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Footballs coming home is about how shit England are but how we always have hope.

It's about supporting the team.

It's jovial song. Nothing more. People have been misunderstanding that song for years.
 
Mostly because once again, just saying England have the easier side of the draw was met with the usual indignation so I wasn’t feeling too enamoured with them at the time.

You have to remember that people from other parts of the UK have to watch twats like Lineker, Shearer, Wright et al go on and on and on and on about England. France v Portugal tonight was a side show to who plays England.
The vast majority of their audience are English. Of course they talk about England. You have a local BBC station England does not. I'm sure the same one eyedness exists in france, germany etc. I never been watched N ireland tv but I have feeling the coverge over there might focus on them.
 
More experienced at the top level than England and most of their squad.

You have 4 WC winners in the lineup (Neuer, Kroos, Muller, Hummels)

Then you have all of the Bayern players. There is an awful lot of the England team that is young and that has never won any competition.

Succinctly summarised. As much as I want England to win (my other half is English), Germany’s big game maturity will pull them through. It wouldn’t be a thrashing of any sort. I envisage a cagey encounter but with German composure in contrast to England’s profligacy. In fact England may get the first goal but as we’ve seen, their tendency to sit back and defend will cost them.
 
The vast majority of their audience are English. Of course they talk about England. You have a local BBC station England does not. I'm sure the same one eyedness exists in france, germany etc. I never been watched N ireland tv but I have feeling the coverge over there might focus on them.

This is a great post that so many on here either don't understand or choose to ignore.
 
Succinctly summarised. As much as I want England to win (my other half is English), Germany’s big game maturity will pull them through. It wouldn’t be a thrashing of any sort. I envisage a cagey encounter but with German composure in contrast to England’s profligacy. In fact England may get the first goal but as we’ve seen, their tendency to sit back and defend will cost them.
Yeah, fully agree. The Germans will absolutely not panic. I expect them to see the game out with a narrow win.
 
The vast majority of their audience are English. Of course they talk about England. You have a local BBC station England does not. I'm sure the same one eyedness exists in france, germany etc. I never been watched N ireland tv but I have feeling the coverge over there might focus on them.
Of course. That doesn’t make it any more fun for those in other parts of the U.K.
 
The strange thing about 'football's coming home' is that the song used to be referred to almost exclusively as 3 lions.
 
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So England back to 3 man defense then ?
Yes probably. They didn't look like score for fun. Defensive game best bet to overcome germany. But should utilise pace for counters from Shaw,walker,saka,sterling if they can rashford too for kane.
 
Not confident at all. Nothing to do with the quality of the teams on paper, or even the performances so far in the Euros. England could have won all 3 games 5-0 and I'd still feel the same, you just know Germany can get the job done and England love finding daft ways to exit tournaments.
 
A grand total of 2 goals scored in the group, with Germany to come next. Oh good.
 
I mean saying you hate all England fans seems pretty xenophobic and stereotyping to me.

Coming into an England team discussion thread just to say that too seems needlessly provocative.
As it would to any normal poster (except the anti-England crew drifting into the England thread for some reason).
 
Fair enough.

I’m not the one who started crying about being attacked. That was Clayton. I didn’t really give a shit. England fans never disappoint with how precious they are. And all because somebody said they have the easier side of the draw. Which is blatantly fecking true.
Well, no, you wouldn't as it was you doing the attacking :D