Semifinal: England v Denmark (in London, UK)

[Burgey]

I look forward to Italy winning by way of a controversial penalty in the final. In fact, four of them.

Wishing good luck on the English because they've failed for so long is the most ridiculous thing ever. It's like people who speak badly of some horrible politician like Trump, Morrison or Johnson but say "Oh, I wouldn't wish them dead though."

Why not? Perfectly reasonable thing to do of you hate them. Same with England and sporting success. No one should ever wish it upon them. Except if they're playing India at cricket, of course. In that case England is the lesser of two evils.

 

[duffer]

I look forward to Italy winning by way of a controversial penalty in the final. In fact, four of them.

Wishing good luck on the English because they've failed for so long is the most ridiculous thing ever. It's like people who speak badly of some horrible politician like Trump, Morrison or Johnson but say "Oh, I wouldn't wish them dead though."

Why not? Perfectly reasonable thing to do of you hate them. Same with England and sporting success. No one should ever wish it upon them. Except if they're playing India at cricket, of course. In that case England is the lesser of two evils.

Harbhajan did this to you. Behold, the power of finger spin.

 

[mr_mister]

I look forward to Italy winning by way of a controversial penalty in the final. In fact, four of them.

Wishing good luck on the English because they've failed for so long is the most ridiculous thing ever. It's like people who speak badly of some horrible politician like Trump, Morrison or Johnson but say "Oh, I wouldn't wish them dead though."

Why not? Perfectly reasonable thing to do of you hate them. Same with England and sporting success. No one should ever wish it upon them. Except if they're playing India at cricket, of course. In that case England is the lesser of two evils.

It's also just coz I don't find them that unlikable when they're not playing Australia. I feel more in touch with my English heritage at world cups coz god knows I can't expect much from Aus at them

 

[Adders]

Burgey doing well to secure all the Italian votes here for BOTM.......strong move.

 

[Adders]

It's also just coz I don't find them that unlikable when they're not playing Australia. I feel more in touch with my English heritage at world cups coz god knows I can't expect much from Aus at them

100% relate to this. Id barrack for the Socceroos in any match they were playing apart from England. This isn't ****ing cricket.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

England have been charged by UEFA because the fans booed the Danish National Anthem (yawns all around) and because a laser was aimed at the Danish keeper.

 

[Uppercut]

England have been charged by UEFA because the fans booed the Danish National Anthem (yawns all around) and because a taser was aimed at the Danish keeper.

I think you mean a laser. A taser would be a much bigger story.

 

[StephenZA]

1991 and 2021

xkcd.com

 

[Howe_zat]

I think you mean a laser. A taser would be a much bigger story.

'Bloody soft game these days. They can't even take a tiny bit of electrocuting'

 

[wpdavid]

I reckon that someone was tasering Pickford from time to time last night. Schmeichel had it easy in comparison.

 

[Burgey]

Burgey doing well to secure all the Italian votes here for BOTM.......strong move.

As a two time winner I can honestly say idgaf

 

[Burgey]

Harbhajan did this to you. Behold, the power of chucking.

Was a bigger dart thrower than Murali. That was his true crime.

 

[GIMH]

I’m interested to know why @Furball and @Burgey and basically all of Twitter are so upset by England getting a penalty that saw Sterling fouled by two men, and yet they never saw fit to mention that Denmark’s goal was illegal? Answers on a postcard plz

 

[Burgey]

Dear Cozza,

Greetings from Australia. Like I said yesterday, I didn't watch the game and still haven't seen the highlights, so I don't know. I'm just here to tip a bucket of **** on England.

I went to log into the Optus Sport streaming service we have here yesterday morning while I was downstairs but tbh I forgot the password, because we use a mate of Burgeinho's account and it's really only for football, and I wasn't going to bother the kid at like 6.30am for the sake of a password to watch a game I had no skin in. These days I don't sit up or get up to watch football like I used to before I got too old.

However, I saw the suggestion on social media that every time someone posts or says "It's coming home", another artifact will be removed from the British Museum and taken back to the country from which it was stolen. I think we can all get on board with that.

Love, Burgey.

 

[wpdavid]

I’m interested to know why @Furball and @Burgey and basically all of Twitter are so upset by England getting a penalty that saw Sterling fouled by two men, and yet they never saw fit to mention that Denmark’s goal was illegal? Answers on a postcard plz

Same as 1966. Lots of fuss abut our 3rd goal not quite hitting the back of the net, but less fuss about Germany's equaliser despite the incorrect decision to award the free kick to Germany which led to their goal and the German handball before the ball was eventually bundled over the line.

Nothing at all to do with this thread, but I felt it needed saying.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

i had never heard of this but apparently it was one of Ifab's genius ideas, almost as good as the recent handball rule changes. Who even thought this was a problem?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1128289046063656963

 

[Uppercut]

I remember the rule change going through and thinking WTF.

I don't understand what it achieves beyond making it harder to score free kicks, which is already so difficult that the majority of fouls outside the box are a good defensive move.

 

[speirz]

i had never heard of this but apparently it was one of Ifab's genius ideas, almost as good as the recent handball rule changes. Who even thought this was a problem?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1128289046063656963

It was an issue for a while I reckon, with players from the attack just jostling their way into the wall to try and create a gap. The attacking players genuinely aren't trying to play the ball, only physically disrupt opposition players, so in my eyes anything to make it clearly outlawed was a good idea.

 

[GIMH]

Silence duly noted from Furball

 

[Furball]

Haven't been online today but I'll raise you the two balls being on the pitch moments before Sterling fell over.

I'd also recommend an eye test if you think Sterling was fouled.