Damn it!

[Burney]

Damn it to hell!

[AFC East]

Still time and the further we go, the greater the shame. .

[Ash]

Damn it to hell!

Ha!

While I've not been able to get unconditionally behind this England side, I don't think they played as badly as you were suggesting earlier, and I did actually want them to win this one. And Columbia are a good side.

Whatever their limitations, they are more of a cohesive team on the pitch than the Billy Big Boots United of Gerrard, Rooney, Lampard, Terry and co. So fair play to 'em for winning a shoot-out.

[Burney]

Ha!

While I've not been able to get unconditionally behind this England side, I don't think they played as badly as you were suggesting earlier, and I did actually want them to win this one. And Columbia are a good side.

Whatever their limitations, they are more of a cohesive team on the pitch than the Billy Big Boots United of Gerrard, Rooney, Lampard, Terry and co. So fair play to 'em for winning a shoot-out.

The thing is, a, in theory I support England. And then I see the England team and I just can’t do it. :-(

[7sisters]

Ha!

While I've not been able to get unconditionally behind this England side, I don't think they played as badly as you were suggesting earlier, and I did actually want them to win this one. And Columbia are a good side.

Whatever their limitations, they are more of a cohesive team on the pitch than the Billy Big Boots United of Gerrard, Rooney, Lampard, Terry and co. So fair play to 'em for winning a shoot-out.

Be fair, They were largely on the ropes for most of that second half and only really looked like possibly sneaking the winner in the second half of ET.
Columbia are a pretty decent side and once gain, the media and pundits were the ones guilty of mapping out the road to the final by over looking them.
A good result and relief all round but we really are no match for the likes of Brazil, France or Uruguay, from what I've seen so far.

[eastgermanautos]

Ha!

While I've not been able to get unconditionally behind this England side, I don't think they played as badly as you were suggesting earlier, and I did actually want them to win this one. And Columbia are a good side.

Whatever their limitations, they are more of a cohesive team on the pitch than the Billy Big Boots United of Gerrard, Rooney, Lampard, Terry and co. So fair play to 'em for winning a shoot-out.

Colombia, goddammit. With an o. Two of them even.

[Burney]

Be fair, They were largely on the ropes for most of that second half and only really looked like possibly sneaking the winner in the second half of ET.
Columbia are a pretty decent side and once gain, the media and pundits were the ones guilty of mapping out the road to the final by over looking them.
A good result and relief all round but we really are no match for the likes of Brazil France or Uruguay, from what I've seen so far.

Oh, let’s make no mistake. ALL the good teams give ended up in one half of the draw. When the two sides of the draw meet, it’ll be no competition (unless Russia get there, of course - in which case it’ll be bent).

[Burney]

Colombia, goddammit. With an o. Two of them even.

If you go to Sevilla (where the Genoese prick is actually buried - sort of), he’s called Cristobal Colon.

Conclusion: don’t name shít after foreigners. They’re not even bright enough to know how to spell their own names.

[Ash]

The thing is, a, in theory I support England. And then I see the England team and I just can’t do it. :-(

England have been hurting me with their shyteness as I've supported them for the last 45 years, bar perhaps a couple of tournaments. The failure of the over-hyped 'golden generation' and particularly players like I mentioned above tipped me over into despondancy, and the whole local rival component of the current squad, at a time our club has fallen backwards, with our own English players falling short, left me feeling bereft of support for them going into this one.

But, as a limited team I do think they have something that their predecessors lacked, despite their youth and limited abilities. Not that I expect them to beat better teams, but they are missing the arrogance of the previous bunch of shítcùnts, who believed seemingly in their own hype & destiny but never remotely resembled a cohesive unit. You can point to periods of the game today when they were poor, but in other moments they looked like a team - not a brilliant team, but a team nevertheless, and Southgate should get credit for that imo.

[Ash]

A good result and relief all round but we really are no match for the likes of Brazil, France or Uruguay, from what I've seen so far.

Sure. Probably not Croatia either, but at least they didn't go out to fùcking Iceland this time.

[Burney]

Sure. Probably not Croatia either, but at least they didn't go out to fùcking Iceland this time.

I think we may be in danger of setting the bar a bit too low, here.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

England have been hurting me with their shyteness as I've supported them for the last 45 years, bar perhaps a couple of tournaments. The failure of the over-hyped 'golden generation' and particularly players like I mentioned above tipped me over into despondancy, and the whole local rival component of the current squad, at a time our club has fallen backwards, with our own English players falling short, left me feeling bereft of support for them going into this one.

But, as a limited team I do think they have something that their predecessors lacked, despite their youth and limited abilities. Not that I expect them to beat better teams, but they are missing the arrogance of the previous bunch of shítcùnts, who believed seemingly in their own hype & destiny but never remotely resembled a cohesive unit. You can point to periods of the game today when they were poor, but in other moments they looked like a team - not a brilliant team, but a team nevertheless, and Southgate should get credit for that imo.

:nod: spot on. I went off them after the Lansdowne Road debacle which although not the team's fault, meant I didn't wish to be associated with the so-called 'fans'. And then, as you say, cùnts like Rooney, Gerrard, Terry etc being the mainstays made it difficult to get behind the team...even though this team is riddled with sperzers, there really is no-one to hate whilst wearing an England shirt. Semis at most though imo.

[barrybueno]

Damn it to hell!

Haha it's coming home you slag B!