Steel Icarus
we move
Granted you're right about the previous match being that one, but if you look at the last three meetings it's 2-1 England 
Get this one out the way: England v Sweden
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nuffsaid
But this goes up to 11
I know a guy who's born North London and hates the English football team, always supports Scotland (he has family up there and thinks it's a socially democratic idyll) He's an Arsenal fan and can't get his head out of club fandom so has never supported England as it's not Arsenal
. But more importantly he hates what he calls 'working-class-tories' and the whole media hype behind the previous decades of Beckham, golden generation, Rooney etc. He likes to drive around housing estates that bore the England flag on council houses and white vans and see them dashed to the floor in misery. Hates the national anthem, made me get up and go at Brands Hatch once after a race and the national anthem came on.But he is an ardent fan of the England Cricket Team, follows them religiously. Not sure what he makes of the current England team as there's been no hype and no huge ego players and no violence, and not many flags on cars about, at least not down here in Brighton. We had a row and he dumped me.
He'll be wearing a Sweden shirt no doubt tomorrow. Must have hated the exorcism of the penalty shoot-out.
editor
hiraethified
You can not like the football team but love the country and its people.
Danny Dyer on EastEnders about Sweden:
"Flat pack mugs, we'll smash the granny out of them"
"Flat pack mugs, we'll smash the granny out of them"
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Pretty sure all our goals against Tunisia and Colombia were intended? Which of the tap-in, header and penalty are you suggesting Kane was trying to miss
Baronage-Phase
Well-Known Member
Uri Geller is on tv telling people to touch his ball and believe England will win.
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
strung out
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Sweden lost to bloody Bulgaria 3-2 in qualifying, we'll score at least 4.
Idaho
blah blah blah
Penalty doesn't convince regarding goal scoring potential.Pretty sure all our goals against Tunisia and Colombia were intended? Which of the tap-in, header and penalty are you suggesting Kane was trying to miss
ska invita
back on the other side
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
ah bless
Baronage-Phase
Well-Known Member
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It's understandable from you. You're Welsh.ah bless
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
I also lived in London and Kent for 15 yrs and had a lot of grief for it
Grump
Well-Known Member
Half of my family is Scottish and I have tried to support Scotland in games against other countries but simply can't do it. I get 5 minutes into the game and find myself applauding Botswana/Chile/Cyprus whoever for winning a corner. It's a football thing, I like the Scots and I like Scotland but can't support their team just as I loathe and despise Man City because I am from Manchester and am a born and bred Red.
Fez909
toilet expert
No score AET then we lose on penalties
Seeing as we have our own psychic octupi on the forums, I'm going to be a glory supporter and follow their lead.This is also my prediction
It'll give them a small sense of well being they deserve before they're chopped up and eaten
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Any right-thinking football supporter despises Man City. Especially so if you're from the real capital of England.
Winchester?
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Close... Manchester.
Kilgore Trout
Active Member
Unless one of the Swedish players wrestles Kane to the floor for a penalty I don't see us scoring. We never looked likely to score against Columbia, apart from the penalty. Did the Columbia keeper even make a save? I can't recall one.
The Swedes seem to be managing at least one goal per game so its 1-0 Sweden for me. Four more years of hurt.
The Swedes seem to be managing at least one goal per game so its 1-0 Sweden for me. Four more years of hurt.
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
ColOmbia with an O!!
Kilgore Trout
Active Member
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Surprisingly, this isn't getting much support.
pocketscience
Well-Known Member
There's me thinking that grammatical pedantry is a welsh thing.Only one exclamation mark at the end of a sentence!
Rosemary Jest
Wrong and Unstable
I reckon 0-0 then penalties again, but hope it won't happen.
But we can win a shootout, so I'm not worried at all. Not one fucking bit.
But we can win a shootout, so I'm not worried at all. Not one fucking bit.
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
You see for me, and the reason why I voted England to win on penalties v Colombia, is that people play out their own histories again and again. It's euro 96 isn't it? With Southgate, win first knock out match by penalty shoot out, lose second match by penalty shoot out just as everyone's got their hopes up, and we'll all blame Southgate again. Subconsciously it's what he wants to happen. Then Sweden go on to win the cup.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
