Every football tournament ever when England underperform
and crash out in the first round or get utterly spanked in the quarter finals. Or so you'd think, judging by the hand wringing and introspection that goes on until the fucking tournament ends. "Why can't we win anything?", the masses roar. "Because you're shit", comes the reply from the rest of world.

I like football, but come on, it's not like England hasn't had years of practice of showing itself up to be mediocre at best. At least the Scots take it on the chin by virtue of rarely qualifying for anything.

That said I'll be sat in front of the telly in twenty minutes anyway. I hope that Joe Hart scores; he's got nice hair.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Jun 2012, 19:28, 1 reply)

Scotland qualified for 5 world cups in a row
Never got past the first round when we got there though. We know we're shit* though so the expectations are never too high, and it doesn't matter.

*except in 1978 when Ally McLeod got the nation believing we were going to win. Then Peru humped us 3-1.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 21:55, closed)