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Even though Sweden created 3 very good chances England never looked really troubled by them. The entire team played well except Sterling who has been dogshit all tournament.
Literally anything could happen now. You have as much chance as anyone of winning it. My money is on Belgium or France but both are well capable of not turning up - as are England tbh. I have this feeling though that Maguire is gonna be the one that fucks you with a stupid "I'll just run into the back of this lad here" type challenge. He has cleared well but he is thick as shit. Accident waiting to happen.
Apart from the vermin players the other thing that pushes the neutral away from England is your media and a lot of your fans (contrary to the horseshit SteveO claims ).
SlySports interviewing mongs in the street all weekend and the arrogant delusional shite coming out of them was astonishing. You've already won it. You only need to turn up apparently.
Not to be outdone SlyNews have totally lost the plot and apparently you have already won it! One of their presenters actually said it. I quote "what a weekend, English divers leading the Thai cave rescue and England winning the world cup". The bint beside him just said "huh?"
Even though Sweden created 3 very good chances England never looked really troubled by them. The entire team played well except Sterling who has been dogshit all tournament.
Literally anything could happen now. You have as much chance as anyone of winning it. My money is on Belgium or France but both are well capable of not turning up - as are England tbh. I have this feeling though that Maguire is gonna be the one that fucks you with a stupid "I'll just run into the back of this lad here" type challenge. He has cleared well but he is thick as shit. Accident waiting to happen.
Apart from the vermin players the other thing that pushes the neutral away from England is your media and a lot of your fans (contrary to the horseshit SteveO claims ).
SlySports interviewing mongs in the street all weekend and the arrogant delusional shite coming out of them was astonishing. You've already won it. You only need to turn up apparently.
Not to be outdone SlyNews have totally lost the plot and apparently you have already won it! One of their presenters actually said it. I quote "what a weekend, English divers leading the Thai cave rescue and England winning the world cup". The bint beside him just said "huh?"
Why cant they just enjoy the euphoria of a world cup that has been waaaay more successful than anybody expected prior to it's kick off ? Why cant they enjoy it instead of thrashing an ambulance (disgraceful imo), cars and even a branch of ikea
My buddie was over in brum at the weekend and before the game he was praising the fans (on our viber group) and they way they all come out and support the country cos the pub he was in was packed - by half-time he was talking about how three seperate fights had broken out amongst england fans in the pub
Even though Sweden created 3 very good chances England never looked really troubled by them. The entire team played well except Sterling who has been dogshit all tournament.
Literally anything could happen now. You have as much chance as anyone of winning it. My money is on Belgium or France but both are well capable of not turning up - as are England tbh. I have this feeling though that Maguire is gonna be the one that fucks you with a stupid "I'll just run into the back of this lad here" type challenge. He has cleared well but he is thick as shit. Accident waiting to happen.
Apart from the vermin players the other thing that pushes the neutral away from England is your media and a lot of your fans (contrary to the horseshit SteveO claims ).
SlySports interviewing mongs in the street all weekend and the arrogant delusional shite coming out of them was astonishing. You've already won it. You only need to turn up apparently.
Not to be outdone SlyNews have totally lost the plot and apparently you have already won it! One of their presenters actually said it. I quote "what a weekend, English divers leading the Thai cave rescue and England winning the world cup". The bint beside him just said "huh?"
Why cant they just enjoy the euphoria of a world cup that has been waaaay more successful than anybody expected prior to it's kick off ? Why cant they enjoy it instead of thrashing an ambulance (disgraceful imo), cars and even a branch of ikea
My buddie was over in brum at the weekend and before the game he was praising the fans (on our viber group) and they way they all come out and support the country cos the pub he was in was packed - by half-time he was talking about how three seperate fights had broken out amongst england fans in the pub
When you put the three factors of beer, high tempatures and mob mentality together you get these acts of mindless destruction. This is not just confined to England fans but because it didn't fit the narrative of the time it wasnt generally reported but there were acts of violence, intimidation and vandalism throughout Dublin during Italia 90.
Mob mentality ruled with , and I witnessed this first hand, the most mild mannered people joining in celebrations that were anything but.
