Euro 2020
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- a sterling performance craner's column forza italia gomorrah hundred more years of hurt is that kate moss? it's coming home kane is able matey & acid nigella's twitter takes no more years of hurt pedri though shaw thing something is rotten in the state of denmark southgate's redemption the enthusiasm of roy keane the referee's a wanker v-a-rlinist v-a-rse we still believe zeal of the convert
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
don’t mind you winning just as long as it’s not the start of a new era (or described as such)
Sir Nigel of Southgate publicly snubs Bojo at Buckingham Palace shindig and becomes the next PM. Crystal Palace fans feel some kind of Catholic redemption until the reality of ongoing non-premiership football sinks in. At the annual supporters gen-meeting it‘s decided to up sticks and move en masse to the Isle of Man
Sir Nigel of Southgate publicly snubs Bojo at Buckingham Palace shindig and becomes the next PM. Crystal Palace fans feel some kind of Catholic redemption until the reality of ongoing non-premiership football sinks in. At the annual supporters gen-meeting it‘s decided to up sticks and move en masse to the Isle of Man
IdleRich
IdleRich
I want decades of English hegemony in which they dominate the sport in the same way that they came from nowhere to suddenly dominate cycling - except more so and for longer. Seems unlikely though.
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
You got rid of all that dead wood - Fwank Lampard, Stevie G, Rio, Michael Owen, Becks et al plus countless useless guvnors - but that still leaves the rest of the world to compete against and the existential wound that is English World Cup hopes
Nothing‘s as dangerous as hope
Nothing‘s as dangerous as hope
IdleRich
IdleRich
I mean, Italy have looked pretty good, but they don't have any kind of mystique as in the past.... we know all about Joginho, we've seen teams with Veratti or Chilellini beaten in the Champions League by teams with Sterling or Mount or whatever. And vice versa of course. That's not to say England will win, but these players play in the same leagues at the same levels and they know they deserve to be on the pitch with them.
Do they though? I feel like that sort of thing's drenched in sarcasm and piss(taking) when it comes from the English. I guess it's different this time because we're actually in the final, but I expect it's at least partly "banter".
craner
Beast of Burden
Doesn’t that make the whole thing even more boring?
IdleRich
IdleRich
Sure once upon a time teams from other countries were barely known and from other continents were a total mystery. Neymar may do the flip flap better than Rivelino ever did but he won't surprise people with it in the same way.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Easy just take out all the money from football and make everyone play for the love of the game again.
The national teams aren't as distinctive these days anyway tbh. One team might press harder or prefer to keep the ball a bit more than another, but everyone's generally quite good technically and very functional. You don't watch Brazil or the Dutch expecting "Brazilian flair" or "Total Football".