On Jun 15, 8:36 am, chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 14, 8:02 pm, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 14, 9:22 am, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
> > wrote:
>
> > > We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that Declan Murphy
> > > has exploded. Flight director confirms that:
>
> > > >On Jun 11, 8:06?am, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
> > > >wrote:
> > > >> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that Declan Murphy
> > > >> has exploded. Flight director confirms that:
>
> > > >> >I'm going to miss a few games (working my proverbial off this summer),
> > > >> >but I'm really looking forward to it, even though Ireland were
> > > >> >eliminated by the cheating French (spit in the general direction of
> > > >> >Paris).
>
> > > >> I can't bear to watch Japan's matches, although I probably will anyway. It is 90
> > > >> minutes of screaming WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING at the television.
>
> > > >Only Japan match I'm definitely watching is Japan/Holland. I'm going
> > > >to be interviewed (pre-record) next Wednesday on Dutch radio about it.
> > > >Maybe if the Dutch exchanged their boots for wooden clogs...
>
> > > Can you put it up somewhere for me to hear? I'd be interested in listening.
>
> > Probably can. Probably not going to be very interesting though :-)
>
> > > >What really irritates me about the Japan matches is not the players
> > > >(doing their best etc), not the coach (its not his fault his
> > > >federation appointed him to a position in which he is out of his
> > > >depth), but the commentators.
>
> > > Oh, yeah, that's another rant entirely.
>
> > Its not just the commentators, but all the media. There are
> > unrealistic expectations for a team that is primarily just a J-League
> > concern. 19 of the 23 squad members play all of their club football in
> > Japan - its no wonder that Japan hasn't won a single World Cup match
> > outside Japan as yet. [...]
>
> Well, they have now as the media will proceed to tell us over and over
> again.

In the final seconds of the match I allowed myself a smile. Its
sometimes nice to be proven very wrong.