Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/...2008/countries(Original post by suicidaleffect)
Even though we've invented most of these modern sports such as football, tennis, cricket, rugby etc.
Serious answers please.
We were fantastic at the last olympics, fourth overall, and we're generally very good at sports. It probably just seems like we're dire because the media cries foul every time there is a tiny slip up. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Football- England have finished in the knockout stages of pretty much all recent major tournaments.
Tennis- We've had someone who's pretty good at it for a long time now, Henman and Murray weren't/aren't top class but they always did pretty well.
Cricket- World number 1 right now.
Rugby- England and Wales are 2 of the best teams in the world. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Portugal a country with a population of only 10 million have been a much better football nation and knocked England out every time over the last decade.
Since 1966 England have only reached the semi finals twice,not so great for a country that has football as its main sport.Plus, England are rubbish at football.They can't even play beautiful football.Snorefest! I would much rather lose and try to play more attractive than watch this ****! Embarrassing.When was the last time there was a world class English manager?
World number 1 in cricket thanks to a bunch of South Africans and a great foreign coach.
Fred Perry was the last British tennis player to win a Grand Slam in 1936, says it all.
Little New Zealand are more successful and better in rugby.
Apart from F1 I can't think of any other world sports ,the British are great at or have dominated.Last edited by Mastermind`; 06-06-2012 at 23:41. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?You forget that the nations you mention pretty much solely concentrate on those sports. What else do they do in NZ? They have the 2 codes of rugby and..... sheep chasing. We spread our talent around, we're diverse. We are the world leaders in a number of sports.(Original post by suicidaleffect)
Portugal a country with a population of only 10 million have been a much better and more successful football nation and knocked England out every time over the last decade.
Since 1966 England have only reached the semi finals twice,not so great for a country that has football as its main sport.Plus, England are rubbish at football.They can't even play beautiful football.Snorefest! I would much rather lose and try to play more attractive than watch this s**t! Embarrassing.
World number 1 in cricket thanks to a bunch of South Africans and a great foreign coach.
Fred Perry was the last British tennis player to win a Grand Slam in 1936, says it all.
Little New Zealand are more successful and better in rugby.
Apart from F1 I can't think of any other world sports ,the British are good at or have dominated
Golf.
Sailing [all forms].
Snooker.
Track Cycling.
Darts.
Triathlon.
We've got world class athletes in every arena imaginable from Taekwondo to diving to skeleton bobsleigh to skiing to driving to riding...Last edited by Drewski; 06-06-2012 at 00:54. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Sorry but this really annoys me. How is someone who is what, fourth in the world? And was at some point third best in the world at something not top class? Ridiculous.(Original post by Mufasaa)
Football- England have finished in the knockout stages of pretty much all recent major tournaments.
Tennis- We've had someone who's pretty good at it for a long time now, Henman and Murray weren't/aren't top class but they always did pretty well.
Cricket- World number 1 right now.
Rugby- England and Wales are 2 of the best teams in the world.
Football- England are terrible. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?He was #2 at one point, was he not?(Original post by Jordan_1)
Sorry but this really annoys me. How is someone who is what, fourth in the world? And was at some point third best in the world at something not top class? Ridiculous.
Football- England are terrible.
And for a "terrible" side we still manage to be 7th in the world. It's football, results are what matter and we don't actually lose that often. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?(Original post by suicidaleffect)
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Do we? Unless by 'we' you mean 'our media' I can't see that being true.(Original post by M4LLY)
Because we only concentrate on specific sports -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?New Zealand are also pretty good at Cricket which is impressive given the small population.(Original post by Drewski)
You forget that the nations you mention pretty much solely concentrate on those sports. What else do they do in NZ? They have the 2 codes of rugby and..... sheep chasing. We spread our talent around, we're diverse. We are the world leaders in a number of sports.
Golf.
Sailing [all forms].
Snooker.
Track Cycling.
Darts.
We've got world class athletes in every arena imaginable from Taekwondo to diving to skeleton bobsleigh to skiing to driving to riding...
I like my darts - Buts lets be honest - It is not really a sport.
Don't only the British play snooker?
Yeah, we are awesome in cycling. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Sigh.
We're crap at football.
We are good at Cricket, Golf, Motor Sport, Martial Arts, Rugy, Sailing, Tennis...
So as a nation we are not crap at sport, we are crap at a sport. It just happens to be the most popular in the nation, rather queerly. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Exactly this.(Original post by Drewski)
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?We have the 22nd largest population in the world, so really we're quite good.
Football - consistently quarter final or at least last 16 at World cups
Cycling, rowing - best in the world
Olympics - we came fourth
Rugby - 2 world cup finals out of the last 3
Tennis - 4th best player in the world
Cricket - One of the top 5 sides in the world -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Well, they play it, don't know about 'pretty good'...(Original post by suicidaleffect)
New Zealand are also pretty good at Cricket which is impressive given the small population.
I like my darts - Buts lets be honest - It is not really a sport.
Don't only the British play snooker?
Yeah, we are awesome in cycling.
That's your opinion. Sure Phil Taylor would disagree, and it's big in Europe.
So what if snooker is only played here? There was a point when football, golf and rugby were only played here. Doesn't mean they're not worthy of consideration. And besides, it's huge in China. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Playing unattractive football is not the same as being bad at football. We're consistantly in the top 10 of teams in the World, as decided by an organisation which pretty much hates us. We very rarely lose games. Not the actions of a team bad at a game, just the actions of one unconfident with the game.(Original post by Steevee)
Sigh.
We're crap at football.
We are good at Cricket, Golf, Motor Sport, Martial Arts, Rugy, Sailing, Tennis...
So as a nation we are not crap at sport, we are crap at a sport. It just happens to be the most popular in the nation, rather queerly. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Top class wins stuff. Djokovic and Nadal, for example. When Murray wins a major he can be top class.(Original post by Jordan_1)
Sorry but this really annoys me. How is someone who is what, fourth in the world? And was at some point third best in the world at something not top class? Ridiculous.
Football- England are terrible. -
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Re: Why is Britain soo rubbish at sport?Apart from Chemmy Alcott who is mediocre at best, do we really have top-class skiers? I guess there is that guy that landed a triple rodeo on a snowboard, apart from that can't think of anyone!!!(Original post by Drewski)
You forget that the nations you mention pretty much solely concentrate on those sports. What else do they do in NZ? They have the 2 codes of rugby and..... sheep chasing. We spread our talent around, we're diverse. We are the world leaders in a number of sports.
Golf.
Sailing [all forms].
Snooker.
Track Cycling.
Darts.
Triathlon.
We've got world class athletes in every arena imaginable from Taekwondo to diving to skeleton bobsleigh to skiing to driving to riding...
