tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post6092199614807630941..comments2023-09-25T12:03:00.637+01:00Comments on Tom Morton's Beatcroft: The theory of pessimistic hopefulness and its application to international footballUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-82585618925249188592009-09-20T21:42:11.792+01:002009-09-20T21:42:11.792+01:00We give too much of our lives to football - and th...We give too much of our lives to football - and the highly-paid players are not delivering. I'm in the south of France and the local paper has three pages of football (Nice, Monaco, Marseille) and three pages of other sports: basketball, netball, swimming, rugby etc. They seem to place more value on results here...kenseatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507065221798338977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-7903227229959957252009-09-09T23:09:36.159+01:002009-09-09T23:09:36.159+01:00...only for the final 15 minutes......only for the final 15 minutes...Tom Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221836843714189735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-66870983632478259622009-09-09T23:02:43.508+01:002009-09-09T23:02:43.508+01:00SusanSusanSusannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-22525833485111681972009-09-09T23:02:15.863+01:002009-09-09T23:02:15.863+01:00Another glorious defeat.
We nearly made it- well ...Another glorious defeat.<br />We nearly made it- well we were in command for the fist 82 minutes. We deserved to win- undoubtedly, but we didn't, as usual.<br />I didn't watch it this time, nor Andy Murray, and we still lost.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-58262125033296727972009-09-09T22:24:31.066+01:002009-09-09T22:24:31.066+01:00Susan watched!?Susan watched!?norriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10034197123961276501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-58450802571011061912009-09-07T22:55:37.377+01:002009-09-07T22:55:37.377+01:00It's nice thought Tom, but another 'ism...It's nice thought Tom, but another 'ism' is that of realism and despite the nation crossing fingers and toes and dusting off the lucky rabbit's foot we're going to get stuffed (Again).<br />But true to form we'll all be ready to cheer at the next game, won't we?choolsnoreply@blogger.com