Euro 2022
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Very impressed with the whole thing. Very well done all.
Shame the opponents had to look so dour last evening. And in front of so many watching around the world. Young.... I know but they should have been rehearsed on how to behave if things did not go their way. The Americans do not......do loosing well in public. They do not accommodate second place..
Shame the opponents had to look so dour last evening. And in front of so many watching around the world. Young.... I know but they should have been rehearsed on how to behave if things did not go their way. The Americans do not......do loosing well in public. They do not accommodate second place..
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Originally Posted by Right20deg
Very impressed with the whole thing. Very well done all.
Shame the opponents had to look so dour last evening. And in front of so many watching around the world. Young.... I know but they should have been rehearsed on how to behave if things did not go their way. The Americans do not......do loosing well in public. They do not accommodate second place..
Shame the opponents had to look so dour last evening. And in front of so many watching around the world. Young.... I know but they should have been rehearsed on how to behave if things did not go their way. The Americans do not......do loosing well in public. They do not accommodate second place..
Alas, the Americans were not actually playing in last nights final....sorry about this factual revelation....the opponents were, in fact, your favourite (when it comes to being disparaging) EU nation...Germany !
The match is a great result for the advancement of women in sport and football in particular given the men's game has long been infested with prima donnas..
Plus, no need for the BBC to run the annual " SPOTY " competition this year...the winners already been decided after last night.
However, meedja headlines...."56 years of pain " ?.....get real, what "pain " ?....a football match is a sporting event...nothing more nothing less
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Originally Posted by Krystal n chips
The match is a great result for the advancement of women in sport and football in particular given the men's game has long been infested with prima donnas..
Plus, no need for the BBC to run the annual " SPOTY " competition this year...the winners already been decided after last night.
However, meedja headlines...."56 years of pain " ?.....get real, what "pain " ?....a football match is a sporting event...nothing more nothing less
Plus, no need for the BBC to run the annual " SPOTY " competition this year...the winners already been decided after last night.
However, meedja headlines...."56 years of pain " ?.....get real, what "pain " ?....a football match is a sporting event...nothing more nothing less
The nonsense about the "56 years of pain" etc etc is just another example of how the British media at least loves nothing better that refighting WW1 and more especially WW2 against the "fork tailed "enemy; I hope the majority of the UK population has moved on somewhat.
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Good Grief on this site at least can't we just celebrate this win and be happy without the thread being highjacked with yet more Remain comments sullying the joy of the fans and the efforts of the team? As to what "56 years of pain" has to do with WWI and WWII I don't understand as it refers to the last time an England team won a major football competition.
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Originally Posted by Headstone
Good Grief on this site at least can't we just celebrate this win and be happy without the thread being highjacked with yet more Remain comments sullying the joy of the fans and the efforts of the team? As to what "56 years of pain" has to do with WWI and WWII I don't understand as it refers to the last time an England team won a major football competition.
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Originally Posted by ATNotts
The nonsense about the "56 years of pain" etc etc is just another example of how the British media at least loves nothing better that refighting WW1 and more especially WW2 against the "fork tailed "enemy; I hope the majority of the UK population has moved on somewhat.
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Originally Posted by ATNotts
The nonsense about the "56 years of pain" etc etc is just another example of how the British media at least loves nothing better that refighting WW1 and more especially WW2 against the "fork tailed "enemy; I hope the majority of the UK population has moved on somewhat.
It's also quite hilarious how the British media concentrate on their main rivals being the Germans. Most Germans consider the Dutch or Italians their biggest rivals, they couldn't care less about England.
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Not in any way 'proper' football. No rolling about and crying when breathed upon from 5 metres; or harassing the referee at every decision. Very amateurish and almost sporting.
But waaay more entertaining and fun to watch!
Congrats the cats...
CG
But waaay more entertaining and fun to watch!
Congrats the cats...
CG
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A very enjoyable match, with plenty of squeaky bum time. I thought they were evenly matched and of course absolute delight that England came out on top. So they can stop the 'it's coming home' rubbish now, it's here and, let's face it, it's a lot more than our (current) men's team will ever do.
Also interesting reading the comparisons in the press with the men's Euro Final last year and the shameful scenes then. No arrests, no drunkenness, no threats, no violence, no anti-social behaviour, no racist or homophobic abuse yesterday, just plenty of people out to watch a football match and cheer their team on -whichever side it was. No wonder there are plenty of comments about 'it's not proper football'. Well, give me a choice between the two and I think I'd go with the ladies; at least you'd feel safe taking the kiddies.
Also interesting reading the comparisons in the press with the men's Euro Final last year and the shameful scenes then. No arrests, no drunkenness, no threats, no violence, no anti-social behaviour, no racist or homophobic abuse yesterday, just plenty of people out to watch a football match and cheer their team on -whichever side it was. No wonder there are plenty of comments about 'it's not proper football'. Well, give me a choice between the two and I think I'd go with the ladies; at least you'd feel safe taking the kiddies.
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Originally Posted by B Fraser
Was there any comment from the BBC on the lack of diversity amongst the German team ?
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Originally Posted by charliegolf
Not in any way 'proper' football. No rolling about and crying when breathed upon from 5 metres; or harassing the referee at every decision. Very amateurish and almost sporting.
But waaay more entertaining and fun to watch!
Congrats the cats...
CG
But waaay more entertaining and fun to watch!
Congrats the cats...
CG
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And the pictures showed clearly there was diversity in the England squad despite what people were moaning about last week. It's not just the 11 on the pitch and those on the subs bench.
It took the ref a while to realise the physicality was generally being dished out by the German players, perhaps a little too influenced by the men's game.
It took the ref a while to realise the physicality was generally being dished out by the German players, perhaps a little too influenced by the men's game.
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Originally Posted by B Fraser
Was there any comment from the BBC on the lack of diversity amongst the German team ?
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Originally Posted by Right20deg
Very impressed with the whole thing. Very well done all.
Shame the opponents had to look so dour last evening. And in front of so many watching around the world. Young.... I know but they should have been rehearsed on how to behave if things did not go their way. The Americans do not......do loosing well in public. They do not accommodate second place..
Shame the opponents had to look so dour last evening. And in front of so many watching around the world. Young.... I know but they should have been rehearsed on how to behave if things did not go their way. The Americans do not......do loosing well in public. They do not accommodate second place..
Bearing in mind how often English male footballers have lost in large tournaments, and have cried I did not think they did that bad, especially when they had been unlucky enough to lose their captain just before the match who was the joint top scorer in the competition, so a bit of a lose there. As you admit they were a young team, and they will undoubtedly be back.
I watched the game here in Munich with a mixed group of Europeans including some Brits, one of whom apparently is a referee in the Premiership, and the general consensus was that England were lucky to win, but rode their luck. Anyway wrong shaped ball for me (and I support Scotland for my sins) but it was interesting to observe the difference between the final last year and the one last night with regards to the amount of trouble and arrests. I know which one I would rather attend, as others have said.
Cheers
Mr Mac
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