I'm mystified that anybody...
in England can think that the England football team has the faintest hope of ever winning anything ever again. With or without the ugly Scouse baby.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:35, 10 replies)

I'm mystified that
anybody cares.
(username failed moderation, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:40, closed)

^What she said^
sportball = entertainment for lower beings
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:44, closed)

^
stopped caring a long time ago
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 13:44, closed)

^ as well
I am, however, mystified that the England rugby team can go out onto the pitch, spend eighty minutes without a coherent game plan or even without working up much of a sweat, lose and then come back the next time and do exactly the same thing in the hope that it might go differently this time.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:28, closed)

I actually think this is more of a media myth than anything else
I think most English football supporters realise that the chances of England beating the likes of Spain, Germany, Argentina etc are somewhere between slim and fuck all.

However, in the run-up to every competition the media bums the England team up to the point where anything other than victory is considered a massive failure.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:03, closed)

Tho im not into football...
... my personal take on this is that we see a lot of good world class football in the Premier League. But most players are not English, and therefore not participating for England in the World Cup. So we are somewhat shocked when England do not play that well.
(Boom- Clicks on NSFW links at work., Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:22, closed)

i love englad when they're playing in the world cup
the streets are quiet, there's very little traffic and there's never a queue in any shop!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 14:44, closed)

And for the briefest of moments....
The crime rate goes down...
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 16:41, closed)

it's a lovely moment

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 16:57, closed)

Basically...
Media know that pumping out stories about the national team = more papers sold, & slamming them BEFORE a major competition would seem un-patriotic. When they're doing shit however (after two or three matches) then it's game on for slamming them. Basically, our media is full of predictable, unimaginative cunts.
( Hunter Stockton was murdered by a bicycle wielding axolotl,.,.,.,., Mon 17 Oct 2011, 23:56, closed)