Go the Poms

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Forgot to post this earlier but I’ll just leave it here.

In 1990 I lived in London and enjoyed the World Cup first hand as the Poms made the semi-final versus Germany.

When Chris Waddle hit the post in extra time I nearly ruptured my melon on the ceiling fan in the local pub. Then when Jurgen Klinsmen did the same at the other end I:

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Germany won on penalties of course, as they do.

But ever since I’ve watched and hoped the Bean would see a reprieve.

Go the Poms.


Update. All I have to say today is….

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.