Bob, we have to love ya. You are certainly a German: I thought my German ex-wife was stubborn.
Sir M..
Played Sapp for the last 3 years, played roughly 1/2 games in Premier with no complaints and scored 6 goals. Played mostly full minutes in Div1. Great kid.
JB, name me one half decent player who would sit there and accept being snubbed by a 49 year-old who is incapable of playing in a game of that magnitude. I know you wouldn't. What does that say about your character? Paul Favs would never take it - and we all know how highly regarded he is. I can name/show you 300 players around the league that would not take the blatant old friend favouritism. The bottom line is it says nothing about his character.
You can argue about other things that happen and what it says about a player, but not this.
BTW, JB, after the Nation Cup 2008, this player was asked by Sporting to go play with them last year in Premier. If he was suitcase player who thought that he was the greatest, why did he tough it out in Div1 with Sapp and commit to getting us back in Premier? He committed to an entire season of dedication and hard work.
Now that I'm on this topic, what does it say about the character of young players leaving teams that are now in Div1, and going to Premier teams after being part of the reason why the team was relegated?
That must not sit well with some.
(Older guys I can understand.....reasons I can get into another day.)
I would like to suggest 2 things to the organizers .
1-India v Italy - the indian supporters were standing right on the touchline when there were so many empty seats on the bleachers.The same happened against China where they were blocking the view of those behind them.There should be action taken against the indians for their supporters behaviour.
We would have been if we had Dan Penner in net...
Enough about all the has-beens that never played or didn't get subbed in, isn't someone going to talk about all the outstanding talent pinging about this year?
Impressive.
Did Dickens ever actually get on the field for anyone? .
More along the lines of the shaven red-headed garden gnomeU mean the Bear cubs?
It's awesome that so many people were impressed with our results and even more impressive that a team Germany coach watched our games so intently. I hope he learned from our experience . They have a young talented team and truly are one to watch in the upcoming years.
On the other side, as much as I hate to admit, WAB was the glue for Germany
AK
Just passing on an outsiders question Dickens.
WAB, as far as the Scotland open vs over 30 debate goes, the Scotland open side was very late getting organized, which is really too bad, as they lost several top notch players as a result. But the open side did defeat the tournament champs, albeit in a game that did not mean much to England. They would kill any over 30s side though, especially if the over 30s Scotland side slid them a couple players...
PS, who was tournament MVP?
Sir M.