I don’t avoid reading the Daily Mail but I’ll be honest i had far more problems with its invectives against Tuchel which were done in earnest when he was first appointed, then I do with a few off colour jokes made by an old fart like Redknapp
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I don’t avoid reading the Daily Mail but I’ll be honest i had far more problems with its invectives against Tuchel which were done in earnest when he was first appointed, then I do with a few off colour jokes made by an old fart like Redknapp
Redknapp's the kind of guy who thinks that the problem with the Nazis is that they were foreign.
Signed a lot of African players for someone who didn’t like foreignersQuote:
Originally Posted by WMUG
It’s as I said about changing attitudes, German baiting was quite mainstream at one time and given they’d been the primary antagonists in the two biggest conflicts in global history…I don’t think entirely unfairly. But then again if you take Fawlty Towers episode, the subject of mockery is not the German guests but Basil himself having lost his inhibitions due to concussion and spouting off his prejudices.
There’s always been a bit of jealousy towards the Germans, our footballing rivalry has been pretty one sided in many respects. For our single World Cup, West Germany and then the reunified country has four. We’ve never won the European championships but they’ve won it three times.
Then there is the fact that Germany became an economic powerhouse. Where as post war we tended to see decline, loss of Empire having to see Europe as partners rather than competitors etc.
Thatcher was opposed to reunification because she was worried about Germany leaving us for dust economically (although the re-integration of the east actually had a negative impact on Germany because of the vast disparity between west and east that’s never really been bridged, and has been the foothold for AFD to establish itself)
But anyway getting vastly off topic here (that’s something I do)….but the thing is different generations have different attitudes and the whole German/Nazi thing is considered insensitive in this day and age.
Brilliant :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
TLDW, what's the best bit? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
The first minute is the most relevant to this conversation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
ah ok, I watched at least 30 seconds so i'll take that :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Tbf ignoring most of the post, Germany don't even really consider England as footballing rivals. Their big rivalry is the Netherlands and nothing else really comes close. To them 66 is a footnote, to England fans obviously it's everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
I would tend to agree. But then it’s far from the only one-sided rivalry in football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaqiri Is Boss
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