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Post by luaphal on Apr 26, 2024 11:33:58 GMT
It's got to the point that you have to question how many of the sides in the Premier can class themselves as British given the majority of the sides field more foreign players than British ones added to which the managers are also foreign in most cases.
Throw in the foreign owners and what exactly can be classed as British?
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Post by Waterlogged on Apr 26, 2024 11:36:49 GMT
London, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Wolverhampton, Birmingham...
Pretty sure these are all British cities.
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Post by happyblue on Apr 26, 2024 11:47:07 GMT
If I go to a Italian restaurant in Newcastle, get served by an Italian , eat cheese and pasta from Italy am I actually now in Rome ?
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Post by luaphal on Apr 26, 2024 13:04:36 GMT
Missed the point really yes they are British cities but what they put out on the pitch player and manager wise hardly represents being British just a foreign team in a British city.
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Post by blencathra on Apr 26, 2024 15:07:01 GMT
Missed the point really yes they are British cities but what they put out on the pitch player and manager wise hardly represents being British just a foreign team in a British city. Agreed. I always used to support the British teams in European Competitions but these days they have few UK players and are like the Harlem Globe Trotters. I don't identify with them any more so I don't care if they win or not. |
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Post by blues86 on Apr 26, 2024 15:13:58 GMT
If I go to a Italian restaurant in Newcastle, get served by an Italian , eat cheese and pasta from Italy am I actually now in Rome ? If I go to Churchills bar in Benidorm and order a full English with a pint of Carling, does that qualify as an authentic Spanish experience? |
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Post by happyblue on Apr 26, 2024 16:02:07 GMT
If I go to a Italian restaurant in Newcastle, get served by an Italian , eat cheese and pasta from Italy am I actually now in Rome ? If I go to Churchills bar in Benidorm and order a full English with a pint of Carling, does that qualify as an authentic Spanish experience? Nah but you officially enter Workington as it eat the breakfast |
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Post by pigletphoenix on Apr 26, 2024 16:16:02 GMT
It's got to the point that you have to question how many of the sides in the Premier can class themselves as British given the majority of the sides field more foreign players than British ones added to which the managers are also foreign in most cases. Throw in the foreign owners and what exactly can be classed as British? Are you against foreign ownership of football clubs? Think about what you're saying for a cotton picking minute. What does "being British" mean in the twenty-first century? Your ancestors are most likely a mix of Roman (all across the empire, take your pick), Viking, Anglo-Saxon (German) and Norman. You weren't grown in a Petri dish in your village, you're a cultural mongrel anyway. Britain is a multi-cultural society these days, as are British communities, embrace it. Don't fight it, feel it. How many players in our first team last Saturday were born in Carlisle? How exactly can the club be classed as "Carlisle" United when we have foreign owners and the majority of our players were not born in the City? Honestly. |
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Post by dfa4eva on Apr 26, 2024 16:21:15 GMT
It's got to the point that you have to question how many of the sides in the Premier can class themselves as British given the majority of the sides field more foreign players than British ones added to which the managers are also foreign in most cases. Throw in the foreign owners and what exactly can be classed as British? “I want Bri’ish to be about Bri’ish” |
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Post by wukkie on Apr 26, 2024 16:23:20 GMT
I can't believe anyone would knowingly order a pint of Carling. Even in my Lager drinking days I always thought it was weak as piss.
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Post by 09sider on Apr 26, 2024 16:44:18 GMT
I can't believe anyone would knowingly order a pint of Carling. Even in my Lager drinking days I always thought it was weak as piss. It's officially as weak a piss now, so that Molson Coors who brew it can pay less tax on it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41059610 |
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Post by 183blue on Apr 26, 2024 17:04:57 GMT
Weak as piss lager has its place if you are a reluctant drinker, complying to some social convention.
You are on a stag do and others are getting stuck into their 17th pint of Leffe, but you proclaim to prefer the refreshing , crisp taste of a pint of a Carling.
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Post by northernsoul on Apr 26, 2024 17:35:36 GMT
London, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Wolverhampton, Birmingham... Pretty sure these are all British cities. Not anymore theyre not |
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Post by heyheyalanshoulderl on Apr 26, 2024 17:58:42 GMT
My first thought after reading the opening post was, I wonder how long Soul will take to post the exact words he did. I was nearly worried  |
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Post by pigletphoenix on Apr 26, 2024 18:47:23 GMT
Weak as piss lager has its place if you are a reluctant drinker, complying to some social convention. You are on a stag do and others are getting stuck into their 17th pint of Leffe, but you proclaim to prefer the refreshing , crisp taste of a pint of a Carling. I made ice lollies out of Carling once. Not something I'd recommend. |
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