be put in there place" so therefore any treatment I pass out to them is fine, or words to that effect.

I've walked into a newsagent to purchase, gone up to a till and had the proprietor hold out his hand, take my money and instead of saying thank you says "you know your not welcome here".....

[Dave]

It's not solely London centric either, the football is in Coventry, the sailing in Weymouth, various teams (inc. China I think) will be staying and training in Loughborough.

Portland, if you please.

As my missus never gets tired of angrily telling me.

[Dave Cooper please]

Villanation, ever thought it might just be you?
I have been to, and worked in, many of the far flung places of the UK and have never been made anything other than welcome. Okay so I have been on the receiving end of some banter, and some of it was probably less than friendly to begin with, but once you show that you can take it, and then give a bit back, it always ends up in alcoholic friendship!

[Villanation]

Villanation, ever thought it might just be you?
I have been to, and worked in, many of the far flung places of the UK and have never been made anything other than welcome. Okay so I have been on the receiving end of some banter, and some of it was probably less than friendly to begin with, but once you show that you can take it, and then give a bit back, it always ends up in alcoholic friendship!

Of course it might be me, on the other hand if you read my post you'll notice i mention a couple being completely abused by one local individual and i can sight many cases whereby people come from mainstream England to here and within a short period of time move back, generally sighting a couple of good reasons and always those same reasons, 1 being family and 2 being the locals, and when someone says to you when you point out I've lived here for 20 years, and they reply no passport then and in turn, as you say give as good as you get, which falls on stony ground because there sentiment is based on all seriousness, after a while it wears thin, the other point I would make is going somewhere and working somewhere is entirely different from living somewhere for years.

[Somniloquism]

Where's here?

[Dave Cooper please]

So, what you are saying is that you live in a place (I have absolutely no idea where you live by the way) that is intolerant to anyone who goes there that isn't local? Marvellous place that must be, please tell me where so that I can avoid it.
It goes totally against the grain of anywhere I have been where the locals tend to either accept you at face value or maybe take the piss a bit and then accept you once you don't bite!

[Somniloquism]

Royston Vasey?

[Chris Smith]

So, what you are saying is that you live in a place (I have absolutely no idea where you live by the way) that is intolerant to anyone who goes there that isn't local? Marvellous place that must be, please tell me where so that I can avoid it.

Royston Vesey.

[Somniloquism]

So, what you are saying is that you live in a place (I have absolutely no idea where you live by the way) that is intolerant to anyone who goes there that isn't local? Marvellous place that must be, please tell me where so that I can avoid it.

Royston Vesey.

Jinx

[Villanation]

So, what you are saying is that you live in a place (I have absolutely no idea where you live by the way) that is intolerant to anyone who goes there that isn't local? Marvellous place that must be, please tell me where so that I can avoid it.
It goes totally against the grain of anywhere I have been where the locals tend to either accept you at face value or maybe take the piss a bit and then accept you once you don't bite!

Well Chas N'Dave Cooper, I can assure you its rife, the flag waving is actually more common in the younger generation than the old, that's the way it is and as mentioned you either except it (being I either except it) and just enjoy the place for its other assets or move, I stayed, thick skinned and all that, but just like the kind of thing that happened in Wales a few decades ago when locals started to burn down outsiders cottages who where not actually living there because it was forcing the price of property up, that is people coming from places like London and B'ham and buying up the property, locals then can't afford them, causes resentment, point is its never far form the surface.

 

[Villanation]

So, what you are saying is that you live in a place (I have absolutely no idea where you live by the way) that is intolerant to anyone who goes there that isn't local? Marvellous place that must be, please tell me where so that I can avoid it.

Royston Vesey.

Jinx

Conspiracy Theory.

[Dave Cooper please]

So, what you are saying is that you live in a place (I have absolutely no idea where you live by the way) that is intolerant to anyone who goes there that isn't local? Marvellous place that must be, please tell me where so that I can avoid it.
It goes totally against the grain of anywhere I have been where the locals tend to either accept you at face value or maybe take the piss a bit and then accept you once you don't bite!

Well Chas N'Dave Cooper, I can assure you its rife, the flag waving is actually more common in the younger generation than the old, that's the way it is and as mentioned you either except it (being I either except it) and just enjoy the place for its other assets or move, I stayed, thick skinned and all that, but just like the kind of thing that happened in Wales a few decades ago when locals started to burn down outsiders cottages who where not actually living there because it was forcing the price of property up, that is people coming from places like London and B'ham and buying up the property, locals then can't afford them, causes resentment, point is its never far form the surface.

 

Fuck me, are you going to tell me where you live or not?
It's not that I don't believe you, I saw similar stuff when I first moved up to the Highlands in pursuit of oil money (didn't get much), Settler Watch!
But generally I've been accepted wherever I've gone, as have anyone I've known, and having been in the Army I've known people who have come from, and gone to, almost anywhere you could mention.

[Somniloquism]

I'm guessing it is deepest darkest D. Boy country.