Dublin Bus cancelled all services for the quarter final v Italy because of this They later issued a statement saying it was because they wanted to allow their staff to watch the game..The night after that there was the "homecoming " ..I was working in a late night shop near the city centre at that time. At closing time a gang of blokes , loyal members of "The green army " came in and destroyed the shop. Other customers were screaming at me to get the cops and close the shop..It was a stupid booze filled time but even though the Dublin evening papers covered the violence the story didn't fit the narrative of Oireland fans being the best in the World so wanton vandalism and intimidation was put down to exuberance. So it's not just the English.
Even though Sweden created 3 very good chances England never looked really troubled by them. The entire team played well except Sterling who has been dogshit all tournament.
Literally anything could happen now. You have as much chance as anyone of winning it. My money is on Belgium or France but both are well capable of not turning up - as are England tbh. I have this feeling though that Maguire is gonna be the one that fucks you with a stupid "I'll just run into the back of this lad here" type challenge. He has cleared well but he is thick as shit. Accident waiting to happen.
Apart from the vermin players the other thing that pushes the neutral away from England is your media and a lot of your fans (contrary to the horseshit SteveO claims ).
SlySports interviewing mongs in the street all weekend and the arrogant delusional shite coming out of them was astonishing. You've already won it. You only need to turn up apparently.
Not to be outdone SlyNews have totally lost the plot and apparently you have already won it! One of their presenters actually said it. I quote "what a weekend, English divers leading the Thai cave rescue and England winning the world cup". The bint beside him just said "huh?"
Why cant they just enjoy the euphoria of a world cup that has been waaaay more successful than anybody expected prior to it's kick off ? Why cant they enjoy it instead of thrashing an ambulance (disgraceful imo), cars and even a branch of ikea
My buddie was over in brum at the weekend and before the game he was praising the fans (on our viber group) and they way they all come out and support the country cos the pub he was in was packed - by half-time he was talking about how three seperate fights had broken out amongst england fans in the pub
When you put the three factors of beer, high tempatures and mob mentality together you get these acts of mindless destruction. This is not just confined to England fans but because it didn't fit the narrative of the time it wasnt generally reported but there were acts of violence, intimidation and vandalism throughout Dublin during Italia 90.
Mob mentality ruled with , and I witnessed this first hand, the most mild mannered people joining in celebrations that were anything but.
Dublin Bus cancelled all services for the quarter final v Italy because of this They later issued a statement saying it was because they wanted to allow their staff to watch the game..The night after that there was the "homecoming " ..I was working in a late night shop near the city centre at that time. At closing time a gang of blokes , loyal members of "The green army " came in and destroyed the shop. Other customers were screaming at me to get the cops and close the shop..It was a stupid booze filled time but even though the Dublin evening papers covered the violence the story didn't fit the narrative of Oireland fans being the best in the World so wanton vandalism and intimidation was put down to exuberance. So it's not just the English.
Beer, the heat and mob mentality are all indeed contributing factors. Unfortunately, in addition to that, there are an awful lot of complete cu.nts out there
I don’t get why people feel the need to smash up cities when England play. It doesn’t happen for club games and hasn’t happened for donkey’s years but it’s like a throwback when England are playing.
Police forces reporting their highest ever number of 999 calls, six tonnes of broken glass cleared from Nottingham city centre, videos of people trampling cars and jumping around on double decker buses.
What a day yesterday was, it slightly grates that the England team is full of filthy spuds but as someone else said that's Wenger's fault at all levels. We had a number of England mainstays when he joined us.
Regardless, I was worried about yesterday, but Sweden was poor and after a slow start, we dominated. Where the fuck has Harry Maguire come from, surely he won't be at Leicester much longer.
Loving the buzz in London right now, and would much rather play Croatia than Russia, even though Croatia is a technically better team, Russia nearly overcame them yesterday with home advantage.
Anything is possible now. I haven't been to a pub yet for a game, but if we make it to the final there must be some great options in and around Arsenal.
#itscominghome!!!
