Also strange to see so many people laughing and mocking the appointment of Roy Hodgson.
And yet when his appointment - to manage LIVERPOOL FC - was met with derision and disbelief by almost all of our fans, and his reign apparently blighted by our refusal to accept or support him, there was quite a lot of media chatter about how nasty and mean we were, and what a decent, honourable, knowledgeable football man he was.
But after failing - like all the rest - as England manager, he's now universally derided and not even good enough for the likes of Crystal fucking Palace
We were right, as usual. Years ago.