Stuttgart88
09/09/2005, 4:03 PM
It's infuriating alright. It tells me 2 things: (a) they're lazy and (b) they don't care as much as we do. :mad:
I honestly think there are 2 traits common to all fans of my era (late-Giles / Hand era) - every time we score we immediately look at the linesman's flag and we've developed the mental agility to run all kinds of group permutations in our minds!
Lazy journalists should just look at some of the posts above for the DEFINITIVE explanation of what needs to happen. It's not difficult.
Edit: I was in a taxi home from watching the match in SW London & was running through the possible outcomes on my mobile to a mate in Dublin. When I stopped the cabby said that Radio 5 had just run through the exact same analysis. Even the thick London cabby who had no interest in our group was able to recap fully what R5 had - accurately - said. At least somebody in the press is doing his job right.
I honestly think there are 2 traits common to all fans of my era (late-Giles / Hand era) - every time we score we immediately look at the linesman's flag and we've developed the mental agility to run all kinds of group permutations in our minds!
Lazy journalists should just look at some of the posts above for the DEFINITIVE explanation of what needs to happen. It's not difficult.
Edit: I was in a taxi home from watching the match in SW London & was running through the possible outcomes on my mobile to a mate in Dublin. When I stopped the cabby said that Radio 5 had just run through the exact same analysis. Even the thick London cabby who had no interest in our group was able to recap fully what R5 had - accurately - said. At least somebody in the press is doing his job right.