Posts by giovanni tiso
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Erm, it was more in the nature of... ceremony? Like taking communion.
And where does one sign up for this true religion?
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I dunno. How long were the Springboks feted as world champions this time? About five minutes, by my recall.
Might have been longer in South Africa, actually. And at any rate, how long have we been feted as Tri Nations champions? Has anybody even noticed? I honestly struggle to remember from year to year.
But the clincher is: how long have we been mourning losing the cup? A bloody long time, it seems to me.
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Things like Lions tours and Grand Slams have a long history and they still matter.
Less and less, though, you'll agree. The World Cup may be a huge cash cow and promoting tool but I could really do without it. As much as we can say it ought not to be the only thing that matters, it pretty much is. Now they want to concoct a test cricket world cup and I really, really hope they fail.
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Did I mention they used to be dirty commies?
Precisely: what's yours is theirs.
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we figured any burglary will be quite quick to resolve.
Unless the burglars work for the embassy.
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'Support the guy we've got. Ignore sensationalist newspaper columists.'
Yes. Ignore the fact we lost, it was all the ref's fault. And do the bidding of the outgoing coach, who also blamed it all on Barnes (as if France had had any business being even close in score with the ABs). That ought to work in three years time.
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Technology is the opiate of the masses?
Oh my, yes.
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No nation has a team like the all blacks......the utter intensity you've got to put yourself through to try and beat us.
And yet in the last 20 years the rest of the world seems to have managed okay.
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It's probably only due to Henry's (failed) rotation policy that we still have the player depth after the exodus.
There almost seems to be a concerted effort in being the best team in between World Cups. Now, I'm not saying that it's only the World Cup that counts, but surely it's too early in the cycle to judge either Deans or Henry, no? I don't think the Henry methods have been remotely vindicated by the season just ended. And if Dean hadn't earned the spot, I really don't know what the word "merit" means.
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And with all that, I still think Henry should have got the boot. I definitely got over it - it's not as if I cared that much in the first place - but on that count I don't think that Rattue is wrong.