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Post by steve10086 on Jul 11, 2021 18:11:08 GMT
Steve, I am against the anti-social behaviour as much as you are. I am taking a wider view and not tarring everyone with the same brush. A few thousand people acting like idiots does not a society make. You've said your piece several times about the water cannon now. Thank you for your input. I just would prefer to avoid the days of the police having pitched battles with large groups on the streets of London ever again. As I say, in any large public gathering you are going to have idiots behaving reprehensibly. Patronising much? 😁
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Post by inthenose on Jul 11, 2021 18:12:03 GMT
Steve, I am against the anti-social behaviour as much as you are. I am taking a wider view and not tarring everyone with the same brush. A few thousand people acting like idiots does not a society make. You've said your piece several times about the water cannon now. Thank you for your input. I just would prefer to avoid the days of the police having pitched battles with large groups on the streets of London ever again. As I say, in any large public gathering you are going to have idiots behaving reprehensibly. Patronising much? 😁 I'm sorry you feel that way, Steve. Have a great evening 😊
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 11, 2021 18:26:05 GMT
Anyway… moving on… What’s your favourite England Song? As in singles released to support England in football tournaments. It’s Coming Home? World In Motion? Vindaloo?
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Post by inthenose on Jul 11, 2021 18:33:34 GMT
Anyway… moving on… What’s your favourite England Song? As in singles released to support England in football tournaments. It’s Coming Home? World In Motion? Vindaloo? World in Motion!!! 🤣 It's actually a good song, despite being a football song. It's Coming Home is a classic, mainly because I love The Lightning Seeds
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 11, 2021 18:34:20 GMT
Anyway… moving on… What’s your favourite England Song? As in singles released to support England in football tournaments. It’s Coming Home? World In Motion? Vindaloo? Back home or This Time. Narrowly beats Johnny Barnes rapping
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 11, 2021 18:35:05 GMT
Anyway… moving on… What’s your favourite England Song? As in singles released to support England in football tournaments. It’s Coming Home? World In Motion? Vindaloo? World in Motion!!! 🤣 It's actually a good song, despite being a football song. It's Coming Home is a classic, mainly because I love The Lightning Seeds Broudie has a lot to answer for eh?
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Post by inthenose on Jul 11, 2021 18:48:55 GMT
World in Motion!!! 🤣 It's actually a good song, despite being a football song. It's Coming Home is a classic, mainly because I love The Lightning Seeds Broudie has a lot to answer for eh? Got a favourite LS song? I really like "Pure" and their cover of "You Showed Me"!
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Post by The Matthew on Jul 11, 2021 19:06:15 GMT
To judge by the cheer from the neighbours on one side of the house, followed a minute later by the cheers from the neighbours on the other side who appear to have a delayed feed, it's started well.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 11, 2021 19:15:18 GMT
The referee and linesmen look fab in the hot pink. Gareth Southgate has an understated (yet stylish) light overcoat in black.
Is someone actually STYLING this thing?
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Post by daisy24601 on Jul 11, 2021 19:33:45 GMT
I love the pink!
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Post by inthenose on Jul 11, 2021 19:52:00 GMT
Gotta say even as a straight man, I've always thought Bjorn Kuipers (the referee) has a stylish older fox look about him. He can even carry off the hot pink!
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Post by inthenose on Jul 11, 2021 19:54:06 GMT
Excellent half from England
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 11, 2021 19:56:37 GMT
Gotta say even as a straight man, I've always thought Bjorn Kuipers (the referee) has a stylish older fox look about him. He can even carry off the hot pink! I’m also straight 🙂
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Post by inthenose on Jul 11, 2021 19:57:12 GMT
Gotta say even as a straight man, I've always thought Bjorn Kuipers (the referee) has a stylish older fox look about him. He can even carry off the hot pink! I’m also straight 🙂 We have so much in common! We should go on a date!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 11, 2021 20:00:38 GMT
Lovely to see William, Kate and George celebrating the goal with hugs and excitement. How lovely was that?
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Post by inthenose on Jul 11, 2021 20:04:53 GMT
Lovely to see William, Kate and George celebrating the goal with hugs and excitement. How lovely was that? George was well into it! 🤣
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 11, 2021 20:35:29 GMT
I'm at the stage where if the police had to wade into these idiots it would be with a heavy heart
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Post by poster J on Jul 11, 2021 20:44:06 GMT
Soho this afternoon was an absolute disgrace. Anyone there clearly was there to get drunk, not because they are a fan.
Drunken, yobbish louts screaming at the top of their lungs in the Tube stations and on the trains as well as in the streets, no masks whatsoever and no care for anyone else. And the amount of rubbish was appalling, especially on the trains when I was travelling back after the game started.
Frankly for all of that I hope England lose, just to make those idiots miserable.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jul 11, 2021 21:54:39 GMT
Time to change the title of this thread into It's going Rome
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 11, 2021 22:02:29 GMT
Soho this afternoon was an absolute disgrace. Anyone there clearly was there to get drunk, not because they are a fan. Drunken, yobbish louts screaming at the top of their lungs in the Tube stations and on the trains as well as in the streets, no masks whatsoever and no care for anyone else. And the amount of rubbish was appalling, especially on the trains when I was travelling back after the game started. Frankly for all of that I hope England lose, just to make those idiots miserable. Now England have lost, it is going to get a lot worse, as witnessed before when England have gone out. Also coupled with 16 months of frustrations of people lives being put on hold. Idiotism is unfortunately a super spreader.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 11, 2021 22:10:00 GMT
Gutted for the three that missed. We may witness why we were kneeling before the game
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Post by sph on Jul 11, 2021 22:33:29 GMT
Sad that they lost, hopefully the rain will drive people away from the streets of central.
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Post by theatreian on Jul 11, 2021 22:49:03 GMT
Gareth is a great manager though and hopefully the players will not face the media onslaught that usually ensues after events like this. They still did well to get to the final and the players carry themselves well.
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Post by eulenspiegel on Jul 11, 2021 22:50:46 GMT
Btw. asking a young player like Sancho to shoot a penalty in a final after treating him like sh*t in 4 weeks - how shall he be self-confident?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 11, 2021 23:31:10 GMT
British public and press are resigned that they’ve seen it all before - so no real pressure.
To lose by going 1up then for Italy to miss the first penalty and still lose, is all very much very English.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Jul 11, 2021 23:31:32 GMT
I thought they played really well. I know they'll be very disappointed tonight (some of them looked so young at the end when they were upset), but I think going in to the World Cup they'll be a strong team.
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Post by stagebyte on Jul 12, 2021 0:40:15 GMT
The vile racism and hate on social media for those three young players. Something needs to be done about anonymous accounts and those openly abusing others online.
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Post by The Matthew on Jul 12, 2021 11:50:19 GMT
Meanwhile, congratulations to Argentina for their win in the Copa América.
(As someone who has no interest in football I cannot begin to explain how this has come to my attention, but there it is all the same.)
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 12, 2021 11:53:59 GMT
The vile racism and hate on social media for those three young players. Something needs to be done about anonymous accounts and those openly abusing others online. In my opinion Twitter is the cess pit of the internet and should be closed down.
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Post by theatreian on Jul 12, 2021 13:17:40 GMT
In this day and age you aren't telling me that it's not possible to find out who these people are who are putting this abuse out. The internet companies need to be put under more pressure to find out who they are and hand their details on to the Police.
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