the world cup is here

[Phil]

First responses
Spain and England are going home

Not quite yet - we've still one game to play each.

Very true and where there's life there's hope but to be realistc we've played two and lost two which makes us one of those hopelessly s**t countries we used to laugh at. Group whipping boys and all that.

[psichonaut]

First responses
Spain and England are going home

Not quite yet - we've still one game to play each.

maths condamn them, England is off surely, last match will be CostaRica vs England and theoreticaly if they get a result today a enlish win would n't change it

[million voices]

That's rather kindly put - England being condemned by the Maths

Or you could say that Italy just didn't play well enough to keep England's hopes alive

Or you could just say England were crap

[psichonaut]

That's rather kindly put - England being condemned by the Maths

Or you could say that Italy just didn't play well enough to keep England's hopes alive

Or you could just say England were crap

noone of them, i only imagined what happened, Italy loosing the match...and it was
So now doing maths. England is off

[Phil]

Oh dear. And can we rely on our Premiership stars to go down swinging against Costa Rica or will they not be in the mood and get a battering?

[Bartek]

Every time Poland played in Euro or World cup since 2002, people here were doing the same math, same theoretical models, so i know that feelings well enough (however I've never shared it, but that's a different story) -- the truth is, it's all lost, all that England team can do now is play the best as they can do now, to wipe a little bit of so~called disappointment that they "gave" you. In Poland such situation is called game/match of/for honor.

at least Netherlands, another team that i like with England, is still in the game.

[Norman Hunter]

First responses
Spain and England are going home

Not quite yet - we've still one game to play each.

Very true and where there's life there's hope but to be realistc we've played two and lost two which makes us one of those hopelessly s**t countries we used to laugh at. Group whipping boys and all that.

Unfashionable as it is to follow and support England, I do anyway. Italy weren't that much better than us really. We all know who made the difference for Uruguay. Hopefully we'll field some of the young 'uns for the final game to blood 'em with no fear.

And whilst everyone is pissing themselves laughing at us, we could be a lot worse - we could be Spain.



And now here's the weather...

[paint it black]

tee shirt which started this thread has finally turned up and it's well ace

[psichonaut]

The plane to Europe is starting to be full

[emilystrange]

hopefully the plane to uruguay has an extra passenger.

[psichonaut]

hopefully the plane to uruguay has an extra passenger.

Hodgson?

[emilystrange]

ummm.. saurez was my original thought...

[psichonaut]

ummm.. saurez was my original thought...

do you dare to blame him to test his destist work?

[emilystrange]

Or correcting it, which is more necessary.

[Pista]

ummm.. saurez was my original thought...

Football fan wins £500 after betting £3 on Luis Suarez biting player at World Cup

[emilystrange]

Third time lucky, eh?

[emilystrange]

What a lovely moment from Columbia, brining the sub goalie on. Good on yer.

[Pista]

Third time lucky, eh?

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/Bq6ibkyIYAAuvRd.mp4

[Bartek]

[Silence is platinum]

Even in yesterday's game they were a sorry excuse of a team, realy dissapointing.

[Being645]

Even in yesterday's game they were a sorry excuse of a team, realy dissapointing.

True. They are not really a team and just couldn't manage to play as one. It will take some time to change that...

[Norman Hunter]

Even in yesterday's game they were a sorry excuse of a team, realy dissapointing.

True. They are not really a team and just couldn't manage to play as one. It will take some time to change that...

It's been England's problem for good 10-15 years. Individually, some cracking players. As a team? Just can't seem to get the right combination going. The "Golden Generation" were too far up their own arse in believing the hype, if you ask me.

[Being645]

Even in yesterday's game they were a sorry excuse of a team, realy dissapointing.

True. They are not really a team and just couldn't manage to play as one. It will take some time to change that...

It's been England's problem for good 10-15 years. Individually, some cracking players. As a team? Just can't seem to get the right combination going. The "Golden Generation" were too far up their own arse in believing the hype, if you ask me.

Yes, it really looks like. Fact is, however, that the say new generation quite visibly differs! Which is a good thing to note ... ...

One problem seems to me that so many foreign players do the trick in Premier League Clubs ... and when it comes to a national team,
British junior (and senior) stuff seem somewhat asked for too much being confronted with their Premier League team colleagues on the
other side of the field ... ...

[abridged]

On a slight tangent. This is possibly the worst thing I have ever read...

http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2014-06-25.html

[Silver_Owl]

On a slight tangent. This is possibly the worst thing I have ever read...

http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2014-06-25.html

If more "Americans" are watching soccer today, it's only because of the demographic switch effected by Teddy Kennedy's 1965 immigration law. I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these new Americans will drop their soccer fetish with time.

What moronic drivel.