There's some huge doses of copium on this thread, I don't think England will beat Italy but they were better than the Danes last night and deserve to be there.
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There's some huge doses of copium on this thread, I don't think England will beat Italy but they were better than the Danes last night and deserve to be there.
https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Arti...finale/1268980
French not happy/jealous. But they don’t like it up ‘em, surrender monkeys, would have been speaking German if it wasn’t for us.
England have a good team and deserve to be in the final regardless of how they are rated, they have beaten what has been put in front of them apart from Scotland, I hope they lose just as I would like to see Hearts, Celtic or Rangers losing on a weekly basis, in tournaments every team needs a bit of luck and they have had their share, unfortunately I think they will complete the job.
We really need BBC Scotland or STV to do a Scottish transmission of the Final.
Fair enough. It's a bit weird though.
Scotland and England are considered rivals, its really not that odd that Scottish folk don't want England to win, and the vast vast majority of folk on here support Scotland.
Do you call it bitter when Hibs fans don't want Hearts to win?
Aye it never ceases to amaze me. It's Hibs v Hearts, local rivals. I want England to lose every game they play as I'm sure do the vast majority of Scottish football fans. If Hearts beat Motherwell in the Scottish cup semi with a poorly taken disputed penalty I doubt many on here would be wanting to sing their praises.
I’m just glad that unlike some it’ll have no real bearing on me should they win it. I’d rather they didn’t and I hope they get pumped but for instance I’d choose them winning that over say Hearts winning a league cup. I think they’re winning it unfortunately.
I've never understood the needy English desire to have Welsh, Scottish and Irish football and Rugby fans support them. Do Welsh, Irish and Scottish fans have the same need of solidarity or acceptance from their English counterparts?
This Home Nations need to stick together thing is lost on me and as an EU citizen, I've got 27 Home Nations to choose from. :wink:
Surely if you have read any of my other posts on this matter you will realise that I fully get this is a Scottish board and accept the banter that goes with it. I have never called it bitterness, just because I am vastly outnumbered it doesn’t mean I can’t banter back. Oh and for the record I ****** hate Hertz 😁🏴
Are the English genuinely needy about that? It's not something I'm aware of. They seem to be having a happy enough time right now without worrying what the rest of the UK thinks.
Is it not just the case that English teams/sportsmen and women feature more regularly in high profile games/events than the rest of their Home Nations counterparts (hardly a surprise given the respective populations of each nation) and it can therefore seem a bit 'in our faces'?
What I would say is that in my experience English people tend to be more likely to wish Scotland well in sporting events than vice versa.
Anybody else notice Gary Neville getting a wee dig in at Boris Johnson while praising Southgate?
Seems like a nice lad, Gary.
The Hibs v Hearts comparison has never stacked up IMHO. In fact it's not even close for me. Hearts impact on my day to day life to a far greater extent than the England football team ever do. We share a city with them and play them regularly, whereas Scotland face England once in a blue moon. The vast majority of Hearts fans wish nothing but ill on us at all times (and vice versa) and there's a poison around the derby fixture that these days puts me off attending. Sure, there's a 'traditional' rivalry between Scotland and England but not one that consumes me with the total and utter loathing I feel for Hearts.
I've got no problem admitting I felt happy for England and their fans last night and I hope they go on and win the tournament. I certainly don't feel the need to summon up support for Italy based solely on the fact they're playing England. There are no circumstances in which I could ever say such a thing about Hearts, whose total and utter non existence would improve my life immeasurably!