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In hindsight, Sven-Göran Eriksson wasn't that bad was he?
Actually when you consider the level of the players he had to use, he was damn good!
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Some of us said at the time he was very good.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I blame the fans. Every season they pay through the nose to get tickets to what is theoretically a club event. Wearing clothes purchased by the clubs for a pittance and sold for a fortune, which change every year so they have to be re-bought. These clubs use the moolah all this brings in to buy in foreign players which then naturally throttles the supply of players who could go on to play for the country.
Me - I hates the footba'
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Totally agree with you, the difference between the English football team and a teabag is the teabag is in the cup longer.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Anyone watching it? More exciting than most T20 games. 
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Wasn't it with Costa Rica?
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d@nish wrote: Wasn't it with Costa Rica?
They are both sunny touristy islands** - so yeah, maybe.
** CR is not really an island, but that's a technicality.
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SL and touristy? Apart from blue whale lovers, who else is potential tourist there?
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Gorgeous beaches, historical towns, wild animals/forests/safari, beautiful landscapes, etc.
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Nothing beats blue whale colonies they have off the coast if you ask me.
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Yeah maybe, but you did ask me what else is there, didn't you? 
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Well, there are, IMHO, better options for these things than SL. I mean, I would go Aruba for beaches than somewhere in SL. I would prefer Africa over anything for wildlife. It is my opinion. Like you guys say, 2 cents.
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Well, someone living in say South India would find it much more convenient and economic to go to Sri Lanka over the Caribbean. If you think about it, tourists come to India, and most Indians have no idea why - so it's all subjective.
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Of course. Till date, I have no clue why people care about Taj Mahal. I have seen a lot of difficult constructions from that time and before in India. No one cares about them though.
It is subjective until Mrs. Wife tells where you are supposed to be on holidays.
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If they had played against Costa Coffee[^] they would probably have still lost! 
And that's with the baristas serving drinks to the audience the whole time...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I think I have seen Costa Coffee reference before as well somewhere. Same context.
BTW, did I ever mention that Costa Coffee was the only place to get food at Doha airport when I was there? The were selling Bugatis and what not but food, who cares. I had to spend 13 hours there.
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Longest stopover I have had was 7 hours in Karachi. They wouldn't let us out of the airport (no surprise) but did provide free food in the transit lounge.
Had to have a gunpoint body search to get in the transit lounge and another to leave it, but the goat curry was worth it! Would have gone down really nicely with a beer... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Oh, there was no beer. I had to drink some crap coffee (I am no coffee fan) and spend time on steel bench all the time. I almost felt I was in jail.
I do not get it. They were doing some construction so only shops that were gone was food. All expensive item shops were intact. And who buys car at airport?
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d@nish wrote: who buys car at airport?
Someone who parked in Luton?
Construction == dust and dirt.
You can dust off expensive jewels, toys, and even cars - but you can't dust food!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Would have gone down really nicely with a beer
No beer to buy in the entire airport?
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Nor on the planes...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Pakistan, when it was feeling particularly Islamic.
Pakistan Air was fine - good, new planes; good food; good staff. And no beer.
But...the alternative was communist era Aeroflot.
Easy choice.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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