Tag Archives: Tabloid Culture

England A Poor Stupid Team

Posted on June 27, 2010 by twsi

It’s hard to argue that England did not get the best available manager but in the end his preference for reputation and big self important players combined with a formation that made no allowances for mistakes, poor keepers, lack of … Continue reading →

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England Achieved The Minimum

Posted on June 24, 2010 by twsi

Quite how a 1-0 win with a pretty poor goal should spark exultation when England ensure themselves the worst possible draw to the final is beyond me. It’s just as irrational as the slaughtering of Green and extraordinary reaction to a … Continue reading →

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3 Lions On the Shirt 11 Lambs the Pitch

Posted on June 19, 2010 by twsi

Here are a list of things that have not caused England’s failure to be convincing against Algeria but contributed:- Formations: 442 with only 1 genuine wide player again. Did not matter much v Algeria. However Lampard and Gerrard > Lampard … Continue reading →

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Witless Blame Assignment

Posted on June 13, 2010 by twsi

It was not a knock out game. The result was not bad. The performance raised questions but was not awful by England standards. Yet one player is slaughtered in picture and words in all newspapers. Green is not a great … Continue reading →

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How Not To Support England

Posted on May 17, 2010 by twsi

If I attended a dinner party to sound profound I would suggest that journalists cannot help themselves. If you gave them a story that would end the world if published they’d publish and we’d all be damned. Yet the character … Continue reading →

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