The anyone but England thread!

[Flobajob]

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Going home, just like your lot.

Everyone's going home eventually, Scotland normally long before anyone else.

And 2-0 is a dreaful result if you take it in the context of the way the game was played, up until 81 mins you hadnt done anything against the team that were 1000-1 outsiders (and hence the "worst team in the world cup" according to the bookies) to win the World Cup.

This is the team that Sweden couldn't score against even though they only had 10 men on the pitch? Yet we score 2 and up go your Swedish flags, you hate England, we get it, there's a lot of your sort all over the British Isles.

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by Flobajob

Everyone's going home eventually, Scotland normally long before anyone else.



This is the team that Sweden couldn't score against even though they only had 10 men on the pitch? Yet we score 2 and up go your Swedish flags, you hate England, we get it, there's a lot of your sort all over the British Isles.

[TheBlueRaja]

Originally Posted by Flobajob

Everyone's going home eventually, Scotland normally long before anyone else.

This is the team that Sweden couldn't score against even though they only had 10 men on the pitch? Yet we score 2 and up go your Swedish flags, you hate England, we get it, there's a lot of your sort all over the British Isles.

Yeah, i know - ever wonder why?

By the way - i keep seeing this stuff about the UK and "The British Isles" etc you seem to forget that for most people outside England thats completely irrelevant.

God you lot are soooo arrogant sometimes, WHY should we support you anyway? Why are you saying one minute we should be supporting you then slagging Scotland off the next in a cheap attempt at a wind up?

Its laughable, a bit like your World cup chances.

Sweden!!!!!

[SlackDad]

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Yeah, i know - ever wonder why?

By the way - i keep seeing this stuff about the UK and "The British Isles" etc you seem to forget that for most people outside England thats completely irrelevant.

Is it really irrelevant?

God you lot are soooo arrogant sometimes, WHY should we support you anyway? Why are you saying one minute we should be supporting you then slagging Scotland off the next in a cheap attempt at a wind up?

Because England are one of the home (i.e. United Kingdom) nations

Its laughable, a bit like your World cup chances.

I think England, provided they play to their strengths, can do very well in this World Cup. Any other team that had world class players such as Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, and Terry, you simply would not be writing off so easily.

[Flobajob]

Originally Posted by SlackDad

I think England, provided they play to their strengths, can do very well in this World Cup. Any other team that had world class players such as Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, and Terry, you simply would not be writing off so easily.

Exactly, he's not slagging England off based on what he's convinced is their lack of talent, it's purely to try and get a rise out of other people, fingers crossed he'll crawl back under his bridge and resume platting his chin hair.

[Mal]

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Going home, just like your lot.

Your lot never went anywhere to go home from

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

And 2-0 is a dreaful result if you take it in the context of the way the game was played, up until 81 mins you hadnt done anything against the team that were 1000-1 outsiders (and hence the "worst team in the world cup" according to the bookies) to win the World Cup.

In fact they really could have been 1-0 up.

If your see that as a good sign going forward thats fine by me.

Like I said before, not a great performance, but we got the 3 points in the end and we qualified without having to worry about the last game, which in itself is a good thing.

Oh and I have never said that we are 100% certs to win. I am just glad to be there and hope and pray that we go far.

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by Flobajob

Exactly, he's not slagging England off based on what he's convinced is their lack of talent, it's purely to try and get a rise out of other people, fingers crossed he'll crawl back under his bridge and resume platting his chin hair.

I notice too that TBR didn't have a comment about his new favourite team not being able to beat T&T, whilst England racked up a 2-0 win...

[Mal]

Originally Posted by SlackDad

All this England bashing and any one but England is nonsense. As Alan Green (he's Northern Irish) on Radio Five Live said last night before the England game, it's pathetic that anyone form Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland would not want to see England do well.

I support England, but would always want any of the home nations to do well.

To be honest, I wouldn't say that it's pathetic that they don't want us to win. I believe in "support your own team". Fair enough.

In the domestic league, I don't support another team in Europe, just because they are English.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

then slagging Scotland off the next in a cheap attempt at a wind up?

Exactly what is it you are doing then?

Its laughable, a bit like your World cup chances.

Sweden!!!!!

Proves my point I think.

[altis]

If Trinidad and Tobago are known as T&T, why aren't Serbia and Montenegro known as S&M?

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Let's be serious for a minute... England were favourites to qualify from this group and 6 points from the 1st 2 games, for a team with ENglands class of player, against PAraguay and T&T should have been a formality.

The reason, IMO, that the non-english are keen to slag of england during the World Cup is that we have this attitude that we are destined to win the WC or EC. Its always a case of "Yes we will be bring the worlld cup home after 30 years ..." or "we can beat the argies.the brazilians...the germans" etc etc. If instead of this arrogance, england said we are expected to qualify from teh gropu and everything else will be a bonus, I'm sure more people outside england would support them.
England aren't amongst the best in the world... The quicker they realise that, the more respect they will get from home nation fans who arent english

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

Let's be serious for a minute... England were favourites to qualify from this group and 6 points from the 1st 2 games, for a team with ENglands class of player, against PAraguay and T&T should have been a formality.

The reason, IMO, that the non-english are keen to slag of england during the World Cup is that we have this attitude that we are destined to win the WC or EC. Its always a case of "Yes we will be bring the worlld cup home after 30 years ..." or "we can beat the argies.the brazilians...the germans" etc etc. If instead of this arrogance, england said we are expected to qualify from teh gropu and everything else will be a bonus, I'm sure more people outside england would support them.
England aren't amongst the best in the world... The quicker they realise that, the more respect they will get from home nation fans who arent english

But what's so wrong with believing we could win it? England DO have some of the best players int he world, and we have every right to believe we could win it. Because indeed, we CAN beat the Argies (although, they are on fire today! ), we CAN beat the Germans etc etc etc. It just depends on our form on the day

England ARE among the best in the world, and we'ver just proved it by getting into the knockout stages.

[TheBlueRaja]

Originally Posted by Stuart C

Exactly what is it you are doing then?

Wasnt it obvious from the start - this is the anyone BUT England thread - if you dont like it - move on...

Originally Posted by flobajob

Exactly, he's not slagging England off based on what he's convinced is their lack of talent, it's purely to try and get a rise out of other people, fingers crossed he'll crawl back under his bridge and resume platting his chin hair.

Im not slagging off England, im merely stating that they have played very poorly up until now and that i want anyone but England to win the world cup, am i not allowed to state my views?

And again we get another racist stereotypical Scotsman dig in an attempt at a wind up. Very poor form!

[Flobajob]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

England aren't amongst the best in the world...

I'm afraid you're wrong, any team that qualifies for the knockouts are "amongst the best in the world"

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Wasnt it obvious from the start - this is the anyone BUT England thread - if you dont like it - move on...



Im not slagging off England, im merely stating that they have played very poorly up until now and that i want anyone but England to win the world cup, am i not allowed to state my views?

And again we get another racist stereotypical Scotsman dig in an attempt at a wind up. Very poor form!

Where's this stereotypical racist dig at a scotsman? You're getting paranoid now. Be a man, admit your reasoning behind starting this thread, everyone else has already realised.

[TheBlueRaja]

Originally Posted by Flobajob

I'm afraid you're wrong, any team that qualifies for the knockouts are "amongst the best in the world"

England have one of the Best squads in the world, no doubt - perhaps the best even.

You dont have a team though - that is why you will lose and go home with nothing.