I had an interesting chat on the phone with my grandson, Harley, this evening and he was telling me about the football match that England lost against Germany on Sunday in the World Cup. He complained bitterly about the referee not allowing the goal for England 'when the ball was about a foot over the line'.
Not being football fan myself I didn't see the match, but I did see the goal that was disallowed on the news programme and I agree it was over the line. However, I said to Harley that even if it had been allowed we would still have been knocked out of the competition. "Yes" he replied "but not by as much".
Then I mentioned that I didn't think we would ever win the World Cup anyway and the team needed me as their manager because if I was in charge of them they wouldn't dare lose! Then I went on to tell him that I thought they were all seriously overpaid and if I was their manager and they lost a game, they wouldn't be paid anything!
He was most indignant and said that I couldn't be the team manager because I didn't understand football!
There was no point in arguing but he is wrong because I do understand football and I don't think that the players today can hold a candle to the teams we used to have. As far as I'm concerned, a lot of them aren't English and they are overpaid and over-indulged. Just a lot of spoilt, grown up brats!
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