Why are English supporters the most pitiful in world football?

[Ryan]

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England fans in Lille just got begging 7 year old to down a whole beer in exchange for some coins. #EURO2016

 

[Hansern]

Some absolute cunts among those England fans

 

[Judge Jules]

There are few things worse than an over-cooked parsnip.

As you can see from the way the England team are playing under one.

 

[mark1975]

He's just a dried, shrivelled, out of date one.

 

[HC]

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England fans in Lille just got begging 7 year old to down a whole beer in exchange for some coins. #EURO2016

All that image shows is a kid standing there who looks suspiciously like the same kid being bullied at the start of the week by those horrible England fans

Also if it's that deplorable what is a French correspondent for a broadsheet doing In the middle of it?

 

[mark1975]

From The Guardian today:


For all the media focus on misbehaving England fans in Lille the evening before, this was arguably a truer picture of the greater mass of supporters. Some noisy, yes, some also pretty drunk, but not generally seeking conflict. Plenty more were barely noticeable at all, quietly enjoying meals and drinks away from the busy bars.

On Wednesday, a total of 27 people were arrested following occasional skirmishes involving a few England fans and Russian supporters, amid efforts by French riot police to clear singing crowds with CS gas. Figures provided later by British officers working in France said 13 of these were British, and five Britons were hospitalised with minor injuries.

 

[Oliver Twist]

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England fans in Lille just got begging 7 year old to down a whole beer in exchange for some coins. #EURO2016

They pay the kid and he gets a free beer?

 

[cloggypop]

He said no to the ciggies though

 

[Rosco]

From The Guardian today:


For all the media focus on misbehaving England fans in Lille the evening before, this was arguably a truer picture of the greater mass of supporters. Some noisy, yes, some also pretty drunk, but not generally seeking conflict. Plenty more were barely noticeable at all, quietly enjoying meals and drinks away from the busy bars.

On Wednesday, a total of 27 people were arrested following occasional skirmishes involving a few England fans and Russian supporters, amid efforts by French riot police to clear singing crowds with CS gas. Figures provided later by British officers working in France said 13 of these were British, and five Britons were hospitalised with minor injuries.

The Football Association of Wales said on Thursday morning they had had confirmation from French police there were no issues or arrests of any Welsh supporters in Lille last night.


I can't find any reports on Irish fans being arrested this week

 

[Rosco]

UP TO 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls have been freed after over two years in captivity, after a hundred or so Irish soccer fans swarmed into a Boko Haram camp with a few bags of cans and a flag bearing the hilarious slogan ‘down with this sort of thing’.

The Irish fans had been attending the Euro 2016 championship in France, but had set out on the voyage to free the kidnapped girls after running out of sound things to do between matches.

“Yeah, we had fixed a few spare tyres, danced with a few French cops, serenaded a bus full of convicted murderers. We were running out of ways to be gas” said Sean Hanley, who just loves the craic.

People were losing interest in us. Joe.ie had gone nearly a full hour without posting a video titled ‘Check what these Irish fans did at Euro 2016’… so we said ‘fuck it, let’s go free them schoolgirls'”.

A spokesperson for the ISIS spin-off said that the arrival of the Irish fans was unexpected, but that their friendliness and love of song charmed the terrorist group into handing over the 200 Chibok girls who they had been holding since raiding their school in April 2014.

“A sea of green descended into our camp, singing ‘let them schoolgirls go free, let them schoolgirls go free, la la la la. Hey! la la la la'” said Kevin Boko, former member of Boko Haram.

“They got right in the middle of us, all holding plastic pint glasses of beer, dancing and hugging us. One guy did the worm, it was fairly gas alright. We were initially going to cut their heads off and stick them on spikes throughout the jungle to let Western people know that they are not welcome here, but in the end we were having such a good time that we said go on ahead, the girls are out the back. One of the Irish guys gave me his jersey. Fucking legend”.

Buoyed by their success in Nigeria, the Best Fans In the World™ will now travel to Israel to sort out the conflict with Palestine before heading back to France for Saturday’s must-win clash with Belgium at the Nouveau Stade De Bordeaux.

 

[manwithnoname]

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[tony]

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[Gary25]

Our Country is friendlier than your Country na na na na na

 

[Mystic]

I'm still undecided as to whether he was actually that good, or that he just stood out because he was the only one of 22 players intent on actually trying to play the ball around in some sort of structured fashion.

I suppose Coleman has an excuse cos he's got a lesser-talented squad, but why didn't either manager want to get control of the game better than what was shown? Does Hodgson not think that managing and controlling a game is a better option than 100mph pinball? He got lucky his subs bailed him out (in a way you could say that was a ballsy decision), but none of this was part of a gameplan. He's just fucked 4 strikers on and a bit of individual brilliance has bailed him out rather than someone finishing off his masterplan.

