Redhead74 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I am really enjoying the over the knee socks, the neon shoes and the current trend for two different coloured shoes on one player. The bit at the end where they remove their shirts is pretty good too, I must say. It's great compensation for an unsatisfying score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 ^ Someone explain to him how the group stage works. Costa Rica fucked everything up by upsetting Uruguay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 England were so poor. How many times did Baines and Wellbeck give the ball away on that left side in the first half? Gerrard also had a shocker. Fluffed passes, balls been kicked out, passes to Uruguay's players (second goal) - awful. England are actually having a worse world cup than 2006! I cannot believe how shit we were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) I don't think England played so bad actually. Uruguay is a good team but England had its chances too. For some minutes they had Uruguay on the ropes. Edited June 20, 2014 by Thin White Duke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 You have to be joking? That first half was complete cack. Everytime England got the ball they ended up passing it to an opposing player, or, kicking it off the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) And the other half while Uruguay just tried to defend tthe 1-0? And even after England scored. They had a few minutes where it looked like the 3 points were closer to England. Edited June 20, 2014 by Thin White Duke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 And the other half while Uruguay just tried to defend tthe 1-0? And even after England scored. They had a few minutes where it looked like the 3 points were closer to England. Yes but the onus was on England. I actually agree with you as, England played much better when Barcley came on, but that first half was a horror show. Just horrible fluffed passes and useless defending. That is the sad thing about it as I actually feel Uruguay did not play very well. England defeated themselves. England did play some decent stuff against the Italians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why are we so cack at this sport? You cannot even blame it on, simply being cack at all sports, as England broke the Ashes thing in 2005 and produced one of the best cricket sides circa 2009-2013 (alright, our fortunes have sunk since then but we will be back); we won the Rugby world cup in 2003 and still remain a moderately competitive force in Rugby Union to this day (case in point, some close run affairs in NZ recently); we beat the Australians in medals at the Olympics and even broke Fred Perry's Wimbledon victory with Andy Murray at Wimbledon. England are actually rather good at a lot of sports (especially boozy sports like snooker and darts). But for some reason, we are simply hopeless at football. Passes go stray, wobbling into the crowd. Experienced players commit complete defensive cock ups which would never happen for their domestic clubs. Natural goalscorers suddenly cannot score for love or money when that three lions top is placed on them. Managers who have won everything (e.g. La Ligues, Serie As, Champions Leagues) suddenly look like complete dickheads when managing eleven Englishmen. We are terrible. Yet we invented this fuckin’ sport and possess arguably the best, most competitive, domestic competition in the world! It makes no sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why are we so cack at this sport? You cannot even blame it on, simply being cack at all sports, as England broke the Ashes thing in 2005 and produced one of the best cricket sides circa 2009-2013 (alright, our fortunes have sunk since then but we will be back); we won the Rugby world cup in 2003 and still remain a moderately competitive force in Rugby Union to this day (case in point, some close run affairs in NZ recently); we beat the Australians in medals at the Olympics and even broke Fred Perry's Wimbledon victory with Andy Murray at Wimbledon. England are actually rather good at a lot of sports (especially boozy sports like snooker and darts). But for some reason, we are simply hopeless at football. Passes go stray, wobbling into the crowd. Experienced players commit complete defensive cock ups which would never happen for their domestic clubs. Natural goalscorers suddenly cannot score for love or money when that three lions top is placed on them. Managers who have won everything (e.g. La Ligues, Serie As, Champions Leagues) suddenly look like complete dickheads when managing eleven Englishmen.We are terrible. Yet we invented this fuckin’ sport and possess arguably the best, most competitive, domestic competition in the world! It makes no sense?I hear you!! It's even more senseless than having to separate your garbage!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 What colour bin do we put the England team in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky girl Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) it's blame of Mick JaggerThe fame of jinx the leader of the Stones began when he went to South Africa in the World Cup 2010 and saw the England team being eliminated by Germany 4-1. Then he went on to cheer the United States, but witnessed another elimination, this time in a 2-1 Ghana. Your third option was twisted Brazil, the country of his son Lucas. Shortly after declaring his sympathy, but the team lost to the Netherlands by 2-1 and said goodbye to the World. Not satisfied, he still tried to wish luck to Argentina, which was thrashed by Germany 4-0 in the next game.http://g1.globo.com/musica/noticia/2014/06/pe-frio-mick-jagger-da-azar-pela-terceira-vez-seguida-na-copa.html Edited June 20, 2014 by Lucky girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 What colour bin do we put the England team in?I am not sure but I've heard there is a recycling plant in Italy, and treated properly it still can be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) Relying on individuals... we seem to be transitioning to having a couple legit technical players rather than just gung-ho and beckham cross it that we tried for years in the past. Although we had five of the impressive liverpool team to link up this time and that did fuck all. Shoulda thrown this guy upfront in the 88th minute. Edited June 20, 2014 by RandallFlagg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why are we so cack at this sport? You