I've been caught up in the excitement in spite of myself, I have to admit
the entire country's going to explode if we beat the Italians
( Turing's Artificial Hand Sig Sauer, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 7:53, archived)

or if we don't
it also seems a much more positive tournament than i remember, all the interviews with the players seem relaxed and up beat, and there is less of the negativity slagging off various palyers at least in amongst the people i interact with that do watch the football
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 8 Jul 2021, 7:55, archived)

definitely
maybe that's why I've been feeling so upbeat about it

also I can't tell whether people are happier about reaching the final or beating the Germans
( Turing's Artificial Hand Sig Sauer, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 7:57, archived)

We've thrashed the germans before, counts for fuck all unless you win something. A final is a chance to win something. For football fans like myself whose club has no chance of glory ever England is my only hope of being a champion

( mongychops, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 8:06, archived)

Luton Town F.C.

( Woodkovsky ☹️➝🚻➝🚽➝😣➝💩➝🧻➝😁, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 8:26, archived)

One of the strangest football grounds I've ever been too . Surrounded by houses, ball gets cleared and that house gets a new football

( mongychops, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 9:46, archived)

horrible town, and the hospital is fucking miles from the train station
it's where my brother went when he had one of his seizures, not happy memories for me
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 10:11, archived)

glad to have reminded you of your horrible past

( Woodkovsky ☹️➝🚻➝🚽➝😣➝💩➝🧻➝😁, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 10:30, archived)

Luton?
POO-TOWN, MORE LIKE!
(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Thu 8 Jul 2021, 10:50, archived)

shut up please
thanks
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 11:32, archived)

Really
Should have seen it in Paris mate....oh no I forgot. You were having a posh meal and could not be arsed.
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 19:15, archived)

As a part-English Scot who isn't interested in football, I'm torn.
I want England to do well, but after a few minutes of listening to the commentators I want them to get hammered. Then I see how much their success upsets the hardcore ScotNats, and I want them to win again.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 8:16, archived)

what is it about the commentators you don't like?
i was on the 5 live coverage last night and it was a nice balance.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 8 Jul 2021, 8:21, archived)

I had ITV on.
They just get carried away, which is fair enough, but then they come out with things like "after the tough 16 months we've had, England deserves this", like England has somehow had it worse than everywhere else.

Mind you, it also annoys me when Scottish idiots come out with similar bullshit, like how a nil-nil draw against England was the best result ever, and one goal in three games was a fantastic performance.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 8:32, archived)

like Windy Pig said, though, they seem less full of themselves than usual
as far as I can tell as a very casual observer
( Turing's Artificial Hand Sig Sauer, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 8:22, archived)

Maybe it's because it went to extra time, and I'd only built up my tolerance to 90 minutes.

(The Porcupine From Purgatory katsu revival trust, Thu 8 Jul 2021, 8:32, archived)

me too mate, though I am looking forward to the final

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Thu 8 Jul 2021, 8:35, archived)