Is Hodgson's best option for game control really pulling Rooney - a forward - back into midfield to ping balls around? That's an indictment on either the English squad, or Hodgson's views on how to play football. Wouldn't Wilshere in midfield and Rooney in Delle Alli's supposed position yield better results? Wilshere's a better midfielder than Rooney is.

I'm trying not to be harsh on Rooney because he was the only one out there putting his foot on the ball, but the better quality nations in this tournament have midfield that do that without fanfare or acclaim, and they'll find this English side out should if and when they meet.

Yeh, I think it's working okay at the moment because we aren't playing teams that are that interested in controlling the game, but as soon as we get to the last sixteen it's an accident waiting to happen, better teams like France, Germany and Italy will boss our midfield and Rooney and Delle Alli won't be able to cope. At the very least he should move Alli forward (although I'd argue Lallana deserves his place more so far) and bring in one of Wilshere, Henderson, Milner or Barkley who are better suited to playing in midfield.

 

[Mystic]

I'm still undecided as to whether he was actually that good, or that he just stood out because he was the only one of 22 players intent on actually trying to play the ball around in some sort of structured fashion.

I suppose Coleman has an excuse cos he's got a lesser-talented squad, but why didn't either manager want to get control of the game better than what was shown? Does Hodgson not think that managing and controlling a game is a better option than 100mph pinball? He got lucky his subs bailed him out (in a way you could say that was a ballsy decision), but none of this was part of a gameplan. He's just fucked 4 strikers on and a bit of individual brilliance has bailed him out rather than someone finishing off his masterplan.

Is Hodgson's best option for game control really pulling Rooney - a forward - back into midfield to ping balls around? That's an indictment on either the English squad, or Hodgson's views on how to play football. Wouldn't Wilshere in midfield and Rooney in Delle Alli's supposed position yield better results? Wilshere's a better midfielder than Rooney is.

I'm trying not to be harsh on Rooney because he was the only one out there putting his foot on the ball, but the better quality nations in this tournament have midfield that do that without fanfare or acclaim, and they'll find this English side out should if and when they meet.

Yeh, I think it's working okay at the moment because we aren't playing teams that are that interested in controlling the game, but as soon as we get to the last sixteen it's an accident waiting to happen, better teams like France, Germany and Italy will boss our midfield and Rooney and Delle Alli won't be able to cope. At the very least he should move Alli forward (although I'd argue Lallana deserves his place more so far) and bring in one of Wilshere, Henderson, Milner or Barkley who are better suited to playing in midfield.

 

[cloggypop]

@kvoneggert: At @SPIEF #Putin jokes: can't figure out how a few hundred Russian fans pummeled a few thousand Brits? The audience explodes with applause.


It's not even funny.

 

[doctor_mac]

@kvoneggert: At @SPIEF #Putin jokes: can't figure out how a few hundred Russian fans pummeled a few thousand Brits? The audience explodes with applause.


It's not even funny.

If Putin says it, you laugh. Unless he doesn't want you to, and then you definitely don't.

 

[cloggypop]

Don't know why that's there twice by the way. I blame that RedNinja bloke.

 

[Frogfish]

Don't know why that's there twice by the way. I blame that RedNinja bloke.

Mystic started it.

 

[cloggypop]

Mystic started it.

He was probably on a rubbish Windows phone though.

 

[Athens]

If Putin says it, you laugh. Unless he doesn't want you to, and then you definitely don't.

You probably have to keep on laughing until he stops.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Nice of the Croats to take the heat off the English.

 

[jexykrodic]

The dipstick with the OP's narrative is at an end with the going's on at the Croatia v Czech match. Expect there'll be a long silence now.

 

[cloggypop]

Nice of the Croats to take the heat off the English.

Bit insulting to the Czechs, just fighting amongst themselves.

 

[jexykrodic]

Bit insulting to the Czechs, just fighting amongst themselves.

Not the first time apparently, but let's keep it quiet because they're not English.

 

[cloggypop]

Not the first time apparently, but let's keep it quiet because they're not English.

Where did you hear that?

 

[jexykrodic]

Where did you hear that?

BBC earlier and on ITV right now. Slavan Bilic explaining now.

 

[cloggypop]

BBC earlier and on ITV right now. Slavan Bilic explaining now.

Not keeping it that quiet then

 

[6TimesaRed]

 

[cloggypop]

It was mad that. Looked like he'd got blown up.