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Dogtrousers
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" I know that was then but it could be again"
It's about the triumph of hope over experience.
So, yes we can.
It's about the triumph of hope over experience.
So, yes we can.
This is going to make me unpopular on both sides of the border.
The last England game I watched was when I was in Italy during Euro 2016 and it was honestly a perfectly enjoyable game. It was at that point I realised it's not the England side I'm against, or even the porcine, thuggish degenerates amongst the fans (we have plenty of our own porcine, thuggish degenerate fans up here)...
It's the media coverage. It's the constant talking about "us", completely oblivious to the fact that many of the people watching aren't part of "us".
It's the constant hyping up. It's the "it's coming home", as if that wasn't a mediocre song written by a middleweight comedian and his pal Salacious B. Crumb. It's the constant harping on about 1966.
That's why I'm nominally a member of Team ABE. The main source of joy I took from it was seeing Mark farking Lawrenson's miserable fizzog fall when England get put out.
Like I say, this tournament, I'm torn, because Gareth Southgate comes across as a really genuine, humble, lovely guy. A true leader, and I would be happy for him to finally be able to kill the demons he's carried from that penalty. The team also doesn't seem to have as many of the primadonna peanuts I have traditionally associated with them.
I've also loved seeing the idiots that tried to disavow the England squad for being "woke" exposing their own massive hypocrisy by furiously rowing back now that there's a chance of glory.
However, I also want England to lose because I don't want to be hearing about it for the next 55 flipping years.
The last England game I watched was when I was in Italy during Euro 2016 and it was honestly a perfectly enjoyable game. It was at that point I realised it's not the England side I'm against, or even the porcine, thuggish degenerates amongst the fans (we have plenty of our own porcine, thuggish degenerate fans up here)...
It's the media coverage. It's the constant talking about "us", completely oblivious to the fact that many of the people watching aren't part of "us".
It's the constant hyping up. It's the "it's coming home", as if that wasn't a mediocre song written by a middleweight comedian and his pal Salacious B. Crumb. It's the constant harping on about 1966.
That's why I'm nominally a member of Team ABE. The main source of joy I took from it was seeing Mark farking Lawrenson's miserable fizzog fall when England get put out.
Like I say, this tournament, I'm torn, because Gareth Southgate comes across as a really genuine, humble, lovely guy. A true leader, and I would be happy for him to finally be able to kill the demons he's carried from that penalty. The team also doesn't seem to have as many of the primadonna peanuts I have traditionally associated with them.
I've also loved seeing the idiots that tried to disavow the England squad for being "woke" exposing their own massive hypocrisy by furiously rowing back now that there's a chance of glory.
However, I also want England to lose because I don't want to be hearing about it for the next 55 flipping years.
Andy in Germany
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This (amongst other examples) is certainly showing Scotland, Wales and NI their place in the Union at this rather delicate time in our collective history.
winjim
Smash the cistern
There's seemingly dozens of football threads too. I thought this one was specifically about misinterpretation of song lyrics and how it annoys the piss out of me.Go grump somewhere else
There’s dozens of grumpy bloke threads for non football fans
Or is it the same as all the others?
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
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I hate to break this to you, but losing for the last 55 years hasn't stopped this!
I hate to break this to you, but losing for the last 55 years hasn't stopped this!
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Felines in a skirt
Oh, I know the score. I've seen it all before.
Stephenite
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Maybe you watch too much telly.
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vickster
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Why would that be in general cycling posted by someone who says he’s a football fan…
vickster
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Jesus wept
NI didn’t even qualify and the others got knocked out already.
I’m sure you can find the guards playing Flower of Scotland etc on YouTube
1. I don't have a TV.
2. It's EVERYWHERE.
Horrid song. Rousing tune, but the lyrics are incredibly cringeworthy. If it was from the 14th century, sure, it might be excused... but it was written in the 1960s... about a single battle in a 14 year long war, 700 years ago!
It's pish, on the same level as the "rebellious Scots to crush" line in the UK's national anthem, but without the context of the contemporary anti-Jacobite sentiment when that line was added.
I really like that. I think it's a nice touch
