by Ä Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:46 pm
@ axel
neutral fans will ALWAYS associate Dutch football with FLAIR and German football with RESULTS and TROHPIES
they will also ALWAYS think of England as one of the BIG NATIONAL TEAMS, and NEVER confer this status on the Czechs, Swedes, Croatians... who deserve it more
Brazil will enter EVERY tournament as favourites, and Germans will NEVER gain a sense of humour
the English are always scupulously FAIR, whereas the Italians are all Mummy-boys who cheat
the truth is , it's almost impossible to change cliches and prejudices
we see what we WANT to see; and we need CERTAINTIES to make sense of this world
the winners of this competition of imagines or brands in football are the likes of Holland, Argentina , Brazil...
the losers are Germany, Sweden, Italy....
ironically, the weakness of the "Brand Germany" in football and every other aspect, means that life within the country is of a significantly higher quality
take WINE: Germany produces some of the best White Wines in the world (Riessling, Sweet Wines...) as well as excellent Reds (Pinot Noir...)
only , NOBODY apart from experts, knows this; therefore , we tend to drink the German wine ourselves, at excellent prices, whereas the world is gulping down French-Italian-US-Australian... wines at massively inflated rates
we Teutons ultimatively benefit from our "unsexy" image abroad
wahre G