Ciara's Dad

It's a strange thing, being Pats fans, that we can put our differences aside and I would have no hesitation sharing a brew with the Rangers fan who posted earlier on. I'm not sure if it is just me getting older, turned 45yo last week, that has mellowed me, but it's fair to say that in my youth, I didn't have any friends in royal blue!!

As for Arsenal, up until the Eduardo incident, I had a lot of respect for your team, fans and manager, but I'm afraid to say now I hope you get punted right out of the Champs League this year.
Fever Pitch will always be one of my favourite films though. What an ending!!

italia44

sorry sport.........however,I'd be amiss if I didn't point out that:It's their friggin' COUNTRY!
Get used to another local descriptive........"zed"........as in......you are a....

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PatsFaninAZ

Yeah, he shouldn't have done it. But I bet even he wishes that at this point. It's not as though no Hoops player has ever used a bit of deception! And I think they were the better side in the two games notwithstanding the phony penalty.

I don't think the dive was indicative of the way Arsenal play in general or the way Wagner manages. But I agree it was unfortunate.

Ciara's Dad

You're correct. There are players in all teams who will do anything to gain an advantage. We have them to. I think it was the fact that there was no way we were going to win anyway that pissed us all off. He just didn't need to do it.
Anyway, bygones and all that. Looking forward to Sunday!

Mike the Brit

I've always liked Americans and American culture (anyway, like it or not, you grow up with a lot of it in Europe!) I understood a lot of things, of course (sex, drugs and rock-and-roll -- well, maybe not the sex) but I found American football quite mysterious. It appears in quite a few U.S. books and films and I can even remember a cartoon when I was a kid called The Jetsons (sort of Flintstones of the future) where there was a football game played entirely by robots with just two coaches at the controls -- anticipating Madden by forty years!

Anyway, I started learning a tiny bit by being with American friends who were into football. My first, Joe, was a Jets fan! But he couldn't help it -- Fordham boy from New Jersey, Catholic family, five brothers, one a Jesuit, another a saloon owner, you get the picture ... Then there was Tim, my big buddy in graduate school, who, despite being from New England, was a Cowboys fan (boo!). Then I got to live for a year in New England in 1981-82. My best friend then, also Mike, liked football and he was a Rams fan (Angeleno). The Pats, needless to say, were terrible and most of their home games were blacked out, but I watched quite a lot of football and learned (some of) the rules. I remember seeing this Pittsburgh quarterback and thinking he looked pretty amazing -- well, he went on to be very good (Dan Marino). I think that I was attracted to the Pats for two reasons: sympathy for the underdog (you didn't get lower than the Pats that year) and the desire to have a team that wouldn't offend any of my U.S. friends -- kind of the opposite of bandwagon jumping.

I was, of course, absolutely thrilled with the run to the Superbowl in 85 (by this time there was a fair bit of football on UK TV), but lost contact somewhat as I got busier, football moved to satellite and the Pats went through the Lisa Olsen incident and the near-moves. Now, here I am in New England again!

If anyone caught the Patriots Fifth Quarter after the game on Sunday, you'll have seen Scott Zolak interviewing Mr Kraft about the up-coming trip to London. It seems that SZ had a trip in the summer which he didn't enjoy that much (trouble with the language, I assume ) so he wasn't very upbeat. Mr Kraft was, of course. He did, though, advise people to bring plenty of euros!

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great, great time. Truth is -- as I'm reminded every day -- they are two VERY different countries. I love them both, though.

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They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Well, Pats fans should be invincible by now. [Fitzy, 16 November 2009]

Still here to learn

furry

Well my friend if you're at any of the same events as me pre match I will lift that jar with you, old firm bollocks out the window on sunday, it's all about the pats.

For what it's worth I reckon most folk in the UK couldn't tell you what happened in 2006, let alone 1776!!

Ciara's Dad

No probs
Myself, a Motherwell fan and an Airdrie fan are trying to get tickets for the tailgate bash. They got them last year no problem down there. So if you overhear 3 Scots accents discussing the merits of the T.B cheerleaders, introduce yourself and we'll share a brew.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still a season ticket holder at Celtic Park, so I bleed green and white, so once the Pats game is over let normal hostilities resume.

Hail! Hail!

Gwedd

I have to admit a fondness for Glasgow. As an older Goth, it was a great place to stay for a few weeks. Nice pubs, good people, great music, etc.

Pretty good looking women, too...

PatsWickedPissah

Am I the only one here who doesn't understand maybe half the stuff that's being said in these posts? English is such a confusing language.

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Patspsycho

Like Churchill says... "Two great countries separated by a common language!"