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France vs South Africa

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France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:42 pm

Frogs 2 goals down and a man down.

Cheerio! :lol:

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:50 pm

and we think we have problems , very harsh red card.
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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:53 pm

Duke wrote:and we think we have problems


As my nan used to say, "There's always someone, worse off than you!" :mrgreen:

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:02 pm

With Uruguay beating Mexico 1-0 then South Africa only need an extra two goal swing on Mexico to go through (unless South Africa don't score again and Mexico concede two more, in which case they draw lots)

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:06 pm

As much as I'm tempted to laugh at those lot across the sea, I'm going to reserve judgement until about 5pm tomorrow.

I am quite simply terrified.

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:13 pm

Bet the Irish are laughing more than us

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:35 pm

saddlersam wrote:As much as I'm tempted to laugh at those lot across the sea, I'm going to reserve judgement until about 5pm tomorrow.

I am quite simply terrified.


Same.

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:55 pm

latviancheese wrote:
saddlersam wrote:As much as I'm tempted to laugh at those lot across the sea, I'm going to reserve judgement until about 5pm tomorrow.

I am quite simply terrified.


Same.


If we go out tomorrow i'll be peed off but i'll still be laughing at the French.
If the worst come to the worst there'd still be another team that has totally blown it!

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:28 pm

Ours would be just a regrettable balls-up by a group of frightened and soulless people.

The French are a bunch of embarrassing failures that have humiliated their country.

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:14 pm

SaigonSaddler wrote:Ours would be just a regrettable balls-up by a group of frightened and soulless people.

The French are a bunch of embarrassing failures that have humiliated their country.


I don't see much difference really. A team full of over paid players with no pride. Players trying to tell the manager what to do. Okay they do it better than us, but most people do most things better than us.

Our group was significantly easier than theirs too. If we come home tomorrow, then our team are failures that have humiliated our country.

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:18 pm

Blazing_Saddler wrote:
SaigonSaddler wrote:Ours would be just a regrettable balls-up by a group of frightened and soulless people.

The French are a bunch of embarrassing failures that have humiliated their country.


I don't see much difference really. A team full of over paid players with no pride. Players trying to tell the manager what to do. Okay they do it better than us, but most people do most things better than us.

Our group was significantly easier than theirs too. If we come home tomorrow, then our team are failures that have humiliated our country.

...and they're embarrassing. I'd be more embarrassed than a Frenchman to be honest. :(

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:55 pm

Exile wrote:
Blazing_Saddler wrote:
SaigonSaddler wrote:Ours would be just a regrettable balls-up by a group of frightened and soulless people.

The French are a bunch of embarrassing failures that have humiliated their country.


I don't see much difference really. A team full of over paid players with no pride. Players trying to tell the manager what to do. Okay they do it better than us, but most people do most things better than us.

Our group was significantly easier than theirs too. If we come home tomorrow, then our team are failures that have humiliated our country.

...and they're embarrassing. I'd be more embarrassed than a Frenchman to be honest. :(


Not yet as there is still one more game. France finished bottom with the team in chaos, one sent home and the manager refusing to shake his counterpart's hand. French performances were dreadful.

We have had one OK performance and one complete disaster, but despite Terry's attempt at being the media clown, the camp is unified and has one last stab.

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:07 pm

SaigonSaddler wrote:Not yet as there is still one more game


..hence my use of a future tense above. :wink:

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:25 pm

Exile wrote:
SaigonSaddler wrote:Not yet as there is still one more game


..hence my use of a future tense above. :wink:


I was replying to both submissions in order to make everyone feel included. It was strictly an example of the first conditional (I would be) anyway, not a 'pure' future tense (I will be) :wink:

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:36 pm

OK - grant you conditional, but second conditional surely?

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:38 pm

Exile wrote:OK - grant you conditional, but second conditional surely?


The second conditional might have taken place in the past.

'I would have been more embarrassed'

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:44 pm

Improbable/current/predictive? I say second! Hang you for an expert. Where's pedagogue when we need him! :D

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:56 pm

Exile wrote:Improbable/current/predictive? I say second! Hang you for an expert. Where's pedagogue when we need him! :D


In classroom situations like this I :

1 Ignore it
2 Loudly say "what a wonderful question - that can be homework"
3 Use distraction to change the subject
4 Leave

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Re: France vs South Africa

Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:11 pm

5 Suggest to head that student be transferred to a more advanced class?

:mrgreen:

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Re: France vs South Africa

Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:08 am

Conditionals

0 I am embarrassed if England lose. (This is always the case - i.e. I am always embarrassed.)
1 I will be embarrassed if England lose. (A definite possibility)
2 I would be embarrassed if England lost. (England are less likely to lose.)
3 I would have been embarrassed if England had lost. (Impossible. England didn't lose.)

A mixture of 1 and 2 may also occur

e.g. I would be embarrassed if England lose. (Perhaps you won't be as embarrassed as in 1 above.)

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Re: France vs South Africa

Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:29 am

J'aurais du jouer mieux que d'habitude....


...said Rooney.

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Re: France vs South Africa

Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:33 am

[private eye let's parlez franglais mode] J'espere que vous n'avoidez pas le swear filter, et les autres posters tous le monde n'avoidez pas aussi avec les mots foreign et sale. Allez, mes copains, ne make me pas travailler trop hard [/private eye let's parlez franglais mode]

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Re: France vs South Africa

Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:36 am

Guest wrote:Conditionals

0 I am embarrassed if England lose. (This is always the case - i.e. I am always embarrassed.)
1 I will be embarrassed if England lose. (A definite possibility)
2 I would be embarrassed if England lost. (England are less likely to lose.)
3 I would have been embarrassed if England had lost. (Impossible. England didn't lose.)

A mixture of 1 and 2 may also occur

e.g. I would be embarrassed if England lose. (Perhaps you won't be as embarrassed as in 1 above.)


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Re: France vs South Africa

Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:40 pm

Mon aeroglisseur est rempli d'anguilles

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Re: France vs South Africa

Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:44 am

:D

Love it. Is that one of Ashley Cole's many excuses to Cheryl.

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Re: France vs South Africa

Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:46 am

Exile wrote:[private eye let's parlez franglais mode] J'espere que vous n'avoidez pas le swear filter, et les autres posters tous le monde n'avoidez pas aussi avec les mots foreign et sale. Allez, mes copains, ne make me pas travailler trop hard [/private eye let's parlez franglais mode]


No it was that Rooney wouldn't have clue about the conditional perfect in English, let alone French.
And yes, he ought to have played better

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Re: France vs South Africa

Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:47 am

France <** snigger **>

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