Comments on: Football, Soccer and War http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phil http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Phil Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:21:33 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/#comment-528 There's a good article, maybe even a book to be written on american sport and how they influence and explain america as a nation. That wasn't it. As someone in the comments there says, football people in britain come out with all sorts of bollocks about players you'd want beside you in the trenches and so on, so it's hardly a solely american thing. There’s a good article, maybe even a book to be written on american sport and how they influence and explain america as a nation.

That wasn’t it.

As someone in the comments there says, football people in britain come out with all sorts of bollocks about players you’d want beside you in the trenches and so on, so it’s hardly a solely american thing.

]]> By: Thomas Dunmore http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Thomas Dunmore Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:25:18 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/#comment-526 The thing with Wells is that his rantings do occasionally hit an interesting vein, though I suppose if you fire wildly enough often enough, that's bound to happen. I'm glad someone else found the article obtuse. I thought it was just me on a Monday morning. The thing with Wells is that his rantings do occasionally hit an interesting vein, though I suppose if you fire wildly enough often enough, that’s bound to happen.

I’m glad someone else found the article obtuse. I thought it was just me on a Monday morning.

]]> By: SF http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/comment-page-1/#comment-527 SF Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:40:25 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/#comment-527 Speak for yourself Bob...I've seen that movie at least 5 times. Speak for yourself Bob…I’ve seen that movie at least 5 times.

]]> By: ursus arctos http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/comment-page-1/#comment-525 ursus arctos Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:29:19 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/#comment-525 The gridiron meme was actually quite popular during the Vietnam Era, with Nixon's hawkishness seen as being reflected in his near-worship of George Allen's Washington Redskins and perceived nterference in the process of declaring college national champions after a Texas-Oklahoma game. It also tends to get trotted out whenever ESPN starts to go overboard on the "pageantry and patriotism" of the Army-Navy game. Though surely one massive difference in this case is that gridiron coaches are obsessed with planning and preparation, whereas this administration couldn't be arsed to watch 90 seconds of film. I find Wells to be as annoying as he is unoriginal. The gridiron meme was actually quite popular during the Vietnam Era, with Nixon’s hawkishness seen as being reflected in his near-worship of George Allen’s Washington Redskins and perceived nterference in the process of declaring college national champions after a Texas-Oklahoma game. It also tends to get trotted out whenever ESPN starts to go overboard on the “pageantry and patriotism” of the Army-Navy game.

Though surely one massive difference in this case is that gridiron coaches are obsessed with planning and preparation, whereas this administration couldn’t be arsed to watch 90 seconds of film.

I find Wells to be as annoying as he is unoriginal.

]]> By: Bob http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Bob Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:40:06 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/10/22/football-soccer-and-war/#comment-523 Too bad Wells looks to a second rate movie no one has ever heard of to make his point. The subject of how national sports could influence military decisions is an interesting one. Not sure how Wells would explain American military success in WW II. Too bad Wells looks to a second rate movie no one has ever heard of to make his point. The subject of how national sports could influence military decisions is an interesting one. Not sure how Wells would explain American military success in WW II.

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