born a blue nose 90,759 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Don't think come the end if England win it they will give a single fuck who they beat, place will be rocking Rangers_no1, ianb1547 and One Jock Wallace 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,647 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Wee rotten face excited about England’s next game and the start of the season apparently. IMG_5475.MP4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,469 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Rangers_no1 said: If we won the CL playing Brondby, Zenit, Benfica etc we wouldn't give one fuck and rightly so. You’d be on here greeting about us being lucky billscott 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,469 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Rangers_no1 said: Obsessed. I know xxx Rangers_no1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
folkestoneger 8,135 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 3 hours ago, maverick1200 said: What a load of shite. It'll be a waste, but not a failure. Lopsided or not, none of the semi final teams have played any of the big nations apart from Italy facing Belgium and England have facing Germany. That's down to the amount of teams in the tournament and the big hitters playing shite. If England were on the other side of the tournament they would of faced Spain possibly and then Italy. Not that much difference. Not shite. After the groups England couldn’t face Belgium,France, Portugal, Spain or Italy before the final because they were all in the other half of the draw.That is five of the top seven ranked teams in the world they couldn’t play. All those top ranked teams avoided. The highest ranked team they could play was Denmark in tenth. Add to that the fact they get to play all teams ,except an utterly shite Ukraine, at home. Of course it would be failure not to reach the final. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 108,841 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, folkestoneger said: Not shite. After the groups England couldn’t face Belgium,France, Portugal, Spain or Italy before the final because they were all in the other half of the draw.That is five of the top seven ranked teams in the world they couldn’t play. All those top ranked teams avoided. The highest ranked team they could play was Denmark in tenth. Add to that the fact they get to play all teams ,except an utterly shite Ukraine, at home. Of course it would be failure not to reach the final. Belgium out, France out, Portugal out. So wtf do the rankings matter Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
folkestoneger 8,135 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 minute ago, RFC55 said: Belgium out, France out, Portugal out. So wtf do the rankings matter They don’t “matter” as such but they give an indication of the quality of the teams. However if all the top ranked teams play each other of course some will go out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFamousPigeon 9,352 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 15 hours ago, ForeverAndEver said: Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick1200 2,828 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 25 minutes ago, folkestoneger said: Not shite. After the groups England couldn’t face Belgium,France, Portugal, Spain or Italy before the final because they were all in the other half of the draw. That is five of the top seven ranked teams in the world they couldn’t play. All those top ranked teams avoided. The highest ranked team they could play was Denmark in tenth. Add to that the fact they get to play all teams ,except an utterly shite Ukraine, at home. Of course it would be failure not to reach the final. But if they were in the over side of the they would of only faced 2 of those teams. Instead of Germany and Denmark. Germany are equal to those clubs mentioned and in fact, they smashed Portugal. Also the rankings are not the best indication of quality. It would be a disappointment not to get to the final, but not a failure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Reynolds 1,329 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 It is a flat out failure if England don't make the Final now, they have to beat Denmark to do it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVRanger 2,623 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Two fascinating semi finals coming up. For tempo, spirit and entertainment, Italy v. Denmark would make the best final for the purists but Spain and England could well upset the apple-cart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithgersbear 3,225 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 04/07/2021 at 07:41, JamieD said: I'm England-born but supported Scotland, growing up, and actively disliked the England team. It's becoming harder and harder to justify that with anything other than tribalism now. Yes, the media are irritating. Yes, so are a lot of the fans. The team are clearly the most likeable, least loathsome they have ever had though. If there's an Italy v England final I'd be happy if either won it. Never thought I would say that (always want Italy to win at tournaments since Scotland became non-entities). Dunno why personalities matters to some people though. I've always wanted England to do well and Wales and Scotland. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,932 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 10 hours ago, keithgersbear said: Dunno why personalities matters to some people though. I've always wanted England to do well and Wales and Scotland. Why would it not matter to me though, if it's not a team I actively support? I like things that are likeable and dislike things that aren't. All of us accept the validity of football rivalry. None of us is expected to support Celtic just because they're Scottish, so there's no particular reason why we should support England or the other home nations because they're British. If you want to, fine. I personally wasn't brought up by a dad who felt that way. So the long, long generation of charmless England players in the late 90s to late 2010s rubbed me up the wrong way. The new generation don't. They are doing it on the pitch instead of on the catwalk, in a sarong. Hadron Collider, SkylineBlue and ForeverAndEver 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWilson 3,381 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Should be a cracking game tonight, I see italy winning maybe 2 1 and big morata missing a few as per Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 82,177 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Spain need to do me a good turn and win tonight Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire8 42,465 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Cracker tonight surely. Spinazzola will be a huge miss though. Rangers_no1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
born a blue nose 90,759 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Italy aw day CR3 and MisterC 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithgersbear 3,225 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 10 hours ago, JamieD said: Why would it not matter to me though, if it's not a team I actively support? I like things that are likeable and dislike things that aren't. All of us accept the validity of football rivalry. None of us is expected to support Celtic just because they're Scottish, so there's no particular reason why we should support England or the other home nations because they're British. If you want to, fine. I personally wasn't brought up by a dad who felt that way. So the long, long generation of charmless England players in the late 90s to late 2010s rubbed me up the wrong way. The new generation don't. They are doing it on the pitch instead of on the catwalk, in a sarong. The fact it's a home nation you'd assume you would want them to do well. Not saying actively support. I couldn't care less what the personalities of the players are like but that's just me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger4life_1872 29,460 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Mon italy MisterC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger4life_1872 29,460 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Love the passion in their anthem ForeverAndEver and MisterC 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,833 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Spaniard's are lucky to be here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,270 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, ger4life_1872 said: Love the passion in their anthem Best national anthem of them all,big Chiellini blasting it out is a joy to watch. born a blue nose, ForeverAndEver and ger4life_1872 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,469 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 minute ago, MisterC said: Best national anthem of them all,big Chiellini blasting it out is a joy to watch. The end bit with him is always class MisterC and born a blue nose 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canabear 4,558 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Get the flag up straight away ffs not 5 mins later Scottywellhousetb and born a blue nose 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherTJ 172 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 This is what we want - proper football. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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