England at the World Cup 2018
- Thread starter Steel Icarus
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rekil
to menny cranks
On behalf of the ABE community I'll just point out that we don't like to see England go out until national hubris has reached an acceptably amusing level. Scraping a win against Tunisia and battering some MLS journeymen is an ideal start really.
binka
!!!!!!!!!
Stay strong - ABE still have four games to stop our almost inevitable march to it being brought home
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
So a win against Belgium in a match that doesn't matter, drawing Japan in the last 16 and striding into the match full of confidence only to be knocked out on penalties following a frustrating 0-0 (the tournament's first) in which Kane misses a last-minute pen.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Looking ahead to England at World Cup 2022, it occurred to me on the way home that many of this promising squad will be coming of age at a World Cup I really don't want to watch 
Kane does seem to strike the ball more cleanly than just about anyone. I'm not sure how he does it.
Sparkle Motion
Well-Known Member
What round do those stupid car flags appear everywhere?
Steel Icarus
we move
Saw some today.
souljacker
innit
They are creeping in but not just England. I saw a car covered in Colombian flags the other day.
Sparkle Motion
Well-Known Member
I like the fact that my patriotism doesn't involve wrapping myself in a flag. That's what makes England different to some insecure little countries.
My memory of those flags is, as soon as they appear everywhere, England lose. I'm pretty sure they were distributed by the lower end of the gutter press.
Are they definitely for the footy? Might they be a gesture of support for the amazing job the government are doing in the Brexit negotiations?
pocketscience
Well-Known Member
newbie
undisambiguated
Disappointed this year.
Last couple of WCs have been great round Brixton, flags everywhere, convoys of cars, horns when goals are scored, street banter. Last time there was a particularly good showing by Portugal, Ghana, Spain, Nigeria, Columbia as well as Ingerland. This year, well a couple of bars with flags and from a train I saw one Brazil flag on a balcony, but really nothing at all.
Why not?
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I try not to be a superstitious man, but for fuck's sake, there's some things you just don't take chances with...England World Cup results by TV channel since 1998
BBC: P13 W9 D1 L3
(Win ratio - 69%)
ITV: P11 W1 D5 L5
(Win ratio - 9%)
Looking at the wall chart this morning it really should be said, what a good result that was for England last night. It remains to be seen if its done any damage to the atmosphere in the camp, but fucking hell its really opened up for England.
Of the 4 South American sides left, only the weakest one is on our side of the draw. Its really only Spain I would expect to lose to and they've been no great shakes so far.
We'll fuck it all up of course, almost certainly in the next round. Then end up watching fucking Sweden in the final or something.
Of the 4 South American sides left, only the weakest one is on our side of the draw. Its really only Spain I would expect to lose to and they've been no great shakes so far.
We'll fuck it all up of course, almost certainly in the next round. Then end up watching fucking Sweden in the final or something.
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