1. if we win the World Cup I couldn't careless where they played
2. hopefully those Spuds players are going to come back exhausted ! Already Kane looks as though he is fading
I don’t get why people feel the need to smash up cities when England play. It doesn’t happen for club games and hasn’t happened for donkey’s years but it’s like a throwback when England are playing.
Police forces reporting their highest ever number of 999 calls, six tonnes of broken glass cleared from Nottingham city centre, videos of people trampling cars and jumping around on double decker buses.
Why???
I saw that in Clapham Junction they were jumping off double decker buses
I think it is also partly down to the extreme heat.
England biggest win for 28 years + heatwave + Saturday afternoon = MELTDOWN
Even though Sweden created 3 very good chances England never looked really troubled by them. The entire team played well except Sterling who has been dogshit all tournament.
Literally anything could happen now. You have as much chance as anyone of winning it. My money is on Belgium or France but both are well capable of not turning up - as are England tbh. I have this feeling though that Maguire is gonna be the one that fucks you with a stupid "I'll just run into the back of this lad here" type challenge. He has cleared well but he is thick as shit. Accident waiting to happen.
Apart from the vermin players the other thing that pushes the neutral away from England is your media and a lot of your fans (contrary to the horseshit SteveO claims ).
SlySports interviewing mongs in the street all weekend and the arrogant delusional shite coming out of them was astonishing. You've already won it. You only need to turn up apparently.
Not to be outdone SlyNews have totally lost the plot and apparently you have already won it! One of their presenters actually said it. I quote "what a weekend, English divers leading the Thai cave rescue and England winning the world cup". The bint beside him just said "huh?"
Why cant they just enjoy the euphoria of a world cup that has been waaaay more successful than anybody expected prior to it's kick off ? Why cant they enjoy it instead of thrashing an ambulance (disgraceful imo), cars and even a branch of ikea
My buddie was over in brum at the weekend and before the game he was praising the fans (on our viber group) and they way they all come out and support the country cos the pub he was in was packed - by half-time he was talking about how three seperate fights had broken out amongst england fans in the pub
When you put the three factors of beer, high tempatures and mob mentality together you get these acts of mindless destruction. This is not just confined to England fans but because it didn't fit the narrative of the time it wasnt generally reported but there were acts of violence, intimidation and vandalism throughout Dublin during Italia 90.
Mob mentality ruled with , and I witnessed this first hand, the most mild mannered people joining in celebrations that were anything but.
Dublin Bus cancelled all services for the quarter final v Italy because of this They later issued a statement saying it was because they wanted to allow their staff to watch the game..The night after that there was the "homecoming " ..I was working in a late night shop near the city centre at that time. At closing time a gang of blokes , loyal members of "The green army " came in and destroyed the shop. Other customers were screaming at me to get the cops and close the shop..It was a stupid booze filled time but even though the Dublin evening papers covered the violence the story didn't fit the narrative of Oireland fans being the best in the World so wanton vandalism and intimidation was put down to exuberance. So it's not just the English.
Very very true unfortunately. The media myth of that Italia 90 era always pissed me off. There was random violence throughout Oireland, vandalism and intimidation were the order of the day for a sizeable chunk of "the greatest fans in the world". The night of the Italy quarter final three major punch ups broke out in our local. One ended up with a bouncer getting 60 stitches after being glassed.
Anyhoo, tbh I was more referring to the arrogance and cockiness of those interviewed rather than the thuggish behaviour of what is a minority of English fans.
As a true Irishman, To me Ingerland winning the World Cup would be the club equivalent of the spuds doing a domestic and European clean sweep! It’s got fuck all to do with the number of scum players in the side, an Irishman doesn’t need a reason to hate the England football team (not English people) other that that they are England
The possibility is now very worrying!
I never fancied Columbia or Sweden to end this misery but I do believe that Croatia (a proper football team) will have too much class for the likes of Walker and maguire although I think it will be Pickford who will drop the clanger that ends this fucking nightmare!!
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I quote "what a weekend, English divers leading the Thai cave rescue and England winning the world cup". The bint beside him just said "huh?" 
What a day yesterday was, it slightly grates that the England team is full of filthy spuds but as someone else said that's Wenger's fault at all levels. We had a number of England mainstays when he joined us. 
