Whether you are a member of the FA, a pundit, or you’re just a moron who rings phone-in shows, remember that whoever is appointed as the new England football manager there is still the traditional scapegoat should everything go wrong.
Should an Englishman fail then you can blame it on “too many foreigners” playing and/or managing in the Premiership.
If a foreigner takes the job then he can likewise be blamed for simply being, well, foreign and “not understanding” or “having enough passion”.
As an added bonus, this: “if in doubt, blame foreigners” approach can pretty much work in any scenario from dole queues to housing issues. From a faltering health service to over crowded classrooms.
Blaming foreigners – it means never having to say you cocked it up and is fully accepted as a genuine excuse and an unquestionable truth by Her Majesty’s Press.
Oh and it was the Russian Mafia who took those disks. Probably.
Post inspired by Bob P.
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November 25, 2007 at 1:00 pm
minxlj
I had the displeasure of listening to Radio 5 Live last night on the way back from Newcastle - the veiled racism was unbelievable! I really detest the idea of their ‘Rant Line’ - I mean seriously, it is A GAME. If you need to have your voice heard that badly, get on a soapbox at the Monument cos no-one is listening there either!!
Having said that, I was on the verge of phoning in just to have a rant at the people ranting ;-) Although I thought the presenter was very fair and managed to balance out the extreme views of the callers, as he should.
My view is, if our players and managers just aren’t good enough (and they’re clearly not) and the ‘foreigners’ are better, admit it and embrace it! We also scapegoat ANYONE in order to not admit that we are just crap. They get paid too damn much so that if they fail, they don’t care! If they had to play well to get paid, we’d see an improvement in their commitment.
The whole idea of us against the world is what put me off football years ago. Sorry, but in the great scheme of things, it is still JUST A GAME.
November 28, 2007 at 11:10 am
ourman
It is a game - it means a lot to a lot of people and it affects moods accordingly.
And like a lot of other people, I am now looking forward to a footballing championship without the hooliganism, nationalism and arrogrance of England’s team/fans/press etc.
It’s not all bad ;O)