Friday, September 12, 2008
From Munchen to Zagreb
Back in 1938 Neville Chamberlain returned from Munchen having met some twat with daft facial hair and waved a piece of paper declaring peace in our time.
The country was elated but months later war came anyway.
Fast forward to 2001 and Michael Owen scored a hat trick in Munchen and Sven's men were being garnered with laurels as the nation announced to the world our football was on the cusp of a great new era.
We weren't of course. The hype soon disippated as realilty sank in and slowly we started to consider the possibility that, despite the millions thrown at players, they weren't that good.
Now it happens again. Mocked in Andorra, once again England return from foreign lands with a performance that has the folks back home rejoicing in the street, drinking from their Silver Jubilee Souvenir mugs and proclaiming a bright new era under Fab.
Except it won't happen will it? We've been there before and we know how it ends; with the media building up then knocking down.
The country was elated but months later war came anyway.
Fast forward to 2001 and Michael Owen scored a hat trick in Munchen and Sven's men were being garnered with laurels as the nation announced to the world our football was on the cusp of a great new era.
We weren't of course. The hype soon disippated as realilty sank in and slowly we started to consider the possibility that, despite the millions thrown at players, they weren't that good.
Now it happens again. Mocked in Andorra, once again England return from foreign lands with a performance that has the folks back home rejoicing in the street, drinking from their Silver Jubilee Souvenir mugs and proclaiming a bright new era under Fab.
Except it won't happen will it? We've been there before and we know how it ends; with the media building up then knocking down.
# posted by Me @ 7:33 AM 
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