cannot even blame it on, simply being cack at all sports, as England broke the Ashes thing in 2005 and produced one of the best cricket sides circa 2009-2013 (alright, our fortunes have sunk since then but we will be back); we won the Rugby world cup in 2003 and still remain a moderately competitive force in Rugby Union to this day (case in point, some close run affairs in NZ recently); we beat the Australians in medals at the Olympics and even broke Fred Perry's Wimbledon victory with Andy Murray at Wimbledon. England are actually rather good at a lot of sports (especially boozy sports like snooker and darts). But for some reason, we are simply hopeless at football. Passes go stray, wobbling into the crowd. Experienced players commit complete defensive cock ups which would never happen for their domestic clubs. Natural goalscorers suddenly cannot score for love or money when that three lions top is placed on them. Managers who have won everything (e.g. La Ligues, Serie As, Champions Leagues) suddenly look like complete dickheads when managing eleven Englishmen. We are terrible. Yet we invented this fuckin’ sport and possess arguably the best, most competitive, domestic competition in the world! It makes no sense?Fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Graeme, Murray was saying he was an Unionist and 'British' about one week ago in the papers (another good unionist is Billy Connelly by the way who is the finest Scot ever produced). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 That doesn't make them English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Maybe Moyes will get the England job next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 'British' and 'English' are used interchangeably. We would not want to confuse the yanks now, would we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) We are terrible. Yet we invented this fuckin’ sport and possess arguably the best, most competitive, domestic competition in the world! It makes no sense?In all fairness, the top teams from Italy's Serie A, Spain's Liga and Germany's league usually stand up well against top teams from the English Premier League. They're usually neck in neck. Edited June 20, 2014 by Kasanova King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highvoltage Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 We are terrible. Yet we invented this fuckin’ sport and possess arguably the best, most competitive, domestic competition in the world! It makes no sense?In all fairness, the top teams from Italy's Serie A, Spain's Liga and Germany's league usually stand up well against top teams from the English Premier League. They're usually neck in neck.Wouldn't you say that the EPL is the best in terms of overall consistency/quality in teams though? There's seems to be a pretty big disparity between the likes of Barcelona / Real Madrid and the lower teams in La Liga.I don't pretend to know much - I really enjoy watching/playing football, but I'm no follower of any particular league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 We are terrible. Yet we invented this fuckin’ sport and possess arguably the best, most competitive, domestic competition in the world! It makes no sense?In all fairness, the top teams from Italy's Serie A, Spain's Liga and Germany's league usually stand up well against top teams from the English Premier League. They're usually neck in neck.Oh, come on. If you are going to select the top domestic league, you are only really going to arrive at either the Spanish or English leagues. My point is, there is a huge disparity between the wealth and strength of the English divisions, and the English national team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highvoltage Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Just going off the posts here and on my Facebook....I have never met a more pessimistic bunch of fans than the English. One of my English co-workers, after I commented that it was time to start cheering for Italy:No, I hope we don't go through. We don't have the players to compete so would rather them go home early! England's full backs are rubbish and the centre backs aren't much better! Time to go home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Just going off the posts here and on my Facebook....I have never met a more pessimistic bunch of fans than the English. One of my English co-workers, after I commented that it was time to start cheering for Italy:No, I hope we don't go through. We don't have the players to compete so would rather them go home early! England's full backs are rubbish and the centre backs aren't much better! Time to go home! Italian fans weren't too far off in 2010. I was there all summer and just about everyone I spoke to over there said we were doomed from the start.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Just going off the posts here and on my Facebook....I have never met a more pessimistic bunch of fans than the English. One of my English co-workers, after I commented that it was time to start cheering for Italy:No, I hope we don't go through. We don't have the players to compete so would rather them go home early! England's full backs are rubbish and the centre backs aren't much better! Time to go home! Look at the history though, the heroic last stands we we are defeated on pens, the hand of god, Becks v Simione. England football fans have a lot to be pessimistic about. We do not even bother with the hooliganism now we are so pessimistic haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highvoltage Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Just going off the posts here and on my Facebook....I have never met a more pessimistic bunch of fans than the English. One of my English co-workers, after I commented that it was time to start cheering for Italy:No, I hope we don't go through. We don't have the players to compete so would rather them go home early! England's full backs are rubbish and the centre backs aren't much better! Time to go home! Look at the history though, the heroic last stands we we are defeated on pens, the hand of god, Becks v Simione. England football fans have a lot to be pessimistic about. We do not even bother with the hooliganism now we are so pessimistic haha. I think a healthy dose of pessimism in regard to most (if not all) aspects of daily life is just part of the experience of being English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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